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JanissariesSeries
series4 books1979
Adventurous in tone, about slavery.
“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 →
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Space opera.
“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, Expanded Honorverse, Saganami Island, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Manticore Ascendant, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)
VattaUniverse
universe10 books2003
Space opera, adventurous in tone.
“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
The Stellar LegionNovel
E. C. Tubbstandalone novel1954
Space opera.
“When he is sent to the penal world of Stellar, he survives, winning promotion in the Stellar Legion, a brutal military system.”
from the catalogue
DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Space opera.
“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
from the catalogue
Start with Dune →
includes Dune, Dune Prequels, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Background of the Dune Universe
Azean EmpireSeries
series2 books1987
Space opera.
“C. S. Friedman's Azean Empire novels are set in a distant-future conflict between two competing human societies, the Azeans and the Braxins, contesting interstellar dominance.”
from the catalogue
Start with In Conquest Born →