September Roundup of Scifi Books
There's some lovely autumn colour in my garden at the moment. Here are some highlights...
And here are the books you want...
Alice Valent, Noah "Carnie" Lucas and the crew of the Clever Dream are delving into the galactic underworld in search of resistance groups and Mary Reed, an elusive leader amongst the rebels. Will they find her? Will their efforts to arm resistance fighters once again result in disaster?
A new wave of Order of Eden forces are entering the fray while Haven tries to build its defences and fill the ranks. Dame and Easy, two pilots are behind enemy lines, watching their enemy take over, dig in and make their own efforts to lure people to their side. Will Dame and Easy be able to get away so they can report what they've seen, or will they end up in the clutches of Admiral Scanlon, the new Order of Eden leader tasked with the mission to destroy Haven Fleet.
I am at the end of my resources. The Alliance has confiscated everything of value and conscripted or mindwiped most of my crew. I am being taxed again. It is the third time this month. There is no way I can earn enough credits to satisfy the Alliance tax collectors, and they know it. They are watching my ship, making sure that what is left of my crew and I can't escape. The next time the Alliance boards my ship will be the last. I need to find a way to escape them, and cross the border into the Coalition of Free Worlds.
We will become exiles, never able to return home. It doesn't matter. I have no desire to return to the Alliance. It is up to me to restore my family’s wealth and get revenge against the government for what they are doing to my friends and family.
Nathaniel Roberts is unaware that the Alliance is breaking a century-old treaty in preparation for war. The Alliance isn't alone, they have formed a pact with the Crimson Tide—a pirate organization. Captain Roberts won't be facing one enemy, he will be facing at least two. He will have to fight both while trying to make a new home for his crew.
The stars are within mankind’s reach...
But what awaits in the void may end humanity...
Mars and the Moon have been colonized, piracy runs rampant in the asteroid belts, and a thriving society grows in the depths of space. Humanity prepares to embark upon its greatest journey—the colonization of Alpha Centauri.
Then everything changes...
A deep space reconnaissance probe discovers a new Earth-like planet twelve light-years from Earth’s sun. The probe also finds something unusual, something…unnerving. A new mission is created, a space fleet is formed, and humanity embarks on unraveling the greatest mystery of all—the origins of life itself.
Can the factions of Earth remain united, or will old rivalries and animosities destroy the fragile peace in the face of this terrifying existential threat?
Will exploration prove to be a fatal mistake?
The Confederation consists of the seven oldest races in known space. They control a vast section of the galaxy. All races in that part of the galaxy are subjects of the Confederation and forced to obey the Confederation’s laws.
The Human Empire is well aware of the Confederation and has been careful not to intrude upon Confederation space. However, now the Confederation has decided the Human Empire has grown too large and needs to be brought under control of the seven races.
Warfleets are dispatched, and soon massive space battles erupt throughout the Empire. Can the Humans survive or is the time of the Empire over?
On the trail of a fugitive, Commander Devren Tenebris thinks he has finally cornered the man who betrayed his oath to the Coalition, only to end up walking into a trap. Battered, betrayed, but refusing to return empty-handed, Dev sneaks aboard a starship filled with outlaws in hopes of picking up the trail.
But Dev has always been by-the-book, and he’ll have to engage in some questionable practices if he doesn’t want to blow his cover. His training never covered backstabbing and theft. Fitting in with the criminal element might not be as easy as he’d hoped.
Unfortunately, time is short. By the time Dev gets close, the stage is set for a conflict. To prevent an interstellar war, he may have no choice but show his true colors.
But what happens when the ship of criminals finds out there's a lawman in their midst?
The mission to the recently terraformed planet of Lisa should be nothing to worry about for the special unit of the Federation Galactic Military. But there are no straight forward missions that deep in the outer rims, and even the simplest of tasks can be fatal. And no matter how much they train and what their experiences might be, some things space marines can just not account for...
Death is never more than an airlock away for the denizens of Hell, the last deck before the Void on the last station in human space.
It’s a place where justice is for sale and slavers hawk their human merchandise to the highest bidder. But to Rick, a scarred, bitter Lupan warrior, it’s home – or at least the one place in the known universe where he can ignore all the death warrants on him throughout the rest of the Commonwealth. It’s also the place where a few drops of the most precious liquid in all of human space can buy him a berth on the last ship back to his birth world. Until a mysterious, vaguely familiar woman walks into the dive Rick runs. And brings his deadly, ugly past in with her.
