The Forge
10 best books like The Forge (S.M. Stirling): Field of Dishonor, On Basilisk Station, Priestess of the White, An Oblique Approach, A Hymn Before Battle, With the Lightnings, The Short Victorious War, Flag in Exile, Berserker, Hammer's Slammers
Author | David Weber |
ISBN | 0743435745 |
HONOR BETRAYED
The People's Republic of Haven's sneak attack on the Kingdom of Manticore has failed. The Peeps are in disarray, their leaders fighting for power in bloody revolution, and the Royal Manticoran Navy stands victorious.
But Manticore has domestic problems of its...
Author | David Weber |
ISBN | 1416509372 |
Honor Harrington in trouble: Having made him look the fool, she's been exiled to Basilisk Station in disgrace and set up for ruin by a superior who hates her. Her demoralized crew blames her for their ship's humiliating posting to an out-of-the-way picket station. The aborigines of the system's only...
Author | Trudi Canavan |
ISBN | 0060815701 |
In a land on the brink of peace—watched jealously by a ruthless cult from across the sea and beset by hidden enemies—five extraordinary humans must serve as sword and shield of the Gods.
Auraya is one.
Her heroism saved a village from destruction; now Auraya has been named Priestess...
Author | David Drake |
ISBN | 0671878654 |
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...
Author | John Ringo |
ISBN | 1416533214 |
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...
Author | David Drake |
ISBN | 0671578863 |
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...
Author | David Weber |
ISBN | 0671875965 |
The proles are revolting.
The families who rule the People's Republic of Haven are in trouble. The treasury's empty, the Proles are restless, and civil war is imminent.
But the ruling class knows what they need to keep in power; another short, victorious war to unite the people and fill...
Author | David Weber |
ISBN | 0671876813 |
Hounded into retirement and disgrace by political enemies, cut to the heart by the murder of the man she loved, and bereft of confidence in herself and her abilities, Captain Honor Harrington has retreated to the planet Grayson to take up her role as Steadholder while she tries to heal her bitter wounds.
But...
Author | Fred Saberhagen |
ISBN | 0441054951 |
Long ago, in a distant part of the galaxy, two alien races met--and fought a war of mutual extinction. The sole legacy of that war was the weapon that ended it: the death machines, the BERSERKERS. Guided by self-aware computers more intelligent than any human, these world-sized battlecraft carved a...
Author | David Drake |
ISBN | 0441316026 |
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.
Contents:
Introduction...
Author | Keith Laumer |
ISBN | 0425075591 |
Bolo. Originally developed as far back as the 1980's by the Bolo Division of General Motors, these great artillery machines took on awareness in later designs and gradually began to replace man in that most human of endeavors: War.
But let Bolo speak for itself. In the action-packed Annals of the...
Author | David Weber |
ISBN | 0671318322 |
There he was in his sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic, all alone and loving it. Well, there was a US Navy carrier group on his southern horizon, but he was US Navy himself, so he didn't mind. Then came the UFOs, hurtling in from the Outer Black to overfly the carriers at Mach 17. Their impossible aeronautics...
Author | Ian Douglas |
ISBN | 0380788284 |
The Year is 2040.
The Marines have landed on Mars to guard the unearthed secrets of an ancient and dangerous alien race: Ourselves.
Scientists have discovered something astonishing in the subterranean ruins of a sprawling Martian city: startling evidence of an alternative...
In space, you can never have too much fresh fruit.
Or can you? Flower, the sentient alien colony ship on loan to EarthCent has a problem. Operating at just five percent of her capacity, she needs to attract more humans and give them a reason to stay. Join Harry, Irene, Julie and Bill for the fun in...
“Respect is all that separates us from the savages.”
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.”
To say I was totally overwhelmed with this story, is to put it mildly. It’s one of the best stories that I’ve read till now, and...