Prepare for Battle. Embrace the Stars.FIfteen amazing tales by authors who are out of this world!From the corridors of colossal starships bristling with advanced weaponry to the uncharted realms of alien worlds, these stories will thrust you into the heat of battle and the wonder of the unknown. Join valiant starfighter pilots in desperate dogfights against overwhelming odds, brave commanders navigating treacherous political landscapes, and...

The biggest names in space opera and military science fiction share 20+ new short stories set in their most famous universes—including Dune, Honor Harrington, and Ender’s Game!Join Nebula and Hugo Award winners, New York Times-bestselling authors, and Science Fiction Grand Masters as they take you to uncharted worlds . . . distant galaxies . . . and the unknown threats lurking in the cosmos . . .This space opera and military science fiction antholo...

Conflict across the cosmos. New frontiers discovered. What it means to be human reimagined.Dreams of tomorrow become reality in this third collection of bestselling authors and newly emerging writers from Sci-Fi Bridge. From the inner worlds of unforgettable characters to alien planets at the farthest reaches of our galaxy and beyond, our writers examine the human experience from within and without. They hold up a mirror to the human experience. Who are we as a species? Who do we w...

This second Infinite Stars science fiction anthology offers 26 space opera short stories set in famous sci-fi series like Wayfarers, Ender, and Lost Fleet.Includes tales from George R.R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Seanan McGuire, and more!Amongst the infinite stars we find epic sagas of wars, tales of innermost humanity, and the most powerful of desires—our need to create a better world. This second volume of seminal short science fiction fe...

Thor Finn's attempt to conquer the Solar System has been stopped cold, his plans shattered and his fleet broken. It should be a time to rejoice.But in defeat, Finn has revealed a secret only he knew: an alien invasion fleet is on its way toward Earth. And it will arrive in a matter of months.Led by billionaire-turned-strategist Toman Benez and the pirate warlord Kansas Carruth, the System's battered forces prepare their defenses and muster a fleet. Total war is coming for t...

Having stopped a mutiny against Earth's government, General Bill Booly and his troops face an even greater challenge: a battle for the future of every living being in the universe, against a fanatical human and his killer technology."Dietz's expertise in matters of mayhem is second to none." --The Oregonian

The Order of Eden and Citadel continue their efforts to dominate the Rose Solar System using their cult-like influence and military force.Jake, Remmy and Agameg have finished gathering intelligence about their plans and plan to escape a space station where the enemy is recruiting. Captain Ruby Sima, a loyal ally, plans to get them out without being noticed so they can reunite with the Triton, but it will require some tricky manoeuvring and luck.Wing Commander Minh-Chu Buu a...

The world of Aurora Rhapsody spans five decades, megaparsecs of space and hundreds of exoplanets. Yet a million words across nine novels were not enough. There were more stories that needed to be told.These are those stories.Featuring Meridian, a brand new short story available exclusively as part of this Collection.…The Earth Alliance rules 82 worlds, controlling an empire that spans a third of the Milky Way. But when its ...

Reptilian aliens, Nazis in space, time-traveling humans, kidnapped girlfriends, government psychics—it all comes down to this: New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas delivers the jaw-dropping finale to his action-packed military sci-fi Solar Warden adventure series.The Saurians, a highly evolved reptilian species which escaped extinction 65 million years ago, have an agenda: to achieve behind-the-scenes dominance over Earth. Operating from hidden ba...

L. E. Modesitt, Jr's first major work was The Forever Hero trilogy of SF adventure novels published as paperback originals in the 1980s, of which Dawn for a Distant Earth was the first title in the series.Thousands of years in the future, Earth is a desolate ruin. The first human ship to return in millennia discovers an abandoned wasteland inhabited only by a few degenerate or mutated human outcasts. But among them is a boy of immense native intelligence and deter...

Even more authors and stories. Still the same bestselling universe.It's the Twenty-Second Century. Humanity has taken its first steps into the galaxy, and we've found ourselves in a vast playground of alien races, environments, and cultures. As the newest players on the universal stage, though, our position is readily apparent—we're at the bottom of the food chain.Welcome back to the Four Horsemen universe, where only a willingness to fight and die for mone...

As the Swarm boils in chaotic uncertainty, Arcturus Mengsk has seized this opportunity to bolster his Dominion forces. He has gathered a seasoned team of scientists—the best terran minds in the Koprulu sector—to unravel the secrets of the savage zerg and the enigmatic protoss. Because in this brutal corner of the galaxy, the human race is going to need every chance it can get.Collected here for the first time is Blizzard Entertainment’s revolutionary Project Blacks...