Space Opera Science Fiction Books

The tiny lifeboat seemed to hang suspended from its one working rear jet, then it side-slipped and began to spin violently downwards to the sickly orange ground of the planet. Inside the narrow cabin, Dr. Helena Naxos was hurled away from the patient she...

Here's the original short story that first introduced us to Slippery Jim diGriz, better known as the Stainless Steel Rat! diGriz is charming, quick-witted, sophisticated, and a devious criminal mastermind. The Rat has just pulled off a successful and...

The Angel was First Lieutenant Cannon Gray of the United States Army Air Forces, Engineers. He was five feet two inches tall and he had golden curly hair and a face like a choir boy. Old ladies thought him wonderful and beautiful. His superiors, from the...

They're a group of rebels in the far future trying to save mankind. Join them as they travel through both space and time tying to defeat a fascist government that wants to control time itself. The Rebels are seeking a better future, but will they find it...

Leigh Brackett was the undisputed  Queen of Space Opera and the first women to be nominated for the coveted Hugo Award. She wrote short stories, novels, and scripts for Hollywood. She wrote the first draft of the Empire Strikes Back shortly before...

Planet Stories was one of the better known Golden Age science fiction magazines. It was in its pages that Philip K. Dick first appeared. Planet Stories specialized in Space Opera and Sword and Sorcery fiction. Collected here in this massive edition are...

Fourteen exciting stories by Hugo and Nebula nominated author Algis Budrys. One of science fiction's most influential authors. More than 250 pages of unforgettable adventure! If you enjoyed this book, you'll want to search on "Positronic Publishing...

Answering a friend's call for help, Jorry and Seach Barlow make their way into Consulate Space, but nothing can prepare them for what's hidden in Saturn's rings.  With their escape botched and their ship broken, they dock at a secret station on...

The Gifting Series #8Ex-socialite Leona wants nothing more than to enhance the mechanics within sex-cybs, not to mention improve their performances with their 'lovers.' It's a job where she's safe in an all-woman factory on Callisto, and far from her...

\*\*\*A Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Book of 2023\*\*\* In this action-packed space-opera adventure, one disadvantaged hero must ask himself: How do you defeat a galactic empire that can read your every thought? The Majority always gets what it wants...

Explore the universe in this anthology of short stories collected from Star Trek Explorer magazine! Featuring tales by acclaimed Star Trek authors, Una McCormack, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Jake Black, David Mack, Rich Handley, Chris Dows, Michael Dismuke,...

A Reader's Favorite Award-Winning Novel⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "For fans of character-driven high-octane science fiction." -- Reader's FavoriteWhen Nathan Stryder is abducted from Earth and thrown headfirst into an interstellar war, it shatters his world.Freed from his...

Sloane might not relish the situation that's got her tangled in a web of Galactic Fleet and Trade Federation politics – but she's knee-deep in it now. And she's finished with dead ends.  When she finally cracks the clue her uncle left...

"Squire, you have about as much idea of the world you just stepped into, as an infant in its mother's arms."Vance Brewer, a starfighter mechanic aboard one of humanity's last remaining starcraft carriers, is chosen to become a member of the Knights of...

 "Galactic Diplomacy: A Journey Through the Stars" Is a science- fiction book where humans explore space and come in contact with other kinds of species.Humans try to know about there world and etc. Find out what happens by reading this book.

All starways lead to Roma...Marcus Antonius Primus began a golden age for humanity when he liberated Roma from Octavian Caesar and became sole Consul. With wisdom from the gods, future Antonii Consuls conquered the world and spawned an interstellar...

For fans of Lower Decks, the Expanse, and Firefly: a found family time travel adventure with humor, snark, and lots of heart.One kickass immortal sailship captain.Captain Karenna Yilmaz of the Earth Union Fleet has it all. Adoring husband? Check. The...

What would it be like to visit every planet of the solar system?Will is thrilled about living his dream of exploring outer space on board the spaceship Dunamys. Traveling with his younger sister, Jen, and the other pilots, staff and civilians, they are...

First published in 2011, I have republished after a re-edit and partial re-write. The story is the same only a bit more profesional. I hope!Alien abduction is the back story while book one introduces Joanne, a lowly scullery maid in Victorian Britain...

The DARE left Earth-Space in the year 2107 on an important mission to GLIESE 667 Cc; to bring life to the future home of the human race.But something happened in 2108 and the DARE was presumed lost.The DARE sent a distress signal in the year 2114 and...

Jahr 2078. Was in der Theorie eine einfache Mission zum Minenplaneten 14 im Orion-Nebel, 1300 Lichtjahre von der Erde entfernt, durch die Nutzung von Wurmlöchern hätte sein sollen, wurde für Kapitän Jeffrey von der Babilony und sein...

Sediryl Galare's first official function as the formally invested heir to the Eldritch Empire is to open the summer court, on Escutcheon and on the world of Chalice. But behind every big event are a myriad of stories—some smaller in scope, and some...

The civil war between the tris and the oligarchs continues. However, Muriel convinces Jot that the tris cannot defeat a powerful Fel through violence. They devise a non-violent strategy derived from the biological interdependence between tris and...

When an interstellar object known as the Mirror lands on Mars, a team is sent to investigate. The lead scientist, Kai Stellan, at first thinks the Mirror is an inert object, despite being made of theoretical materials-until it seems to sample his...

Jane Swift is a gritty starship captain aiming for opportunity and adventure. The crew of the Starstriker is in desperate need of work. While searching for clients at the Star Harbors, Jane is approached by Sir Jarris Hackwell, founder of Atlantis. The...

With powerful and haunting prose, these stories explore the resilience of the human spirit.These science fiction stories will take you on a journey through shattered lives and distorted realities. Dynamic characters are set in dramatic civilizations...

«Creemos que podemos imaginar las maravillas y secretos del cosmos, pero cuando me asomo por la ventanilla de la nave que surca el espacio profundo, pienso: ¡caramba! ni en mis más locos sueños podría imaginar tan...

A planet steeped in mystery...Jess Amiko is long past her days as a space marine, with all the glory of that time tarnished beyond repair by what came after. Trying to rebuild from the ashes, she's taken a job as a security guard on Kenai, a lonely world...

When the Dark Gates open and unleash the monstrous Darksiders on an unsuspecting Earth, only the toughest and most determined people will survive. Roland and Maggie Kane are more fortunate than most, because their father, Daniel, is a Chicago cop who has...

It's hard to be a Justice Keeper when your worst enemy is your own checkered past.Haunted by the years he spent working for the Overseers, Arin Corali yearns for redemption. But opportunities to prove himself are rare; as a newly-minted Keeper, most of...

Ein gottesmordender Übermensch gejagt von einer zur Erbarmungslosigkeit herangezüchteten Agentin Verfolgt wegen des Mordes an einem falschen Gott hetzt Darius, seiner verlorenen Erinnerung nachspürend, durch die Galaxie. An seine Fersen heftet sich Senta...