They both live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Corey is the pen name of fantasy author Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. And the whispers of a dead man remind him that the great galactic civilization that once stood on this land is gone. James Holden and the crew of his one small ship are sent to make peace in the midst of war and sense in the midst of chaos.īut the more he looks at it, the more Holden thinks the mission was meant to fail. The struggle on Ilus threatens to spread all the way back to Earth. Innocent scientists are slaughtered as they try to survey a new and alien world. Independent settlers stand against the overwhelming power of a corporate colony ship with only their determination, courage, and the skills learned in the long wars of home. Ilus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets. Used to controlling thousands of hands, thousands of mouths, The Justice now has only two hands, and one mouth with which to tell her tale.īut one fragile, human body might just be enough to take revenge against those who destroyed her.The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonize has begun. The colossal warship called The Justice of Toren has been destroyed – but one ship-possessed soldier has escaped the devastation. Whole planets are conquered by their own people. The Radch are conquerors to be feared – resist and they’ll turn you into a ‘corpse soldier’ – one of an army of dead prisoners animated by a warship’s AI mind. They made me kill thousands, but I only have one target now. The Imperial Radch trilogy begins with Ancillary Justice, continues in Ancillary Swordand concludes with Ancillary Mercy.Īncillary Justice is the story of a warship trapped in a human body and her search for revenge. But when the dominoes start to fall and she finds the real threat is greater than she imagined, she must decide whether to play it cool or burn it all down.įollowing Chilling Effectwe have Prime Deceptions in which Valdes takes us on another outrageously fun adventure with Captain Eva Innocente and her misfit crew. To free her sister, Eva will risk everything: her crew, her ship, and the life she’s built on the ashes of her past misdeeds. Orbit Books signed the authors to write additional books in the Expanse series to bring the total to nine. The worse things get, the more she lies, raising suspicions and testing her loyalty to her found family. Corey is the pen name used by collaborators Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. The ship’s hold is full of psychic cats, an amorous fish-faced emperor wants her dead, and her engineer is giving her a pesky case of feelings. But Eva may lose her mind before she can raise the money. When her sister is kidnapped, Eva must undergo a series of dangerous missions to pay the ransom. Valerie Valdes’s Captain Eva Innocente series begins with the hilarious and heartwarming, Chilling Effect.Ĭaptain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra cruise the galaxy delivering small cargo for even smaller profits. A Corey, Becky Chambers and Lois McMaster Bujold, or anyone who wonders what would happen if a rogue like Han Solo were handed the keys to an empire.

Full of action-packed space opera exploits and courtly conspiracy – not to mention an all-out galactic war – Behind the Throne will please fans of James S. She’ll have to figure out who murdered her sisters if she wants to survive.Ī gun smuggler inherits the throne in this Star Wars-style science fiction adventure from debut author K. Caught in a web of plots and assassination attempts, Hail can’t do the one thing she did twenty years ago: run away.

That is, until two Trackers drag her back to her home planet to take her rightful place as the only remaining heir.īut trading her ship for a palace has more dangers than Hail could have anticipated. She has made a name for herself in the galaxy for everything except what she was born to do: rule the Indranan Empire. Quick, sarcastic, and lethal, Hailimi Bristol doesn’t suffer fools gladly. Wagers begins with Behind the Throne, followed by After the Crown and concludes with Beyond the Empire. Essa Hansen’s is a bold new voice for the next generation of science fiction readers.īook two, Azura Ghost, is out February 2022! In this dark, dangerous, roller coaster of a debut, a young man sets out on a single-minded quest for revenge across a breathtaking multiverse filled with aliens, mind-bending tech, and ships beyond his wildest imagining. Nophek Gloss by Essa Hansen begins the Graven series.

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