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.

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...

Paul Atreides avenges the traitorous plot against his noble family - and brings to fruition humankind's most ancient, unattainable dream.

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 on wacky ideas from the mushy brain of a monkey—and some serious sketchiness.

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about to end.

Disaster. There was no other word to describe how Operation Olympic had changed in a flash from a triumph to the worst failure the Merry Band of Pirates had ever experienced. A failure that meant the fight was over. Unless the Pirates could perform a miracle, without Skippy.

In Chris Wraight’s Homebound, Ilya Ravallion must choose between the decimated White Scars and living out what remains of her life in peace. An embattled Ahzek Ahriman must race against time to learn what he can of the warp before its gates close to him forever in Ex Libris by John French.

When Earth's colonies go silent, Legion Varus drops onto Kepler-62 expecting a routine investigation. Instead, they find something far worse than death.

The Merry Band of Pirates stopped the enemy from stealing a Sentinel, and destroyed its Elder starship, so why weren’t the Pirates planning a victory party?

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...

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?

Bob Johansson didn't believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. To add to the surprise, he is now a sentient computer and the controlling intelligence for a Von Neumann probe....

Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap out of the audio, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy....

When your starship's computer undergoes a catastrophic meltdown, light years from help, it's bad. When you are that ship's computer, it's worse.

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. Then the mission goes horribly wrong....

The battle-scarred star carrier Flying Dutchman is finally on her way back to Earth, after an exceptionally successful series of missions that have once again saved the world....

The isolated forge world of Diamantus faces a threat of apocalyptic proportions – a warped and mutated space hulk infested by the forces of Chaos, commanded by the monstrous datagnost Voldire, disciple of the dread demigod Vashtorr the Arkifane.

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....

After saving the world many times, the Merry Band of Pirates have accepted the inevitable: Earth is doomed. All they can do is try to bring a few thousand people to safety, before vicious aliens arrive to destroy humanity's home world....

Arriving in the Geratomro warzone, Honoured Lieutenant Bannick and the crew of the Baneblade Cortein's Honour are assigned as close support to a company of Shadowsword Titan hunters as they find themselves thrust into a deadly battle for the fate of three star systems.

As the traitors tighten their grip on Terra, Rogal Dorn must marshal the Imperial hosts to weather the storm. But not all of the defenders will survive the onslaught....

United Nations Special Operations Command sent an elite expeditionary force out on a simple recon mission. Now their stolen alien starship is falling apart, thousands of light years from home....

The monstrous Carryx empire was built by subjugation and war. Thousands of species are bound to their Sovran’s command in an endless, blood-soaked test: be useful in the eternal conflict or be slaughtered.

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 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....

Horus is dead. Terra lies in ruins. Amid the rubble of the Palace, shell-shocked survivors emerge into the light of an uncertain dawn. New powers are present now, ones that have travelled the length of the galaxy to bring salvation to the Imperium, though they are as readily cast as usurpers as redeemers. The survivors of the Traitors’ Grand Armada, now scattered and desperate to escape vengeance, are riven with doubt and dissension, and their gods too are silent. Amid all the grief and confusion, some hopeful souls believe the war to be over and an era of renewal just ahead.

When Earth's colonies go silent, Legion Varus drops onto Kepler-62 expecting a routine investigation. Instead, they find something far worse than death. The colonists aren't dead—they're changed. A new kind of enemy has arrived in Province 921, microscopic invaders that transform humans into perfectly coordinated killing machines. These "Demon" parasites don't just control minds; they improve them, creating an army that works with terrifying efficiency.

Evan and Anya flee Aethos with a target on their backs. Unfortunately, the ship's sentient AI is missing thousands of years of history and is just as surprised to be on the run. As they search for the ship's makers, Evan and Anya soon discover that the interstellar plot to transform the Commonwealth with alien tech runs much deeper than they'd ever imagined.

Jake Fox has built a small but loyal team of heroic misfits and made powerful rivals. When Emperor Cayn Vaguar XVIII forces him into a corner, he negotiates and gets caught in a double betrayal. Can he and the newly formed Order of the Star Blade survive the rise of a new emperor?

