Истории Galactic-empire

Elicia Vasavilli, Captain First-Class of the Holy Order, is called the Raven-a harbinger of ill fortune. A mission to a lonely mining world brings her and a mysterious anti-magical man into a dangerous chase across the Galaxy: to the root of all Magic, the creation of the Church, the long-buried Truth, and to the most powerful magician in all of Space.

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HARPER On the run. Abducted. Rescued by the sexiest alien in the universe. One moment I was falling asleep under the stars in the open trunk of my pickup. The next I was abducted by aliens. Terrifying creatures dragged me into their spaceship and locked me in a cage. They ran tests on me. Growled, clawed, and hissed at me when I fought back. Escape is my only option, but how can I when the odds are so stacked against me? SARHEN She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen... and she needed my help. Being an Augment isn't easy. Every sentient species in the galaxy wants me dead, and half the time I think they've got the right idea. Still, cyborgs don't die easily and always fight for what matters most. Enter the little human into my world. From the moment I saw her I knew that she was mine. The problem? She wanted freedom and I couldn't let her have it. I rescue her and suddenly I've put a price on both our heads. Between vengeful lizardmen, dangerous rivals, and the computer in my head telling me I told you so, will I find a way to get us out of this mess? Better yet, will I ever be able to convince my perfect little human that there's no place safer in the universe than right by my side?

What if the key to saving humanity was buried in the stars... and only one guy could find it? In the distant future, Earth has become The Hive-a sprawling center of human civilization among the stars. But peace shatters when a ruthless enemy from the Andromeda Galaxy, known as the Supreme Order, launches a brutal invasion, burning through colonies without mercy. Tarlan, a young survivor burdened by prophecy and loss, discovers the legend of the Star Gate-a mythical relic said to control time, space, and fate itself. With nothing left to lose and everything to fight for, he sets off on a perilous quest through hostile galaxies, ancient ruins, and forgotten worlds. But he's not alone. Guided by cryptic clues and joined by a band of unlikely allies-each wielding unique powers and bound by their own secrets-Tarlan must face ruthless enemies, monstrous creatures, and a darkness that stretches beyond the stars. The clock is ticking. The invasion has begun. And the fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of a guy who dares to hope.

Hana is a recently graduated diplomat, leaving on her first assignment. She must travel to a world she has never heard of and try to stop a war. The war may already have begun. It may never have happened. There is no way to know, until she arrives, because news can only travel as fast as a starship. Hana has no authority, and no ability to compel the warring parties to make peace, and she cannot leave until the war is over. And if that takes more than a week - the length of time a starship remains in orbit around any planet - then the vessel she arrived on will leave without her, and she will have to wait for the next. That wait could take her whole life. It is a backwater planet, with neither strategic importance nor much of anything to trade. Exactly the kind of planet a recent-graduated diplomat is sent to. And on a forgotten, backwater planet, in a turbulent, seething galaxy, that next ship might be a very long time coming. It could be years, or even decades. If Hana fails to make peace in a week, she may be stuck, and her career over before it has begun. She may also be dead, if her peacemaking goes very badly wrong. * * * And to save people starting if it isn’t their thing, this is meant to be gritty, realistic space opera. So no aliens, no FTL, no neutrino communications, the technology is just there and who cares how it works, planets are sovereign polities and interplanetary war is almost impossible - and also pointless - but conflicts within a planet are common and this is what Hana wants to stop. So also, she isn’t saving the galaxy or anything important!