Date: 2010-2020
MainCategory: SCIENCE FICTION
Genre: Grimspace/noir sf
trope: gothic space
Lenght: Lenghty
Universe: Warhammer 40K
The Beast Arises Omnibus Volume 1 (Warhammer 40K)
Type: Trilogy
Priests of Mars: Forge of Mars: Warhammer 40K
Date: 2010-2020
MainCategory: SCIENCE FICTION
Type: Trilogy
Genre: Grimspace/noir sf
tropes: gothic space, Grimdark
Lenght: medium
Seriesize: .3
Universe: Warhammer 40K
Author: Graham McNeill
Narrator: Joe Jameson
A new book from Graham McNeill on the mechanicum of Mars An Adeptus Mechanicus Explorator fleet ventures beyond the borders of the Imperium, in pursuit of arcane technology. Who knows what perils may lie outside the dominion of mankind?
Listen to it because: it’s a novel like nothing else from Black Library. Graham McNeill crafts a tale that only he could tell, beginning a mind-bending saga of the Adeptus Mechanicus, Chaos and more besides.
The story: legend tells of a foolhardy expedition, led by the radical Magos Telok, that ventured out into the unknown space beyond the Halo Worlds in search of the ‘Breath of the Gods’ – an arcane device with the power to unmake and reshape the very stars themselves. Thousands of years later, the ambitious Lexell Kotov musters his Adeptus Mechanicus Explorator fleet and sets out to follow in mad old Telok’s footsteps. With the might of the Imperial Guard and the Space Marines to augment his own forces, he searches for the hidden clues that will lead him to greatest power that the galaxy has ever known. But who knows what ancient perils may yet lie outside the Imperium and the dominion of mankind?
New to warhammer 40K universe? go there for a recommended reading order
Omnibus here
Nights lords trilogy (warhammer 40k)
Date: 2010-2020
MainCategory: SCIENCE FICTION
Type: Trilogy
Genre: Grimspace/noir sf
tropes: gothic space, Grimdark
Lenght: medium
Seriesize: .3
Universe: Warhammer 40K
Author: Aaron Dembski-Bowden
New to warhammer 40K universe? go there for a recommended reading order
The Night Lords were once among the most potent forces of the Imperium, Space Marines who used fear itself as their weapon. Now, cast adrift from the Emperor’s light and hunted as heretics after their monstrous betrayal, the Night Lords clad themselves in symbols of death and fight the Long War, bringing pain and terror to all who worship the corpse-god of Terra. A summons from Warmaster Abaddon sends these rebels on a dangerous journey that leads inexorably to a conflict with the Emperor’s chosen warriors: the Blood Angels.
Driven by their hatred of the False Emperor, the Night Lords stalk the shadows of the galaxy, eternally seeking revenge for the death of their primarch. Guided by the visions of the prophet Talos, a warband from this sinister Legion struggles to survive in a constant war against the forces of the Imperium. But when they come into conflict with fellow renegades and are hunted by the Eldar of Craftworld Ulthwe, the Night Lords find themselves returning to the scene of their greatest defeat and drawn into a battle they cannot possibly win.
Read it because
It’s an assured and confident second novel from Aaron Dembski-Bowden that kicks off one of the most acclaimed and beloved series in Black Library history – and it’s a chance to see the Long War from the Night Lords’ perspective!
Omnibus version here
Grey Seer (Thanquol and Boneripper Book 1)
Type: Trilogy
Genres: Dark Fantasy, General fantasy
Lenght: medium
Seriesize: .3
Universe: Warhammer
Author: C L Werner
Reception: LIttle known
You might want to read some Gotrek & felix first as the protagonist come from this serie
Nefarious Grey Seer Thanquol, skaven sorcerer and arch-enemy of Gotrek & Felix, embarks on his own adventure to recover the deadly artefact known only as Wormstone.
With this dread substance, he plots to poison the city of Altdorf and rise to power in the eyes of his masters amongst the Council of the Thirteen.
Bloodborn (Ulrika the Vampire – Warhammer)
Date: 2010-2020
MainCategory: FANTASY
Type: Trilogy
Genres: Dark Fantasy, General fantasy
trope: Vampires
Lenght: medium
Seriesize: .3
Universe: Warhammer
Author: Nathan Long
Reception: LIttle known
Ulrika former Felix love interest in the Gotrek&Felix serie is turned into a vampire and must learn to control her new urges while investigating a murder
Ulrika, recently turned as a vampire, attempts to adjust to her new way of life. But when a fellow vampire is killed in Nuln, Ulrika and her mentor, Gabriella, are sent to investigate. Soon they find themselves facing danger from all sides as they attempt to solve a mystery that threatens the very existence of the Lahmian bloodline. How can they hope to destroy something with the power to kill a vampire?
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy Book 1) by Kim Stanley Robinson
Date: 1990-2010
MainCategory: SCIENCE FICTION
Type: Trilogy
Genre: Hard Sf
Lenght: Lenghty
Seriesize: .3
Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Narrator: Richard Ferrone
Receptions: Bestseller, Classic
Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel • Discover the novel that launched one of science fiction’s most beloved, acclaimed, and awarded trilogies: Kim Stanley Robinson’s masterly near-future chronicle of interplanetary colonization.
