Military Space Opera

Huron Blackheart is the lord of the Red Corsairs, master of the lawless Maelstrom and its piratical denizens—but oathbreakers and renegades can seldom rely on the loyalty of their followers. With the galaxy thrown into turmoil by the return of Roboute Guilliman, the former Tyrant of Badab faces a renewed Imperium and fresh challengers emerging within his own ranks. Huron must call on every trick he knows to stay in control—and alive.

Six Jedi Masters, 12 Jedi Knights, and 50,000 men, women, and children, will embark - aboard a gargantuan vessel, equipped for years of travel - on a mission to contact intelligent life and colonize undiscovered worlds beyond the known galaxy. The government bureaucracy threatens to scuttle the expedition before it can even start - until Master C’baoth foils a murderous conspiracy plot, winning him the political capital he needs to set in motion the dream of Outbound Flight.

The universe is in peril as a massive alien ringworld known as the Gem, housing over 30,000 alien species, hurtles toward a Bridge in space. This Bridge, a tear in the fabric of reality connecting to a higher energy universe, threatens to unravel the very existence of everything. The Gem's arrival was preceded by a wave of smaller alien ships that surrendered to humanity. However, the Gem itself remained silent, its motives shrouded in mystery. Humanity, having recently faced devastating attacks from other alien species, the Thrakzz and the Mynix, finds itself on the brink of annihilation. ...

The invasion begins! The survey starship Yellowjacket is no pushover, but when an alien force larger than any in living memory appears out of nowhere, she is overwhelmed and left for dead on a hostile world. It's a bad start to the day for Captain Brynn Jameson — and that's before he learns the architect of the invasion has a personal vendetta against him. Now, the resourceful crew must find a way to repair their crippled ship, gather allies, and get back in the fight — before there's no fight left to join. Note: The Stars Dark series is an homage to thrilling pulp sci-fi of yesteryear....

The Solarian League lies in defeat, crushed by the Grand Alliance of Manticore, Haven, and Grayson. Obedient to the Alliance's surrender demands, the League is writing a new Constitution, to prevent the reemergence of out-of-control bureaucrats, like the "Mandarins" who led it to disaster. Frontier Security has been disbanded, the outer worlds have regained control of their own economic destinies, and multiple star systems will soon secede from the League entirely.

The war should have been over. But it’s not for a group of nationalists grabbing for control. It’s been two weeks since a missile with a nuclear warhead tore through the planetary defenses in the most blistering large-scale attack ever committed in the history of the Gaia system. Commander Dunstan Park of the Rhodian navy has been handpicked to command an experimental cruiser that could dictate the course of the escalating conflict. All he has to do is keep the ship from falling into the wrong hands.

Calin Aku commands the Sea Rover, the Solar System's most infamous smuggling vessel. Yet, a question lingers — does destiny have grander plans for him and his crew? A vanquished foe returns, driven by vengeful madness. Collaborating with the very government that once hunted them, the Sea Rover's crew hurtles towards a mission to avert Earth's annihilation by an ancient mysterious civilization. Rogue Flight marks the climactic third chapter in The Sea Rover Saga — a dystopian sci-fi adventure of ancient mysteries, Solar System-spanning action, and a smuggler reluctantly turned hero. ...

Thousands of crew are reported dead, including the ship’s captain. Reluctantly, the young XO, Galvin Quintos, will be taking command of the fleet's crippled dreadnaught, the USS Hamilton, while doing his best to bring fleet survivors back to Earth. To make matters worse, there’s a murderer running loose on board the ship, critically low fuel levels, and the Grish are back, in fast pursuit and ready to finish what they’d started. Only by sheer luck - and a good measure of cagey smarts - will Quintos be able to rise to the challenge.

When you are old enough to finally become an Earth Mars citizen, everything should be perfect. Right? Not for Liam Hoffen. He's stuck on a mining asteroid called Colony 40, helping his father work a claim that is never going to pay out. His best friend, Nick James is set for life in James' Rental business and Liam just discovered that the girl he's known forever thinks he's pretty great and now she's leaving for the Mars Naval Academy.

The Dusahn have been backed into a corner, barely able to hold the worlds of the Pentaurus cluster, let alone the entire sector. Forced to dig in, they may have to resort to drastic measures to save their fledgling empire. Captain Scott must use all his military and diplomatic skills to prepare his forces for the final assault on the Dusahn Empire. But he cannot do it alone. He needs help, and lots of it.

