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Space Opera

Escouade Athéna

By Aquilus_Decimus

2833 0 0 6

Sur la planète Nikeios, l’élite de l’armée Olympienne est formée. Parmi ces troupes, l’escouade Athéna est composée des soldats les plus prometteurs, voués à accomplir les missions les plus périlleuses. Sous l’œil attentif de l’Argonaute Septimus, une nouvelle...

Starlight Shattered: The Fractured Light (Book 3)

By riley8551

20075 1 5 16940

To topple an empire, they must first survive each other. The Varkh Ascendancy has ruled for nearly 50 millennia, binding the galaxy in a suffocating order. Now, for the first time, a coalition has risen to challenge them. But the Lucent Pact is not an army;...

Starlight Shattered: The Convergence (Book 2)

By riley8551

42021 1 10 53061

The war for the galaxy will not begin with armies. It will begin in the gutters. In the lawless sectors out the outer rim, the Ascendancy’s grip is loose, and the Syndicate’s hold is absolute. Here, amidst the neon glare of Port Nyx and the blood-soaked sands...

Cryostasis Widow Five Centuries Gone

By WordSmithSteve

7362 0 0 0

Eve expected to open her eyes in a new world. When the colony ark ship Jason launched from a dying Earth in 2325 CE, humanity’s hope lay frozen in cryostasis—seven thousand souls bound for a new beginning among the stars. But somewhere in the silent dark,...

Shadows of Eros

By WordSmithSteve

33987 0 15 40914

Shadows of Eros is a riveting science fiction space opera story set in a gritty far future where Captain Nathan Rourke navigates the dichotomy of Eros, a celestial haven divided between opulence and squalor. Amidst intrigue, romance, and societal complexities,...

Augmented Valor: The Legacy of Aditi Nizhoni

By WordSmithSteve

44491 1 11 231884

Aditi “Adi” Nizhóní Peshlakai was built for war. Once a Colonial Fleet Marine Myrmidon—augmented muscle, subdermal armor, neural net sharpened to a razor edge—she left the Corps with scars, secrets, and a rigid sense of honor in a world that no longer values...

Starlight Shattered: The Unraveling (Book 1)

By riley8551

71578 8 12 52177

Order is the shield against chaos. Duty is the blade that defends it. For almost 10,000 years, the Varkh Ascendancy has kept the peace. They have paved over the natural world with concrete, replaced the sky with steel, and bred the chaos out of life itself....

Space Pirate's Trap

By WordSmithSteve

8448 0 5 2030

Seasoned salvage spacers think they've hit the jackpot when they discover an abandoned starship. But their luck turns deadly when they realize it's a cunning pirate trap. With their small scout ship surrounded and escape impossible, they must rely on their...

Mordena Dawn, Book 2: Spirits of the Relentless

By Vazdimet

307354 1 5 100701

[b]To lead others, he must first embrace who he was – and what he must become.[/b] After the Turncoat Armada’s surrender, Void necromancer Shane Lawrence is left with a command he never sought and a fleet without a sanctuary. At risk of retribution from both...

Forsaken Hope: Archangel Black: Book 1

By cedorsett

17511 0 4 3920

A mysterious hunter sent to capture a target. A twisted dark enemy captures a young noble. A young woman is thrust into a mysterious world her adoptive mother sheltered her from her entire life. This is the beginning of Archangel Black.

Mordena Dawn, Book 1: In Spite of the Inevitable

By Vazdimet

336815 21 4 89022

[b]The past isn't the only thing that won't stay dead.[/b] Hiding from his violent history as a revered Void necromancer within the Sparnell Confederation, single father Shane Lawrence has finally built a quiet life. On the freehold planet of Baden he can...

NanoMorphosis

By marlalanderson

20950 1 0 7337

Climate change ravages Earth, a man-made plague forces millions into segregated camps, and the hope of finding a new world withers under threat of an alien attack. To ensure mankind's survival, two men take opposing paths. At the age of ten, Daniel Walker...

Legends of the Jade Moon 3: Back from the Dawn

By cedorsett

77179 0 4 27127

The life of a Maker has taken its toll on Ianus but he now has to make the hardest choice of all. With all roads pointing to the city of the ancients located deep within the forbidden lands, Ianus must choose whether to follow the path to almost certain death...

