Space Military

Colonel Joe Bishop made a promise and he's going to keep it; taking the captured alien starship Flying Dutchman back out. He doesn't agree when the UN decides to send almost 70 elite Special Operations troops, hotshot pilots, and scientists with him; the mission is a fool's errand he doesn't expect to ever return from. At least, this time, the Earth is safe, right? Not so much.

Kai Fletcher thought he could go straight, until he couldn’t. And when his last "last" job goes wrong, he finds himself stowed away in a starship belonging to an alien crime syndicate. Forced into servitude to pay the debt for passage off world, Kai bargains with the syndicate. All he has to do is help them rob the Vakness Empire, the most powerful alien empire in known space, and he gets to go home. Easy Peasy. Until it isn’t.

Lyla Cowan is a force to be reckoned with. She’s tough, ruthless when she needs to be, and intolerant of bullies. While at the same time she’s making sure colonists and refugees have what they need. ‘You broke it, you bought it’ has a whole new meaning when two thirds of the galactic core is affected. She started this path as a lowly paid mercenary. Now she’s running the third largest militia in the League of Worlds. The Unbound became bound. To each other, and to the work. But the work is changing, and change begun cannot be stopped. Sometimes to continue on, you must first ...

Eleven short stories and novelettes, including “Weaponized Math,” a 2017 Nebula Award Finalist. This is Jonathan Brazee’s first collection of short stories, ranging from a future Marine Corps sniper as she faces deadly missions to a tale of paleontological teens to a story about augmented animal soldiers. Weaponized Math: Staff Sergeant Gracie Medicine Crow is a United Federation Marine Corps sniper who must hold off an enemy assault. BOLO Mission: a second Gracie story, she is assigned to a SEAL Team to destroy a deadly new piece of equipment. High Value Target: the third Gracie ...

When aliens invade Las Vegas, one man is thrust into a battle beyond imagination, fighting the terrifying shock troops of a sprawling galactic empire. To protect a terrified child, he seizes the strange weapon of a fallen hero—an ancient, sentient sword—and is catapulted far into the future with no way back. Now trapped in an alien world, he must master the sword's mysterious power and navigate a deadly game of political intrigue. But time is running out for humanity.

They came from space. We don’t know who they are. We don’t know what they want. We don’t know why they keep coming back. We thought we could stand against all enemies. We were wrong. We thought the enemies we had were as bad as it was possible to be. We were wrong. But we do know one thing. We will adapt. One day we will be ready for them. And on that day, as with all days, There will be, the Dawn Patrol. The Hunter Imperium Universe Is best read in this order: The Hunter Legacy Hero at Large Hunted Hero Hunting Send in the Hero Make or Break the Hero Hail the Hero Burnside's Killer ...

BETRAYAL STRIKES FROM WITHIN... Captain Joel Richmond and his allies finally have a chance to strike at the heart of the Vasyke empire—but overthrowing a corrupt regime is never simple. As Richmond takes command of the Thalek rebels, he discovers a deadly conspiracy reaching into the faction's highest ranks. With time running out and enemies closing in from all sides, Richmond must figure out who he can truly trust. When a fleet of mysterious warships appears in the skies over Nesara, the stakes become deadlier than ever. In a world of shifting loyalties, sometimes the greatest danger ...

Things have gone bad among the colonies. Insurgents are building alien-hybrid armies and planet-killing weapons, threatening to upend the fragile balance of power in Province 921. There's not only trouble in the province—the Core Worlds are igniting as well. The Mogwa have asserted claims upon the Imperial Throne, causing their rivals to move against them. Earth's Hegemony and the rebels are pulled into a conflict that could tear the galaxy apart.

They slept for hundreds of years, dreaming of a new home in the Andromeda galaxy. When finally they awake, their dreams of peace are shattered. These colonists - turian, salarian, asari, human, and more - face an uncharted galaxy and threats beyond understanding.

Two-fisted action and adventure across the Multiverse. The Many Worlds: Alternate Earths where history played out differently, magic or superhuman abilities exist, the future is here and humans must battle hostile aliens, or entities of myth and legend are alive and active in the affairs of humankind. Four tales of heroic action, epic fantasy, military science fiction and alternate history. A Land of Gods and Monsters: Will was a divorced, unemployed loser who lived only to play his favorite roleplaying game, until one day he died and woke up in the body of his player character. Trapped in ...

