Semper Mars

8 best books like Semper Mars (Ian Douglas): An Oblique Approach, A Hymn Before Battle, With the Lightnings, Armor, Orphanage, Hammer's Slammers, Vorpal Blade, The Clone Republic

An Oblique Approach
AuthorDavid Drake
ISBN0671878654
Some of the best-written trash I've ever read. Trash, by the way, is a perfectly legitimate genre. There is good trash and then there is bad trash. Never turn down the opportunity to read good trash.

This is pulpy, ridiculous, muscular, high-adventure alternate history with totally implausible...
AuthorJohn Ringo
ISBN1416533214
MILITARY SF that hits the G-SPOT and causes a FULL ON HAPPY!! Interesting POLITICS, unique ALIEN CULTURES, intelligent PLOTTING, engaging CHARACTERS...oh yeah, and lots and lots of:


4.5 stars. I’ve said before that I like military SF, but it is not the sub-genre that I intend to settle...
AuthorDavid Drake
ISBN0671578863
Daniel Leary is a lieutenant in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy with no money and no prospects since he quarreled with his ruthless, politically powerful father. Adele Mundy is a scholar with no money and no prospects since her family was massacred for conspiring against the Government of Cinnabar. Kostroma...
AuthorJohn Steakley
ISBN0886773687
Alternate cover edition can be found here.

The military sci-fi classic in a striking new package

Felix is an Earth soldier, encased in special body armor designed to withstand Earth's most implacable enemy-a bioengineered, insectoid alien horde. But Felix is also equipped with...
AuthorRobert Buettner
ISBN0446614297
Military Science Fiction for the Rest of Us

Brief Synopsis:
The story starts with Jason Wander, a somewhat misguided youth with two options: join the military or go to jail. Enter the devastation caused by the alien race later termed as "the slugs." The story follows Wander and his exploits...
AuthorDavid Drake
ISBN0441316026
When a planetary government faces threats from guerillas, insurgents or terrorists, the men they hire are Hammer's Slammers - known throughout the galaxy for their cold, ruthless ferocity, their ability to defeat overwhelming forces, and their willingness to go up against impossible odds.

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Introduction...
AuthorJohn Ringo
ISBN1416521291
The sequel to Into the Looking Glass. William Weaver, PhD. and SEAL Chief Adams are back and Bill got himself a ship! The former SSBN Nebraska has been converted, using mostly garage mechanics and baling wire, into a warp ship ready to go "out there." But as everyone knows, the people who really are going...
AuthorSteven L. Kent
ISBN0441013937
Earth, 2508 A.D. Humans have spread across the six arms of the Milky Way Galaxy. The Unified Authority controls Earth’s colonies with an iron fist and a powerful military—a military made up almost entirely of clones…Private first-class Wayson Harris was raised in a U.A. orphanage among thousands...
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