Space Marine Science Fiction

For the poor, hardworking citizens of the Confederacy's fringe worlds, the Guild Wars have exacted a huge toll. Swayed by the promise of financial rewards, a new batch of recruits joins the fight. Eighteen-year-old Jim Raynor, full of testosterone and eager to make things right at home, ships off to boot camp and finds his footing on the battlefield, but he soon discovers that the official mission is not what he's really fighting for.

Earth is occupied. Its citizens living under the constant threat from the Coalition Fleet in orbit. On the surface, Doctor Keegan Beck prepares the final assault to liberate the planet. Meanwhile, Colonel Joe Hunt is with the Alliance, planning to retake the planet, knowing it will come at a cost. All the while, the ancient Zarosian fleet is on the move. It’s destination: Jupiter. MORE BOOKS BY DONALD B MCFARLANE The Earth Saga Series: Minus Epsilon Defiant Order Horizons Remnants of Empire Edge of the Vortex Condition Zero The Battle for Jupiter Standalones: Standish Love in a Time of ...

The war should have been over. But it’s not for a group of nationalists grabbing for control. It’s been two weeks since a missile with a nuclear warhead tore through the planetary defenses in the most blistering large-scale attack ever committed in the history of the Gaia system. Commander Dunstan Park of the Rhodian navy has been handpicked to command an experimental cruiser that could dictate the course of the escalating conflict. All he has to do is keep the ship from falling into the wrong hands.

Patrick Fahy-Connor wanted the easiest possible mission when he joined the Coalition. He didn't want to see any fighting. He didn't want any sort of action. He wanted to be left alone. But that's never how life works. Instead, he is surrounded by people and will soon be the center of attention for the whole of the Coalition. As it turns out, sounding the alarm about alien invaders from outside of the Milky Way has a way of attracting attention. It doesn't take long before Fahy puts together that those same aliens are heading for his homeworld. However, that isn't his only problem. His space...

Lord Indron is no stranger to war, but the mission before him is unlike any other. On the desolate, forsaken moon of Sakaratul Maut, buried beneath corporate failure and scavenger desperation, a nightmare of cybernetic horror waits to be unearthed. With his elite Echo Squad and hardened Salvage Marines, Indron must retrieve a classified Gedra Cyborg—a telepathic horror capable of controlling the dead, a weapon beyond human comprehension. But they are not alone. The desperate Red Listers who call this wasteland home will fight to the last breath, fanatics with nothing left to lose. And ...

As war breaks out among the colonies, a huge ship appears over the UPP mining planet Shānmén, releasing a horror that yields hideous transformations. Rescue is too far away, and the colonists’ only hope appears in the form of the vessel Righteous Fury. It carries the Jackals—an elite mix of former Colonial Marines and Royal Marines. Led by Zula Hendricks, the Jackals seek to rescue the few survivors from the depths of the planet, but have they arrived on time?

We are entering another ice age. In less than a year, my brother and I will freeze to death, unless we starve first. Experts have created biodomes, built tunnels, and rationed food and fuel to make the end more tolerable, for a bit. When Lon of planet Kaipra contacts me, claiming he has the key to our survival, I have to listen. He’ll help humans survive the ice age, but at the ultimate cost—I must agree to leave my brother, my friends, and the entire planet I call home to travel across the galaxy with him. Can I trust him? What are his plans with me? And do I even have a choice? ...

The Iron Belt is at war! Corporations fight in the street, employing mercenaries controlling powerful armoured mechsuits in their pursuit of victory. The war is a lie, provoked by the sinister terrorist group known as Black Rose. Xander Cain and his friends have beaten them once before. Now their newly formed mercenary company has been tasked with assaulting a Black Rose on the planet Cyclops. A bizarre tidally locked world, Cyclops is a place of eternal night and freezing cold. Winning will be Xander’s biggest challenge yet, as his company charges into the waiting jaws of the enemy. ...

Her niece—taken. Her best friend—gone. There's only one mission that matters now—rescuing her loved ones from enemy hands. Forced to embark on a dangerous journey, Kira will need every one of her allies as she prepares for the greatest battle of her life. With her mind and body failing, it's a race against time to locate the homeworld of the Tsavitee. The alien race intent on dominating the universe. A shadowy force stalks her every move. Their motives unclear. As secrets come to light and the danger deepens, the Phoenix will be forced to rise.

