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• Leviathan Wakes

  Corey, James S. A.,

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  The big kick-off to a twisting, turning, action-packed space adventure with an eclectic crew that always finds itself in the middle of all the trouble.

• Old Man's War

  Scalzi, John, 1969-

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  A military sci-fi must! This modern classic puts aging citizens in new bodies before being fed into the eternal machine of space warfare.

• Earth Unaware

  Johnston, Aaron

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  Orson Scott Card's Enderverse prequel pits a naive humanity against a completely alien insect threat.

• Lost Fleet

  Dauntless

  Campbell, Jack (Naval officer)

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  "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,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Heir to the Empire

  Zahn, Timothy,

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  "It is a time of renewal, five years after the destruction of the Death Star and the defeat of Darth Vader and the Empire. But with the war seemingly won, strains are beginning to show in the Rebel Alliance. New challenges to galactic peace have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Planetside

  Mammay, Michael

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  A deadly conspiracy on a war-torn planet pits a capable military veteran against a wealth of foes, terrestrial and otherwise.

• Starship Troopers

  Heinlein, Robert A. (Robert Anson), 1907-1988

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  A controversial, genre-defining bug battle that's inspired aliens and science-fiction military representation across media of all kinds.

• Skyward

  Sanderson, Brandon

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  Sanderson turns his unrivaled skill toward space, and embarks his teenage protagonist on a journey that pulls on the reader at every moment. A YA title full of humor and action for all readers.

• A Soldier's Duty

  Johnson, Jean

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  "Ia is a precog, tormented by visions of the future where her home galaxy has been devastated. To prevent this vision from coming true, Ia enlists in the Terran United Planets military with a plan to become a soldier who will inspire generations for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Space Viking

  Piper, H. Beam

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  Protagonist Spaceman Trask buys a ship and sets out to find his wife's killer and become a pillaging space viking along the way. As with many classic sci-fi titles, it's pumped full of it's author's strange politics alongside the explosive…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rules of Redemption

  White, T.A.

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  Loads of space action swinging around the exploits of a war hero turned scavenger holding the fate of two races in her legendary hands.

• The Forever War

  Forever War Series, Book 1

  Haldeman, Joe

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  "The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy that they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away." Time dilation, thrilling conflict, and a page-turning plot make…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Light Brigade

  Hurley, Kameron

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  The bizarre time-trip caused by faster-than-light travel knots up the plot as a solider tries to make sense of both the war and their role in it.