The struggle between the First Imperium and the Terran Confederation has always been a pivotal era in Marc Miller's Traveller universe. Now, for the first time, Traveller players can explore this rich setting.

In the year 2435, a young man named Anthony Dawkins yearns for a life of his own. From a young age, he's been forced to raise himself and his beloved sister. Anthony's isolated parents also expect him to take over the family business once he was old enough. As an act of defiance, he joins the Unified Coalition Space Operations Army in a desperate attempt to secure an independent life for both himself and his sister, away from the stubborn control of his parents. While training to become an army trooper, Anthony uses his strong sense of independence to quickly adapt to the harsh demands of military life. With Insurrectionist forces threatening all the Coalition holds dear, Anthony is sent to the stars to fight against the same enemy responsible for bombing his home city. But after his first deployment reveals that the Insurrectionists are only a small part of a much larger plot, Anthony and his fellow soldiers are thrust into the largest interstellar war in history seemingly overnight. With the Coalition in chaos, Anthony must not only keep his promise to return to his sister but also fulfill his oath to defend the Coalition, her colonies, and her citizens.

This book weaves together essays by twenty-five noted scholars from the social and space sciences which examine the human as well as the technological side of our future beyond Earth.

"Private William Mandella hadn't wanted to go to war against the Taurans ...."--p. [4] of cover.

The time is the twenty-third century. Richard Cox is the commander of the Johnson Point Space Surveillance Installation on Danovia Prime. For five years there has been relative calm in this region of interstellar space. An uptick in monitored subspace and regular frequency radio traffic discloses disturbing calls for help, as entire worlds in an area known as Gulf are being obliterated! As Cox, Executive Officer Genni Carr, and Prime Minister Jon Dewey confer, the cause of this destruction has been transported for hiding at the North Pole of their terrestrial moon Trinity by two male Terran ne’er-do-wells and two female Dakkarosi denizens. An ancient modified Expansion War-era Terran transport is spotted from orbit by a vessel on routine patrol, as it’s in the process of unloading a huge block of ancient silver metal. The perpetrators are apprehended and interrogated on Danovia. It’s disclosed that these Dakkarosi denizens ignited the spreading conflict by stealing this object from the unknown and powerful Ypsilanti Empire! As the gravity of this situation is debated, they listen in stunned disbelief: The Terran males have secretly ferried scores of Dakkarosi to Trinity! That act alone has now placed Danovia in the cross hairs of the most lethal killing machine in the cosmos! The personnel of Johnson Point can only hold their breaths as this situation spawned in the depths of interstellar space spirals out of control in Volume 1 of “In The Crosshairs: The Interstellar War Ignites!”

Humanity has been ravaged by alien war. Will the next encounter spell the end of mankind? 3 books and 1,200+ pages of interstellar action. Over 250 five-star ratings on Goodreads! In the far future, nanotechnology will be all that keeps us alive in a brutal war with the Merkiaari. Into this war-torn galaxy a courageous Marine, an alien geneticist, and a broken hero will unite in common cause... Merkiaari Wars Series: Books 1-3 includes the first three installments in an epic space opera that includes wall-to-wall action, elaborate battles, captivating aliens, and realistic science. If you enjoy military stories that mix philosophy with political intrigue, then you'll love Mark Cooper's unequivocal masterpiece. Pick up this box set, and you'll get a free two-chapter preview of Operation Breakout (book 4). Buy Merkiaari Wars Series: Books 1-3 and start reading today! This is a science fiction bundle of first contact and alien invasion seen from both human and alien points of view. Expect to see space fleets battling and military themes.

War is becoming increasingly 'SF-ized' with remotely controlled attack drones and robot warriors already in development and being tested. Over the past 100 years the technology of war has advanced enormously in destructive power, yet also in sophistication so that we no longer seem to live under the constant threat of all-out global thermonuclear cataclysm. So what will future wars be like? And what will start them: religion, politics, resources, refugees, or advanced weaponry itself? Watson and Whates present a gripping anthology of SF stories which explores the gamut of possible future conflicts, including such themes as nuclear war, psychological and cyberwars, enhanced soldiery, mercenaries, terrorism, intelligent robotic war machines, and war with aliens. All the stories in this collection of remarkable quality and diversity reveals humankind pressed to the limits in every conceivable way. It includes 24 stories with highlights such as: The Pyre of the New Day' - Catherine Asaro. The Rhine's World Incident' - Neal Asher. Caught in the Crossfire' - David Drake. Politics' - Elizabeth Moon. The Traitor' - David Weber. And others from: Dan Abnett, Tony Ballantyne, Fredric Brown, Algis Budrys, Simon R. Green, Joe Haldeman, John Kessel, John Lambshead, Paul McAuley, Andy Remic, Laura Resnick, Mike Resnick & Brad R. Torgersen, Fred Saberhagen, Cordwainer Smith, Allen Steele, William Tenn, Walter Jon Williams, Michael Z. Williamson, Gene Wolfe.

"Pure High Octane Space Opera"The Sol System was conquered and humans lived as slaves for 500 long years. Now, after years of brutal warfare, humanity has been liberated. Liberation, however, comes at a cost. And the Sol System has become nothing more than a puppet state for a vast galactic empire. For Jon Pike, a war hero who has lost everything, there is no substitute for freedom. He blames the aliens for humanity's troubles, especially the one living inside him. But when he is sent on a top secret mission into unexplored regions of the galaxy he discovers that humanity's troubles are just getting started. Can he find freedom for himself and humanity? Sol Shall Rise is a 75,000 word space opera.

Two complete novels in the New York Times best-selling series, all in one generous volume. Crusade: Neither side in the Human-Orion war was strong enough to defeat the other, so it fizzled into an uneasy peace filled with hatred and mistrust on both sides. Then a ship appeared from the dim mists of half-forgotten history, and fired on the Orion sentry ship, igniting the fires of interstellar war anew, in a quest to free Holy Mother Terra. In Death Ground: The human race and two other star traveling races had warred with each other in the past, but now all three are at peace-a peace which is shattered by the discovery of a fourth race, the "Bugs." The newcomers are mind-numbingly alien in their thought processes, have overwhelming numbers, and regard all other species as fit only to be food animals. There is no hope for peace with the invaders, and the galaxy explodes with a battle to the death. Kill-or be eaten!