The Terran Republic. The Terran League. Genocidal enemies. Members of the Five Hundred don't care. They are the social elite of the Heart Worlds, light-years from any threat of attack. Rear Admiral Terrence Murphy is of the Five Hundred. There is no end to how high he can rise in the Republic's power structure. But the powers-that-be have miscalculated. For Terence Murphy is a man of honor. He intends to stop to the killing. Terrence will end fifty-six years of bloodshed and slaughter—and Hell itself rides with him.

The world has been brought to its knees by the zombie virus. Nations have fallen, cities have been overrun by the infected, and the human race has come perilously close to extinction. But with the first winter come and gone, the infected have been reduced to not much more than a background nuisance and survivors around the world are taking stock and vowing to rebuild and rise up stronger, better—and most of all, unafraid and free!

All new stories set in the world of New York Times best-selling author John Ringo’s Black Tide Rising series.

Marshall Hunter only wanted to fly—the faster, the higher, the better. But Space Force has other plans for him: interplanetary search and rescue. Now a billionaire couple goes missing on their way to survey a near-Earth asteroid. The nuclear-powered Borman is dispatched on an audacious, high-speed interplanetary run to find the couple’s wayward spacecraft and bring them home. Yet as they approach the asteroid, the Borman itself becomes hopelessly disabled, while back in near-Earth Orbit, cislunar space falls into chaos as critical satellites fail and valuable lunar mineral shipments disappear in transit. Facing an impossible choice between salvation and sacrifice, Marshall Hunter has to find a way to save both his crewmates and Space Age civilization itself from an insidious foe!

Inspired by real science. Gritty. Realistic. That’s hard science fiction. To celebrate the awe-inspiring, wonder-producing hard science fiction of great Baen authors such as Patrick Chiles, Travis S. Taylor, and—of course—Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes, here are amazing ebook discount selections for June!

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With the new novel Governor, David Weber returns to the universe of one of his most celebrated novels, In Fury Born. And of course it wouldn’t have been possible with out Weber’s cowriter, Richard Fox. We know that there are many Weber and Fox fans out there—but we wanna see the proof! Send us a picture of your Weber and/or Fox collection (or screenshot it, if you do the digital thing) for a chance to win a copy of Governor, signed by the authors.

It's award season! If you loved a particular Baen book or story, we encourage you to nominate and/or vote for it. For reference, here's a handy guide to all the works we published in 2020, which are eligible for awards.

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Last month, to celebrate James L. Cambias's new novel, The Godel Operation, in which a boy and his AI search the billion worlds that orbit our Sun for the girl of his dreams, we asked you to tell us your favorite helpful droid or AI from SF fiction. Congrats to Tammy Fosket! She wins a signed copy of The Godel Operation.

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Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: David Weber and Richard Fox discuss their new science fiction novel Governor. And Patrick Chiles on near-future hard science fiction Frontier.

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