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During a test flight for the world’s first warp engine, Major Noah Gantz is set to go down in the history books. Despite years of training, the mission goes sideways, and instead of a quick trip to the moon and back, Noah's ship is transported across the universe to stars unknown.

A new age of exploration is taking humanity to the stars. It's a chance to build a new life from the ground up, to make your fortune and help the colonies grow. Anyone can become someone out in the stars. When John Carver, a veteran of the Halfway War, arrives on the colony of Greenworld, he finds it completely abandoned, as though its residents simply walked out, leaving all of their belongings behind. All that remains are half-built greenhouses and habitats, poorly maintained farmlands, and basic supplies.

Humanity’s last chance for survival lies on a quarantined planet deep in enemy space. Not even the exodus fleet’s ancient enemies dare set foot on the surface. When Cain's friends make a daring assault on the dormant shipyard of an ancient civilization, he's soon confronted with a nightmare made real. How far will a guardian like Cain go to protect the people he loves? It has been a long time since he was ripped from his life and turned into a cold-blooded killer, augmented with cybernetic weapons, and sent down a path of destruction.

When Halek Cain and his wildly talented crew of runaways, rogue scientists, and rebel commandos arrive in system to save a ship of political refugees, they quickly realize things are not as they seem. The system is full of derelict ships from ancient battles. It's a gold mine of history, resources, and old technology.

When Noah and his friends receive a distress call from a merchant fleet in Walen Prime, they respond with all haste. "Happy as a Walen" is a saying in the Gavant Reach and no one can imagine murder and mayhem in the most welcoming star system in the galaxy. It doesn't take long for Noah and his friends to realize that the people are kind, generous, and uplifting, but their neighbors are not. Even more challenging are the beautiful but harsh landscapes of Walen Prime.

Halek Cain has one chance to save everyone. The Alon Empire has redoubled its efforts to conquer Yansden and strip the planet bare. Their massive fleet devours every star system it encounters. They demand total surrender and show no mercy. The Neverseen are rising from the forests, oceans, and desert wilderness and thirsty for blood. Cain and his allies have stopped both of these enemies once, but their backs are to the wall, and they must escape or die.

When Dr. Ayers uses the DNA of a long-dead alien life-form known as the Sansein, the Last Reaper finds himself caught up in an unprecedented situation. The Sansein, as it turns out, were not as extinct as Ayers originally believed. Possibly benevolent, definitely dangerous - these aliens are bound to react poorly to what has been done with their fallen kin. The life of a Reaper is never simple. The exodus fleet has old enemies that can’t be avoided for much longer. But those same enemies have a secret as well...and it just might save them all.

With the Tyton alliance firmly established, everyone is ready to defend the Obsidian Gate and face down the Taliz Dwellers. Noah will lead the leviathan element of this effort, naturally, but is soon captured and whisked away before the first major battle. Can he resist brainwashing by the most feared interrogator of the Dweller swarm? He’s been through a lot, but never expected an alliance as unlikely as pineapple breakfast pizza.

Only a miracle can save Cain’s people from the combined assault of the Alon and the Sansein fleets. His friends believe there is a super weapon capable of driving back their enemies but he has his doubts. To make things worse, a new rival now hunts Cain with a vengeance even as everything is falling apart.

Haleck Cain fights free of a failing life pod only to learn the space station he doesn’t recognize is in a degrading orbit. Battling for basic survival, he quickly realizes nothing is as it should be. He’s alone, damaged, and surrounded by new enemies. Ten years have passed and the civilization he helped build is in ruins. Cain’s search for his friends will take him to the most dangerous parts of Maglan and reveal a secret he never suspected.

Get the complete Cyborg Option series by Scott Moon! Follow commands or save his renegade family... He must choose. No one defies the Protectorate. They’ve got relentless cyborg assassins who never quit and never fail to take out their targets. Until one defies them by becoming a parent. Camden 1192, and ninety-nine other killers, are assigned to locate and capture the traitor. Orders specify taking the child alive, if possible. Only, there's one problem. The traitor happens to be Camden's sister, and the child, his nephew.

Noah Gantz is tricked out, powered up, and a hell of a lot funnier now that he’s survived his first showdown with his archrival, rogue test pilot Colonel Tate Collins. None of that will be enough to save his new friends when things go from bad to worse. Because in the Gavant Reach, things definitely will. When Wozim, the Tyton battle lord who already saved his life more than once, is crucially injured, Noah and the rest of the crew must find a lost planet, brave the terrors of the local wilderness, and find a cure for their friend's worsening wounds.

When aliens invade Las Vegas, one man is thrust into a battle beyond imagination, fighting the terrifying shock troops of a sprawling galactic empire. To protect a terrified child, he seizes the strange weapon of a fallen hero—an ancient, sentient sword—and is catapulted far into the future with no way back. Now trapped in an alien world, he must master the sword's mysterious power and navigate a deadly game of political intrigue. But time is running out for humanity.

Noah Gantz and his crew are closing in on the final Seer artifact, the device that will keep the power they already have from destroying them, and change inter-galactic travel forever. His enemies remain as devious as they are ruthless, but he’s got things figured out.

The Fosk-ha spent a thousand years traveling to Earth. Violent, world-subjugating void travelers, they’ve terrorized and enslaved civilizations across the galaxy for countless eons. Humanity doesn’t stand a chance...or do they? A truck driver with a history of illegal street racing, a cop unwilling to back down from bullies and terrorists, and a game designer who’s learning to put theory into action; an unlikely crew to save the world, but somebody has to fight back.

When Ryn, Scratch, and Cel disappear on their first mission, Noah and Kayan's crew investigate. Can they prevent a Masterless Tyton from springing a deadly trap, or will they learn what it means to become the hunted? By the end of the mission, they will learn what it takes to turn a Tyton colony into Terror Prime. Not all symbionts are friends, and teamwork may not be enough to ensure victory.

It's the 22nd century. Humanity has taken its first steps into the galaxy, and we've found ourselves in a vast playground of alien races and cultures. As the newest players on the universal stage, though, we're at the bottom of the food chain. Welcome back to the Four Horsemen universe, where only a willingness to fight and die for money separates humans from the majority of the other races. While some of the stories deal with mercenaries, others introduce listeners to the other guilds, organizations, and races that make up the landscape of the Four Horsemen universe.

Damaged beyond repair, Halek Cain turns to the one person who can rebuild him from the ground up. Will it be enough to face the mad general sending a clone army after him? Ultimate victories take ultimate sacrifices, and this time defeat means annihilation. Cain and his friends must find their way to Oroth, locate Elise and her ragtag army of desperate heroes, and face a dark threat no one understands. He has come a long way since death row. This will be his greatest challenge yet.

Noah Gantz and his crew have narrowly escaped disaster on Hellenger Prime. Now, with Kayan facing metabolic destruction, he must find a way to the galaxy that spawned the living starships. There, he might be able to find an antidote for the toxins Tate Collins introduced into the ship's core systems. But first, he must handle an overambitious team of Altion commandos and the most deadly assassins of the Skylar civilization. This time, everything is on the line, and there is no going back.

There is one thing Halek Cain never does: leave a friend behind. There's no way he’s abandoning an entire unit. His newest allies, the JFT Destroyers, are cornered in a star system already ravaged by war. Problem is, Halek Cain has barely survived his own clash with Scheid’s forces. When everyone in the battered Maglan Fleet has given up on the Destroyers, Cain does what he does best—goes full Reaper Renegade to save their collective backsides.