Somehow Rick must unlock the secrets she carries. Because if he fails, he will lose far more than just his life.
One after another, the Kingdom’s star bases have fallen before the Neo Hegemony and their coalition. Only one remains in the strategically vital Talos Rift.
Valestra.
Low on supplies, low on fuel and low on food - The base’s only hope is a desperate resupply mission. The Kingdom fleet assembles the largest convoy yet, protected by dozens of warships and hundreds of fighters.
Even with all the firepower the Kingdom can bring to bear, if only a single freighter manages to run the enemy’s relentless gauntlet, then the relief operation will be deemed a success.
Lieutenant Jason 'Rick' Richards knows he’s the best Tempest pilot in the Kingdom. But there’s an enemy out there who is his equal. Someone only he can defeat. Someone he must defeat.
Hegemony pilot, Major Gan Corla’s hatred for Rick burns strong. He has given himself body and soul to the Neo cause, but his hunger to take down his nemesis could overwhelm even that fanatical loyalty.
Both will risk all to kill the other. Even the mission. Even the war, if need be.
And while fighters and warships collide in ferocious combat, hidden in the dark, a new kind of warrior rises. Lieutenant Commander Nisha Draper and her stealth ship, the KSS Ghost, may be all that stands between the convoy, and the massive fleet of enemy reinforcements headed their way.
What would you do if you found a spaceship? Would you call the government, would you pretend you never saw it, or would you keep it a secret? What would you do with it? Use it to gallivant around the galaxy, conquer Earth, get filthy rich, or try to improve life on Earth? Read along and find out how Marc McCormack handles his discovery of a starship. How strives to convert Earth into a spacefaring world capable of defending itself before it meets the other civilizations in the galaxy. His dream, a united Earth at the forefront of an interstellar civilization. He and his brother start planning their next steps, but the one they don’t know how to prepare for is the arrival of Marc’s twelve-year-old daughter. She comes to spend the summer with her father. She’s very smart and extremely curious.
Marc and his crew need to accomplish all this without tipping off the U.S. Government and before the Paraxeans come looking for their spaceship. But they have help, the ship’s AI is on their side, and she’s smart.
Beyond the edge of the galaxy lies the Unknown Regions: chaotic, uncharted, and near impassable, with hidden secrets and dangers in equal measure. And nestled within its swirling chaos is the Ascendancy, home to the enigmatic Chiss and the Nine Ruling Families that lead them.
The peace of the Ascendancy, a beacon of calm and stability, is shattered after a daring attack on the Chiss capital that leaves no trace of the enemy. Baffled, the Ascendancy dispatches one of its brightest young military officers to root out the unseen assailants. A recruit born of no title, but adopted into the powerful family of the Mitth and given the name Thrawn.
With the might of the Expansionary Fleet at his back, and the aid of his comrade Admiral Ar'alani, answers begin to fall into place. But as Thrawn’s first command probes deeper into the vast stretch of space his people call the Chaos, he realizes that the mission he has been given is not what it seems. And the threat to the Ascendancy is only just beginning.
Aru must choose... use his powers to protect his family... or give up his life to save millions of strangers.
Aru and Nemi together summoned Trikaal, an ancient time traveler, who agreed to be their Guru. Nemi chose to master time travel, and Aru to read the future. But their lives took a sharp turn when paranoid Nemi imprisoned Aru and his pregnant wife. Aru, who considered Nemi his brother, never saw it coming and now languishes in a tiny jail cell. While Nemi travels back and forth in time, wreaking death and destruction.
Traveling to the distant future, Nemi aims to decimate the last survivors of humanity. Aru reads this future and has a plan to end it all. But the price of doing the right thing is too high.
Will Aru escape and save his family or stay and save the world?
A secret buried in the Antarctic.
A puzzle unsolved for thousands of years.
And a Brooklyn-born Master Gunnery Sergeant who's royally pissed that he has to babysit the researchers sent to figure it all out.
Patrick "Wic" Finnegan's last op as a Marine Raider before retirement sends him to the frozen Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands. The only reason he's here?
He owes a favor for an old friend—but that doesn't mean he has to like it.
When Wic finally sees what the team has uncovered, he can't believe his eyes, nor is he prepared for the violence to come.
Soon, the portal opens and unleashes a storm of unbridled fury upon humanity.
From the Antarctic tundra to the streets of Manhattan, Wic and his team will be pushed to their limits as they fight to hold back Earth's ultimate threat.
The odds are against them. Governments are toppling. And the Earth is falling into ruin.
