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  1. Public Bookmark 12

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    Asari, Salarians, Turians. Three of the galaxy's most powerful races at the height of their power, blessed by the gifts of ancient progenitors. In a small corner of the Orion Arm, they find their mirror image in a human civilization as old and powerful as they are, equipped with their own divergent technology. Will this new uneasy peace between them last, or will secretive forces from both within and without plunge the galaxy into war?

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    24 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 39

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    It is the year 2095 of the Council Era by Citadel Council reckoning.

    A deep space probe launched by the Batarian Hegemony centuries ago transmits a simple signal via quantum entanglement. All Clear. No Stellar Civiliziation Detected. Viable Relay. Two weeks have passed, and the admiral in charge of the security fleet has received confirmation that the observation delegation is coming. He decides to enjoy himself while he waits, and throws a banquet for his crew. The admiral is proposing a toast to the fine future of the Hegemony when, abruptly, the relay activates.

     

    It is the year 700 After Earth by Vector reckoning.

    The most well-informed and paranoid of people take action, in secret. They send out living ships to secure the object, and quickly identify what it is: an alien deep space probe. The technology runs on a combination of familiar and unfamiliar principles, with recognizable programming in unrecognizable code. The thing's engines are centered around an odd glowing blue substance that isn't like anything they've seen in Sol. It's the sign of an unfamiliar civilization. The investigators decide to take it back to examine. Two weeks later, Charon explodes.

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    14 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 5

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    A Culture fleet crosses the intergalactic void to investigate a galaxy that has been screaming in every frequency for ten thousand years. They expect a crisis. They find something worse: a place where prayer is a force of nature, daemons are real, and the laws of physics have a second opinion.

    A spy loses track of which identity is the cover. A drone is captured by Orks and begins to question everything it knows about how engines work. A tithe-clerk on a world he's never left catches an error worth twenty thousand lives. A Farseer pays a price he cannot justify and cannot refuse. An Inquisitor's notebook starts writing back.

    The Culture has toppled empires, seduced civilisations, and uplifted entire species over breakfast. But this galaxy doesn't want to be uplifted. It wants to be survived.

    Seventy-four chapters. Multiple POVs. No one is safe. The Culture has never been in this much trouble.

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    16 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 27

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    The Gate appears at the climax of the Second Battle of Hoover Dam, and Courier Six, Mr. House's top employee, must navigate this brave new world.

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    15 Apr 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 24

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    What would happen if the SG1 team were thrown into the middle of the political turmoil of Game of Thrones? Follow this journey in search of answers and a way back home as they try to survive an approaching war.

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    07 Apr 2026