As he goes to war against the Sino-Russian Bloc, a new, alien threat emerges that threatens humanity’s entire existence.įollowed by Lines of Departure, Angles of Attack, Chains of Command, Fields of Fire, and Points of Impact (coming in 2018). Marko Kloos initially self-published his debut novel Terms of Enlistment, but after it was picked up by Amazon’s 47 North imprint, he’s continued the adventures of Andrew Grayson, who joins the military in 2108 to escape a desperate existence in the North American Commonwealth. This first novel follows three characters on a post-apocalyptic world: a woman searching for her daughter, another escaping from her family, and a third working to tame her powers.įollowed by The Obelisk Gate and The Stone Sky Image: 47 North Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos Simply put, this is one of the best speculative-fiction novels recently published, and it’s a fantastic blend of fantasy set on a distantly futuristic Earth. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy earlier this year. Image: Orbit Books The Fifth Season by N.K. When a pair of terrorists board the ship with the intention of destroying it, Althea must protect the ship, even as its systems begin to malfunction and grow into something extraordinary.įollowed by Supernova and Radiate. In the distant future, a scientist named Althea serves aboard an experimental military spaceship and begins to form a bond with the ship and its systems. The pair just published the latest novel, Persepolis Rising, and the next two installments are expected in the next couple of years.įollowed by Caliban’s War, Abbadon’s Gate, Cibola Burn, Nemisis Games, Babylon’s Ashes, and Persepolis Rising. It’s the start to a solar-system-wide war, and a much larger adventure that will completely reshape humanity. Leviathan Wakes introduces readers to James Holden, an ice hauler who stumbles onto an interplanetary conspiracy, and Detective Miller, who’s hired to search for a missing woman. Corey’s Expanse series has since been adapted into a TV show on Syfy, but if you can’t wait for the next season, it’s a good time to dive into the books. Image: Orbit Books Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Set toward the end of a war between Earth’s fleets and the breakaway Union, a captain brings her ship and the refugees it carries to the planet Pell, and accidentally turns the planet into a focal point in the war between the two sides.įollowed by Merchanter’s Luck, Rimrunners, Heavy Time, Hellburner, Tripoint, Finity’s End, and Alliance Rising. Cherryh has written dozens of installments in her Alliance-Union series, but a good place to start is the Company Wars subseries, which begins with 1981’s Downbelow Station. image: DAW Books Downbelow Station by C.J. The answer ties in with the destruction of a Central Corps ship two-and-a-half decades earlier, and a conspiracy that threatens to shake the government to its core.įollowed by Remnants of Trust and Breach of Containment. Commander Elena Shaw knows that he’s innocent and begins to work out how to clear his name and who really killed her shipmate. A Central Corps crewman is found murdered, and the blame falls on a former captain from the PSI, a breakaway faction. In The Cold Between, Elizabeth Bonesteel creates a compelling space opera that brings together a deep-seated conspiracy within the interstellar Central Gov and a murder mystery. Image: Harper Voyager The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel During a battle, a Culture Mind (a hyper-intelligent AI) flees to a forbidden planet, while the Idirans dispatch a mercenary after the Mind with instructions to retrieve it.įollowed by Player of Games, Use of Weapons, Excession, Look to Windward, Matter, Surface Detail, and The Hydrogen Sonata. You can read them in any order, but the first published book is Consider Phlebas, in which The Culture and the Idiran Empire are at war. This loosely connected series of books is about an interstellar, post-scarcity society called The Culture. If there’s one series to pick up and obsess over, it’s Iain M. Image: Orbit Books Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Here’s 13 science-fiction books that kick off a series for you to break your new e-reader in, whether it’s a Kindle, Kobo, Nook, or other tablet. Nice! Now, it’s time to find books to load it up with, which should give you plenty to read on your trip home, or if you need an excuse to avoid relatives for a couple of hours. So you just got a new ebook reader for the holidays this year.
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