18 books like The Wreck of the River of Stars
The Wreck of the River of Stars
Winner of the Robert A. Heinlein award, "a far-future, spacefaring universe packed with action. . . . is good challenging reading" (Booklist).In the days of the great sailing ships, in the mid-twenty-first century, when magnetic sails drew cargo and passengers alike to every corner of the solar system, sailors had the highest status of all spacemen, and the crew of the luxury liner the River of…
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In the Lion's Mouth
It's a big Spiral Arm, and the scarred man, Donavan buigh, has gone missing in it, upsetting the harper Mearana's plans for a reconciliation between her parents. Bridget ban, a Hound of the League, doubts that reconciliation is possible or desirable; but nonetheless has dispatched agents to investigate the disappearance.
The powerful Ravn Olafsdottr, a Shadow of the Names, slips into…
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On the Razor's Edge
In Michael Flynn's thrilling space opera, On the Razor's Edge, the secret war among the Shadows of the Name is escalating, and there are hints that it is not so secret as the Shadows had thought.
The scarred man, Donovan buigh, half honored guest and half prisoner, is carried deeper into the Confederation, all the way to Holy Terra herself, to help plan the rebel assault on the Secret City. If…
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The Warship
The haiman Orlandine, charged with safeguarding lethal Jain tech swirling inside an accretion disc located in the distant reaches of space, has weaponised a black hole to eliminate the threat. But others are suspicious of her motives, and both the Polity AIs and the leaders of the alien prador kingdom dispatch fleets of warships in anticipation of conflict.
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Die strahlende Kuppel / Götterdämmerung
Translation of two volumes of the German science fiction series Perry Rhodan which began publication in 1961. It is a space opera, dealing with several themes of science fiction.
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Eyes of the Void
Sequel to Shards of Earth.
An Architect almost destroyed humanity's foremost colony, until Idris Telemmier turned it aside. But that was just the start of the war - and now no planet is safe. Ancient artefacts once repelled these vast aliens, but they are now terrifyingly ineffective. However, the ruins of a lost civilization offer hope.
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Shadow Captain
Bosa Sennen was a scourge of merchants and traders alike. A pirate who struck from the darkness, showed no mercy, and vanished without trace...and whose career was ended by the Ness sisters. They took her crew, her ship and ultimately also her life.
Unfortunately for them, they have also taken on Bosa's fearsome reputation.
Sequel to Revenger. Sequel to this is Bone Silence.
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Das Mutanten-Korps
Translation of two volumes of the German science fiction series Perry Rhodan which began publication in 1961. It is a space opera, dealing with several themes of science fiction.
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Xeelee
Half a million years in the future, on a dead, war-ravaged world at the centre of the Galaxy, there is a mile-high statue of Michael Poole.
Poole, born on Earth in the fourth millennium, was one of mankind's most influential heroes. He was not a warrior, not an emperor. He was an engineer, a builder of wormhole transit systems. But Poole's work would ultimately lead to a vast and destructive…
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Partners in Necessity
The first 3 Liaden universe novels, 'Conflict of Honors', 'Agent of Change', and 'Carpe Diem', in one collection. This is where to start if you want to read the Liaden series.
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Shattermoon
A shattered moon. A secret plan. Last girl standing.Orry and her family are the best conmen in the Quadrant, running elaborate heists to target the ruling families of the Ascendancy. This time should be no different . . . but then Orry goes off-script and everything falls apart. Less than an hour later her mark is dead and she's on the run, accused of a murder she didn't commit. Turns out, the…
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In the Lion's Mouth
"An intellectual far-future space opera with a unique Celtic flavor . . . full of enough political intrigue, suspense, and romance to satisfy readers of all genres." —SFScope"A marvelously heroic ancient legend reborn in humanity's future days. Space opera fans will be swept away by the poetic rhythm and subtle plot construction." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)It's a big Spiral Arm, and the…
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Agent of change
"LEE AND MILLER STRIKE SPACE OPERA GOLD."
 —Robin Wayne Bailey
Once a brilliant First-in Scout, Val Con yos'Phelium was "recruited" by the mysterious Liaden Department of Interior and brainwashed into an Agent of Change—a ruthless covert operative who kills without remorse.
Fleeing the scene of his latest murderous mission, he finds himself saving the life of ex-mercenary Miri Robertson, a…
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Victims of the NovaJohn Brunner
Victims of the Nova
The Complete Zarathustra Trilogy
When the star Zarathustra went nova, the desperate survivors packed themselves into spaceships and fled in all directions. Habitable worlds were few, and colonizing a new planet requires much more than just settling a newly discovered island of Old Earth. New planets were different in thousands of ways, and the differences could mean disaster. Brutal environment,…
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The Mercy of Gods
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about to end. The Carryx – part empire, part hive – have waged wars of conquest for centuries, destroying or enslaving species across the galaxy. Now, they are facing a great and deathless enemy. The key to their survival may rest with the humans of Anjiin.
Caught up in academic intrigue and affairs…
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On Vicious Worlds
"The Jeveni have finally found freedom on planet Capamame, delivered from oppression through their alliance with Cleric Chono, intrepid caster Jun Ironway and Six, the wildly unpredictable manipulator who has outwitted the Nightfoot family.
But when Six and Chono return to the Treble star systems, the dream of freedom meets a dangerous test. The Secretaries of the Kindom are intent on reclaiming…
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Invasion aus dem All / Die Venusbasis
Translation of two volumes of the German science fiction series Perry Rhodan which began publication in 1961. It is a space opera, dealing with several themes of science fiction.
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I Dare
Lee and Miller's eagerly awaited conclusion to the Agent of Change sequence,of their Liaden Universe® series.
This long-awaited culmination of the Locus best-selling Agent of Change sequence of Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's internationally acclaimed Liaden Universe® novels, pits unexpected friends and enemies against each other in a war that spans planets and races and threatens to bring…
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