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Kyle Riggs zasiada na tronie Imperium Ziemskiego, ale nie może zaznać spokoju. Wyzwolił swoją ojczystą planetę od tyrana tylko po to, by go zastąpić. W "Martwym słońcu", dziewiątej powieści z serii Star Force, zaczyna się ostatni rozdział wielkiej wojny między żywymi istotami a maszynami. Obie strony rozwinęły nowe technologie i przemysł zbrojeniowy. Siły Gwiezdne i makrosy próbują nawzajem wyeliminować się z gry w walce na śmierć i życie całych gatunków. Zanim zniszczy maszyny, Riggs musi się jednak dowiedzieć także, kto jest zdrajcą w jego własnych szeregach.

Beyond the din and dancing lights of the Las Vegas strip, a young woman has mysteriously gone missing. All the facts point to something sinister - even paranormal. Quentin Draith, supernatural crime investigator, is hired to assist. However, the deeper Draith digs, the more otherworldly his assignment gets. Assassins, human and otherwise, put a target on Draith’s head and a ravenous alien beast starts rampaging through the city. The clues point Draith to Sin City’s infamous “Bone Triangle,” a neighborhood marked for its dark happenings and disappearances.

W trakcie kampanii na nowej planecie James McGill odkrywa niepokojącą intrygę. Do gry o władzę pragnie dołączyć niespodziewany gracz, chcąc uprzedzić pozostałych i przywłaszczyć sobie tron. Czy nowe mocarstwo zdoła zaprowadzić porządek w Imperium, czy może spowoduje jego ostateczny rozpad?

When Earth's colonies go silent, Legion Varus drops onto Kepler-62 expecting a routine investigation. Instead, they find something far worse than death. The colonists aren't dead—they're changed. A new kind of enemy has arrived in Province 921, microscopic invaders that transform humans into perfectly coordinated killing machines. These "Demon" parasites don't just control minds; they improve them, creating an army that works with terrifying efficiency.

The Earth Cruiser Agamemnon is destroyed in combat, and the search for answers begins. The veteran crew of Borag gets the assignment, and the race is on. Sgt. Starn of Red Company must visit the disaster site, perform a search and rescue mission, and return to Mars alive. What kind of technology could destroy an Earth warship so easily? Why is a single life-pod found floating, transponder pinging away—with no one aboard? Most important of all, what is the prowling alien super-ship going to do next?

The colony on Haven-7 has gone rogue. The colonists have split into two factions: the Techborn and the Dusters. The Techborn have always ruled the planet. They control the remnants of the crashed starship that brought humanity to this new world. The Dusters… they eat Techborn dust. Now, the Techborn strength is waning. Their weapons are getting old, and radiation leaks from the aging reactors have created mutations. Some of these, like their brutish troops known as Tuskers, have proven useful—but others are abominations.

The Skaintz Imperium was eradicated from the backwater planet of Garm, but at great cost. The population of the world was decimated within weeks, and Garm will never be the same. At least humanity can breathe easily knowing that the mysterious aliens are all dead.... But are they? Using their natural form of communication, Skaintz radio signals did chirrup and click, however briefly. Transmissions in their ancient language now spread at the speed of light in a growing sphere.

In Battle Station, Kyle Riggs faces new challenges, new alien fleets, and learns the secrets behind the war he has been fighting for years. In the fifth book of the Star Force Series, the Eden system is in humanity's grasp, but can they keep it? Star Force is weak after a long war, and many yearn to go home. Knowing the machines will return with a new armada eventually, Riggs seeks a more permanent solution. Along the way, worlds are won and lost, millions perish, and great truths are revealed.

Lost and cut off from Earth, the crew of the starship Valiant seeks a way home. In the 11th book of the Star Force series Cody Riggs collides with the overwhelming power of the Ancients. They fly incomprehensible ships and consider humans to be curiosities. Caught between ghosts of the past and demons of the present, Cody is abandoned by everyone. His girl, his crew, and even his ships change sides, exiling him in the cold depths of space.

Three stars, three worlds, three civilizations...one massive war. In a triple star system, not all planets are equal. When the Demon Star swings closest in her orbit, the Insectoids always invade. They raid the inner worlds with grim regularity, riding hordes of stealth ships in ever-growing waves. Their mission is to destroy all opposition - alien, human or otherwise. Cody Riggs, lost among an endless chain of interstellar rings, flies his task force of starships into the middle of an eternal struggle for survival.

The Galactics arrived with their Battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spans the Milky Way. Our only worthwhile trade goods are our infamous mercenary legions, elite troops we sell to the highest alien bidder. In 2122 a lost colony expedition contacts Earth, surprising our government. Colonization is against Galactic Law, and Legion Varus is dispatched to the system to handle the situation. Earth gave them sealed orders, but Earth is 35 lightyears away.

The Galactics arrived with their Battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spanned the Milky Way. Our only worthwhile trade goods are our infamous mercenary legions, elite troops we sell to the highest alien bidder. In the third book in the series, James McGill is deployed on another alien world. His third interstellar tour is different in every way. Rather than meeting up with a primitive society, this time he’s headed to an advanced world.

The machine races demand a turn at the job, but the organics refuse to allow it. For more than a century, the Galactics have battled for supreme power. War and instability reign in place of peace, with every species spread over a hundred billion stars suffering as the Empire decays. James McGill discovers a scheme is underway. A new power is rising, determined to snatch the Throne from all the rest. Will this unite the Galactic Empire, or destroy it utterly?

Z mrocznych odmętów Galaktyki wyłania się nowe zagrożenie. Nieznani najeźdźcy atakują planety na całym pograniczu. Pierwsze ciosy spadają na Rigel, który dzieli od Układów Centralnych tysiąc lat świetlnych więcej niż Ziemię. Nastroje w Centrali są wręcz triumfalne. Największy rywal jest osłabiony, pora na atak! Legion Varus ląduje na porośniętej dżunglą planecie głęboko wewnątrz rigeliańskiego terytorium. Przyciśnięty na dwóch frontach wróg ponosi sromotną klęskę. A jednak wśród ludzi znajduje się ktoś, kto ośmiela się kwestionować te posunięcia.

Acheron Colony was supposed to be humanity's greatest windfall. Using long-range sensors, the planet tested out as a super-Earth—but the reality is frightening. Instead of a green world bursting with life, the colonists find a dead rock covered in ash. Something has dismantled every organic molecule on Acheron—and no one knows how or why. When a mysterious signal that defies explanation begins to pulse from an alien ruin, the colonists panic. Something ancient was here long before them, and the signal, like a heartbeat, won't let them forget it.

Trwa niebezpieczny wyścig zbrojeń między Ziemią a Rigelem. Próby dyplomatycznego rozwiązania problemu przez McGilla kończą się katastrofą, wskutek czego sprawy wymykają się spod kontroli. Wybucha międzygwiezdna wojna, która pochłania zewnętrzne rubieże Imperium. Podczas gdy floty szykują się do misji, Legion Varus zostaje wysłany na tajemniczą planetę. Pomimo wysiłków McGilla kolejne ataki na pozycje obronne Rigela zostają udaremnione. Czyżby w szeregi legionów wkradł się szpieg? A może doszło do zdrady na najwyższych szczeblach władzy?

A barrage of ice meteors streaks through the void, targeting every colony and even Earth herself. The devastating force of these nearly invisible projectiles is sudden and catastrophic. Devin Starn's Red Company and the seasoned crew aboard the Borag are called upon to assist. Initially tasked with providing emergency services, they soon find themselves on a perilous mission to join forces with the Earth Navy in hunting down the source of these deadly attacks.