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Imperial GalaxySeries
series2 books2012
About coming of age and political intrigue, set in other star systems.
“Garth Nix's A Confusion of Princes follows Khemri through the empire's ruthless military, its secret intelligence service, and a deadly, decades-long competition to determine who might one day take the throne.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Confusion of Princes →
RadchaaiUniverse
universe11 books2012
About political intrigue, set in other star systems.
“Civilization is what the Radch calls itself, and civilization is a courtesy extended at gunpoint.”
from the catalogue
Start with Ancillary Justice →
includes Imperial Radch
TeixcalaanSeries
series2 books2019
Reflective in tone, about political intrigue, set in other star systems.
“A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace pair court intrigue with Mahit's conflicted, outsider fascination with an empire she can't help admiring.”
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Start with A Memory Called Empire →
Games of CommandSeries
series2 books2007
Romance, about robots and enemies to lovers.
Start with Games of Command →
Against a Dark BackgroundNovel
Iain M. Banksstandalone novel1993
About heist and magical artifacts, set in other star systems.
The Madness SeasonNovel
C. S. Friedmanstandalone novel1990
About aliens, set in other star systems.
“The alien within - He'd had so many names over the centuries, so many new identities that he could scarcely remember who he had originally been.”
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