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"Bob Lee Swagger is in love--with a woman who died 70 years ago. Ludmilla "Mili" Petrova was a great Russian sniper in World War II until she disappeared on a mission and was virtually erased from history. When Kathy Reilly of the Washington Post encounters a brief mention of Petrova in an old Russian propaganda magazine, she begins building a story around the legendary female sniper, who was once dubbed Die Weisse Hexe--The White Witch--and lauded...
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Michelle Henke, Queen Elizabeth of Manticore's first cousin, Honor Harrington's best friend, and the commanding officer of Manticore's Tenth Fleet, is just a bit surprised when a messenger arrives from the Mobius System to inform her that the Mobius Liberation Front is prepared to rise in rebellion against the hated regime President Svein Lombroso. She has no orders from her government to assist any rebellions or liberation movements, she's short...
44) Mission of honor
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Honor Harrington novels. Main series volume 12
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
600 p. ; 25 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in).
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English
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The Star Kingdom of Manticore and the Republic of Haven have been enemies for Honor Harrington's entire life, but Honor has a plan that may finally bring an end to the Havenite Wars and give even the Solarian League pause. But there are forces in play that Honor knows nothing about .... and that could crush the very life out of the Star Kingdom
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Baen Books
Pub. Date
1988
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506 pages : map ; 18 cm.
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English
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In the first book in the Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy, a young woman named Paksenarrion opts to leave home and join the army rather than agree to the marriage her father has arranged for her.
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Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[2004]
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755 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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A peaceful integration of the Cluster with the Star Kingdom turns violent when corrupt Solarian League bureaucrats attempt to prevent the annexation, with only Honor Harrington's newly graduated midshipmen in their way.
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Heirs of Cahira O'Connor volume 3
Publisher
WaterBrook Press
Pub. Date
1999
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406 p. ; 21 cm.
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English
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Flanna O'Connor, a young medical student in Boston, battles trusting God with her future when she is trapped between two armies after moving to the South in disguise with the Union Army. Nation media
48) Oath of gold
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Baen Books
Pub. Date
1989.
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501 pages ; 18 cm
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English
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The final book in "The Deed of Paksenarrion" trilogy finds Paks waiting to fulfill her destiny to be a palladin by serving as an ordinary soldier in the Duke's company, where her growing powers alert her that evil forces are closing in on the Duke.
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Series
Honor Harrington novels. Main series volume 3
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
©1994
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343 pages : map ; 25 cm.
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English
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Banking on a short, victorious war to replenish their depleted treasury, the ruling class of the People's Republic of Haven do not count on coming up against Captain Honor Harrington and the Royal Manticoran Navy.
50) Down range
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Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2013]
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374 pages ; 17 cm.
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English
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Captain Morgan Boland is at the top of her game, as is her former lover, Navy SEAL Jake Ramsey. Then a military computer selects them to partner in a special op. The mission can't be compromised by their personal history and they have truckloads of it. But the Afghan assignment might provide the discipline they need to finally get it together, outside the bedroom, that is. A lot has happened over the two years since they last went their separate...
51) Into the void
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Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2013]
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300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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A stand-alone tie-in to the successful comic book series, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi reveals the origins of the Jedi Order on the remote world of Tython, where ancient philosophers and scientists share their mystical knowledge of the Force while colonizing a dangerous new homeworld
52) The light bearer
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Berkley Books
Pub. Date
©1994
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788 pages : map ; 23 cm
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English
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A romance between a barbarian woman-warrior and a Roman army officer. She is Auriane, chief of a Germanic tribe fighting Rome, he is Marcus Julianus, a philosophical type who is in opposition to Emperor Domitian. The two meet when Auriane is captured and is made to be a gladiator for the pleasure of spectators in the newly built Roman Colosseum. Together they plan a coup d'etat.
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Shadows of the apt volume 7
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013.
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621 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
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English
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"Tynisa is running, but she cannot escape the demons of her own mind. Amidst the fragmenting provinces of the Dragonfly Commonweal her past will at last catch up with her. Her father's ghost is hunting her down. At the same time, the Wasp Empress, Seda, is on the move, her eyes on the city of Khanaphes, the fallen jewel of the ancient world. Whilst her soldiers seek only conquest, she sees herself as the heir to all the old powers of history, and...
Author
Series
Honor Harrington novels. Main series volume 1
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[1999], ©1993
Physical Desc
342 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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The Basilisk Station was a place to sweep incompetents, fools, and failures under the rug, or to punish officers with enemies in high places. Commander Honor Harrington has enemies, and she's about to make more of them, because the people out to get her have made her mad. Instead of remaining out of sight during her assignment to the forlorn outpost, Commander Harrington, along with her vessel, the Fearless, performs incredible flying maneuvers to...
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Series
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
755 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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Rear Admiral Michelle Henke was commanding one of the ships in a force led by Honor Harrington in an all-out space battle when she and her surviving crew were taken prisoner. Through an agreement with the Havenites and her government, she was given a command far away from the war's battle lines. What she didn't realize was that she would find herself on a collision course with the interstellar syndicate of criminals known as Manpower.
56) Bloody rose
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Series
Band novels (Nicholas Eames) volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
546 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A standalone adventure featuring a band of female mercenaries in the world of Kings of the Wyld from author Nicholas Eames, who has been hailed as "the voice of modern fantasy" by Michael R. Fletcher. Live fast, die young. Tam Hashford has always dreamed of living through glory days of her own. With a renowned mercenary for a mother and an illustrious bard for a father, battles and adventure seem the only way to really live. So when she learns that...
57) Son of the storm
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Series
Nameless republic novels volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
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487 pages : map ; 24 cm.
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English
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"In the thriving city of Bassa, Danso is a clever but disillusioned scholar who longs for a life beyond the rigid family and political obligations expected of the city's elite. A way out presents itself when Lilong, a skin-changing warrior, shows up wounded in his barn. She comes from the Nameless Islands - which, according to Bassa lore, don't exist - and neither should the mythical magic of ibor she wields. Now swept into a conspiracy far beyond...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"In 1760, Deborah Samson is born to Puritan parents in Plympton, Massachusetts. When her father abandons the family and her mother is unable to support them, Deborah is bound out as an indentured servant. From that moment on, she yearns for a life of liberation and adventure. Twenty years later, as the American colonies begin to buckle in their battle for independence, Deborah, impassioned by the cause, disguises herself as a soldier and enlists in...
59) To kill a shadow
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Entagled Teen, an imprint of Entangled Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
432 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"Jude Maddox knows nothing of love or even light. He knows only his grim duty as the Hand of Death, to lead the Knights of the Eternal Star into a land filled with nightmares and certain demise. It's only when he sees her--a young woman with wild, amber eyes who's as fierce, defiant, and swift as the shadow beasts themselves--that he feels the warmth of life in his blood. The other Knights may fear their lethal commander, with his hard, merciless...
60) Prime directive
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
188 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"When a number of scientists are mysteriously killed on an insignificant scientific outpost on the planet of Loria and no alarm is raised, Commander Rickets of the Galactic Space Arm (GSA) is angered that no one can explain why. Rickets orders Lieutenant Amanda Bostick along with two armed Guardians, Sergeant Hamoud and Corporal Nasim, to investigate.All three have faced setbacks in their careers and time is against them: the GSA is demanding answers...
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