This all-new Star Trek novel celebrates the 60th anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series—continuing the legacy of Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise. 2269: The prospect of peace had seemed unattainable until the assistance of the Federation. Finally, countless...

The Alliance has been fighting the Syndics for a century—and losing badly. Now its fleet is crippled and stranded in enemy territory. Their only hope is a man who's emerged from a century-long hibernation to find he has been heroically idealized beyond belief.... Captain John “Black Jack” Geary’s exploits are known to every schoolchild. Revered for his heroic “last stand” in the early days of the war, he was presumed dead. But a century later, Geary miraculously returns and reluctantly takes command of the Alliance Fleet as it faces annihilation by the Syndics..

Can Noah Gantz save the living starship that rescued him from the failed warp bubble experiment? Everything is on the line for Kayan's Crew. One thing is certain, they won't just fade away. All they must do is secure the secret weapon no one admits is real, learn to use it, and get to the party in time to save the day.

Gaining intel that a high-value target is aboard a luxury starliner, REC-Team Pelican hightails it to intercept. Dropping in system, they arrive to find the starliner crashed, enemy combatants swarming the vessel, and thousands of people in need of rescue from the ocean swallowing the ship. And while the REC-team works to avoid dangers at sea, their enemies close in for the kill. Can the team accomplish their mission and save the passengers? Or will their creed to bring the heartbeats home take a back seat to finally exposing the cabal that forced them into hiding?

Dr. Erik Manheim needed a warrior. A Navy SEAL. Someone who could help him confront the threat he uncovered in ancient ruins—evidence that a rogue planet brings devastation every time it passes Earth. Instead, he got Jack Schafer, a hungover bush pilot in the wrong place at the wrong time. Now, Jack is swept into a mission he was never meant to survive—one that stretches from the Alaskan wilderness to the stars beyond. Humanity's future hangs in the balance… and its best hope may be a reluctant pilot who wasn't supposed to be here at all.

When his old Spymaster reappears to help Aatroxiss in his struggles against the Frontier invasions and, ultimately, against the Empire itself, information becomes the most important factor as the number of alien invasions backed by Imperial warships increases dramatically. With too few ships to adequately defend every star system, it's a matter of coming to the rescue too late and hoping to catch and destroy the invading fleets before they can attack again.

Commanding a complex starship is the least of Mitch's worries. Using his buddy's starship to swoop to the rescue of beleaguered outposts or single-handedly blast his way through enemy squadrons is nothing new; Mitch has been doing that for weeks now. But dealing with the reckless—not to mention mutinous—scheme of the woman he trusts is a whole new challenge he hadn't expected.

Catie finds herself at a loss. She's frustrated, things that used to be important to her are not. She needs a change. So she runs away. Not just a little, but a lot. She goes to one of the Volmora Colonies and hides under a new identity. But she always finds trouble and she finds it here. A young woman falsely accused of theft, someone stealing from the landowners. Can she figure all this out without the aid of technology? I'm sure she can.

Nevask Shipping handles over one-third of the Confederation’s cargoes. It is a family company dating back to the earliest days of commercial spaceflight. It has a problem. A major problem. Persons unknown routinely raid Nevask shipments. Very specific shipments. Low-volume, high-value cargoes disappear at least twice a month. There must be someone on the inside picking the targets. But when the latest internal investigation turns up nothing—yet again—Sukal Nevask takes a chance on a new security firm. Shepherd Security Services.

They harvest us. They breed us. They feed from us… There is no hope… Not until one fateful moment when my eyes open and I see something streaking across the skies.

C'est l'acte final : l'alliance de la Confédération humaine du roi Peter avec l'Empire ildiran, les verdanis et les wentals, a tenu bon face aux hydrogues et aux robots renégats commandés par Sirix. Mais deux terribles ennemis continuent à menacer le Bras spiral : les faeros, dont le feu vivant détruit tout sur son passage, et les Klikiss, des monstres insectoïdes qui sont sur le point de former un essaim imbattable.

