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• All Systems Red

  Wells, Martha,

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  On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied android -- a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Invictus

  Graudin, Ryan,

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  Son of a time traveler from the 24th century and a first-century Roman gladiator, Farway's very existence defies the laws of nature. He longs to explore history for himself, but after failing his entrance exam into the government program,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

  Chambers, Becky,

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  First in a series. Rosemary Harper doesn't expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a chance to explore the galaxy, and most importantly, get some distance…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Leviathan Wakes

  The Expanse Series, Book 1.

  Corey, James S. A.

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  First in a series that was made into a fantastic streaming series. When Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. Attacked by a stealth ship…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Malevolent Seven

  De Castell, Sebastien,

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  Real mages are nothing like the stereotypical bookish, amiable, floppy-hat types. Real war mages are violent, angry, dangerously broken people who sell their skills to the highest bidder and to hell with any moral or ethical…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Meddling Kids

  a Novel

  Cantero, Edgar, 1981-

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  SUMMER 1977: The Blyton Summer Detective Club solved their final mystery and unmasked the elusive Sleepy Lake monster—another low-life fortune hunter trying to get rich. And he would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for those…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Sexy Thing

  Rambo, Cat,

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  Farscape meets The Great British Bake Off in this fantastic space opera. TwiceFar station is at the edge of the known universe, and that's just how Niko Larsen, former Admiral in the Grand Military of the Hive Mind, likes it. Retired and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pushing Ice

  Reynolds, Alastair, 1966-

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  In 2057, Bella Lind and the crew of the Rockhopper mine comets for their ice, but when Janus, one of Saturn's ice moons inexplicably leaves its orbit and heads out of the solar system at high speed, Bella is assigned to follow it, unaware…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chilling Effect

  Valdes, Valerie

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  Captain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra cruise the galaxy delivering small cargo for even smaller profits. When her sister Mari is kidnapped by The Fridge, a shadowy syndicate that holds people hostage in cryostasis, Eva must…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe

  White, Alex (Novelist),

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  A crew of outcasts tries to find a legendary ship before it falls into the hands of those who would use it as a weapon in this science fiction adventure series for fans of The Expanse and Firefly. A washed-up treasure hunter, a hotshot…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shards of Earth

  Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972-

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  After Earth was destroyed mankind created a fighting elite to save their species, enhanced humans such as Idris. In the silence of space they could communicate, mind-to-mind, with the enemy. Then their alien aggressors, the Architects,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ancestral Night

  Bear, Elizabeth,

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  Salvage operators Halmey Dz and Connla Kurucz roam space searching for lost human and alien vessels, but when they discover the truth about an alien species thought to have died out long ago, they risk sabotaging the fragile peace…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cascade Failure

  Sagas, L. M.,

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  There are only three real powers in the Spiral: the corporate power of the Trust versus the Union's labor's leverage. Between them the Guild tries to keep everyone's hands above the table. It ain't easy. Branded a Guild deserter, Jal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Revenger

  Reynolds, Alastair, 1966-

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  Revenger is a rocket-fueled tale of space pirates, buried treasure, and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism. . . and of vengeance. . . Adrana and Fura Ness are the newest crew members of the legendary Captain…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Saturn Run

  Sandford, John, 1944 February 23-

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  When a Caltech intern notices what seems to be a spaceship decelerating towards Saturn, a new space race begins as governments hurry to get their hands on the technology and the members of a hastily thrown-together crew find their strength…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Redshirts

  Scalzi, John, 1969-

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  Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, with the chance to serve on away missions alongside the starship’s famous senior officers. Life…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Six Wakes

  Lafferty, Mur,

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  A space adventure set on a lone ship where the clones of a murdered crew must find their murderer -- before they kill again. It was not common to awaken in a cloning vat streaked with drying blood. At least, Maria Arena had never…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Watch

  Dewes, J. S.,

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  The Divide. It's the edge of the universe. Now it's collapsing-and taking everyone and everything with it. At the Divide, Adequin Rake commands the Argus. She has no resources, no comms-nothing, except for the soldiers that no one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Terminal Alliance

  Hines, Jim C.,

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  The Krakau came to Earth to invite humanity into a growing alliance of sentient species. But they hadn't counted on a mutated plague wiping out half the human population, turning the rest into shambling, near-unstoppable animals, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stars Uncharted

  Dunstall, S. K.

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  Captain Hammond Roystan is a simple cargo runner who has stumbled across the find of a lifetime: the Hassim, a disabled exploration ship--and its valuable record of unexplored worlds. His junior engineer, Josune Arriola is decked out in…Read moreRead more of this annotation