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Young Miles (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #2, 5.1 & 6) by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe Warrior's Apprentice 1The Mountains of Mourning 373The Vor Game 465Author's Afterword 829IT ISN'T EASY, BEING VOR...Being a Vor lord on the war-torn planet Barrayar wasn't easy. Being an officer in Barrayar's military wasn't easy... -
Catalyst by S.J. Kincaid
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsS. J. Kincaid has created a fascinating dystopian world for Insignia, her futuristic science-fiction adventure series perfect for fans of Ender's Game. Earth is in the middle of WWIII, battling to determine which governments and corporations will control the resources of the solar system.Teen Tom Raines grew up with nothing, some days without even a roof over his head... -
Ship of Ruin by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAll Casmir Dabrowski wants is to return to his normal life as a robotics professor on the solid ground and agreeable gravity of his home world. No sane person would want to cavort around in space, being chased by mercenaries, soldiers, and knights—not to mention the unidentified organization that’s been sending robot assassins after him... -
86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 4: Under Pressure by Asato Asato
At long last, Shin and Lena have been reunited! While the atmosphere between the two has been nothing but pleasant, Kurena and Frederica seem less than thrilled, and Raiden struggles to take a hint. The fun comes to an end when the Eighty-Six receive their first mission as a new squadron with Lena at the helm... -
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Lost Stars (Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens) by Claudia Gray
The reign of the Galactic Empire has reached the Outer Rim planet of Jelucan, where aristocratic Thane Kyrell and rural villager Ciena Ree bond over their love of flying. Enrolling at the Imperial Academy together to become fighter pilots for the glorious Empire is nothing less than a dream come true for the both of them... -
Silver Stars by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsShe’s fighting to survive.The summer of 1943, World War II. The Germans have been bloodied, but Germany is very far from beaten. The North African campaign was only the beginning of the long journey for Frangie, Rainy, Rio, and the millions of other Allies.Now the American army is moving on to their next target: the Italian island of Sicily...Categorized as:
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Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 10 by Kiiro Yumi, Hiro Arikawa
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable...Categorized as:
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86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 7: Mist by Asato Asato
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFOREVER…IF POSSIBLEThe Merciless Queen, a high-ranking commander unit for the Legion, has finally been taken into custody. Now the Federacy, the United Kingdom, and the Alliance of Wald can conduct a thorough analysis of this special Ameise, which houses the consciousness of Legion developer Zelene Birkenbaum... -
Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 12 by Kiiro Yumi, Hiro Arikawa
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLibrary Forces member Iku Kasahara has plans to go out for tea with her supervisor and secret crush, Dojo, but just figuring out what to wear puts her in a tailspin... -
Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 11 by Kiiro Yumi, Hiro Arikawa
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the near future, the federal government creates a committee to rid society of books it deems unsuitable... -
86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 3: Run Through the Battlefront by Asato Asato
An unprecedented electromagnetic attack from the Legion rocks both Giad and San Magnolia to their very foundations. With the Gran Mur destroyed, nothing stands between the Legion and the unguarded Alba enjoying the height of luxury in the capital. Having no other option, the Federal Republic of Giad orders a special operation... -
Saving Runt by S.E. Smith
Amelia ‘Runt’ Thomas’ life revolves around a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the most ruthless criminals in the world. She follows two codes: the code of hackers and her personal code of honor to bring down anyone who thinks they’re untouchable. She is on target until one fateful night when the touch of a strange man sends an unexpected shock wave through her... -
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
Alternate Cover Edition can be found hereSeventeen-year-old Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller’s life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father . .Categorized as:
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Shockwave by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhat if being a hero was encoded in your genes?And nobody told you?Casmir Dabrowski would laugh if someone asked him that. After all, he had to build a robot to protect himself from bullies when he was in school.Fortunately, life is a little better these days. He's an accomplished robotics engineer, a respected professor, and he almost never gets picked on in the lunchroom...Categorized as:
