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1) Soldier
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Describes the lives of soldiers from the Middle Ages to the present, discussing their training, tactics, vehicles, and weapons.
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(Chris R.).Iron elves volume 1
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Konowa Swift Dragon, former commander of the Empire's elite Iron Elves, is looked upon as anything but ordinary. He's murdered a Viceroy, been court-martialed, seen his beloved regiment disbanded, and finally been banished in disgrace to the one place he despises the most -- the forest. Now, all he wants is to be left alone with his misery...but for Konowa, nothing is ever that simple. The mysterious and alluring Visyna Tekoy, the highborn daughter...
4) Harshini
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Hythrun chronicles volume 3
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Rendered outlaws in the wilderness when the land of Medalon surrenders to foreign invaders, Damin Wolfblade and his army work to defeat a usurper, while Demon Child R'shiel struggles toward a final confrontation with the powerful Xaphista.
9) The warrior
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His assignment -- to protect the Indians he had spent his entire adult life fighting against! Captain John Early had definitely been given the dirty end of the stick. It seemed that the lion's share of a lifetime as a member of the Indian Fighting Army qualified him to re-establish Fort Sheridan as an outpost to protect the nearby Pine Ridge Agency. As an outworn soldier, the Review Board figured he could make the mistakes that would otherwise be...
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Pitch black (1999, 112 min.): Journey to a remote, hostile planet with a group of marooned passengers who learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear.
Dark fury (2004, 134 min.): Riddick battles ruthless soldiers of fortune and vicious creatures.
Chronicles of Riddick (2004, 35 min.): Riddick finds himself humanity's unlikely champion.
11) The hot gate
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Troy Rising volume 3
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Tyler Vernon and his troops aboard the gigantic battle station "Troy" face a desperate battle with the forces of galactic tyranny. And the very survival of the Earth and its people is not all that is at stake. The galaxy itself must choose to live free or die--and if the tyrants win this battle, darkness will fall across the galaxy for millennia to come.
12) Beaufort
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A young group of Israeli soldiers must try to survive before they are pulled out of Lebanon, and protect a fortress that is sacred to both Israelis and Arabs alike.
13) The guest
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A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
16) Born of betrayal
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League novel volume 8
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"Years ago, family loyalty caused Fain Hauk to give up everything he loved: His military career. His planet. His fiancée. Even his name. Now decades later, everything has changed. He's built a new life out of the ashes of his old, and he's vowed to never let anything threaten his loved ones again. But when old enemies align themselves with new ones, he's caught in the middle of a brutal war. And when fate throws his former fiancée back into his...
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Conclave of shadows volume 1
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Evil has come to a distant land high among the snow-capped mountains of Midkemia, as anexterminating army wearing the colors of theDuke of Olasko razes village after village, slaughtering men, women, and children without mercy. And when the carnage is done, only one survivor remains: a young boy named Kieli. A youth no longer, there is now but one road for him to travel: the path of vengeance. And he willnot be alone. Under the tutelage of the rescuerswho...
18) King of foxes
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Conclave of shadows volume 2
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Young Tal Hawkins was the only survivor of the massacre of his village -- rescued, recruited, and trained by the mysterious order of magicians and spies, the Conclave of Shadows. Already exceptionally skilled in swordsmanship, he has since developed into one of the secret society's most valuable agents, keeping ever alert for the opportunity to arise when he can avenge the craven slaughter of his family and friends.
That time is now.
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Old man's war volume 6
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"Humans expanded into space ... only to find a universe populated with multiple alien species bent on their destruction. Thus was the Colonial Union formed, to help protect us from a hostile universe. The Colonial Union used the Earth and its excess population for colonists and soldiers. It was a good arrangement ... for the Colonial Union. Then the Earth said: no more. Now the Colonial Union is living on borrowed time--a couple of decades at most,...
20) The majors
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Brotherhood of war volume 3
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Summoned to help beat back the guerrilla forces of Ho Chi Minh, a group of American soldiers finds themselves in the heart of the secret war in Indochina, where they reach for the heights of glory while assisting the French.