Space Opera

When the Sun is threatened by an alien microbe, the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of an unlikely hero – and an even more unlikely friendship.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling Set on the desert planet Arrakis...

The return of humanity's oldest enemy... An alien prophecy that predicts our species' downfall... And a captain who's the only thing standing in the way of his starship getting mothballed. Wait, what?

The mission to destroy the enemy Gateway was literally a smashing success. Except the Pirates were too late, and now not one but two of the enemy are loose in the galaxy. And they are equipped with starships more powerful than Valkyrie. A direct fight would be hopeless, so the Pirates must rely...

The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! Frank Herbert's second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. Dune Messiah picks up the story of the man known as Maud'dib, heir to...

Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed stand-alone novel Children of Time is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet....

On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it....

James S. A. Corey’s Expanse series has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 23 languages, establishing itself as a modern masterwork of science fiction. Now, the Hugo Award–winning author returns with the second volume in their New York Times...

Frank Herbert's bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! In this third installment, the sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone. But for the...

From the Hugo Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse, James S. A. Corey, comes the start of a monumental new space opera series. 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...

After seven years of bitter war, the end has come at last for the conflict known infamously as the Horus Heresy....

He broke the chains. Then he broke the world…. A decade ago Darrow led a revolution, and laid the foundations for a new world. Now he’s an outlaw. Cast out of the very Republic he founded, with half his fleet destroyed, he wages a rogue war on Mercury. Outnumbered and outgunned, is he still...

The Blood Angels Chapter of Space Marines is under threat. Having obliterated all human life in the Red Scar region of space, the largest tendril of Hivefleet Leviathan ever seen in the Imperium has converged and is making relentlessly for Baal....

This audiobook brings together 13 uproarious short stories and one novella, focused on Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium. His stories are celebrated as heroic propaganda pieces, but he’s simply trying to stay alive in a hostile galaxy....

As the Siege of Terra ends, there are many loose ends – Traitors trying desperately to escape, a monumental vacuum of power to fill, and a crumbling galactic government to see to. Those who hold on to power must decide how to wield it, and a new structure must be put in place...

Colonel Joe Bishop made a promise and he's going to keep it; taking the captured alien starship Flying Dutchman back out. He doesn't agree when the UN decides to send almost 70 elite Special Operations troops, hotshot pilots, and scientists with him; the mission is a fool's errand he doesn't...

When the Colonial Shield Federation needs someone to face an ancient alien threat, they don't call their best; they call the only two Marines who survived first contact. Problem is, a decade of hard living has taken its toll on Frank Cage and Martin Kelvin.

The Aftermath of a stunning victory—especially an unexpected, complete, and final victory—should be high-fives all around, listening to politicians give boring congratulatory speeches, and a well-deserved rest for the Merry Band of Pirates....

From New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game—adapted to film starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford—is the classic Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction novel of a young boy's recruitment into the midst of an interstellar war. In order to develop a secure...

On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing - nothing anywhere in the universe - will ever be the same....

Discover the lengths to which Horus will go to claim Terra as his own - and the horrors he is willing to set upon its defenders....

The remnants of the Expeditionary Force stranded on the alien-controlled planet "Paradise" get a chance to prove themselves, in a simple off-world training mission with a ship full of teenage alien cadets. When the mission goes horribly wrong and the survival of everyone on Paradise is at risk...

For years, the ancient alien AI known as Skippy (the Magnificent, don’t forget that part) has been able to do one impossible thing after another. What is his secret? It’s simple: 100 percent Grade-A extreme awesomeness....

The first novella set in the universe of James S. A. Corey's epic Captive's War series. Humanity's war is eternal, spread across the galaxy and the ages. Humanity's best hope to end the endless slaughter is the Livesuit forces. Soldiers meld their bodies to the bleeding edge technology, becoming...

Heretics of Dune, the fifth installment in Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi series. On Arrakis, now called Rakis, known to legend as Dune, ten times ten centuries have passed. The planet is becoming desert again. The Lost Ones are returning home from the far reaches of space. The great sandworms...

