Fiction - Science Fiction - Military

Military authors have entered the mainstream science fiction genre and continue to leave their mark. David Drake pays homage to his own sub-genre by collecting ten classic stories of men-at-arms by top writers including himself.Author: David DrakeISBN-10: 0446610895ISBN-13: 9780446610896Publisher: AspectLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2002Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Ruthless and seemingly indestructible, the dark army didn't count on the few, the proud, the Marines. The Dark Prince's vast armies have destroyed nation after nation with the aid of powerful demon magic. Their total victory would be swift and certain except for two...

Beyond the borders of the ProtectorateBeyond the eyes of the Royal Martian NavyBeyond the reach of the Mage-QueenInnocents cry out for help - and Mars will answer!When the Royal Martian Navy moved against reports of piracy in the Fringe Systems, the last thing Mage-Commander...

Wanted by their enemies for exposing the Black Sword cabal and faced with the difficult task of rebuilding the Special Operations Division while treason remains rampant, Major Zack Decker and Commander Hera Talyn are stuck in desk jobs. Until, that is, the Coalition and...

The world has descended into desperation and terror, ravaged by decades of war for power between two sides: the pro-human Hommites, and the genetic engineers called Humanoids. Born of this war are genetically altered super soldiers; made distinguishable by their unnatural coloured eyes, and...

WHITE AND GANNON RETURN WITH A NEW ENTRY IN THE STARFIRE SERIES, co-created by New York Times best-selling authors Steve White and David Weber. STAND AGAINST THE ALIEN INVADER APOCALYPSE! The war with the profoundly alien Arduans has ended, and the Arduans have come...

The last installment in the Star Carrier series, where first contact, space opera, and military adventure combine, from New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas Will this be the end?Or a new beginning...Having battled aliens to prove humanity's worth as a star-faring species, Admiral...

Author: Ian DouglasISBN-10: 0062825402ISBN-13: 9780062825407Publisher: Harper VoyagerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/30/2021Pages: 400Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.70w x 1.20d

"Ocean's Eleven meets John Scalzi in this funny, action-filled, stand-alone sci-fi adventure from the author of Planetside, in which a small team of misfit soldiers takes on a mission that could change the entire galaxy." --Author: Michael MammayISBN-10: 0062981005ISBN-13: 9780062981004Publisher: Harper VoyagerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/22/2022Pages:...

The first three novels in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling epic science fiction saga the Expanse -- now a major television series. "Interplanetary adventure the way it ought to be written." -- George R.R. Martin Humanity has colonized the solar system,...

The New York Times bestselling origin story of the Master Chief--part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo! The twenty-sixth century. Humanity has expanded beyond Earth's system to hundreds of planets that colonists now call home. But the United...

The Ferengi are greedy, avaricious, ruthless, cowardly and completely unscrupulous. For centuries the famous Ferengi Rules of Acquisition have been the guiding principles of the galaxy's most successful entrepreneurs. These 285 Rules of Acquisition range from, #1 "Once you have their money, never give...

The New York Times bestseller--part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series Halo! 2524. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human-controlled space. But humanity has unknowingly trespassed on holy ground--straying into the path of...

The Galaxy is a Dumpster FireA 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 reconnaissance-in-force deep inside enemy territory. Stranded behind...

The New York Times bestselling series based on the blockbuster Xbox(R) games continues with the acclaimed story (originally published as a digital-first edition) of Spartan Edward Buck--first seen in HALO: ODST and reappearing in 2015's HALO 5: GUARDIANS!While Spartans get all the glory, no...

From New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu comes a short story collection of captivating visions of the future and incredible re-imaginings of the past. In To Hold Up the Sky, Cixin Liu takes us across time and space, from a rural mountain community...

The monumental Hugo and Nebula award winning SF classic-- Featuring a new introduction by John Scalzi The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand--despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away....

The second novel of the Forerunner Saga trilogy by science fiction legend Greg Bear--set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! One hundred thousand years ago. In the wake of the apparent self-destruction of the alien...

An original novel set in the Halo universe--based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! October 2559. With the galaxy in the suffocating grip of a renegade artificial intelligence, another perilous threat has quietly emerged in the shadows: the Keepers of the...

The crews of Jean-Luc Picard, Benjamin Sisko, Ezri Dax, and William Riker unite to prevent a cosmic-level apocalypse--only to find that some fates really are inevitable. STARFLEET'S FINEST FACES A CHALLENGE UNLIKE ANY OTHER TOMORROW IS DOOMED Time is coming apart. Countless alternate and...

Speaker for the Dead, the second novel in Orson Scott Card's The Ender Saga, is the winner of the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel. In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and...

The New York Times bestselling aftermath of Halo: Combat Evolved featuring the Master Chief--part of the expanded universe based on the award-winning video game series! 2552. The theocratic military alliance known as the Covenant is showing no mercy as it continues to assault every...

"Wickedly satirical . . . nothing short of brilliant." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)The 31st entry in Sir Terry Pratchett's internationally bestselling Discworld series about the art of war and the brave women who wage it.War has come to Discworld. The homes and businesses...

It's a dangerous post-Reparations world, but Agent Nuria Sellers is no stranger to war and sacrifice. After losing her left arm battling White Extremists, the brave amputee, instantly became a Foundational Black Americans hero. Despite all the glory and acclaim, Nuria's professional success has...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER A Master Chief story and original full-length novel set in the Halo universe--based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! October 2559. It has been a year since the renegade artificial intelligence Cortana issued a galaxy-wide ultimatum, subjecting many...

