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Donnerjack by Roger Zelazny, Jane M. Lindskold
Fine Prey by Scott Westerfeld
At the Aya School, human children learn alien culture in a completely restricted environment to enable them to compete in the politics and economy of an alien-influenced Earth. The finest student of the school is a member of the Fine Hunt circuit, an outgrowth of traditional horse racing. As one of the up-and-coming "riders", the student is lured into the seedier world of the Claw Hunt, and discovers what the Aya aliens have really been teaching!
School of Fire (Starfist, No 2) by David Sherman, Dan Cragg
From the duo of armed-forces veterans who authored "First to Fight" comes the second action-packed military science fiction adventure featuring a Marine squad on a deadly interstellar mission.
Steelheart by William C. Dietz
On a planet called Zuul, in the year 2176, a battle is about to be fought. A battle against an alien race who hold all technology to be the ultimate evil. Human, alien, and android alike struggle against them. But to win, they must unite, they need a leader.
Sword and Fire : Twilight of the Clans V (The Battle Tech Series , No 39) by Thomas S. Gressman
The Inner Sphere's Task Force Serpent stands poised on the brink of the greatest military operation since the liberation of Terra in 2277. Their target is Huntress, the Smoke Jaguar Clan's homeworld. Their mission is the total destruction of the Jaguar's war-making ability. Will the Inner Sphere's assault signal the end of decades of bloody conflict--or cause violence beyond either side's imagining?
Finity's End by C. J. Cherryh
"Finity's End" is the oldest Merchanter ship in the universe. In an era of spies, pirate traders, and uneasy alliances, the Company Wears are now over, the hunt for the fleet is winding down, and the ship is coming home to reclaim her trade routes. Having lost an entire generation, the youngest crew members, bred and trained for war, must face their most critical battle of all--survival in a time of lasting peace.
Alpha Centauri by William Barton, Michael Capobianco
With its population grown to more than 300 billion, Earth in 2239 dispatches an exploratory team to Alpha Centauri. But there is a problem, a schizophrenic named Mies Cochrane, infected with "autoviroids" by a malevolent intelligence called Indigo. Whenever Mies has sex with a woman, he renders her sterile. Thus this particular crew, at least, will never populate the stars. Intriguing, but Barton and Capobianco go ballistic, seldom allowing the reader to escape from sex and sexuality: Mies with women, Mies with a man who has changed into a woman, women with women, until the reader is not only baffled but in agreement with Indigo that the race isn't worth saving. A shame, since the hard sf here is beautifully done, including a breathtaking ride on a storm-tossed alien ocean at two Gs, and an ancient race, complete with cosmology, restored through virtual technology--grand stuff, but Heinlein is rolling in his grave, even so.
Article 23 by William R. Forstchen
As a plebe at the Acadamy Justin Bell was on the to making his dreams come true: traveling in space. But, even in the 22nd century, cold hard reality has a way of frustrating dreams. There was tension between Earth and the far-flung colonies in the solar system. The colonists had demanded more freedom than Earth was willing to grant and so Mars declared its independence. No other colonies had broken away, and war had not broken out yet but the situation was dangerous. To make things worse, contact had just been made with extraterrestrials very unfriendly contact.... The times were the sort that made for exciting reading when they were safely embalmed in the history books, but were less than comfortable for those living through them. But Justin had the stuff of heroes which was fortunate for him, and for Earth....
Choosing Names : Man-Kzin Wars VIII by Larry Niven
In a new story, Larry Niven tells of the earliest days of the first Man-Kzin War. The Kzin had learned of the existence of human occupied space, a find that promised new technologies for the race, and new wealth for the fierce Kzin Warriors in the form of land, slaves .... and food. Kzin had sent ships to probe the Solar System, expecting no danger from mere weed-eating apes. But the Warrior Race had underestimated monkey ingenuity, and the ships were destroyed by "peaceful" technology that the humans had hurriedly changed into weaponry. The surviving Kzin have been caged and are being studied. "For you, the war is over", the monkey-boys have told the Kzin. Incomprehensible to the Kzin, for whom no war is ever over. The humans are sure that the huge warcats cannot escape their prison. But there is something the humans do not realize. One of the Kzin is a Telepath....
In Alien Hands : Quest for Tomorrow by William Shatner
Unbeknownst to Jim, his DNA is encoded with a cybernetic weapon that can alter the balance of power in the galaxy--for good or evil. The dreaded Hunzza fleet, the deadliest armada in the universe, is armed to destroy Jim's home planet and the star that gives it life. Now, Jim must discover the truth about himself and decide which side he's really on, for the secret in his DNA is the only force that can save the galaxy before it's too late.
Inherit the Earth by Brian M. Stableford
In the 22nd-century, biomedical nantechnology has given everyone in the world long life and robust health. But the achievement of this paradise is not without cost, and now, the son of one of this Utopia's creators is being forced by a group of terrorists known as the Eliminators to face the sins of his father.
Parallelities by Alan Dean Foster
From the author of "The Howling Stones" comes this outrageous adventure tale of a hapless reporter pinballing through a maze of bizarre parallel universes.
This Alien Shore by C. S. Friedman
In the first age of Earth's colonization of space, a young, lab-raised woman narrowly escapes kidnapping--even as a rogue computer virus wreaks havoc on the interstellar "Net"--and flees into "alien shores" to evade her pursuers.
Vast by Linda Nagata
Dethroned cult leader Lot Apollinario and his companions have left the sky-city of Silk with a mission. They aim to find the Chenzeme--the mysterious race that annihilated most sentient life in the galaxy many thousands of millennia ago--whose automated weapons still destroy all they meet. Yet life beyond the known fringes of "civilized" space is a strange and wild thing, and the heroes are unprepared for the wonders--and horrors--that wait in the vastness.
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