Browsing: Space Opera

In this “spectacular” tale (Booklist starred review), humankind must compete against other sentient races in a high-stakes intergalactic contest — where failure means extermination of the entire species. “This glorious glitterball dream of a book is Valente at her best: beguiling, bewitching, and inexplicably demanding” (Seanan McGuire).

Genetic Engineering. Conspiracy. An Unstoppable Attack.For Karin Makos, the chance to pilot a small-time scrounging vessel to remote corners of…

A collection of epic sci-fi adventures: Indentured servant Larissa “Bit” Earnest must endure space pirates, deadly cargo, and a ship full of rowdy merchant marines when a freighter pilot wins her in a high-stakes game of poker!

A bureaucrat and an interstellar trader must overcome treachery and their broken past to save the last inhabitants of a…

Heinlein meets Hornblower in three acclaimed spacefaring novels! When a disaster kills his commander, midshipman Nicholas must rescue 300 colonists aboard a damaged ship. “I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed a space adventure this much” (Hugo Award–winning author David Gerrold).

Desperate times call for desperate measures, even if that means joining an alien surrogacy program. This is a standalone of…

Firefly meets James Bond in this action-adventure romance set in an alternate future where the Cold War never ended… Maria…

Running for her life, Lucia hijacks a stolen cargo ship only to find she’s not alone. A giant alien slave…

To avoid a nefarious enemy and save his crew, intergalactic salvager Anders Lockheed must plan and execute one last mission — before the Galactic Alliance catches up with him… A fast-moving space opera!

Born on the day an alien invasion slaughtered billions, Ethan Wang is all grown up and finally ready to take his place in the ongoing war. But first, he must survive initiation into Earth’s toughest military unit — the Ghost Legion.