The start of the war for the Federation had been chaos, with people frantically trying anything to ward off the destruction that was sure to come. The habitat Odyssey began a journey that defied imagination. Day by day the ripples of that journey spread outward until one day the entire Federation had been affected.

The Republic has a new type of ship. The Condor-class is huge, deadly, and carries a secret weapon. One spy has all the details, but he's trapped and unable to share with his handler. She sets the wheels in motion to get him to Lute, the pirate stronghold, where they can meet and freely transfer information. As the League gathers an overwhelming force to take Gotha Mu, the tiny golden planet in the Seychar system, Captain Christopher Raleigh and his crew race to prevent League spies from leaking the surprise in store for them. Action, thrills, spies, gadgets, and deception await in this ...

The SLS Excelsior has a million credit bounty on her, and pirate captain Christopher Raleigh leads his crew to claim the prize. But with the Digital Assassin and the Tetrarch's daughter onboard, no plans can ever be safe. When Space Marines recapture Jillian in the midst of battle, Raleigh and his crew have to find a way to get to Clarion and take her back. Or die trying . . . Don't miss the second installment of this action-packed space opera adventure! Contains the bonus chapters not available online.

POW Aden Jansen has lost a decade of his life to both the war and internment when he’s recruited by the Alliance. He’s to return to Gretia as an undercover Blackguard operative and destroy Odin’s Wolves—an insurgency that’s setting his home world afire. The mission comes with a full pardon and a chance to reclaim his identity. It also means rejoining his friends and family in space. That’s motive enough. If he can succeed—and survive.

“Our bot’s the new Tetrarch over there, Sarge. Them Leaguers are being led by a droid now.” League warships flee Petra Roe with a stolen bot, but the Counterforce leaders are caught on the planet's surface. Commander Wolf stays behind so Lockhart can lead the remainder in pursuit. Now Lt. Halverson is on her first solo op, trying to rescue Wolf. And the others combine forces to be led by Commander Lockhart. Can they successfully infiltrate Euripides and find out what happened to Miriam? Don't miss the 7th book in this action-packed space opera series! Trigger warning: non-graphic ...

I’m a trained cadet at the Warrior Academy on Haden. I’m female Hoganthan and full of feline ferocity. My squad and I are stretched to the limit, but will NOT. . . ever. . . opt out. So, our instructors sent us on a final test exercise - I think to get rid of us and our attitude. . . or maybe just to get rid of MY attitude. Anyway. That test turned out to be the easy part. Getting attacked again and again was a bit of a surprise, but hey, we’re warriors now. We’re used to it. That’s WHY we are at the Academy in the first place. Right? But. . . being attacked by a Cren invasion ...

The UFS Phoenix is finally homeward bound. On the way is Tuki Station, in barabo space, hit just now by a force of sard ships, working in concert with a larger invasion from alo space. An alo and deepynine fleet has attacked, and humanity's forces are in turmoil despite all of Phoenix's efforts over the past three years to prepare them. Nia leads the assault, Styx's old AI queen nemesis from the Drysine/Deepynine War, the greatest armed conflict in Spiral history, 25,000 years ago. But what does Nia seek?

On the world of Axonar, a squad of Blood Angels Scouts scale the dizzying heights of a mighty hive city as their battle-brothers fight far below. Their objective: to open the way for a daring aerial assault that will crack open the city and ensure victory.

Mercenary life is hard. No home. No family. Always looking over your shoulder, likely for the rest of your life. When you find a crew that you can trust, you do anything for them. Jason Burke has a crew like that. He would kill for them...and he would die for them. Right now, they need his help, and it will take all of his cunning and skill to bring them home safely. He is alone, without his powerful ship, the Phoenix, and the criminal cartels he’s going up against are some of the most ruthless in the galaxy. For Captain Burke it’s all or nothing: bring his friends home safe...or die trying.

There’s no such thing as peace on Amir…but as long as the uneasy truce between the Osay colonists and the last of the RUPAC station directors endures, one thing is certain: Brody is bored to death. While the eccentric, action-movie-worshipping battle android does his best to stay occupied, Reach and the colonists contemplate whether to help a mysterious faction inside the RUPAC stronghold. The enemy colonists desire liberty, but is Amir willing to go to war to bring it to them?

Dev Cameron helped the rebel Confederation defeat the Hegemony forces at Herakles, but his experience merging with an alien Naga consciousness has changed him irrevocably, and the rebellion rages on. After the passive DalRiss unexpectedly attack the Hegemony, Dev and Katya Alessandro are sent to meet with the aliens to determine if they have a common enemy.