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Across Space Opera, Science Fiction, and Action & Adventure — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as What Distant Deeps by David Drake.

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Ranks of Bronze — David Drake

Ranks of Bronze

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

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Star Wars: The Rising Storm (The High Republic)

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Precipice The Retrieval – Book Two — Kevin J. Howard

Precipice The Retrieval – Book Two

Kevin J. Howard

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Persepolis Rising Book 7 of the Expanse (now a Prime Original Series) — James S. A. Corey

Persepolis Rising Book 7 of the Expanse (now a Prime Original Series)

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Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Edge of the Future — Andria Stone

Edge of the Future

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Hero’s Trial: Star Wars Legends Agents of Chaos, Book I — James Luceno

Hero’s Trial: Star Wars Legends Agents of Chaos, Book I

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

No Remorse — Eric Thomson

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Salvation A Novel — Peter F. Hamilton

Salvation A Novel

Peter F. Hamilton

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Descendant Machine — Gareth L. Powell

Descendant Machine

Gareth L. Powell

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Breakout — Ann Aguirre

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Neptune Crossing — Jeffrey A. Carver

Neptune Crossing

Jeffrey A. Carver

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Rebirth: Star Wars Legends Edge of Victory, Book II — Greg Keyes

Rebirth: Star Wars Legends Edge of Victory, Book II

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Aftershocks — Marko Kloos

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Star Trek: Myriad Universes #3: Shattered Light — David R. George III

Star Trek: Myriad Universes #3: Shattered Light

David R. George III

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Firefly: Generations — Tim Lebbon

Firefly: Generations

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Tales from the New Republic: Star Wars Legends — Peter Schweighofer

Tales from the New Republic: Star Wars Legends

Peter Schweighofer

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Tyrant Queen of Mars — Rob Dorsey

Tyrant Queen of Mars

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Dark Worlds — Bryan Kovach

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Ghostdrift — Suzanne Palmer

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

The Paradise Snare: Star Wars Legends (The Han Solo Trilogy) — A. C. Crispin

The Paradise Snare: Star Wars Legends (The Han Solo Trilogy)

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Destiny’s Way — Walter Jon Williams

Destiny’s Way

Walter Jon Williams

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Star’s End The Starfishers Trilogy: Volume Three — Glen Cook

Star’s End The Starfishers Trilogy: Volume Three

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

Freedom’s Challenge — Anne McCaffrey

Freedom’s Challenge

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain — Sofia Samatar

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

Themes: Space Opera • Science Fiction • Action & Adventure

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