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House Harkonnen
by Brian Herbert
Epic fantasy of galactic struggle, where the fate of millions hangs in the balance.
Eighteen years have passed since Shaddam IV succeeded his father as Padishah Emperor of the Known Universe. However, his rule is precarious as his wife Anirul has been instructed by her Bene Gesserit ... (Wikipedia)
House Corrino
by Brian Herbert
A political epic of the royal family at the center of a grand interstellar empire.
One year after the War of Assassins , Duke Leto Atreides sponsors an assault on Ix to reclaim the planet for House Vernius , while his concubine Jessica is pregnant with his son. Emperor Shaddam IV ... (Wikipedia)
Dune Messiah
by Frank Herbert
Epic tale of a galactic ruler's struggle to protect his empire from destruction.
Twelve years after the events described in, Dune, (1965), Paul "Muad'Dib" Atreides rules as Emperor. By accepting the role of messiah to the Fremen , Paul had unleashed a jihad which conquered most ... (Wikipedia)
Children of Dune
by Frank Herbert
Epic saga of a royal family's struggle for power and the fate of their desert planet.
Nine years after Emperor Paul Muad'Dib walked into the desert, blind, the ecological transformation of Dune has reached the point where some Fremen are living without stillsuits in the less arid ... (Wikipedia)
The Butlerian Jihad
by Brian Herbert
A space-faring adventure of galactic civil war and the battle against an oppressive force.
The Butlerian Jihad introduces a generation of characters whose families will later become the most significant in the universe: the Atreides , the Corrinos and the Harkonnens . Serena Butler , ... (Wikipedia)
Chapterhouse: Dune
by Frank Herbert
A family's quest to restore balance to a chaotic universe, while uncovering secrets of the past.
The Bene Gesserit find themselves the target of the Honored Matres, whose conquest of the Old Empire is almost complete. The Matres are seeking to assimilate the technology and superhuman skills of ... (Wikipedia)
Second Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
A quest to find the mysterious force controlling the fate of the galaxy.
Part I is about The Mule 's search for the elusive Second Foundation, with the intent of destroying it. The executive council of the Second Foundation is aware of The Mule's intent and, in the words ... (Wikipedia)
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
Exploring the possibilities of a galactic empire in a future driven by science and technology.
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future – to a dark age ... (Goodreads)
Xenocide
by Orson Scott Card
A space-opera style adventure of survival, where a group of humans battle against an extraterrestrial force to save their planet.
On Lusitania, Ender finds a world where humans and pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together. However, Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but ... (Wikipedia)
2001: A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
An interstellar journey of exploration, confronting humanity's place in the universe.
A mysterious alien civilization uses a tool with the appearance of a large crystalline monolith to investigate worlds across the galaxy and, if possible, to encourage the development of intelligent ... (Wikipedia)
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
A hacker's journey through a dystopian cyberpunk world, searching for a way to survive.
Henry Dorsett Case is a low-level hustler in the dystopian underworld of Chiba City , Japan. Once a talented computer hacker , Case was caught stealing from his employer. As punishment for his theft, ... (Wikipedia)
Ringworld
by Larry Niven
A sci-fi adventure to an artificial ring-shaped world, full of unexpected challenges.
On planet Earth in 2850 AD , Louis Gridley Wu is celebrating his 200th birthday. Despite his age, Louis is in perfect physical condition due to the longevity drug boosterspice . He meets Nessus , a ... (Wikipedia)
Foundation and Earth
by Isaac Asimov
A journey through the galaxy to find the lost planet of humanity's origin. Along the way, they uncover secrets of the universe.
Councilman Golan Trevize , historian Janov Pelorat , and Blissenobiarella of the planet Gaia (introduced in Foundation's Edge ) set out on a journey to find humanity's ancestral planet— Earth . The ... (Wikipedia)
Speaker for the Dead
by Orson Scott Card
A search for the truth about an alien species, uncovering secrets of the past.
Now available in mass market, the revised, definitive edition of the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic. In this second book in the saga set 3,000 years after the terrible war, Ender Wiggin is ... (Goodreads)
2010: Odyssey Two
by Arthur C. Clarke
A team of astronauts and scientists embark on a mission to explore Jupiter, encountering thrilling adventures along the way.
The story is set nine years after the failure of the, Discovery One, mission to Jupiter . , A joint Soviet-American crew, , including Heywood Floyd from 2001 , on the Soviet spaceship Alexei Leonov ... (Wikipedia)
Eaters of the Dead
by Michael Crichton
An unlikely hero embarks on a journey to explore the mysterious forces of evil.
