Space Opera Science Fiction Books

Hugo Award–nominated author Stina Leicht has created a “thoroughly enjoyable” (NPR) take on space opera for fans of The Mandalorian and Cowboy Bebop in this high-stakes adventure.Persephone Station, a seemingly backwater planet that has been largely...

Re-release of the mass market edition of the first novel in the best selling Horus Heresy seriesUnder the benevolent leadership of the Immortal Emperor the Imperium of Man has stretched out across the galaxy. On the eve of victory, the Emperor leaves the...

In book two of the fast-paced Icarus Corps series, the Colonial Protection Forces wages war on the Conglomeration making a stand on Titan—and this battle may be the final one.The rapacious alien forces have taken their war to our solar system.Now that...

Long before the First Order, before the Empire, before even The Phantom Menace. . . Jedi lit the way for the galaxy in The High RepublicTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER __________________________ Long before the First Order, before the Empire, before even The...

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 Ballad of Halo Jones meets Becky Chambers' Wayfarers by way of 3:10 to Yuma; a clash of law and lawlessness, storytelling and truth in a headlong romp across the stars.After fifty years of wreaking havoc across the galaxy, the outlaw Nine...

Embark on an interstellar adventure like no other in V. Castro's thrilling official novelisation of Part Two of Zack Snyder's epic new universe. Zack Snyder's epic science fiction blockbuster Rebel Moon novelised by V. Castro,...

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...

Ten Low and her ragtag comrades take on an ultra-rich tycoon who owns entire planets in this high-octane clash of law and lawlessness across the stars, for fans of Gideon the Ninth, Anne Leckie and Becky Chambers.Who controls the future, controls it all....

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...

"This is where your life begins."Nia Imani is a woman out of place and outside of time. Decades of travel through the stars are condensed into mere months for her, though the years continue to march steadily onward for everyone she has ever known. The...

The Federation races to discover the culprits of several terrorist attacks, sending their flagship, the USS Prometheus, to stop war breaking out in the galaxy.The situation in the Lembatta Cluster is deteriorating rapidly. Fleets from the Federation and...

The Federation races to discover the culprits of several terrorist attacks, sending their flagship, the USS Prometheus, to stop war breaking out in the galaxy.A dangerous evil is flourishing in the Alpha Quadrant. In the Lembatta Cluster, a curious...

A mysterious terrorist organization has carried out several attacks against the Federation and Klingon Empire. Tensions are running high in a region already crippled by conflict.The perpetrators are tracked to the Lembatta Cluster, a mysterious region of...

From BSFA Award winning author Gareth L. Powell comes the first in a new epic sci-fi trilogy exploring the legacies of war.The sentient warship Trouble Dog was built for violence, yet following a brutal war, she is disgusted by her role in a genocide...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Fleet novels returns with a brand new military science fiction seriesAfter the invention of the faster-than-light jump drive, humanity is rapidly establishing new colonies. But the vast distances of space...

The Terran military, the Astral Force, launches a mission to crush a colonial rebellion on the colony ofCerberus. The results of that mission ripple across the planets of the Centauria, and place the entire systemon the brink of war.Lieutenant Katja...

A must for all "Aliens" fans, this detailed manual is the official guide to the equipment and organization of the United States Colonial Marine Corps and is packed with never-before-published diagrams, technical schematics and plans.

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...

Nominated for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Series Moon has spent his life hiding what he is - a shape-shifter able to transform himself into a winged creature of flight. An orphan with only vague memories of his own kind, Moon tries to fit in among the...

Admiral Geary's First Fleet of the Alliance has survived the journey deep into unexplored interstellar space, a voyage that led to the discovery of new alien species, including a new enemy and a possible ally. Now Geary's mission is to ensure the safety...