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86—EIGHTY-SIX, Vol. 8: Gun Smoke on the Water by 安里 アサト
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAn end to the endless war. The possibility of stopping the Legion once and for all. Such is humanity’s most fervent desire. But in the war-free world of tomorrow, what will become of the Eighty-Six? Many have gained a renewed hope for the future... -
Aeson: Blue by Vera Nazarian
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAeson's secrets revealed at last!Before Gwen won Aeson's heart…Before they joined forces to protect two planets and humanity itself…Aeson faced death on his own.And lost.Young Imperial Crown Prince Aeson Kassiopei. Intelligent, well-educated, perfectly isolated in his lofty rank, responsibilities, and privilege of the divine Imperial Dynasty... -
The Rogue Prince by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsStarseer, pilot, and animal lover Jelena Marchenko wants to prove to her parents that she’s ready to captain her own freighter and help run the family business. When she finally talks them into getting a second ship and letting her fly it, it doesn’t faze her that the craft is decades old and looks like a turtle. This is the chance she’s craved for years... -
Rebel Wing by Tracy Banghart
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlternate cover edition for ASIN: B00LXCMU8O The Dominion of Atalanta is at war. But for eighteen-year-old Aris, the fighting is nothing more than a distant nightmare, something she watches on news vids from the safety of her idyllic seaside town. Then her boyfriend, Calix, is drafted into the Military, and the nightmare becomes a dangerous reality... -
Path of Justice by A.K. DuBoff
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTararia's future is in peril... In the years since the Bakzen war, Wil and Saera have raised a family on Earth outside the purview of the High Dynasties and Priesthood. Except, it's almost time for their teenage twins, Raena and Jason, to begin telekinesis training and they have no idea such abilities even exist... -
Scions of Change by A.K. DuBoff
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChange is on the horizon... As Raena's and Jason's training with the TSS nears completion, the return of the Aesir is imminent. Whether the Aesir are adversaries or allies will be put to the test as the final pieces of the Sietinens' plan to bring down the Priesthood fall into place... -
Defy the Worlds by Claudia Gray
This is the thrilling and romantic sequel to Defy the Stars from the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Lost Stars and Bloodline.An outcast from her home -- Shunned after a trip through the galaxy with Abel, the most advanced cybernetic man ever created, Noemi Vidal dreams of traveling through the stars one more time. And when a deadly plague arrives on Genesis, Noemi gets her chance... -
State of Alliance by Summer Lane
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"[Summer Lane] has a real knack for writing dialogue as well as action scenes. - Ellisa Barr, author of Outage There is no such thing as safe. For Commander Cassidy Hart, staying alive is only one of her day-to-day problems...Categorized as:
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Destiny Rising by Siobhan Davis
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEVERY CHOICE HAS A CONSEQUENCEThe final book in the captivating True Calling series.Once again, the world is on the brink of momentous change. As revolutionary organization Saoirse prepares to battle the government for control of Earth and Novo, Ariana and those she loves must join humanity’s fight for justice and freedom...Categorized as:
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Hawk by Susan Grant
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIntroducing the sweet and steamy SKY MATES Series… All the fun and action of Top Gun plus romance when smokin’ hot aliens are assigned to a base on Earth.In a small town in Texas, a woman on a mission meets a big alien warrior with a tender heart…They were the match no one expected — especially them...Categorized as:
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Web of Truth by A.K. DuBoff
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome secrets are worth protecting...The fearsome Bakzen lurk within a hidden spatial rift, but all-out war is on the horizon. Wil Sietinen is tasked with training a group of twenty young recruits to serve as his officers in the coming battles—collectively, the Primus Elites. He has five years to raise them to full Agents in the Tararian Selective Service, and he'll need every minute... -
Crossroads of Fate by A.K. DuBoff
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe war's final battles are coming... With the Primus Elites' training almost complete, Wil and his men relocate to H2 to make their final preparations. Everything seems to be staged for a swift TSS victory over the Bakzen as Wil assumes the position of TSS Supreme Commander with Saera and his most trusted friends by his side.But, Tek won't let the Bakzen go down easily... -