Money and power. Van knows it makes the stars go around, but in the wrong hands, it can lead to disaster. Armed with new ships, new fighters, and an iron will, he'll lead the Fist of Orion to one last fight against an ancient enemy—the Stillness. For three generations, the Tudors have battled an organization dedicated to power at any cost, but as the war heats up, the Stillness have partnered with a race who regard humanity as more than an enemy. Humans are... an opportunity. It's going to take more than ships and guns to beat the Stillness—the job requires money. Lots and lots of money.

The Afterfall was just the beginning. The Sorcerers struck their killing blow. The galaxy has collapsed. With communications and logistics crippled, trillions of souls are left adrift in the dark—isolated, abandoned, and desperate. This isn't just a blackout, it's a catastrophic reset...

With his new powers, Jacob must find a way off the planet and resume his mission to exterminate the Xeno. But the Xeno's foothold on the planet is stronger than he ever could have imagined.

Evan Marshall has lost too many good people. Friends. Allies. People who trusted him. Now the enemy isn't just hunting him. They're hitting everyone he's ever worked with, and they don't care who dies in the crossfire. So Evan hits back. A desperate strike deep behind enemy lines changes the balance of power. But victory comes at a cost, and the window to stay ahead is shrinking fast. A breakthrough aboard the Ascendant reveals capabilities no one imagined, and points toward a destination that's been awaiting their arrival for four thousand years.

Dr. Eos Rai has spent a lifetime dedicated to her mother's dream of finding the long-lost Mona Lisa. When Eos uncovers tantalizing evidence of Star's End—the last known location of the masterpiece—she's shocked when her employer, the Galactic Institute of Historic Preservation, refuses to back her expedition. Left with no choice, she does the unthinkable—joins forces with the most notorious treasure hunter in the galaxy. A man she finds infuriating, annoying, and far too tempting.

Two men from different pasts, abducted by aliens. United among the present-day stars. On a blustery autumn day in 1360, Sir Thomas Fitzhugh, English mercenary knight and grizzled veteran of dozens of battles fought across Europe and the Holy Land, abruptly vanished from history. On a warm summer...

Corthaur's proxies wage a brutal campaign across a string of star systems, leaving colonies and stations burning in their wake...oblivious that they're advancing nothing except the Enemy's cause. Meanwhile, in the darkness, Corthaur quietly gathers his enslaved legions for a final assault that promises to end freedom forever. In the middle of it all, the Interchange fights to weather the riptide of interstellar events.

The Empress of Terra is dead. Her daughter is on the run, but the time for running is over. Jinsha Conwin was born to rule the galaxy, but now she is just another refugee hiding in the furthest corners of the Antares Cluster. With her mother assassinated and the Throne seized by the usurper Lord...

While checking into the fleet's poor reception at Oak, Bob finds out the reason. The Emperor was busy with other things, and he needs Bob's help to get them sorted out. Bob and the Gene ride to the rescue, only to find a whole new bunch of folks they need to understand...

Kav leads a merc platoon of 20 meter tall war machines known as Avatars, magitech mecha. Dropped into combat against the Draconic Alliance he must keep his unit alive, while finding a way to win against impossible odds. Dragons have Avatars of their own, and the big ones love to devour humans whole.

In this new military sci-fi thriller from the Nebula Award–winning author of Cold Welcome, Admiral Kylara Vatta is back—with a vengeance. Ky beats sabotage, betrayal, and the unforgiving elements to lead a ragtag group of crash survivors to safety on a remote arctic island. And she cheats...

Thomas has liberated worlds and inspired hope across the galaxy. Now Morgana demands her final reckoning. The price of honor has never been higher. From the Dwarven forges of Ferraden to the occupied worlds crying out for freedom, Thomas must rally unlikely allies while hunting a dangerous enemy who wears the face of a friend. But as the clock counts down to war, he'll learn that accepting a crown means more than just bearing its weight.

Major Ethan Irons thought surviving Earth’s near-extinction was the worst thing that could happen to him. Then the alien fleet arrived. When the remnants of humanity are hurled into a galactic war they didn’t start, don’t understand, and are unprepared for, Ethan finds himself leading a desperate fight for survival among alien empires, ancient grudges, impossible odds, and enough political backstabbing to make Game of Thrones look like a polite family dinner. His assets?

