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Starship Conquest: (First Conquest) (Stellar Conquest Series Book 1)

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Starship Conquest: (First Conquest) (Stellar Conquest Series Book 1)
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From Hugo Award finalist and Amazon bestselling author David VanDyke.

When the crew of EarthFleet’s most powerful dreadnought Conquest is sent on a mission forty light years from Earth, none of them expect to return. But to find a home and keep humanity safe from hostile aliens, they must fight to seize a new world, initiating EarthFleet’s first conquest of another star system.

Starship Conquest is Book 1 of the Plague Wars: Stellar Conquest series, which carries the Plague Wars series forward a century into the future when humanity turns to the stars to find its destiny. It tells of a bitter battle as EarthFleet smashes into an alien star system in a desperate first strike to save humanity. Follow the starship Conquest as its captain and crew take the fight to Earth’s enemies, finding allies and making heroic sacrifices in order to secure the future of Earth’s solar system against a hostile universe.

Constitution: Book 1 of The Legacy Fleet Series

Constitution: Book 1 of The Legacy Fleet Series
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The year is 2650. Seventy-five years ago, an alien fleet attacked Earth. Without warning. Without mercy. We were not prepared. Hundreds of millions perished. Dozens of cities burned. We nearly lost everything. Then the aliens abruptly left. We rebuilt. We armed ourselves. We swore: never again. But the aliens never came back. Until now. With overwhelming force the aliens have returned, striking deep into our territory, sending Earth into a panic. Our new technology is useless. Our new ships burn like straw. All our careful preparations are wasted. Now only one man, one crew, and the oldest starship in the fleet stand between the Earth and certain destruction: ISS Constitution.

The Last War: Book 1 of The Last War Series

The Last War: Book 1 of The Last War Series
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Earth is under attack.

20 years after the American-Chinese war devastated our worlds, we finally have a tense peace. But legendary American Admiral Jack Mattis, on his inspection tour of the first joint American-Chinese space station, finds himself in the middle of the unthinkable: an alien invasion.

Their ships are powerful, their weapons overwhelming. And in the confusion, our tentative peace with the Chinese is shaken to the core.

Taking command of his old battleship, The Midway, Admiral Mattis races the alien fleet to Earth, desperate to prevent the utter destruction of humanity’s home. And in Earth’s darkest hour, Mattis must unify and lead old adversaries to the fight against a common enemy, one that doesn’t care about flags or borders. An enemy driven by malevolent hate and a thirst for blood.

An enemy that cares for one thing only: Earth’s destruction.

Planet of the Damned

Planet of the Damned
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Brion Brandd was chosen for the mission because he was the very best of the best. It is up to him to avert a nuclear war, but even all his training and intelligence might not be enough to save a world. Nothing is as it seems and every action could be his last. This tightly plotted adventure novel was nominated for the prestigious Hugo Award.

72 HOURS IN HELL… Dis was a harsh, inhospitable, dangerous place and the Magter made it worse. They might have been human once–but they were something else now. The Magter had only one desire–Kill! Kill everything, themselves, their planet, the universe if they could– Brion Brandd was sent in at the eleventh hour. His mission was to save Dis, but it looked as though he was going to preside over its annihilation.

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Make Room! Make Room! (soylent green film)

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1966 Novel filmed as the soylent green 1973 movie

A detective hunts down a killer in a dystopian, overpopulated NYC in this classic science fiction novel that inspired the film Soylent Green.

Originally published in 1966, Make Room! Make Room! imagines a world at the end of the twentieth century where Earth is so overwhelmed by rampant population growth that it teeters on the edge of self-destruction. In New York City alone, thirty-five million people are squeezed into its packed boroughs, scrambling like rats for the world’s dwindling resources. The only food available is a product called soylent. And while the government tries to maintain order, the rich get richer and the poor stay underfoot.

Finding a killer in this broken world is one hell of a job. But that’s exactly what Det. Andy Rusch has been assigned to do. If he can stay alive long enough, he might just solve the biggest case he’s ever been on—unless humanity finally fulfills its promise and destroys itself first.

Deathworld by Harry Harrison

Deathworld by Harry Harrison
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“Some planet in the galaxy must—by definition—be the toughest, meanest, nastiest of all. If Pyrrus wasn’t it … it was an awfully good approximation!”
Deathworld: a planet that has evolved to kill all humans. Jason dinAlt, a so-so psionic gambler, is made an offer he can’t refuse – go to Deathworld and tame it. So begins Harry Harrison’s classic science-fiction tale of alien adventure; and Jason discovers that the reason behind Deathworld’s aggression is as shocking as the violence on the surface.

Harry Harrison at his best in this classic sci-fi masterpiece. Illustrated throughout to enhance the reading experience

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Artemis: A Novel by Andy Weir

Artemis: A Novel by Andy Weir
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The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller—a heist story set on the moon. Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich. Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity’s first and only lunar colony. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. Rich enough to pay…

Project Hail Mary: A Novel

Project Hail Mary
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science—in development as a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling. HUGO AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS: Bill Gates, GatesNotes, New York Public Library, Parade, Newsweek, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal • “An epic…

The Martian

The Martian
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Brilliant . . . a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years . . . utterly compelling.”—The Wall Street Journal The inspiration for the major motion picture Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and…

Legacy Earth A military science fiction series

Legacy Earth A military science fiction series
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“This is ‘Starship Troopers’ on steroids.”

In a time of expansion, humanity has pushed the boundaries of our own solar system. One of the only ways to see it all is to be part of the United Systems Services. Most join for adventure, some due to court orders but a handful do it for duty. What does Lance Warder and his elite squat of Ravens get for their service?

– A snarky giant who suffers from motion sickness and his ornery best friend, the deadliest pilot in the system.
– Genetic engineering, pioneered by quite a looker.
– An alien invasion that threatens to send mankind into extinction.
– Rogue A.I. unleashed by ancient humanity that’s evolved beyond anything thought possible.
– Black hole-powered time travel.

Out of their depths, Lance and the crew of the Gladius must ally themselves with sworn enemies, represent humanity and struggle between what is easy, and what is right.