And here are the books you want...
Alice Valent, Noah "Carnie" Lucas and the crew of the Clever Dream are delving into the galactic underworld in search of resistance groups and Mary Reed, an elusive leader amongst the rebels. Will they find her? Will their efforts to arm resistance fighters once again result in disaster?
A new wave of Order of Eden forces are entering the fray while Haven tries to build its defences and fill the ranks. Dame and Easy, two pilots are behind enemy lines, watching their enemy take over, dig in and make their own efforts to lure people to their side. Will Dame and Easy be able to get away so they can report what they've seen, or will they end up in the clutches of Admiral Scanlon, the new Order of Eden leader tasked with the mission to destroy Haven Fleet.
I am at the end of my resources. The Alliance has confiscated everything of value and conscripted or mindwiped most of my crew. I am being taxed again. It is the third time this month. There is no way I can earn enough credits to satisfy the Alliance tax collectors, and they know it. They are watching my ship, making sure that what is left of my crew and I can't escape. The next time the Alliance boards my ship will be the last. I need to find a way to escape them, and cross the border into the Coalition of Free Worlds.
We will become exiles, never able to return home. It doesn't matter. I have no desire to return to the Alliance. It is up to me to restore my family’s wealth and get revenge against the government for what they are doing to my friends and family.
Nathaniel Roberts is unaware that the Alliance is breaking a century-old treaty in preparation for war. The Alliance isn't alone, they have formed a pact with the Crimson Tide—a pirate organization. Captain Roberts won't be facing one enemy, he will be facing at least two. He will have to fight both while trying to make a new home for his crew.
The stars are within mankind’s reach...
But what awaits in the void may end humanity...
Mars and the Moon have been colonized, piracy runs rampant in the asteroid belts, and a thriving society grows in the depths of space. Humanity prepares to embark upon its greatest journey—the colonization of Alpha Centauri.
Then everything changes...
A deep space reconnaissance probe discovers a new Earth-like planet twelve light-years from Earth’s sun. The probe also finds something unusual, something…unnerving. A new mission is created, a space fleet is formed, and humanity embarks on unraveling the greatest mystery of all—the origins of life itself.
Can the factions of Earth remain united, or will old rivalries and animosities destroy the fragile peace in the face of this terrifying existential threat?
Will exploration prove to be a fatal mistake?
The Confederation consists of the seven oldest races in known space. They control a vast section of the galaxy. All races in that part of the galaxy are subjects of the Confederation and forced to obey the Confederation’s laws.
The Human Empire is well aware of the Confederation and has been careful not to intrude upon Confederation space. However, now the Confederation has decided the Human Empire has grown too large and needs to be brought under control of the seven races.
Warfleets are dispatched, and soon massive space battles erupt throughout the Empire. Can the Humans survive or is the time of the Empire over?
On the trail of a fugitive, Commander Devren Tenebris thinks he has finally cornered the man who betrayed his oath to the Coalition, only to end up walking into a trap. Battered, betrayed, but refusing to return empty-handed, Dev sneaks aboard a starship filled with outlaws in hopes of picking up the trail.
But Dev has always been by-the-book, and he’ll have to engage in some questionable practices if he doesn’t want to blow his cover. His training never covered backstabbing and theft. Fitting in with the criminal element might not be as easy as he’d hoped.
Unfortunately, time is short. By the time Dev gets close, the stage is set for a conflict. To prevent an interstellar war, he may have no choice but show his true colors.
But what happens when the ship of criminals finds out there's a lawman in their midst?
The mission to the recently terraformed planet of Lisa should be nothing to worry about for the special unit of the Federation Galactic Military. But there are no straight forward missions that deep in the outer rims, and even the simplest of tasks can be fatal. And no matter how much they train and what their experiences might be, some things space marines can just not account for...
Death is never more than an airlock away for the denizens of Hell, the last deck before the Void on the last station in human space.
It’s a place where justice is for sale and slavers hawk their human merchandise to the highest bidder. But to Rick, a scarred, bitter Lupan warrior, it’s home – or at least the one place in the known universe where he can ignore all the death warrants on him throughout the rest of the Commonwealth. It’s also the place where a few drops of the most precious liquid in all of human space can buy him a berth on the last ship back to his birth world. Until a mysterious, vaguely familiar woman walks into the dive Rick runs. And brings his deadly, ugly past in with her.
Somehow Rick must unlock the secrets she carries. Because if he fails, he will lose far more than just his life.
