Aurora Rising (Dreyfus Emergencies trilogy -revelation space universe) Alastair Reynolds

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Aurora Rising (Dreyfus Emergencies trilogy -revelation space universe) Alastair Reynolds
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set in the Revelation Space universe

Award-winning author Alastair Reynolds creates “a fascinating hybrid of space opera, police procedural and character study” (Publishers Weekly) with this novel set in the Revelation Space universe.

Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a law enforcement officer with the Panoply. His beat is the Glitter Band, that vast swirl of space habitats orbiting the planet Yellowstone, the teeming hub of a human interstellar empire spanning many worlds.

His current case: investigating a murderous attack against one of the habitats that leaves nine hundred people dead. But his investigation uncovers something far more serious than mass slaughter — a covert plot by an enigmatic entity who seeks nothing less than total control of the Glitter Band.

Chasm City

The once-utopian Chasm City – a domed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet – has been overrun by a virus known as the Melding Plague, capable of infecting any body, organic or computerized. Now, with the entire city corrupted – from its people to the very buildings they inhabit – only the most wretched, grim sort of existence remains.

And it is through this city that security operative Tanner Mirabel must pursue the object of his vendetta: a lowlife postmortal named Argent Reivich. But as Reivich keeps slipping through the cracks of Chasm, Tanner will be taken far beyond the mere settling of a score – to come face to face with a centuries-old atrocity that history would rather forge.

Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (revelation space) Alastair Reynolds

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into interstellar space …Alastair Reynolds burst onto the SF scene with the Arthur C. Clarke Award-shortlisted REVELATION SPACE, British Science Fiction Award-winning CHASM CITY, and REDEMPTION ARK.

Now experience the phenomenal imagination and breathtaking vision of ‘The most exciting space opera writer working today’ (Locus) in these two tales of high adventure set in the same universe as his novels. The title story, ‘Diamond Dogs’, tells of a group of mercenaries trying to unravel the mystery of a particularly inhospitable alien tower on a distant world; ‘Turquoise Days’ is about Naqi, who has devoted her life to studying the alien Pattern Jugglers.

 

Collect two novellas set in the revelation space universe

Forsaken Magic : Witch of the Thorn (The Relic Hunter Book 1)

Forsaken Magic
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In a world of bandits, rogues, and wizards, a relic hunter struggles to make ends meet. Foraging in an ancient tomb, he discovers a fabulous gem. Both a blessing and a curse. Ignoring the mysterious taint around the jewel, he keeps it close to his person...to disastrous effect. An unforeseen scandal sends him far from his homeland, raising clubs against the baron

Young Thongor

Young Thongor
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Lin Carter's greatest creation, the barbarian swordsman Thongor of Lemuria, returns in his first new book in more than 40 years! "Young Thongor" collects Carter's short stories about Thongor's earliest adventures. Drawing on Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian and Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars, Lin Carter has created an enduring new character sure to please all who treasure sword & sorcery in the classic vein.

Collects Carter’s short stories about Thongor’s earliest adventures

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The Space Wolf Omnibus (Space Wolves Book 1) warhammer 40k

New to warhammer 40K universe? go there for a recommended reading order

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Every hero starts somewhere, and this is the origin story of Ragnar Blackmane. He’s the youngest warrior ever to become a Wolf Lord, but how did he come to join the Space Wolves in the first place? Find out here.

 

Existential: The Mission: To Survive (1) (Crucible)

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The Alaskan wilderness holds a nightmarish secret that threatens all of humanity in this epic sci-fi horror thriller. A book so scary that it requires a warning label, and a global phenomenon that is on track to sell over 1 million copies. Looking for a blockbuster thriller that combines explosive sci-fi action with intense horror that will have you on the edge of your seat? This is the book for you.

It was supposed to be just another mission…

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The Ember War (The Ember War Saga)

The Ember War
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A dire warning. An impending alien invasion. Only one chance for survival. In the near future, an alien probe arrives on Earth with a pivotal mission-determine if humanity has what it takes to survive the impending invasion by a merciless armada.

The probe discovers Marc Ibarra, a young inventor, who holds the key to a daring gambit that could save a fraction of Earth’s population. Humanity’s only chance lies with Ibarra’s ability to keep a terrible secret and engineer the planet down the narrow path to survival. Earth will need a fleet. One with a hidden purpose. One strong enough to fight a battle against annihilation.

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Legionnaire (Galaxy’s Edge serie)

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The Galaxy is a Dumpster Fire.

A hot, stinking, dumpster fire. And most days I don’t know if the legionnaires are putting out the flames, or fanning them into an inferno.

A hostile force ambushes Victory Company during a diplomatic mission. Stranded behind enemy lines, a sergeant must lead a band of survivors against merciless insurgents on a deadly alien world. With no room for error, the Republic’s elite fighting force must struggle to survive under siege while waiting on a rescue that might never come.

 

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ARISEN, Book One – Fortress Britain

Arisen, Book One - Fortress Britain
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A world fallen – under a plague of seven billion walking dead A tiny island nation – the last refuge of the living One team – of the world’s most elite special operators The dead, these heroes, humanity’s last hope, all have… ARISEN Book One – Fortress Britain When the Zombie Apocalypse came, one country had shut down its borders in response to a major terrorist attack. Now Fortress Britain is the last bastion of the living – with 50 million beleaguered survivors facing down a world of 7 billion animated corpses.

And when civilization fell, one international team of supremely elite special operators was being assembled for a nearly impossible mission, deployed out of the SAS barracks at Hereford. Supremely trained and armed, always the most skilled, resolved, and unstoppable amongst us, now the commandos of Alpha team are humanity’s last best hope for survival. Searching through the detritus of fallen Europe, scavenging pharmaceutical labs for clues to a vaccine that might bring humanity back from the brink, now they are tasked with one last desperate operation.

They must cross the Atlantic aboard the world’s only remaining supercarrier, insert by air into the very middle of a dead continent, and then fight their way on foot through a city of 3 million ravening dead guys. But these Zulus will not be like any zombies they have ever fought before…