MainCategory: SCIENCE FICTION

Red Company: First Strike

Related Posts
The Powers of the Earth – Aristillus(with praise from John Carmack !)

PROMETHEUS AWARD WINNER "BEST NOVEL" 2018 Earth in 2064 is politically corrupt and in economic decline. The Long Depression has dragged on for 56 years, and the Bureau of Sustainable Research is hard at work making sure that no new Read more

Metal Warrior: Born of Steel (Mech Fighter Book 1)

The world as we know it has come to an end, and humanity’s only hope may be a man who cannot survive without the aid of a robotic suit. Fortunately, that suit is one of the most powerful weapons ever Read more

Red Company: First Strike
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genre:
Lenght:
Seriesize:
Author:
Narrator:

For centuries, mankind has searched for nonhuman civilizations in the cosmos. These lost alien societies have finally been discovered—but they were destroyed long ago.

Devin Starn starts off as a lowly rock rat aboard Borag, a mining ship working the dangerous end of the asteroid belt. Slowly, he gains prestige and purpose. When an alien base is uncovered, however, he must risk everything to protect his ship and her crew.

What wiped out all the civilizations that came before humanity?

Find out in B. V. Larson’s Red Company: First Strike!, a pulse-pounding, high-stakes military sci-fi adventure.

Steel World (Undying Mercenaries Series Book 1)

Steel World (Undying Mercenaries Series Book 1)
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genre:
Lenght:
Seriesize:
Author:
Narrator:
Reception:

In the twentieth century Earth sent probes, transmissions and welcoming messages to the stars. Unfortunately, someone noticed.

The Galactics arrived with their battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined their vast Empire. Swearing allegiance to our distant alien overlords wasn’t the only requirement for survival. We also had to have something of value to trade, something that neighboring planets would pay their hard-earned credits to buy. As most of the local worlds were too civilized to have a proper army, the only valuable service Earth could provide came in the form of soldiers…someone had to do their dirty work for them, their fighting and dying.

I, James McGill, was born in 2099 on the fringe of the galaxy. When Hegemony Financial denied my loan applications, I was kicked out of the university and I turned to the stars. My first campaign involved the invasion of a mineral-rich planet called Cancri-9, better known as Steel World. The attack didn’t go well, and now Earth has entered a grim struggle for survival.

Humanity’s mercenary legions go to war in STEEL WORLD, bestselling author B. V. Larson’s latest science fiction novel.

Starship Liberator (Galactic Liberation Book 1)

Starship Liberator (Galactic Liberation Book 1)
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genre:
trope:
Lenght:
Seriesize:
Authors: ,
Narrator:

The Hundred Worlds have withstood invasion by the relentless Hok for decades. The human worlds are strong, but the Hok have the resources of a thousand planets behind them, and their fleets attack in endless waves.

The long war has transformed the Hundred Worlds into heavily fortified star systems. Their economies are geared for military output, and they raise specialized soldiers to save our species. Assault Captain Derek Straker is one such man among many. Genetically sculpted to drive a mech-suit as if he wears a second skin, he must find a path to victory.

It’s a battle in which he’ll never admit defeat, but not even Straker knows the dark truth behind this titanic struggle. With Lieutenant Carla Engels piloting, Starship Liberator explores enemy territory in search of answers

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

Starship Conquest: (First Conquest) (Stellar Conquest Series Book 1)
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genre:
Lenght:
Seriesize:
Author:
Narrator:

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
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genre:
Lenght:
Seriesize:
Author:
Narrator:
Reception:

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
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genre:
Lenght:
Seriesize:
Authors: , ,
Narrator:
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
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genre:
Lenght:
Seriesize:
Author:
Narrator:
Reception:

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.

And the next novel : Planet of No Return

Make Room! Make Room! (soylent green film)

Make Room! Make Room! (soylent green film)
Date:
MainCategories: ,
Type:
Genre:
tropes: ,
Lenght:
Author:
Narrator:
Reception:

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
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genre:
Lenght:
Seriesize:
Author:
Narrator:
Receptions: ,

“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

3 books not shown as a serie by amazon :

 

Artemis: A Novel by Andy Weir

Artemis: A Novel by Andy Weir
Date:
MainCategory:
Type:
Genre:
trope:
Published: 2017-11-14
Lenght:
Author:
Narrator:
Reception:
Protagonist:
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…