Legends of the Jade Moon 2: Dividing Souls

By cedorsett

79297 1 4 26185

Ianus awakes on a hospital ship... he failed. His adopted father lay mortally injured in the next room, and a powerful, ancient relic of the Jade Moon's founder has been stolen. Every option gone, only one thing remains... Abducting his father, he runs off...

Legends of the Jade Moon 1: Child of Centuries

By cedorsett

78066 0 4 31215

Just beyond the view of the average person, dangers haunt the Chian'niu, the galactic underworld. Assassins stalk their prey, mercenaries sell their services, and ancient factions move governments, people, and armies across the stars for reasons known only...

Precious and Deadly Cargo

By Esspii

24251 0 4 1818

Helvia Terrasidia Aquitania is a loyal legionnaire striving to be accepted as a beneficarius, a Legion police officer, so she can protect and serve. She constantly finds herself entangled with Anaïs Lavreplesthar, a clever Aquitani pirate who expertly walks...

Fate's Harrow

By cedorsett

54735 0 3 24427

In an age gone past, when many roamed the heavens, space was full of magic and mystery. Heroes and villains came and went like the passing of the daily tides. Some names were remembered, while others simply faded away. In this darkness, demons and monsters...

Dance the Ghost: Shatter Me

By cedorsett

23420 0 0 1890

An escaped slave’s only way to find freedom is to stalk the night taking out her hunters while fighting to not lose herself to vengeance and the hunt.

Short Stories

By JPStarsey

21788 0 3 1511

Short stories set in the Tangent Space universe.

Saint Maiden's Day on Aprica Nova

By Esspii

26477 2 3 1858

The venatores gemini are a unique class of legionnaire. Linked from birth with a spiritual twin, these warriors are the Imperia's best weapon against the deadly sirens. Gemini pair Titus and Gnaeus are exceptional venatores. Even so, every hunt is life-threatening....

Le Jardin des Hespérides JDR | Année 1

By Aquilus_Decimus

156674 16 2 3879

Journal de bord des personnages ayant participés aux précédentes sessions du JDR du Jardin des Hespérides.

Silver Star

By ccpadilla

41117 2 3 4458

“Lost in the endless depths of space, Abby, housed within her cold metal home for untold years, yearns for companionship and connections. Join her on a journey of self-discovery as she navigates the unknown galaxy in search of friendship and a sense of belonging."

To Know Your Enemy

By SableAradia

501980 21 2 145868

[h3][center]Toy Soldier: A derogatory term for an elven marine.[/center][/h3] [i]Battles great and terrible, small and bitter, raged across Known Space as the wars of Elves and Orcs played out their legacy of hatred across the stars themselves. Epics would...

Rebellion of the Exile: Ferrata

By Esspii

46941 0 1 6882

In the Imperia Triplica, nonhumans know the only way to survive is to make the humans comfortable. They wear their sealskins—the tech that makes them appear human—and they keep their heads down. And they never, ever breathe any utterance of the deadly and...

Book 1 of The Korpes File Series -Teaser

By J. I. Rogers

45367 7 2 60791

"As if being born Diasporan wasn’t enough, Technician Nash Korpes had the bad luck to resemble his Tyran ancestors almost identically in both form, and manner. These traits, though highly prized by the special projects division at the shadowy Korlune Military...

AWT 1: L'affaire du Coeur de Feu

By Aquilus_Decimus

143789 6 2 11718

Sur la planète Élysée, fleuron colonial de l'Alliance Agora, les citoyens profitent d'un cadre de vie agréable qui a même attiré les grandes fortunes. Au milieu de ce décor idyllique, l'agence Wardman et Takanabe s'occupe de régler des litiges judiciaires...

A Few Good Elves

By SableAradia

679861 52 6 155306

[h3][center]Toy Soldier: A derogatory slang term for an elven marine.[/center][/h3] [i]Battles great and terrible, small and bitter, raged across Known Space as the wars of Elves and Orcs played out their legacy of hatred across the stars themselves. Epics...