“A staggering book . . . the best novel on the colonization of Mars that has ever been written.”—Arthur C. Clarke
For centuries, the barren, desolate landscape of the red planet has beckoned to humankind. Now a group of one hundred colonists begins a mission whose ultimate goal is to transform Mars into a more Earthlike planet. They will place giant satellite mirrors in Martian orbit to reflect light onto its surface.
Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth and melt the ice. And massive tunnels drilled into the mantle will create stupendous vents of hot gases. But despite these ambitious goals, there are some who would fight to the death to prevent Mars from ever being changed.
Aurora Rising (Dreyfus Emergencies trilogy -revelation space universe) Alastair Reynolds
Date: 2010-2020
MainCategory: SCIENCE FICTION
Type: Trilogy
Genres: Detective/crime/Mystery, Grimspace/noir sf, Hard Sf
tropes: Detective/cops, gothic space
Lenght: medium
Seriesize: .3
Author: Alastair Reynolds
Narrator: John Lee
Reception: LIttle known
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.
Revelation Space: The breath-taking space opera masterpiece
Date: 1990-2010
MainCategory: SCIENCE FICTION
Type: Trilogy
Genres: Grimspace/noir sf, Hard Sf, Space Opera
Lenght: Lenghty
Seriesize: .3
Author: Alastair Reynolds
Narrator: John Lee
Receptions: Bestseller, Classic
Protagonist: Multiple pov
“[A] tour de force… Ravishingly inventive.”-Publishers Weekly The highly-acclaimed first novel in the Revelation Space universe-a debut that has redefined the space opera with a staggering journey across vast gulfs of time and space to confront the very nature of reality itself… Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to solve the Amarantin riddle before ancient history repeats itself. With no other resources at his disposal, Sylveste forges a dangerous alliance with the cyborg crew of the starship Nostalgia for Infinity. But as he closes in on the secret, a killer closes in on him. Because the Amarantin were destroyed for a reason, and if that reason is uncovered, the universe and reality itself could be irrevocably altered…
In the same universe :
- the direct follow up novel to the original trilogy published in 2021
- two short novellas
- a collection of short stories : deep navigation not on amazon unless you want to pay 250$ in which case its here
- a stand alone novel
- a new trilogy with last book coming in 2024 contrary to the space opera of the original trilogy it’s a crime thriller in space
First and Only: Gaunt’s Ghost, Book 1
Date: 1990-2010
MainCategory: SCIENCE FICTION
Type: Trilogy
Genres: Grimspace/noir sf, Military Sf
tropes: gothic space, Grimdark
Lenght: medium
Seriesize: .3
Universe: Warhammer 40K
Author: Dan Abnett
Narrator: Toby Longworth
Reception: Bestseller
New to warhammer 40K universe? go there for a recommended reading order
In the Chaos-infested Sabbat Worlds, Imperial Commissar Gaunt must lead his men through as much in-fighting amongst rival regiments as against the forces of Chaos.
Listen to it because: First and Only was one of the first books published by Black Library and is the most read Warhammer 40,000 novel ever, an absolute classic. This story begins the saga of Colonel Commissar Gaunt and the Tanith First and Only that has since grown into a multi-novel epic. It all starts here.
The story: For a thousand years, the Sabbat Worlds have been lost to the Imperium, claimed by the dread powers of Chaos. Now, a mighty crusade seeks to return the sector to Imperial rule. And at the forefront of that crusade are Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt and the Tanith First and Only – better known as Gaunt’s Ghosts. Trapped in the grinding trench warfare of Fortis Binary, the Ghosts find themselves drawn into a conspiracy to assassinate the crusade’s leader, Warmaster Macaroth.
With enemies all around them and no one to trust, Gaunt and his men must find a way to save the warmaster and prevent the Sabbat Worlds Crusade from falling into anarchy – even if it means waging war on their supposed allies.
The audiobook can be found here :
second book here
third here
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War’s Edge: Dead Heroes
Date: 2020 Onward
MainCategory: SCIENCE FICTION
Type: Trilogy
Genre: Military Sf
trope: Military
Lenght: Lenghty
Seriesize: .3
Author: Ryan Aslesen
Narrator: Tom Weiner
In the 35th Century, mankind has colonized vast reaches of space, yet war remains constant as galactic governments and interstellar corporations fight for control of resource-rich planets and lucrative interstellar trade routes. And if centuries of war has taught man one thing, it’s that planets are valuable and lives are cheap. In a desperate attempt to escape his current life, Mark Rizer drops out of his prestigious university and enlists in the elite Marines of the United Systems Alliance defense forces.
It’s a decision that will take him across the galaxy, first to endure a sadistic boot camp designed to transform him into a ruthless killing machine, and then to join the ranks of the hardened Marines of Murder Company.Deployed to Verdant, a remote jungle moon at the edge of Alliance space, Mark finds himself fighting a ghostly enemy in an unending conflict where victories are measured in body counts and death is the only ticket home. The daily grind of combat patrols transforms good men into cold-blooded killers and weak ones into bitter memories. At the bleeding edge of space, Mark learns the true cost of war as he fights for his life, his platoon mates, and his humanity. I
n the 35th Century, war has evolved.Man hasn’t.
