Tag: Space Opera

Lucifer’s Star by C.T. Phipps

Lucifer’s Star by C.T. Phipps

Cassius Mass was the greatest star pilot of the Crius Archduchy. He fought fiercely for his cause, only to watch his nation fall to the Interstellar Commonwealth. It was only after that he realized the side he’d been fighting for was the wrong one. Now a semi-functional navigator on an interstellar freight hauler, he tries […]


First Contact by Dawn Chapman (Review)

First Contact by Dawn Chapman (Review)

First Contact is the second book in Dawn Chapman’s science fiction series, The Secret King and continues to chart the progress of the Aonise as they search for a new home. Their journey – so far – has been fraught with danger, and at times, some close calls, but salvation is in sight. Planet Earth […]


Author Interview: Dawn Chapman

Dawn Chapman has been creating sci-fi and fantasy stories for thirty years. Until 2005 when her life and attention turned to scripts, and she started work on The Secret King, a 13-episode sci-fi TV series, with great passion for this medium. In 2010, Dawn returned to her first love of prose. She’s been working with coach […]


Serengeti by J.B. Rockwell

Serengeti by J.B. Rockwell

It was supposed to be an easy job: find the Dark Star Revolution Starships, destroy them, and go home. But a booby-trapped vessel decimates the Meridian Alliance fleet, leaving Serengeti—a Valkyrie class warship with a sentient AI brain—on her own; wrecked and abandoned in an empty expanse of space. On the edge of total failure, […]


Sacred Planet by Austin Rogers

Sacred Planet by Austin Rogers

“An ambitious, ardent launch that sets a stellar precedent for installments to follow.” -Kirkus Reviews Humanity teeters on the brink of galactic war. Only one woman can stop it. Only one man can save her. After centuries of expansion into the galaxy and no contact with intelligent, extra-terrestrial life, humanity is split into three superpowers, […]


Author Interview: Greg Spry

Author Interview: Greg Spry

Greg Spry was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1978. He majored in industrial engineering at the University of Wisconsin—Madison before earning a graduate degree in space systems from the Florida Institute of Technology. When he’s not writing the next epic sci-fi adventure, he enjoys playing kickball and cheering on the Wisconsin Badgers and Green […]


Beyond the Horizon (Beyond Saga #2) by Greg Spry

Beyond the Horizon (Beyond Saga #2) by Greg Spry

Ensign Maya Davis has had her sights set on the captaincy of a starship since she launched her first toy rocket into Earth orbit at age four. But not long after she departs the solar system aboard humankind’s first interstellar vessel, New Horizons, sabotage cripples the ship, killing a third of the crew and stranding […]


Beyond Cloud Nine by Greg Spry

Beyond Cloud Nine by Greg Spry

Ace star fighter pilot Brooke Davis lives for pushing hundreds of gees in orbital combat, but she’d give it all up in a moment to become the first human to fly faster than light. When Brooke stumbles upon a conspiracy involving terrorists, aliens, and the highest levels of government, she finds their goals seductive but […]


Rogue Hunter: Longshot by Kevis Hendrickson

Rogue Hunter: Longshot by Kevis Hendrickson

BEHIND ENEMY LINES.On the back of recent hardships and failures, Zyra has become withdrawn and bitter. Meanwhile, terrorists have captured a doomsday weapon with plans to use it unless their enemies meet their demands. Desperate to settle the debt with the crime lords who want her dead, Zyra joins an elite team of bounty hunters […]


Burning Suns – Conflagration (book one) by Lisa Wylie

Burning Suns – Conflagration (book one) by Lisa Wylie

– – Conflict is coming – – Jennifer Bronwen, deep-space freighter skipper, sometime smuggler, and occasional blaster-for-hire is flat broke and in desperate need of a job. With her bills mounting and her ship one unlucky micrometeorite collision away from the scrapheap, when she’s offered a lucrative contract for a risky heist, well, it’s an opportunity […]


Rogue Hunter: Life Force by Kevis Hendrickson

Rogue Hunter: Life Force by Kevis Hendrickson

THE ULTIMATE SIN. While on the run from her enemies, Zyra goes into hiding on Space Station Phoenix. She comes down with a mysterious illness and seeks the aid of Ryan Grant, the station doctor. Fearing a terminal disease, Zyra turns to Ryan for support but their budding friendship takes an unexpected turn.As things heat up […]


Author Interview: Jo Zebedee

Jo Zebedee – I live just outside Belfast, and I write science fiction with the odd dash of fantasy. I enjoy gardening, and grow lots of my own veg, spending time with my family, and I read a lot. When did you first discover your love for writing? I wrote quite a lot when I […]


Blogging A-Z: M is for… Military Scifi

Military Sci-Fi  As far as I can gather (as this is one of my least favourite sub-genres of science-fiction) Military Sci-Fi uses futuristic technology and weapons, often to negotiate fights with alien civilisations, or conduct battles in space, although I’ve read many a book where the military is used in a present day setting, usually […]