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DuneUniverse
universe78 books1963
Set in other star systems.
“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
HonorverseUniverse
universe83 books1993
Military science fiction, set in other star systems and space.
“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, Expanded Honorverse, Worlds of Honor anthologies, Wages of Sin, Honor Harrington Universe short fiction, Manticore Ascendant, Star Kingdom (Honor Harrington)
The Saga of Seven Suns UniverseSeries
series16 books2002
Adventurous in tone, about aliens.
Start with Hidden Empire →
Azean EmpireSeries
series2 books1987
Dark in tone.
“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 →
JanissariesSeries
series4 books1979
Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, about slavery, set in other star systems.
“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
Military science fiction, adventurous in tone, set in space and other star systems.
“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