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I’m a trained cadet at the Warrior Academy on Haden. I’m female Hoganthan and full of feline ferocity. My squad and I are stretched to the limit, but will NOT. . . ever. . . opt out. So, our instructors sent us on a final test exercise - I think to get rid of us and our attitude. . . or maybe just to get rid of MY attitude. Anyway. That test turned out to be the easy part. Getting attacked again and again was a bit of a surprise, but hey, we’re warriors now. We’re used to it. That’s WHY we are at the Academy in the first place. Right? But. . . being attacked by a Cren invasion ...

Everything Elle Hartmut and her friends thought they knew about the alien menace - and the nature of their universe - is wrong. With mounting evidence that the aliens behind the Darkness reside on a hyperdimensional plane above space-time, Elle and the Dark Sentinels will need a new approach to win. However, preventing the impending alien invasion will test their team in ways they never imagined. The ancient artifacts wielded by the Dark Sentinels may hold the key to victory.

Kiya is a former space pirate with a fast ship trying to make a legit living when she accepts a commission from diplomat Janus Alotus. He's got a price on his head and space plague wracking his body. Kiya’s task: Use her unique skills to bring Janus’ daughter, Nadir, home safely, so he can sacrifice himself to Admiral Ghan, ruler of the Pirate Council. Janus’ public execution will be a last, desperate attempt to bring peace to the galaxy, even if it takes a war to accomplish it.

Rachael Townsend is the first artist ever to leave Earth and journey out into the galaxy—but after an encounter with an alien artifact, she can't make art at all. Elza Monteiro is determined to be the first human to venture inside the Palace of Scented Tears and compete for the chance to become a princess—except that inside the palace, she finds the last person she ever wanted to see again.

Alyssa Farshot never wanted to rule the empire. But to honor her uncle’s dying wish, she participated in the crownchase, a race across the empire’s 1,001 planets to find the royal seal and win the throne. Alyssa tried to help her friend Coy win the crownchase, but just as victory was within their grasp, Edgar Voles killed Coy - and claimed the seal for himself.

I’m Rishi Tremayne. I’m fifteen, female and desperately working to take care of my sick family. I hunt wrecked spaceships, destroyed in battle during the Slave War and turn in their location for credits - credits I desperately need. Yeah, I know I used that word twice, so it's doubly true. If I don’t find hulls. . . we don’t eat. . . or pay rent. . . or get the necessary meds my family needs to block the excruciating pain they suffer from that dreaded nerve disease. I sometimes get into trouble finding those ships. And, yeah, I also get into trouble with my. . . attitude. Sometimes....

Humanity thought they could run. They were wrong. The ongoing trials and tribulations of the Gaea Ark and the last remnants of humanity in the galaxy. Not Alone is the second book in the series. Aboard the Ark, there are as many secrets as there are survivors.

Mitch Mythic was a normal kid living a normal life, but after he takes a stick to the crotch during a hockey game, the video of the incident breaks the internet, and his life spins out of control. As he becomes an online laughing stock and his friends abandon him, he is certain he has hit rock bottom. Oh, how wrong he was.

With her crew captured and her ship a smoldering ruin, notorious mercenary Androma Racella is no longer the powerful Bloody Baroness, but a fugitive on the run. And with most of the galaxy now trapped under the mind control of the bloodthirsty Queen Nor, not even the farthest reaches of Mirabel can offer safety for the queen’s most-hated adversary. But Andi will risk anything, even her precious freedom, to save her crew.

Can a time machine be used to save the galaxy? Before teaming up with Tarq, Xornaa was a spy/mercenary with a terrible reputation. After finishing a successful mission, she receives a mysterious offer, one that involves a lot of money for a seemingly easy job. But she’s gone through the wringer several times in the past, so she has her suspicions, especially when she finds out the Akakies are involved.