Storm Fall by Tracy Banghart
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the action-packed sequel to Rebel Wing, Aris battles for life and love . . . and not everyone will survive. Aris Haan gave up everything to join the Atalantan Military: her family, her boyfriend, even her identity. In the end, though, it didn’t matter that she was a war hero. When the all-male Military discovered that she was actually a woman, she was sent home and erased from history... -
Earth Star by Janet Edwards
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSequel to Earth Girl . 18-year-old Jarra has a lot to prove. After being awarded one of the military’s highest honours for her role in a daring rescue attempt, Jarra finds herself – and her Ape status – in the spotlight. Jarra is one of the unlucky few born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets... -
Shattered Veil by Tracy Banghart
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen everything that defines you is stripped away, who do you become? War has come to Atalanta, infecting its quiet villages and lush woodlands, igniting whispered worries in its glittering capital. All across the dominion, young men are being Selected for Military and sent to the front lines...and eighteen-year-old Aris Haan's childhood sweetheart is one of them...Categorized as:
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The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsOn a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington D.C. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs...Categorized as:
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Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions by Hugh Howey
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIt's been ten years since Molly last set foot on her birth planet, and this isn't how she'd imagined her homecoming. The sky is full of an invading fleet, one powerful enough to threaten the entire galaxy. The new family she has come to rely on -- her crew of alien misfits and runaways -- are scattered in three directions... -
Traitor's Mandate by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe dreams I once had as a soldier fade to nothing, insignificant as the last battle for Earth looms darker each day.Whatever makes my mind unique could provide our rebellion with an army large enough to crush the Mandate and the other group circling in for the kill.If I can hold on.Because I’m dangerous—a bomb that could detonate and kill my friends and the man I love at any moment... -
Recruitment by K.A. Riley
In the Valta, no matter what month you were born, everyone is assigned the same birthday. November 1st. It's the anniversary of the day when the government declared war on the Eastern Order.The day you turn seventeen, the Recruiters come to take you away. And no one ever hears from you again.It's October 31st. Today, Kress is sixteen years old.Tomorrow, she'll be taken...Categorized as:
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Shadows of Empire by A.K. DuBoff
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA secret war. An empire in crisis. One final hope for victory.Wil Sietinen is torn between two worlds. As a High Dynasty heir and the Tararian Selective Service's most promising telekinetic Agent trainee, Wil is expected to be nothing short of exceptional in every way—even though the weight of responsibility is slowly crushing him... -
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Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan
Everyone in the universe knows his name. Everyone in the universe fears him. But no one realizes that notorious outlaw Ia Cōcha is a seventeen-year-old girl.A criminal mastermind and unrivaled pilot, Ia has spent her life terrorizing the Olympus Commonwealth, the imperialist nation that destroyed her home...Categorized as:
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Aurora: Darwin by Amanda Bridgeman
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA distress signal on the edge of inhabited space. A mission that is far outside normal parameters. Two very different people with one common goal - survival.When a distress signal is received from a black-ops space station on the edge of inhabited space, Captain Saul Harris of the UNF Aurora is called in from leave to respond. But the mission is not what it seems... -
The Librarian: A First Contact Story by M.N. Arzu
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFirst Contact has never been easy. Despite the rumors, the US Government has been able to deny First Contact with an alien race for decades for a good reason: it hasn't happened yet. When a strange signal comes from an isolated area in the woods of Washington State, they find that First Contact is not really done with big ships and grand world-wide messages... -
The Royals by J.C. Andrijeski
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife as a slave in the Royal House of the Nirreth isn’t quite what 19-year-old Jet imagined when she grew up in the human skag pits outside Vancouver...Categorized as:
