Military Opera

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?

As the crew of the Starship Interchange has now learned, when the AI you've been mistreating for centuries turns out to be something else entirely, it can lead to some tense interactions in the mess. With Earth wiped out, and half her crew gone, the Interchange limps toward Sirius—the Dog Star, which aliens call the Beacon. There, Captain Seemey, Sergeant Morgan, and the remnants of their crew are pulled into what promises to be the war to end all wars. A dark force has all but taken over, and galactic powers are fighting over what's left.

Ein aus Antimaterie bestehender Planet rast auf die Erde zu. Ein Schwarmschiff aus der fernen Zukunft, voller tödlicher gestohlener Technologie, ist unterwegs. Und eine robotische Flotte wurde von wütenden Valarisi übernommen. Sie jagen nun ihren alten Freund Granger, um das Geheimnis zur Vernichtung des Schwarms zu erhalten. Aber während Grangers Erinnerungen zurückkehren, erfährt er, dass die Absichten des Schwarms viel gefährlicher sein könnten, als er je geahnt hatte. Seine Freundin und Verbündete Admiralin Shelby Proctor liegt im Koma. Die Erde wird von einem finsteren Quiassi beherrscht.

Commodore Straker's rebellion grows in strength - but his enemies are growing even faster. Faced with a dozen rebel planets in their territory, the Mutuality finally takes notice of the upstart known as the Liberator, and they gather a vast fleet to crush him. Preparing for a titanic interstellar battle, it's clear Straker has no chance. His tiny enclave of free planets can't survive the weight of 1000 worlds. His own officers realize this, and some of them begin to turn against him....

Hard-core, fast paced science fiction, John Scalzi's Zoe's Tale is the fourth in The Old Man's War series. She won't go down without a fight. It's not every day you up sticks and move to another world. But then, Zoë Boutin-Perry's life has never been ordinary. She's the adopted teenage daughter...

Die interstellare Forscherin und freie Schatzsucherin Dr. Brooklyn Stevens hat den Fund ihres Lebens gemacht – einen ganzen Planeten, der seit Jahrhunderten als verschollen gilt. Dem Anschein nach wurde Jardine im Verlaufe der Nachfolgekriege von den Karten der Inneren Sphäre getilgt, doch die üppig bewaldete Welt, auf der sie zusammen mit ihrem Gefährten gerade abgestürzt ist, erzählt da eine ganz andere Geschichte. Ebenso wie deren Bewohner. Dr. Stevens und ihr Partner finden sich schon bald zwischen zwei verschiedenen Gruppen wieder.

When a new Srack overlord ambushes Jake and his apprentices, they are served a painful lesson in humility. Only the timely arrival of Vilak, The One Who Vanishes, saves their lives, and that isn't going to work twice. The fate of Earth, Calden, and several other planets is at stake. Fortunately, the events of the past have provided a plan for the future. All they must do is find four ancient weapons and pass a series of tests on the Ulniiri homeworld. Then the real fighting can begin.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. War made him a hero. The Fringe will make him a legend — or cost him everything. Exiled to the far fringe, Captain William Owen Reed seeks glory and redemption to win his way home to his true love. Instead, he faces disaster. Ambushed, and captured...

Deep in the shattered remnants of a dead moon, an ancient artifact pulses with Supernal Energy—power from before the Multiverse itself. The Hellmarine and his battle-scarred Stygians have stumbled onto a secret that Heaven would kill to possess and Hell would burn worlds to claim.

Der Quadrant steht in Flammen. Gewalttätige Aufstände brechen scheinbar zufällig im Einflussbereich der Konföderation aus. Die Reaktion der mächtigen Konföderationsflotte war schnell und energisch, aber sobald sie auf einem Planeten die Ordnung wiederherstellt, bricht anderswo eine Rebellion aus. Die Omega Force arbeitet gerade bei den Grenzwelten, als sie gezwungen wird, einem alten Verbündeten zur Hilfe zu kommen. Bald wird klar, dass diese beiden Ereignisse miteinander verknüpft sind.

Explore the Wild Black—where any signal could be a trap, any planet a mystery, and any companion a lifeline—in this trio of high-concept space adventures. Deep Strike crews are accustomed to hostile terrain. But in Beasts of the Wild Black, Capt. Min Law and the crew of the Thunberg get more...

The Haiksos War wages on. The galaxy is in a state of flux, and defeat seems inevitable. The Unity Alliance military forces scramble, Shining League militias run rampant, and a rogue Hardshell remnant unleashes nihilistic carnage across the stars. The Vuan'at remain an unknown in the equation. But Cullen Bright will not accept defeat. He has built an elite team of ex-marine operators that rivals the capability of conventional forces. The Haiksos are ruthless, and Cullen knows what he is up against, but he will not accept defeat.

THE FUTURE IS FOR THE TAKING. Neal Asher concludes the Time's Shadow series with Dark Horizon – a mind-blowing sci-fi epic where one rogue AI threatens to unravel reality across a thousand possible futures. Captain Blite and Agent Cormac are running out of options. Yossander's Hold is under...

Im Jahr 2456 steckt das Reich der Vereinigten Sonnen in der Klemme, zwischen der Terranischen Hegemonie und den von ihr eingesetzten BattleMechs auf der einen Seite und dem Lyranischen Commonwealth, das gerade die Pläne zum Bau seiner eigenen wandelnden Kriegsmaschinen ergattert hat, auf der anderen. Nachdem er auf allen Seiten von Feinden umgeben ist, was soll Prinz Simon Davion tun? Nun ja, er setzt seine hinterhältigste Waffe ein – einen diplomatischen Gesandten, den er mit dem expliziten Auftrag nach Tharkad schickt, sich Zugang zu den gestohlenen BattleMech-Plänen zu verschaffen.

The greatest of Sylvas’ nightmares has been conquered, yet even so, he is hollower than ever. How much more will he need to sacrifice to live up to the legacy that the Aion have shackled him with? What could he possibly do to stop the cataclysm that has been set loose? The answer lies in the advancing fleet of the Obsidian Dominion as he and the others race to meet it, hopefully before it tears through what’s left of the core worlds.

This sequel to Inversion forces a pacifist society in a pastoral, isolated universe to wrestle with the cost of self-defense. The people of Germinal live on a tiny, verdant planet where evolution has traced a slightly different path. For centuries, they have peacefully coexisted amid an ecosystem where an advancing wall of fire consumes all in its path, a perpetual cycle of destruction and renewal. That is, until everything they knew of their history was violently upended by the arrival of colonizers.

Opportunities there are few and far between...that is, unless you're willing to put on a uniform. For ace-pilot Deborah Allen Riker (aka “Admiral Dare”), life had never been easy. She's defended Earth against countless enemies, both alien and human alike. Now she's retired. Committed to a life of solitude and studying the aliens she spent a lifetime fighting...until she finds herself dragged into a new conflict. A conflict she never saw coming.