The powerful alien empire of the Gumalagians turns their attention to the United Interplanetary Republic. While Carter has faced dangerous opponents, nothing could prepare him for what’s to come. He must find allies and grow stronger — without sacrificing the people he loves. Along with an audacious and alluring Admiral, Carter races against the clock to assemble a fleet that can save them all.

The epic conclusion of the Archimedes Engine duology by legendary author Peter F. Hamilton. Set in the universe of EXODUS, a new sci-fi action-adventure RPG coming soon from Archetype Entertainment. For millennia, the Crown Dominion has been at relative peace, with the Celestials in control and...

Captain Jacob Thomas USMC is a divorced combat veteran just trying to get his life back on track. Returning to the Marine Corps after a failed attempt at reconciliation with his estranged wife, Jake volunteers for a DARPA experiment that catapults him into a future where humanity has been...

Perfectly aligned for readers of Iain M. Banks’s The Culture series and Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, The Sixth Nik is a galaxy spanning adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Angel Down and Whalefall. Deep into...

Captain Galvin Quintos has lost everything that matters. His beloved cabin at Coyote Crossing Ranch — the Colorado sanctuary he'd built for the life he thought he'd have — is gone. His relationship with Commander Gail Pristy, the woman who'd stood beside him through a decade of impossible battles, has disintegrated in silence. Three months without a word. No explanation. No goodbye. Now the U.S. Space Navy is dragging him back for one more deployment — commanding USS Thunderhead, the most powerful warship ever constructed. Ten miles of cutting-edge destruction. Sixty-five hundred crew.

Starship Endeavor is on a routine deep-space assignment when it intercepts a distress signal from a dead world on the edge of charted space. When the crew responds, the vessel is drawn into a web of inescapable terror—one rooted in ancient powers long thought extinct. The lone survivor they rescue is not what it seems. Hidden behind false perceptions is a lethal alien intelligence with the ability to shape what others see, turning crew against crew and truth into a weapon.

In outer space, there is no right or wrong... unless you get caught. Cal and his crew roam the galaxy, stealing food and giving it to those in need. That’s illegal, even in outer space, so staying away from the law is a general rule of survival—a rule his crew seems to forget at the worst possible times… Like kidnapping a ruthless galactic law enforcer, hoping to convince her they’re innocent. Hey, what could go wrong? A whole heck of a lot, but that won’t stop them.

The pyramids hold the questions and the Sphinx guards the truth. Twins Jaden and Malia Kwan thought they were finally ahead. Then came the ambush. The separation. The silence. Malia is snatched away to a hidden stronghold, a prisoner in the hands of enemies who see her as the key to their plan...

Four brothers, in their fifties, go looking for a treasure in space, with the mob hot on their trail.

A Draconis Combine warrior struggles with immoral orders in the First Succession War. A House Davion MechWarrior participates in a risky heist as part of Operation Guerrero. A history buff battles the Word of Blake during the Liberation of Terra. What do these MechWarriors have in common? Each one pilots the same BattleMech, a survivor that has been repaired and rebuilt countless times throughout its long and bloody 300-year lifespan.......BATTLEMECHS ARE NOT.

Brace Cordova, ex-con and newly installed captain of the Mithril Phoenix, is doing his best to settle into his new civilian life when he is suddenly thrust into a mission to rescue the crew of a Commonwealth Cruiser. Stranded on Jeremiah's World and under assault by an unknown alien race, the crew of the Justicator, including Brace's cousin Tess, struggles to survive against an enemy with superior technology and mysterious intent.

In the year 2425, the opulent city of New Geneva towers above the squalid undercity known as the Dredges. Sixteen-year-old Elara Vayle, haunted by the loss of her parents in a mysterious explosion, is determined to escape her grim reality. Guided by her dying mother's last words, she stows away on the starship Aurora, hoping for a new beginning. But the ship is not just a vessel; it's a battleground of secrets, tensions, and hidden agendas.