Military

When Una Chin-Riley and Christopher Pike meet at Starfleet Academy after one of his lectures, they immediately become friends. A stellar student, Una is the “poster girl” of her class, and Pike is determined to become a Starfleet captain with his own ship, rhetorically assembling his dream crew. As their friendship evolves, Pike also suspects Una is involved with the Euxhana, a Chionian cultural minority, who are seeking asylum in Federation space, leading to more questions than answers.

The colony on Haven-7 has gone rogue. The colonists have split into two factions: the Techborn and the Dusters. The Techborn have always ruled the planet. They control the remnants of the crashed starship that brought humanity to this new world. The Dusters… they eat Techborn dust. Now, the Techborn strength is waning. Their weapons are getting old, and radiation leaks from the aging reactors have created mutations. Some of these, like their brutish troops known as Tuskers, have proven useful—but others are abominations.

For years, pilots who merely looked like soldiers were adequate. They filled the mechs. They filled roles. They supported Spann and his genetic offshoot of pure-blooded warriors known as the Superba. Spann's dream of absolute power ends with a single, crushing blow as a new enemy strikes at the Realm, leaving no survivors—followed by a mad dash to find fighters who can stand up in the old ways, using the mechs gifted to humanity by their oldest allies. Even in the midst of war, there is hope.

The extra-galactic bridge between Earth and Terra Nova reopens after decades. Governor Hale calls for aid against an impossible alien threat known as the Inheritors, an advanced alien species with a mysterious connection to old allies. Hale needs the most powerful soldiers in the galaxy: Armor.

The soldiers of the 11th Bretton Infantry knew they were being dropped into a combat zone on Dharien. But they didn’t know just how bad things really were, with the entire planet about to fall to the rebel Flags. The orders from the Highest are clear: make their way to Tabuk and keep the city under the banner of the Hegemony. For Mason Tellec, it’s one more combat mission—with a difference. Noah, his younger brother, is along for the ride this time, and Mason has promised his mother and father he’ll keep an eye out. Noah’s green, but he’s got the makings of a good soldier.

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As a century of war and bloodshed closes upon the earth, another opens with no end to the slaughter in sight. The Empire of Europa and the Russian Tsardom are engaged in perpetual warfare. Each vies for absolute control over the earth's most coveted resource: the Ichor ore that lies deep in the valleys of the high north, the caves of the Orient, and running through the veins of a select few called Ichor Hearts, employed by the European Empire as the holy weapons of never-ending conquest.

Londres, 29 de diciembre de 1940: una de las noches más mortíferas del Blitz. Atrapados en el corazón de uno de los peores bombardeos de la época, Michael, Merope y Polly buscan desesperada e infructuosamente regresar a la seguridad del siglo XXI. La creencia de que la historia no se puede cambiar está fallando. Parece que todos los historiadores afectaron, de algún modo, el pasado, y sus intervenciones han modificado los acontecimientos cambiando el resultado de la guerra y, en consecuencia, el de la historia.

With the death of her beloved husband, the Jaerl of Antiroc, Laethine knew she had to take his place and be a good leader for her people. However, her husband had a secret, one that would thrust her into the cutthroat world of royal interplanetary politics and dark conspiracies.

Fresh off his first Marine deployment, Boone must now choose between two schools: Intelligence or Scout Sniper. Though he’s shown clear aptitude for the second, he’s not sure he has what it takes to do the job. When he puts the decision aside to join his buddies on a day of leave, the last thing Boone expects to see is a naval weapons locker in the hands of a man who is clearly not Navy. On impulse, he shadows the man, only to find himself running for his life… smack into a Unit operator.

Fiery and determined, Madison Justice navigates the depths of space, searching for her father and a place to call home. Expelled from the Naval Academy for her unyielding sense of justice, she now forges her own path as a freelance mercenary. But the void is vast and unforgiving. To find her father, the elusive captain of the Gypsy Rose, Madison must prove her mettle in a realm where morality is a luxury few can afford. Harassed by rivals and entangled in the schemes of a ruthless commander, she fights to keep her conscience intact.

Wrik Trigardt ekes out a living in the Kandalor system with his small ship, Sinner. He is caught between his failed past and a grim present in service to the local crimelord, Dusko. An expedition to the Rift Asteroids promises better days, but when the well of time is disturbed no one can say what will surface.

In a daring heist, five elite US soldiers undertake a monumental task as they steal a newly discovered isotope of element 115 from a secret Russian lab. This element, capable of warping time and space, opens a portal to the hollow Earth, thrusting the soldiers into a prehistoric world filled with savage dinosaurs. As they navigate this perilous landscape, the team must rescue a kidnapped comrade, battle ancient predators, and face a decision that will change the course of humanity forever.

Ульф-хёвдинг. Теперь его зовут так. Ульф Вождь. Его корабли идут к английским берегам в составе эскадры Ивара Бескостного, будущего завоевателя Британии. Его воины берут железную дань и у англичан и у норвежцев. Его невеста — прекраснейшая из женщин Дании.

Одна тысяча девятьсот сорок третий год. Гвардии рядовому Павлу Петровичу Романову снятся странные сны, будто бы он в старинных одеждах, парике и при шпаге разъезжает по Европе, встречается с королями и принцами, ждет не дождется, когда "горячо любимая" мамаша уйдет на тот свет, освободив причитающийся ему по закону престол Российской империи. А потом просыпается в блиндаже под Шлиссельбургом от страшной головной боли и удушья. В памяти остаются только цветной офицерский шарф и тяжелая табакерка... И смерть.