One man's epic story of loyalty, perseverance, and hope in a galaxy at war. Now in a single volume. Alliance Navy Commander Grayson Stone is patrolling a nearby space station when a mysterious starship appears. It emerges from a storm of fire, its shields impenetrable, its weapons overwhelming, attacking without provocation and annihilating everything in its path.

Working on opposite sides of the galaxy - one in deep space, the other undercover on an occupied planet - and haunted by personal ghosts, Captain Gareth Martinez and Lieutenant Lady Caroline Sula fight to save the Empire from the vicious alien Naxid. In a desperate, audacious bid to stop the Naxid fleet, Martinez makes a move that could win the war…and lose his career. Meanwhile, Sula’s guerilla tactics may not be enough to stop the Naxid - until she tries one deadly final gambit.

Beyond the confines of our small world, far from the glow of our star, lies a galaxy and universe much larger and more varied than anyone on Earth can possibly imagine. For the new NAC spacecraft Odyssey and her crew, the unimaginable facets of this untouched world are about to become reality. The Odyssey’s maiden voyage is an epic adventure destined to make history. Captain Eric Weston and his crew, pushing past the boundaries of security, encounter horrors, wonders, monsters, and people, all of which will test their resolve.

Terminal Lance Lucky Lee Savage likes his life. Sure, doing PT hungover is a pain, but no one can dodge responsibility like he can - or sweet-talk the cooks into giving out double rations.

The threat is unprecedented, and the clock is ticking. With one danger gone, an even more deadly hazard emerges, putting humanity's very existence in jeopardy. Joe Hunt has dealt with the Russians, the Coalition, the Conspirators, and the Zorosians, but this next threat, a machine with a singular lethal purpose, will challenge him and all humanity like never before, and if he fails, humankind could lose everything.

The Merry Band of Pirates offered the bad guys a ceasefire. We won’t mess with them, if they don’t mess with us. Easy, right? No. The aliens chose to do things the hard way. So, the Pirates are racing around the galaxy to clean up the threat to Earth. The infant UN Navy has their own mission with the Alien Legion: Get humanity some allies in the fight. And the Ethics & Compliance Office might have to do something...ethical. Unless they can find a way around it.

Calin Aku, a cybernetic-armed outlaw and smuggler, becomes humanity’s last hope against a Lunar catastrophe. When he takes on a captivating new client, his journey propels him and his crew beyond their criminal identities. A surprising alliance with a covert government agent unveils an ancient secret, an advanced civilization that had concealed itself throughout history. But now, they need Calin's help. In a high-stakes race against time, armed with only his blaster, an old spaceship, and his wits, Calin must prevent the Moon's total destruction and save its inhabitants. , the inaugural ...

ESCAPE IS NO LONGER AN OPTION... IT'S A NECESSITY Captain Joel Richmond and his fellow prisoners have transformed from competitors into an unstoppable force within the Necrodrome's deadly arena. But when their latest escape attempt triggers unprecedented retaliation, the Vasyke unleash their full military might - warships, fighter squadrons, and an army of soldiers - to crush the rebellion once and for all. With betrayal lurking around every corner and his allies falling one by one, Richmond must pull off his most daring gambit yet. The stakes? Not just their lives, but the future of an ...

Treachery stalks the red planet... Before he was Rick Bailey, before he hunted for the Treasure of the Black Hole, he was Titus Chumba of the Core Empire Intelligence Corps. Sent to Mars to investigate water smuggling, First Lieutenant Chumba finds a criminal conspiracy that spans from the red planet to the asteroid belt. Will Chumba discover the deadly secrets of the smugglers of Mars, learn the identity of the mysterious woman embroiled in the conspiracy, and prevent a cold war with the reptile-like Malvalkians from turning blazing hot?

For millennia, the Shaa have subjugated the universe, forcing the myriad sentient races to bow to their joyless tyranny. But the Shaa will soon be no more. The Dread Empire is in its rapidly fading twilight, and with its impending fall comes the promise of a new galactic order...and bloody chaos. A young Terran naval officer marked by his lowly birth, Lt. Gareth Martinez is the first to recognize the insidious plot of the Naxid - the powerful, warlike insectoid society that was enslaved before all others - to replace the masters’ despotic rule with their own.