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61) Tristar
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The crew decide to investigate the strange psychological repulsion in the area of the Tristar and find a powerful and deadly insane machine is causing it on a paradise world.
62) Mindbender
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Extrasensory perception is a gift sought and often exploited. But what if society viewed telepathy as an affliction and instituted camps to keep telepaths under control?
Taralyn is a convicted telepath. She is tormented by guilt after her ten-year-old daughter is mind-wiped by the Association, a political group that imprisons telepaths for the good of the public. When she steals the child and flees Earth, she is pursued by Asher, an Enforcer of the...
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As part of a wicked plot, an evil ambassador has stolen the queen`s jewels. They are the power behind her throne, and her planet stands on the verge of civil war. Without these royal stones the queen cannot save her planet from dreadful war. Her daughter Princess Diana, calls upon and old friend, a Starship commander, from a powerful distant empire of their galaxy, to find and return the stones in the 72 hours her planet has left, or all is lost....
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"Pyramids of Meridian" contends with the reality of a veritable afterlife, with inspirations from the novel "Hyperion," the anime "Evangelion," and the movie "The Matrix."
After Michael Rene Gostani dies in the Vietnam war, he discovers that he alone can change the imprisoning afterlife. Utilizing this newfound gift, he frees billions of trapped souls and builds them a grand capitalist city called Meridian. In the process, he awakens an all-consuming...
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In "Imperial Prince: Heir Apparent," a young boy's life is transformed when he and his mother embark on a journey to imperial space to receive medical treatment. However, their visit takes an unexpected turn when they discover that the boy's grandfather has become the ruling Emperor of the galaxy, and desires an heir to secure his legacy. In an instant, the boy finds himself thrust into a world of political intrigue, danger, and adventure as the heir...
66) Precipice
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In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This is the sixth book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.
The Backworlds hang by a Quantum string, a thread about to snap. Annihilation is coming if Craze can't stop it.
The genocidal alien he had trapped breaks free, destroying a ship belonging to the Backworlds' oldest enemy, the Fo'wo's. The murderous...
67) Renegade Planet
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I present this work as a novel, a work of fiction...even though I myself believe it to be more truthful than any other version of our ancient history. Conceptually, the novel attempts to trace Earth's history in the very broadest of ranges from its beginnings up until about 1500 B.C.That history is seen through the eyes of extraterrestrials, who have had a close connection with Earth from its beginnings.The overall view is taken in the first place...
68) Galactic Patrol
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Since the Lensman series has gone into the public domain there are a lot of enterprising folks out there taking the manuscripts and generating copies, mainly eBooks for re-sale that are straight out of Project Gutenburg. Well, nothing wrong with that except those who want to enjoy a quality reading experience are probably going to be disappointed. Maybe just use Project Gutenburg.
I wanted to deliver the authentic paperback experience like the one...
69) That Summer
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In That Summer, Allen Drury turns from the world of international politics to the private politics of Greenmont, an exclusive vacation colony high in the California Sierras where an intense love story is played out against tribal country-club mores and tragic social pressures.
Greenmont is a millionaire's hideaway, a super-civilized encampment for the privileged few, but dangerous currents run beneath its affluent exterior. Major Bill Steele arrives...
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Vydor is riding a wave of success, but now his ship, the Dragon Claw, is being sent to investigate a mysterious event deep within the Empire's space. A secret research colony has fallen silent and the forces sent to investigate were never heard from again.
A new enemy has come to the Empire bringing with it dark powers that were abandoned long before the Empire was born. Powers that were thought to be legends and myths.
It's up to Vydor to keep...
71) Spectra's Gambit
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An old ally of Grandmaster Vydor comes to him for help because an enemy, perhaps as old as the Empire itself, has turned its sights on the Cathratinairian race and means to wipe them out. Spectra and Dusty are sent to find and stop this new threat, while Spectra begins her plan to change the balance of power for the entire known multiverse. Dusty must decide whether to follow Spectra as she uses this mission of mercy for her own gain, or stand with...
72) The Champion
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After his most successful season yet on the field, Quentin's sister (his only family) is lost in the Portath Cloud, an area considered to be the "Bermuda Triangle" of the galaxy. To save her, Quentin and his teammates must first escape team owner Gredok the Splithead, and acquire a ship capable of surviving the unknown dangers that await. Quentin's leadership and intelligence are put to the test as Becca, the Tweedy Brothers, Denver and more risk...
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For centuries, now, humanity has expanded into space without encountering an alien civilization. Suddenly, the peaceful outlying planet Omicron is attacked by an ominous outside threat-and the Imperial Special Investigation Service finds itself joining forces with the conspiracy it's been battling for years to save mankind from external danger.
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The Far Pole is the fifth title in the Chinavare's Find series. Random Arthur Hause, a former History teacher, discovers that fighting and winning a war, and then establishing his Off-world community's independence and new government still does not resolve the issues that brought about the war in the first place. Random leads the Commonwealth of Savannah's forces and his growing list of companions to Ulrich, to reinvigorate a ruined University and...
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Coming for her friends to hurt her wasn't very smart. Now she's out for payback.
Jegra Alakandra was adapting to her new life as ruler of a galactic empire when her husband, the Lord Emperor Rhadamanthus Dakroth, suddenly went missing. She mounts a daring rescue mission to save him, but discovers too late she's walked into a deadly trap. To make matters worse, the blood-thirsty assassin, Ishtar Bantu, wants revenge and is out to destroy everything...
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The Backworlds Books 1, 2, and 3: The Backworlds, Stopover at the Backworlds' Edge, and Boomtown Craze.
In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. This set contains the first 3 novels in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A space opera adventure.
The BackworldsAfter the war with the Foreworlders, Backworlders scatter across the remaining planets. Competition is fierce, and...
77) Assassin's Way
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Alshandiel Dolrahn wants a new life away from the suffocating world of Qolar. But will the Diplomatic Corps be her salvation…or undoing?The ideal assassin is young, smart and on the run.Alshandiel feels suffocated by her home planet of Qolar. She finds her fellow Qolari narrow-minded and xenophobic and the caste system that governs her world rigid and stifling. She is looking for a way out.The notorious Department of Other Matters deals with things...
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Shannon's Imperial Circus was a jinxed space-carny leased for a mysterious tour of the inner worlds. It made a one-night pitch on a Venusian swamp-town-to find that death stalked it from the jungle in a tiny ball of flame.
Leigh Brackett was the undisputed Queen of Space Opera and the first women to be nominated for the coveted Hugo Award. She wrote short stories, novels, and scripts for Hollywood. She wrote the first draft of the Empire Strikes...
79) Blastoff!
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3…2…1…Blastoff! Join the ultimate voyage into the great unknown, one that will race you to the farthest stars and most distant worlds where only the strangest and most exciting adventures will be found. This collection of 18 stories by Star Trek and Doctor Who author Robert Jeschonek will dazzle you, thrill you, and make you think. The universe in all its brightest and darkest glories will unfold before you, changing the way you see the final...
80) Requiem
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Reeling from the events on M1 Spacestation, Diputs returns Serena's remains to her home on Enceladus. He confronts her grieving family and is then forced underground to 'help' them. Though his help is unwanted by some; discovering and embracing his true identity is the key to their survival. And while his crew work relentlessly to extract him from imminent danger, they too must reluctantly aid in his expedition in order to get back to Galaxy alive....
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