Sparks has made a promise she intends to keep... She must liberate Shalk and return him to his home world of Flanterian. Even if that means infiltrating a prison ship where horrors hide in the shadows. Greeta would leave him to rot for his betrayal, but her allegiance to Sparks is unwavering. Together they board the Sunny Horizon, hopeful, but neither certain they’ll return. Meanwhile, Reyes and Faz Went, unaware of Sparks and Hat’s whereabouts, have been ambushed and imprisoned. But as they languish in a subterranean cell, the question lingers: will their imprisonment be the end of their fight, or the key to their ultimate liberation? Their mission to free Flanterian from the clutches of the notorious Ringdell Group hangs in the balance. But before they even consider starting another war, they must first navigate the perils of their own captivity. Galactic Liberation is the fourth book in a series of space opera thrillers, where every page crackles with high-stakes action and interstellar intrigue.

The long war has transformed the Hundred Worlds into heavily fortified star systems. Their economies are geared for military output, and they raise specialized soldiers to save our species. Assault Captain Derek Straker is one such man among many. Deep inside enemy territory, the genetically sculpted captain must find a path to victory.

The long war has transformed the Hundred Worlds into heavily fortified star systems. Their economies are geared for military output, and they raise specialized soldiers to save our species. Assault Captain Derek Straker is one such man among many. Deep inside enemy territory, the genetically sculpted captain must find a path to victory.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “One of our most inventive purveyors of the form returns with pitch-perfect, genre-bending stories that stare into the abyss of our national character. . . . An exquisite work from a writer whose reach is galactic.”—Oprah Daily Booker Prize winner George Saunders returns with his first collection of short stories since the New York Times bestseller Tenth of December. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker The “best short-story writer in English” (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. With his trademark prose—wickedly funny, unsentimental, and exquisitely tuned—Saunders continues to challenge and surprise: Here is a collection of prismatic, resonant stories that encompass joy and despair, oppression and revolution, bizarre fantasy and brutal reality. “Love Letter” is a tender missive from grandfather to grandson, in the midst of a dystopian political situation in the (not too distant, all too believable) future, that reminds us of our obligations to our ideals, ourselves, and one another. “Ghoul” is set in a Hell-themed section of an underground amusement park in Colorado and follows the exploits of a lonely, morally complex character named Brian, who comes to question everything he takes for granted about his reality. In “Mother’s Day,” two women who loved the same man come to an existential reckoning in the middle of a hailstorm. In “Elliott Spencer,” our eighty-nine-year-old protagonist finds himself brainwashed, his memory “scraped”—a victim of a scheme in which poor, vulnerable people are reprogrammed and deployed as political protesters. And “My House”—in a mere seven pages—comes to terms with the haunting nature of unfulfilled dreams and the inevitability of decay. Together, these nine subversive, profound, and essential stories coalesce into a case for viewing the world with the same generosity and clear-eyed attention Saunders does, even in the most absurd of circumstances.

Commodore Straker's rebellion has grown in strength-but his enemies are growing even faster. Faced with a dozen rebel planets in their territory, the Mutuality has finally taken notice of the upstart known as the Liberator and gathered a vast fleet to crush him. BATTLESHIP INDOMITABLE is the second book in the Galactic Liberation series.

Pan's life used to be very small. Work in her dad's body shop, sneak out with her friend Tara to go dancing, and watch the skies for freighter ships. It didn't even matter that Tara was a princess... until one day it very much did matter, and Pan had to say goodbye forever. Years later, when a charismatic pair of off-world gladiators show up on her doorstep, she finds that life might not be as small as she thought. On the run and off the galactic grid, Pan discovers the astonishing secrets of her neo-medieval world... and the intoxicating possibility of burning it all down.

From Hugo and Dragon Award finalist David VanDyke, and millions-selling science-fiction legend and Dragon finalist B.V. Larson, comes book four in the epic military space opera adventure saga! The Republic, the Opters and a strange Crystalline race of unknown origin all meet in a series of titanic battles. Commodore Straker summons thousands of ships, but he soon learns he's technologically out-classed by the enemy.With traditional victory impossible, the race is on for each side to destroy the key worlds of the other. Billions die, entire planets are destroyed. Even while the war rages, dark suspicions grow. There are traitors in the midst of the chaos. Straker realizes the worst enemy is the one you believed to be your ally... HIVE WAR is a thrilling tale of warfare and adventure among the stars. This is the fourth book in the Galactic Liberation series. Look for book #1, STARSHIP LIBERATOR if you're new to this expanding universe.