Space Opera Science Fiction Books

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERIn this definitive novel, readers will follow Thrawn's rise to power-uncovering the events that created one of the most iconic villains in Star Wars history.One of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of the...

"Pursuing humanity's redemption to its final interstellar frontier, Flynn delivers an impressive and original epic."-Publishers Weekly, starred reviewExperience a truly extraordinary journey aboard a colossal generation ship, where Earth's brightest...

A thrilling anthology of short stories from Star Trek Explorer magazine, collected for the first time!Featuring tales by Una McCormack, Gary Russell, Michael Carroll, John Peel, Chris Dows, Chris Cooper, and Greg Cox.This incredible collection features...

The first book in the Skolian Empire saga by the Nebula Awardwinning author. "Fast, smart, speculative... another stellar debut." -Los Angeles Daily NewsSoz Valdoria, a bioengineered fighter pilot-and first in line for the military command of her...

The fate of humanity hangs in the balance while the Gods play. The distant future. Humanity is ruled by the godlike Dawn and her Triangulan allies. Her Golden Swarm keeps the garden world of Prithvi safe. Her nephew's Red Fleet secures the rest of the...

A spaceship's nothing without her crew.In the vastness of space, there's room for all types of adventures. Scientists seek to solve the mysteries of the universe. Explorers look for lost alien civilizations or new worlds to support life. Planet builders...

Set sixteen years after the events of The Exiled Earthborn, this explosive conclusion of the Earthborn trilogy tells the story of two brothers, the sons of Lucas and Asha, tasked with surviving the Xalan war to ensure the continued existence of...

A space opera and thought exercise for the avid science-fiction reader, "Departure" explores mankind's greatest test against an adversary of their own creation: self-replicating drones that threaten humanity's very existence after a malfunction spirals...

Earth had become a noisome place. War. Disease. Death. No one was untouched, and there was no escape. The Alexander family, with a group of like-minded citizens, dare to leave it all behind and start over on a habitable planet in the Lyra constellation.....

"A Planet for Rent is the English-language debut of Yoss, one of Cuba's most lauded writers of science fiction. Translated by David Frye, these linked stories craft a picture of a dystopian future: Aliens called xenoids have invaded planet Earth, and...

"Finally, we have the chance to read a landmark work from one of Cuba's greatest science fiction writers.... If you like intensely psychological sci-fi that deftly piles on the suspense, this novel's for you.... The boundaries between dream and reality,...

Book One of The Phoenix Legacy In the 33rd Century, a vast empire teeters on the brink of collapse."Has the sweep and power of Asimov's Foundation." -Jean M. Auel, author of the Earth's Children seriesAt the heart of the Concord, unrest is festering...

Nominated for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Series An expedition of groundlings from the Empire of Kish have traveled through the Three Worlds to the Indigo Cloud court of the Raksura, shape-shifting creatures of flight that live in large family groups...

The child as mother, the mother as monster, the monster as hero: this shape-shifting story of nourishment, nurture, and parturition is a rare feminist work of speculative fiction and received the prestigious Seiun (Nebula) Award in 1991. Mariko hara's...