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The Lost RegimentSeries
series9 books1990
About survival, set in secondary world.
“William R. Forstchen's Lost Regiment series begins with Rally Cry, in which a Civil War Union regiment is swept onto a distant world where humans transplanted from many eras and cultures are farmed as food by an alien race.”
from the catalogue
Start with Rally Cry →
JanissariesSeries
series4 books1979
About political intrigue and slavery, set in other star systems and far future.
“Janissaries are an American series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.”
from the catalogue
Start with Janissaries →
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Space opera, set in far future and space.
“Get kicked out of the Academy and the family still hands you a ship.”
from the catalogue
Start with Trading in Danger →
includes Vatta's War, Vatta's Peace
Troy RisingSeries
series4 books2010
Space opera, about aliens, set in space and far future.
“John Ringo's military science fiction trilogy, joined for a later volume by Gray Rinehart, follows the buildup and battles around that station as humanity arms itself against alien threats.”
from the catalogue
Start with Live Free or Die →
BlackcollarSeries
series3 books1983
Set in far future and our world.
“Timothy Zahn's Blackcollar trilogy, his debut work, follows survivors of Earth's underground resistance against the Ryqril, an alien empire that conquered the planet a generation earlier.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Blackcollar →
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Space opera, set in far future and other star systems.
“At the center stands one officer, Honor Harrington — captain, then something far larger — and the six-limbed empathic treecat who rides her shoulder.”
from the catalogue
Start with On Basilisk Station →
includes Honor Harrington, Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Expanded Honorverse, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)