THE CROWN OF SLAVES SAGA CONTINUES. ADVENTURE AND INTRIGUE IN THE STAR KINGDOM FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHORS DAVID WEBER AND ERIC FLINT. The Solarian League lies in defeat, crushed by the Grand Alliance of Manticore, Haven, and Grayson. Obedient to the Alliance's...

It never was a war, any more than there's war between man and ants.The Original 1898 Classic Humans vs. Martians. Conventional ballistics vs. the dreaded Heat-Ray and poisonous black smoke. It's not the survival of one person at stake. It is the survival of...

This is a classic science fiction short story by James H. Schmitz and illustrated by Brotman. The following passage is part of its intriguing intro: 'It's one thing to try to get away with what you believe to be a lie and be caught...

One thousand years after Earth was destroyed in an unprovoked attack, humanity has emerged victorious from a series of terrible wars to assure its place in the galaxy. But during celebrations on humanity's new homeworld, the legendary Captain Pantillo of the battle carrier Phoenix...

In the tradition of the old Ace Doubles (flip one book over to read the second title), here's the twenty-eighth Wildside Double: THE WAR WITH THE BELATRIN: Science Fiction Stories, by Don Webb. The alien Belatrin are the "Other." They look like us, they...

2078 - the Earth's temperature is two degrees warmer. A genetic mutation that began in 2020 has rendered men blind and cognitively diminished. They are distinguished by their luminous blue eyes and their nonsensical babble that often holds mysterious insight. Women are in charge...

Terrorists working for traitors intent on transforming the Commonwealth into a brutal empire are preparing to spread mayhem across the vulnerable and increasingly unstable Rim Sector. Their aim: replace sovereign star system governments with satraps under the direct control of Earth, thereby undoing generations...

THEY SAY THE BEST WAY TO KILL A GOD IS TO STOP BELIEVING. WHAT IF THE GODS DON'T WANT TO DIE?It is a troubled time. The old gods are returning and they want the universe back. The Conclave has ruled the 700 known worlds...

Apocalypse War tells the on the ground stories of the Judges in Mega City One during the events of epic Block Mania and Apocalyse War story arch. MEGA-CITY ONE IS UNDER SIEGE! Mega-City One's a powderkeg waiting to blow on its best day. There...

Carson Napier, first Earthman to reach Venus, had to keep alert every instant of his stay on that world of mist and mystery. For its lands were unmapped, its inhabitants many, varied, and strange, and he had taken an obligation to restore a native...

When John Carter discovers that his beloved wife, Dejah, has been imprisoned in the Temple of the Sun, he is desperate to rescue her. However, the prison, which slowly rotates, is only opened once a Barsoomian year. As Dejah's prison sentence drags on for...

From the author of the Halberd series comes the first of a new, unrelated series. Alexander 'Sandy' Pike is an officer in the navy of the Planetary Alliance. Pike demonstrates his initiative, boldness and resolve as he begins to make a name for himself...

The Last Gryphon is a Sci-fi action adventure set 1750 years in the future. Mankind has long since abandoned an ecologically wrecked and resource depleted planet Earth and spread out from their cradle world. This was accomplished through great and powerful mega-corporations. The discovery...

Mind control is only the first step...World domination is the next...Much like Men Who Stares at Goats, Psychic Warrior is a fictional tale taken straight from the pages of the once classified Trojan Warrior Program in Special Forces and written by someone who was...

ANSWERS What makes a Reaper? What hardships must an innocent child endure to become the vaunted champion of the Eighty-Six? A peek into the past will shed light on his truth. The path he walks is paved with bonds forged in love and broken...

A Master Chief story and original full-length novel set in the Halo universe--based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! 2526. It has been a year since humanity engaged in its destructive first contact with a theocratic military alliance of alien races...

From the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Doors of Eden is an extraordinary feat of the imagination and a page-turning adventure about parallel universes and the monsters that they hide.They thought we were safe. They were wrong.Four years ago, two girls went...

Based on the hit TV show STARGATE ATLANTIS. Atlantis has returned to Earth. The team members have dispersed and are beginning new lives far from the dangers of the Pegasus galaxy. They think the adventure is over.They're wrong.With the help of General Jack O'Neill,...

The Last Emperox is the thrilling conclusion to the award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling Interdependency series, an epic space opera adventure from Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi. The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency,...

The first novel in the Forerunner Saga trilogy by science fiction legend Greg Bear--set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! One hundred thousand years ago, the galaxy was populated by a great variety of beings....

"Their trademark world building and questions of morality remain intact . . . The explosive cliffhanger ending--also now something of a trademark--promises one final return to the series." -- BooklistThe fourth novel in Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter's bestselling series, which io9 calls "a...

An all-new novel based on the landmark TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from the acclaimed author of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe! Jadzia Dax has been a friend to Etom Prit, the Trill Trade Commissioner, over two lifetimes....

Loyal, privileged, and brave--a soldier in the service of the King of Gernia--Nevare Burvelle survived a devastating plague of enemy sorcery, but at a terrible cost to his soul, body, and heart. Now he stands wrongly accused of unspeakable crimes, including murder, the most...

Matt Reddy and the crew of the USS Walker are positioned to push the line of battle to the breaking point on an alternate Earth, in the thrilling return to the New York Times bestselling Destroyermen series. Matt Reddy and his sailors have fought,...

An original full-length novel set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! Just hours following their climactic battle on the Forerunner planet Genesis, the Spartans of Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris find themselves running for their...