General Sean Quinn leads a desperate mission to return Aczar refugees to their distant homeworld—a mercy run that spirals into something far deadlier. The Aczar have emerged from their underground exile wielding orbital weapons that could challenge any fleet. Their revolution has freed them from ancient manipulation, but the refugees Sean escorts are branded traitors for choosing outsiders over their own people. There is no sanctuary waiting—only accusations and unknown consequences. As diplomacy crumbles, Major Ethan Gates traces mysterious signals to a forgotten relic drifting in the void.

Dieser Krieg war unvermeidlich.Nach zwei brutalen, blutigen Kämpfen um ihre Existenz gegen unerbittliche außerirdische Feinde ist die Menschheit siegreich, hat aber keinen Frieden gefunden. Da Misstrauen und Anschuldigungen den politischen Diskurs zwischen den beiden großen Gruppierungen vergiften, hat das Militär der Eastern Star Alliance bereits begonnen, kleine Überfälle in den Raum der Vereinigten Terranischen Föderation durchzuführen.

One-hundred and thirty years ago, an alien race known as the Hunduns invaded Earth. The survivors of their brutal attack now live in space, aboard the Worldship Honour. Now their resources are nearly depleted, the Emperor has called a conscription draft for a final attack in hopes of retaking Earth.

Geheimnisse ranken sich um seine Herkunft und Gerüchte besagen, dass der mächtige Kriegsfürst einst ein normaler Ork war. Doch wie stieg er dann zum Propheten des Waaagh! auf?

Miles Vorkosigan, un muchacho enclenque y debilucho a causa de una malformación durante su gestación, es hijo de los condes de Barrayar. Debido a su anomalía, Miles tiene que luchar y esforzarse el doble que cualquier otro recluta para llegar a ser un Vor, un guerrero del planeta Barrayar. Por suerte, cuenta con su aguda inteligencia, la cual le salvará de la más complicada de las situaciones, a la par que los músculos y armas de Bothari, su guardaespaldas particular.

Commander Finch believes he has finally, and safely, returned his crew home. But a jump through the Androski wormhole takes the Omni and her crew to 1993. Fifty years before their original mission. Now Finch and the crew must navigate a past that is still behind in technology until they can safely jump again. They must do so without interfering with the past...and without getting caught. Time is running out and the Androski will soon close. They face not only a leap of time, but faith in where they end up.

First Lieutenant Jacob Brown von den Marines langweilt sich. Seit Monaten sitzt er auf einem fremden Planeten herum und wartet auf den Rückrufbefehl für sein Scout-Team, das sich ausruhen soll und dann neu ausgerüstet würde. Auf der vorherigen Mission musste das Team durch die Hölle gehen und verlor sowohl den Kommandeur als auch sein Schiff. Momentan übernimmt Jacob die Rolle des Kommandeurs von Team Obsidian, und ihr Schiff ist ein altes, ramponiertes Kampf-Shuttle, das sie von Drogenschmugglern auf dem Planeten Niceen-3 gestohlen haben.

Die Jagd der Star Scavenger nach Alien-Kristallen führt sie in die gefährliche Unterwelt des Mars. Nach den katastrophalen Ereignissen in Manticore Four kehren die Star Scavengers Hudson und Tory auf die Erde zurück, um ihren nächsten Schritt zu planen. Das außerirdische Überwesen Goliath ist zurückgekehrt, und die einzige Möglichkeit, seinen mörderischen Amoklauf zu stoppen, besteht darin, die Kristalle der Macht vor ihm zu finden.

Die Darshik-Offensive lässt nach, aber der Krieg ist noch lange nicht vorbei. Während sich die erschöpften Einheiten der Föderation nach der Abwehr der letzten Invasion der Darshik auf einen Gegenangriff vorbereiten, gibt es Berichte über eine neue, mächtigere Schiffsklasse, die tief in den terranischen Raum eindringt.

Their trip through the Androski wormhole didn't take them on the journey they expected, and now Reyanne and the team face a new challenge: stay or go? Stay on this new Earth and make a fresh start, or risk going back through the wormhole, not knowing where they will end up. Neither is ideal, and both have unpredictable consequences. There are still too many unanswered questions about what happened on Earth, and the more the team search for signs, the more they realize how little they really know.