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Star Cruise: Outbreak by Veronica Scott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe saved countless soldiers in the wars … but does she have the weapons to fight an outbreak? Dr. Emily Shane, veteran of the Sector Wars, is known as “The Angel of Fantalar” for her bravery under fire as a medic. However, the doctor has her own war wounds–severe PTSD and guilt over those she failed to save... -
Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsGENDER-SWAPPED ALEXANDER THE GREAT ON AN INTERSTELLAR SCALEPrincess Sun has finally come of age.Growing up in the shadow of her mother, Eirene, has been no easy task. The legendary queen-marshal did what everyone thought impossible: expel the invaders and build Chaonia into a magnificent republic, one to be respected—and feared... -
Vows of Empire by Emily Skrutskie
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo young princes on opposite sides of a war must decide between loyalty and love in this galaxy-shaking finale of the Bloodright Trilogy.Gal and Ettian have never been farther apart. Once, they were roommates and best friends, each suffocating under a secret of galactic consequence...Categorized as:
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Alien Heart by Alex Timothy
Landon Evans is an unwilling recruit in Earth’s fight against alien invasion. Tall, bristling with muscles, Landon is every commander’s ideal soldier. But Landon hates fighting and hates the dark void of space. For a loner like Landon, the only good part of his new life in the military are the friends he’s made...Categorized as:
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Mixed Signals by Alyssa Cole
“This trilogy gets better with each book.” — Library Journal “Cole’s Off the Grid series succeeds because it captures the unsettling details of its dystopian setting beautifully, but also because its main characters are so very human and relatable.” — RT Book Reviews “This is friends-to-lovers romance…but it’s in the science-fiction story line where Cole really shines...Categorized as:
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The Lost King by Margaret Weis
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA galactic revolution has toppled the Starfire dynasty, and swept into power the harsh Democratic Republic. To support the murdered king is now punishable by death. But on distant worlds, the few surviving Guardians carry a dangerous Somewhere in the galaxy, they shield the rightful heir to the throne.Stalking the hidden king is the Warlord, a ruthless Republican general who wields the bloodsword... -
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Breaking Sky by Cory McCarthy
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn this high-flying, adrenaline-fueled debut thriller, America's best hope is the elite teen fighter pilots of the United Star AcademyChase Harcourt, call sign "Nyx," is one of only two pilots chosen to fly the experimental "Streaker" jets at the junior Air Force Academy in the year 2048... -
The Survivors Book I: Summer by V.L. Dreyer
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe virus came from deep in Africa. By the time they had a name for the disease it had wiped out half the continent. Within a year, it had decimated our world. Our species is on the verge of extinction. Only a few of us have survived; those of us lucky enough to be born with a natural immunity to the plague...Categorized as:
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Athena's Ashes by Jamie Grey
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s Renna’s biggest job yet – convincing MYTH leadership that she’s put away her lock picks and is ready to save the galaxy, despite the dangerous implant in her brain. But with the Athena on the run, she’s working solo and facing her most ruthless enemy, the traitor Pallas, who’ll go to any lengths to destroy the MYTH organization...Categorized as:
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Aliens' Babies by Juno Wells, Aurelia Skye
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsJust $0.99 for a limited time! Jessminda Patel was one of four hundred Earth women kidnapped by a rogue Dazon scientist who used her and the others for his breeding experiments. She’s devastated to learn she’s pregnant with an alien’s babies, and the father is equally surprised. Valkor Tosh is a decorated alien war hero whose DNA was stolen to fertilize Jess’s eggs...Categorized as:
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Hyperthief by Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIt's FM's birthday, but it's not looking to be "happy." To make things worse, her boyfriend, Rig, isn't able to do much more than video chat her for lunch while he's busy working—and even that is cut short when important equipment suddenly goes missing... -
Fire in The Woods by Jennifer M. Eaton
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen a plane crashes in the woods near Jess’s home, the boy of her dreams falls out of the sky—literally. But David’s not here to find a girlfriend. He’s from another planet, and if Jess can’t help him get back to his ship, he’ll be stuck on Earth with nothing to look forward to but the pointy end of a dissection scalpel. But her father runs their house like an army barracks...
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