One after another, the Kingdom’s star bases have fallen before the Neo Hegemony and their coalition. Only one remains in the strategically vital Talos Rift.
Valestra.
Low on supplies, low on fuel and low on food - The base’s only hope is a desperate resupply mission. The Kingdom fleet assembles the largest convoy yet, protected by dozens of warships and hundreds of fighters.
Even with all the firepower the Kingdom can bring to bear, if only a single freighter manages to run the enemy’s relentless gauntlet, then the relief operation will be deemed a success.
Lieutenant Jason 'Rick' Richards knows he’s the best Tempest pilot in the Kingdom. But there’s an enemy out there who is his equal. Someone only he can defeat. Someone he must defeat.
Hegemony pilot, Major Gan Corla’s hatred for Rick burns strong. He has given himself body and soul to the Neo cause, but his hunger to take down his nemesis could overwhelm even that fanatical loyalty.
Both will risk all to kill the other. Even the mission. Even the war, if need be.
And while fighters and warships collide in ferocious combat, hidden in the dark, a new kind of warrior rises. Lieutenant Commander Nisha Draper and her stealth ship, the KSS Ghost, may be all that stands between the convoy, and the massive fleet of enemy reinforcements headed their way.
What would you do if you found a spaceship? Would you call the government, would you pretend you never saw it, or would you keep it a secret? What would you do with it? Use it to gallivant around the galaxy, conquer Earth, get filthy rich, or try to improve life on Earth? Read along and find out how Marc McCormack handles his discovery of a starship. How strives to convert Earth into a spacefaring world capable of defending itself before it meets the other civilizations in the galaxy. His dream, a united Earth at the forefront of an interstellar civilization. He and his brother start planning their next steps, but the one they don’t know how to prepare for is the arrival of Marc’s twelve-year-old daughter. She comes to spend the summer with her father. She’s very smart and extremely curious.
Marc and his crew need to accomplish all this without tipping off the U.S. Government and before the Paraxeans come looking for their spaceship. But they have help, the ship’s AI is on their side, and she’s smart.
Beyond the edge of the galaxy lies the Unknown Regions: chaotic, uncharted, and near impassable, with hidden secrets and dangers in equal measure. And nestled within its swirling chaos is the Ascendancy, home to the enigmatic Chiss and the Nine Ruling Families that lead them.
The peace of the Ascendancy, a beacon of calm and stability, is shattered after a daring attack on the Chiss capital that leaves no trace of the enemy. Baffled, the Ascendancy dispatches one of its brightest young military officers to root out the unseen assailants. A recruit born of no title, but adopted into the powerful family of the Mitth and given the name Thrawn.
With the might of the Expansionary Fleet at his back, and the aid of his comrade Admiral Ar'alani, answers begin to fall into place. But as Thrawn’s first command probes deeper into the vast stretch of space his people call the Chaos, he realizes that the mission he has been given is not what it seems. And the threat to the Ascendancy is only just beginning.
Aru must choose... use his powers to protect his family... or give up his life to save millions of strangers.
Aru and Nemi together summoned Trikaal, an ancient time traveler, who agreed to be their Guru. Nemi chose to master time travel, and Aru to read the future. But their lives took a sharp turn when paranoid Nemi imprisoned Aru and his pregnant wife. Aru, who considered Nemi his brother, never saw it coming and now languishes in a tiny jail cell. While Nemi travels back and forth in time, wreaking death and destruction.
Traveling to the distant future, Nemi aims to decimate the last survivors of humanity. Aru reads this future and has a plan to end it all. But the price of doing the right thing is too high.
Will Aru escape and save his family or stay and save the world?
A secret buried in the Antarctic.
A puzzle unsolved for thousands of years.
And a Brooklyn-born Master Gunnery Sergeant who's royally pissed that he has to babysit the researchers sent to figure it all out.
Patrick "Wic" Finnegan's last op as a Marine Raider before retirement sends him to the frozen Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands. The only reason he's here?
He owes a favor for an old friend—but that doesn't mean he has to like it.
When Wic finally sees what the team has uncovered, he can't believe his eyes, nor is he prepared for the violence to come.
Soon, the portal opens and unleashes a storm of unbridled fury upon humanity.
From the Antarctic tundra to the streets of Manhattan, Wic and his team will be pushed to their limits as they fight to hold back Earth's ultimate threat.
The odds are against them. Governments are toppling. And the Earth is falling into ruin.
Published on September 27, 2020 10:36
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