Unite, Fight, Survive: A High-Stakes Mission to Rescue Loved Ones, Stop an Alien Invasion and Take Down an Evil Corporation Elliot: Trained from birth to be a killer, he's the best in the business. But when his only two friends are kidnapped by a shadowy corporation, he'll have to use his deadly skills to bring them home. Arthur: Life as a D-list celebrity has left him wanting more. But when Hellinix kidnaps his wife and daughter, he'll stop at nothing to get them back. When these two men with nothing to lose cross paths, they'll have to rely on each other to take down the evil corporation ...

Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring new perspectives from forty contributors.

The action-packed sequel to Raw Space by New York Times bestselling author Todd J. McCaffrey. The King's Ghosts is more than just a space opera; it’s a deep dive into a universe where loyalty, betrayal, and the very nature of humanity are constantly tested. Todd J. McCaffrey, son of the legendary Anne McCaffrey, delivers a story rich in action, character, and complex world-building that is sure to captivate fans of science fiction and military thrillers. Don't miss this exciting next chapter in the Canaris Rift universe. Grab your copy of The King's Ghosts today and discover a world where...

He was the highly decorated Battle Commander who won the Slave War. Power hungry bureaucrats want him dead. They didn’t send enough ships… The Slave War lasted a thousand years. Oman Lim destroyed the enemy with uncanny skill and battlefield ingenuity. Now, power hungry bureaucrats are afraid he will interfere with their arrogant pursuit of greed, power and control. Sending him on a death mission was easy. Having him die there? Not so... His keen and unconventional battle tactics make it difficult to kill him at every turn. They were fearful of his skill and ability. They had a right to...

As the Emperor travels the galaxy at the head of his Great Crusade, few events are as important as rediscovering his scattered sons, the Primarchs, and bestowing them as the masters of their Legions. United, a Legion becomes a reflection of its Primarch, both in his strengths and his flaws. For the Twelfth Legion, once the War Hounds and now the World Eaters, the line between strength and flaw is almost impossible to separate.

There is life outside of war. As the political landscape continues to change, the war goes on for Bud and the dragons. But life has milestones, and unexpected events, and even a war must give way for them. How much of what is known actually happened that way? How much of what you plan is actually your plan? And how do you know that advancing that plan isn’t going to make things worse? The dragons are powerful once again. But what is the difference between what once was, and what could be? Could it be the Dragon Heart? The Hunter Imperium Universe Is best read in this order: The Hunter ...

The battle-scarred star carrier Flying Dutchman is finally on her way back to Earth, after an exceptionally successful series of missions that have once again saved the world. The ship needs a serious refit, and her exhausted crew just wants a break from constant clandestine warfare against a vicious and superior enemy. Wishes come true, right? Not for the Merry Band of Pirates.

At the edge of Milky Way Galaxy, along the great unexplored rim, in the area known as ‘Empty Space’, an exploratory ship from the Rhell, members of the Terran Union, discover an unknown, damaged alien vessel. Rescuing the lone survivor, they unknowingly bring aboard an infection that swiftly overcomes them. Lone survivors, abandoned and thought dead on a desolate world, send out a desperate cry for help. Responding to their SOS is the TU Cruiser, Boudica. The crew must stop the infection before it can doom the union! FIRST IN THE TERRAN UNION SERIES.

It came from deep space. It sent the signal. Now our computers are killing us, helping the enemy drive us into extinction. But some of us refuse to die. We fight back. We learn. Jon Hawkins revives from cryogenic sleep in a drifting SLN battleship. The crew is dead and the main computer has been destroyed. Jon is a soldier, the start of the resistance, the one man with the will to beat the alien death machines that have terminated 1000 races. This is our hour as we face the ultimate evil, the galactic destroyer of life.

In space everyone can hear you sing. A century ago, intelligent space-faring life was nearly destroyed during the Sentience Wars. To bring the shattered worlds together in the spirit of peace, unity and understanding, the Metagalactic Grand Prix was created. Part concert, part contest, all extravaganza, species far and wide gather to compete in feats of song, dance and/or whatever facsimile of these can be performed by various creatures who may or may not possess, in the traditional sense, feet, mouths, larynxes or faces.