This is the definitive collection of original short stories by many of today’s finest authors, writing brand new adventures set in their most famous series. Herein lie canonical tales of the Honorverse, the Lost Fleet, Dune, Vatta’s War, Ender Wiggin, the Legion of the Damned, the Imperium, and more.

Also included are past masterpieces by authors whose works defined the genre. Nebula and Hugo Award winners, New York Times bestsellers, and Science Fiction Grand Masters—these authors take us to the farthest regions of space.

The modern masters of space opera and military science fiction, with 14 brand new stories set in their most famous universes—exclusive to this volume!

DAVID WEBER The Honor Harrington Saga

BRIAN HERBERT & KEVIN J. ANDERSON Dune

ELIZABETH MOON Vatta’s War

ORSON SCOTT CARD Ender’s Game

JACK CAMPBELL The Lost Fleet

…plus more new adventures by:

CATHERINE ASARD • DAVE BARA • BENNETT R. COLES • WILLIAM C. DIETZ

CHARLES E. GANNON • JEAN JOHNSON • LINDA NAGATA

JODY LYNN NYE • ALASTAIR REYNOLDS

And ten seminal stories by some of the most famous authors in the genre:

POUL ANDERSON • LEIGH BRACKETT & EDMOND HAMILTON

LOIS McMASTER BUJOLD • A. C. CRISPIN • DAVID DRAKE • ANNE McCAFFREY

LARRY NIVEN & JERRY POURNELLE • NNEDI OKORAFOR

ROBERT SILVERBERG • CORDWAINER SMITH