In AD 2076, Earth has been conquered and humanity brutally enslaved under the cruel tyranny of the Kalkar invaders whose evil was spawned from Va-nah, the Moon’s hollow interior. But when a desperate plea comes from the planet Barsoom, Julian Seventh - descendant of the great hero who nearly defeated the Kalkars - is hurled upon a lonely quest into the heart of Va-nah. There he must team up with a U-ga princess and a fierce alien quadruped to launch a daring rescue to save a lost Barsoomian ambassadorial mission.

When Elza became a space princess, she thought she'd be spending her time at the palace, wearing gorgeous couture and soaking up everything there is to know—but instead, she's on the run, with everyone hunting for her and her friends. Rachael followed her best friend Tina on the adventure of a lifetime—but now Tina's gone, and Rachael's the only one keeping her friends together, as they go on a desperate quest to save everyone from an ancient curse.

Princess Delia knows her duty: She must choose a prince to marry in order to secure an alliance and save her failing planet. Yet she secretly dreams of true love and feels there must be a better way. Determined to chart her own course, she steals a spaceship to avoid the marriage, only to discover a handsome stowaway.

His mom engineered habitats for colonists on Mars and Europa. His dad ended a long war. But 13-year-old Dax Zander spends his days surfing Kawela Bay with his brothers, hitching rides with whales and exploring the reefs around his family's undersea home. Life's sweet, the future's bright. Then one morning in 2077, three aliens arrive pleading for humanity's help against a horrific threat to their distant oceanic homeworld. As Earth's leaders ponder a risky mission of mercy, Dax feels a stirring in his gut to leave behind childhood thrills and embrace a greater, more dangerous destiny.

With his closest friend dead, killed by an experimental virtual reality device, Jorg finds himself in more danger than he ever imagined. He suddenly has access to an endless fountain of hyper advanced technology - technology everyone else wants and is willing to kill him to get. With no other choice, Jorg goes toe to toe with corrupt institutions, his own government, and even greater threats. Little does Jorg know that the fate of all mankind will hinge on the choices he makes after the horrible accident that started it all.

In the second book of the Carve the Mark duology, globally bestselling Divergent author Veronica Roth reveals how Cyra and Akos fulfill their fates. The Fates Divide is a richly imagined tale of hope and resilience told in four stunning perspectives. The lives of Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth are ruled by their fates, spoken by the oracles at their births. The fates, once determined, are inescapable.

In an empire ruled by the honored dead, seraphs are the ultimate weapons. Fueled by the pilot's very soul, these colossal humanoid war machines are unstoppable in battle. Only a few possess the gift to control such craft, and those men and women are prized above all others. Seth Elexen and a small group of elite pilots have tracked the renegade Veketon to the far side of the galaxy. With only one ship and a single squadron of seraphs, they alone must face the tyrant within the heart of his growing power. But Veketon is no easy mark.

On a mission to recover an escaped alien life-form, young Justice Keeper Anna Lenai pursues the felon into uncharted space - and finds the lost home world of her ancestors. While Anna tries to adapt and survive in a strange, hostile environment, she accidentally uncovers a conspiracy that will shake their world to its foundations.

Be careful what you wish for. Teenage thief Alana finds the opportunity of her lifetime in a mission to collect a precious object. The problem: it's in the Ghost Ship, an abandoned alien vessel from where nobody has come out alive. Jasper is in a rural planet to oversee the government. His real goal? To find dragons - or at least the reason they vanished. Destiny brings them together and thrusts the fate of the Human Universe in their hands.

Thomas may look like your normal 14-year-old boy—one who attends a Galactic High School, competes with other boys for the attention of girls, and plays sports such as the extremely popular and very dangerous cyclone surfing. But that's not him at all. You see, Thomas is a Sentinel. Sentinels are born to protect the galaxy in case the demonic race known as the Nefarious ever escape their prison in Hell. When his Sanctuary comes under attack by an organization known as The Marked, Thomas, his mother, and his trainer have to journey the galaxy in order to awaken his full power.