Gary Ruddell
2) Glory season
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English
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Sailing the Stratoin oceans on her coming-of-age apprenticeship, Maia, a half-caste var, endures hardship, hunger, imprisonment, loneliness, battle, separation from her twin sister, and a rendezvous with a threatening long-distance traveler.
3) Memory
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English
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A disgraced space hero gets a second chance. Miles Vorkosigan lied about the state of his health and is dismissed from service by his superior. But when his superior falls mentally ill and starts making mistakes it is to Miles he turns for help. By the author of Mirror Dance.
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Honor Harrington ; 5
Publisher
Baen Publishing Enterprises
Pub. Date
1995.
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English
Description
Struggling to deal with her lover's murder and a forced retirement, Captain Honor Harrington assumes the role of Steadholder on the planet Grayson, but a threatening uprising calls her back into duty as head of the Grayson Navy.
5) Remake
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English
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The setting is a futuristic Hollywood where movie- making has been computerized and live-action films are a thing of the past. Enter Alis who wants to dance in the movies. Tom offers to digitize her face onto any actress she likes, but Alis is not interested in fake dancing, she is after the real thing and if Tom wants her, he has to deliver. By the author of Doomsday Book.
6) Komarr
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English
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Agent Miles Vorkosigan investigates terrorism and financial speculation on the planet Komarr. The story is told through the eyes of Ekaterin, the unhappily married wife of a government official with whom Vorkosigan falls in love.
8) Once a hero
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Series
Serrano legacy ; 4
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
[1997]
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English
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A battle over a starship in space. The ship belongs to Earth and is commanded by Lieutenant Esmay Suiza, a woman who has already proved herself in battle. The attackers are Alien barbarians and they capture the ship, but Esmay and her team counter-attack and save the day. By the author of Remnant Population.
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Serrano legacy ; 6
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
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English
Description
The continuing saga of a dictatorial family in space. They are the Familias Regnant and they must handle a riot on a prison planet, a controversy over rejuvenating drugs with nasty side effects, and the murder of one of their members.
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Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[1996]
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English
Description
A time-travel novel in which a group of scientists devises a way of travelling into alternate universes of the future. From there they can tell what the future holds for Earth and will have time to change events. The experiments take part against the background of deteriorating conditions on our planet and their object is to improve human life.
11) Against the odds
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Serrano legacy ; 7
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
2000.
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English
Description
As Fleet is threatened by mutiny, class conflict, and power struggles, Esmay Suiza-Serrano finds herself unceremoniously dismissed from Fleet and hurtled into the midst of warfare that threatens all galactic civilization.
12) Silverhand
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Series
Arcana ; 1
Publisher
Baen Pub. Enterprises
Pub. Date
1995.
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English
Description
In a fantasy land a boy is orphaned by the forces of chaos. Subsequently he is attacked by werewolves who chew off his hand. He is rescued by monks who make him a silver hand, giving him the power to fight chaos. By the authors of Last Prince of Ireland and Tales of the Bard.