The novel is set in the 10th century. The Caliph of Baghdad , Al-Muqtadir , sends his ambassador, Ahmad ibn Fadlan , on a mission to assist the king of the Volga Bulgars . Ahmad ibn Fadlan never ... (Wikipedia)
Ender's Shadow
by Orson Scott Card
A boy competes in a battle school to save humanity from a deadly alien race.
Welcome to Battleschool. Growing up is never easy. But try living on the mean streets as a child begging for food and fighting like a dog with ruthless gangs of starving kids who wouldn't hesitate to ... (Goodreads)
The Andromeda Strain
by Michael Crichton
Scientists race against time to contain a deadly virus of extraterrestrial origin.
A team from an Air Force base is deployed to recover a military satellite that has returned to Earth, but contact is lost abruptly. Aerial surveillance reveals that everyone in Piedmont, Arizona , ... (Wikipedia)
Horus Rising
by Dan Abnett
Epic space opera about the rise of a powerful leader in a galactic war.
Black Library presents the Masterworks – a curated collection of novels celebrating the very best science fiction and fantasy set in the worlds of Warhammer. It is the 31st millennium. Under the ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Bourne Identity
by Robert Ludlum
An amnesiac assassin must uncover his past and true identity in a deadly search for the truth.
The preface of the novel consists of two real-life newspaper articles from 1975 about terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, known as " Carlos the Jackal ." The story opens with gunfire on a boat in the ... (Wikipedia)
Starship Troopers
by Robert A. Heinlein
A futuristic military drama, exploring the consequences of war and human nature.
The novel opens with Rico aboard the corvette transport Rodger Young (named after Medal of Honor recipient Rodger Wilton Young ), , serving with the platoon known as "Rasczak's Roughnecks". The ... (Wikipedia)
The Hunt for Red October
by Tom Clancy
A thrilling adventure of a submarine captain's race against the clock in a thrilling game of cat and mouse.
During the Cold War ,(the story must be set in 1982, according to the days assigned to the dates in the novel, e.g. Dec. 17 was a Friday only in 1982,1976 and 1971 ) Marko Ramius, a Soviet Navy ... (Wikipedia)
A Fire Upon the Deep
by Vernor Vinge
An interstellar adventure of exploration, uncovering a powerful and mysterious force.
An expedition from Straumli Realm, an ambitious young human civilization in the high Beyond, investigates a five-billion-year-old data archive in the low Transcend that offers the possibility of ... (Wikipedia)
The Garden of Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke
The third book in the Rama series, following the journey of the crew as they explore the mysterious alien spacecraft and encounter new challenges.
The book picks up the story nine months after the end of, Rama II, . The book follows the story of three astronauts from the expedition in Rama II who were trapped aboard the cylindrical alien ... (Wikipedia)
The Ringworld Engineers
by Larry Niven
A team of explorers return to the Ringworld to fix its failing systems, but they uncover a dangerous secret.
The Hindmost, recently deposed leader of the Puppeteers , abducts the human Louis Wu (who has become a wirehead ) and kzin Chmeee (previously known as "Speaker-to-Animals"). Both had been part of the ... (Wikipedia)
Ashes of Victory
by David Weber
Epic space opera, featuring military conflicts and political intrigue.
The book begins hours after the end of the previous novel. Honor Harrington and her "Elysian Space Navy" arrive at Manticoran-controlled space, only to discover that she was believed dead, that her ... (Wikipedia)
Fallen Dragon
by Peter F. Hamilton
A group of mercenaries travel to a distant planet to steal dragon eggs for a corporation, but things go awry.
Deploying invulnerable twenty-fifth-century soldiers called Skins, Zantiu-Braun's corporate starships loot entire planets. But as the Skins invade bucolic Thallspring, Z-B's strategy is about to go ... (Goodreads)
Barrayar
by Lois McMaster Bujold
A woman's journey of self-discovery as she navigates the rules and expectations of her home planet.
Cordelia and Aral Vorkosigan are expecting their first child. Before crafty old Emperor Ezar Vorbarra died, he maneuvered a very reluctant Aral into agreeing to serve as regent for Ezar's young ... (Wikipedia)
The Great Train Robbery
by Michael Crichton
An ingenious heist of a London-bound train, with the criminals on a thrilling race against time.
In 1854, Edward Pierce, a charismatic and affluent "cracksman" or master thief, makes plans to steal a shipment of gold worth more than twelve thousand pounds being transported monthly from London to ... (Wikipedia)
Echoes of Honor
by David Weber
Space opera featuring a daring captain on a quest to save her people from a ruthless enemy.
As the story begins, Honor is apparently dead, her "execution" being broadcast on holo-disc. State funerals are held on both Grayson and Manticore and an empty coffin is buried in the Royal ... (Wikipedia)
