M. D. Cooper has 46 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 7 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.8★ across 60 ratings. The most-rated is Destiny Lost.
Starfire
Summary
The war has become personal.... Tangel leads the I2 to Star City, while Joe follows after the Perilous Dream, desperate to bring his daughters home. Elsewhere Praetor Kirkland prepares for attack, suspecting that the Widows are coming for him. To top it off, the denizens of Star City make an impossible demand. When personal need runs up against the Alliance's goals, Tangel is forced to reevaluate what her role is and what she's willing to sacrifice to save her people.
©2019 M. D. Cooper (P)2019 Tantor
Rika Redeemed
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Rika is a Marauder. After years of drifting aimlessly after the war with the Nietzscheans, she has finally found a home with the Marauders - a mercenary outfit comprised of Genevian veterans. Back in the war, Rika hated her government, but always fought for the woman next to her. Now she fights for her teammates in Basilisk, an elite spec-ops team that takes on the toughest missions. When General Mill, CO of the Marauders, comes to Rika with a top-secret solo operation, she wants to turn it down. But the mission comes with a chance to save Silva, her old team leader from the Nietzschean war. Without team Basilisk, without the Marauders, Rika must stand on her own against all odds and save the woman who once saved her.
©2017 M. D. Cooper (P)2018 M. D. Cooper
Tanis Richards: Shore Leave
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It'll take two minds to solve this mystery... Commander Tanis Richards has finally come into port after a seven month tour on the edge of Jovian space, and she's looking forward to some much deserved shore leave. But Tanis's commanding officer has other things in mind for her. Enfield Technologies has developed a new technique to pair enhanced L2 humans with AIs, and the military wants Tanis to undergo the procedure. Though she feared the worst, after meeting Darla, Tanis realizes that having an AI - especially a fabulously wealthy one - is better than she'd ever imagined. Darla foots the bill for Tanis to enjoy her convalescence at The Grand Eire, Vesta's most luxurious resort. Swimming in the infinity pool with a stunning view of space is just what the doctor ordered, except it will be far from a restful vacation. Everything starts to go downhill when Tanis sees someone who should be nowhere near the resort - largely because Tanis had killed him a week ago. Tanis is thrust into a mysterious conspiracy that could bring down the Federation, but when she gets to the bottom of it, what she finds is...none other than herself.
©2018 M. D. Cooper (P)2020 Tantor
Rika Mechanized: A Rika Prequel
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A Novella of the Orion War (Aeon 14) Rika is a scout mech. Once human, now she is the property of the Genevian military. Rika's crime was small, stealing food. But when faced with a five-year prison term, or conscription in the Genevian military, she chose war. She had no idea what that conscription would entail. Now little of Rika's human body remains, and she serves as an SMI-2 scout mech, the meat inside a cyborg body. She, and others like her, are sent in ahead of the human soldiers to tip the scales of war. But the enemy has upped the ante and the mechs of Rika's fireteam will have to go up against unimaginable odds if they want to serve their time and become human again. An Aeon 14 series The events of the Rika's Marauders series occur during the New Canaan timespan in The Orion War series. This series may be read at any time after reading Destiny Lost, New Canaan, or Orion Rising. About M. D. Cooper & Aeon 14 M. D. Cooper is a New York Times best-selling author who has envisioned a rich future for humanity, one where planet-sized megastructures house trillions of humans, and civilization has risen only to fall and rise again. Fans of Starship Troopers, Honor Harrington, The Expanse, or Elizabeth Moon's Vatta's War will feel right at home in this, the first book of the Rika's Marauders, which takes a deeper dive into the world of Aeon 14. Over the course of the next few years, M. D. Cooper plans to release an additional 22 books in this expanding universe. So strap in with Rika and get ready to kick some ass as we find out what the future has in store for us.
©2017 M. D. Cooper (P)2018 M. D. Cooper
The Intrepid Saga: Books 1-3 & Orion War: Destiny Lost
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Right after she finishes her BLT, disgraced Major Tanis Richards is off to save the day one more time. Tanis is looking forward to a long journey in stasis before arriving at the newly terraformed world of New Eden. New Life. New Start. Getting a berth on the Intrepid is her ticket out of the Sol System. But nothing proves easy for Major Tanis Richards. Nothing is at it seems. What should be a simple trip is fraught with danger and filled with adventure. An array of forces seek to stop the Intrepid - no matter the cost, or lives lost. From competing corporations, to stellar eco-terrorists, no one wants the Intrepid to arrive at New Eden. Through their journey, the crew of the Intrepid will face rival stellar governments, civil war, and the most wanted serial killer known to the galaxy. Pivoting their role from colonists to saviors. Perhaps it's because the Intrepid carries the most valuable secret known to humanity. Or maybe it's just Tanis's luck.
©2010, 2014, 2016 M. D. Cooper (P)2020 Tantor
The Gate at the Grey Wolf Star
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In the Age of the Orion War.... After nine long years of searching the Inner Stars, Jessica and the crew of Sabrina have finally found the president's brother, Finaeus Tomlinson. Now Finaeus has convinced them to take a shortcut through a jump gate - a new technology none of them have ever used before - located at a secret dwarf star mining operation. But a mysterious group within the Transcend Space Force, known as the Grey Division, has orders to intercept and capture both Jessica and Finaeus. Trapped at the bottom of a steep gravity well and surrounded by enemies, Jessica and the crew of Sabrina must find a way out of the Grey Wolf System and deliver the crucial information Finaeus carries back to New Canaan before even their allies are forced to turn against them.
©2017 M. D. Cooper (P)2017 M. D. Cooper
The Dance on the Moons of Serenity
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Everyone deserves a day off, right? That's just what Jessica and Cheeky are enjoying when a pair of old "friends" show up and force them to smuggle weapons into the Serenity System. On their own with just a small interstellar pinnace at their disposal, Jessica and Cheeky aren't going to let someone else force them to smuggle weapons (especially when there's no profit in it for them), and they take control of their ship and escape. Unfortunately, they still end up in the Serenity System...with the weapons. Now, they must unravel a tangled web of deception in a highly stratified aristocratic society to learn the intended recipient of the weapons. Attending a series of gala events, Jessica will have to use a particular set of skills she's acquired over the years (as a TBI Agent, seriously, people) to start a war between two aristocratic families. What could go wrong?
©2017 M. D. Cooper (P)2018 M. D. Cooper
The World at the Edge of Space
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Meanwhile, in the Perseus Arm of the galaxy.... After near disaster trying to escape the Transcend at the Grey Wolf Star, Jessica and the crew of the Sabrina find themselves thousands of light years from their intended destination, deep in the Perseus Arm, at one of the furthest colonized worlds in the galaxy. Sabrina has taken damage, Cheeky is in critical condition, and their supplies of antimatter and fusables are critically low. The only system in sight? Controlled by the Orion Guard - their enemy. It's going to take some quick thinking and smooth talking to get the ship repaired and figure out how they're going to travel clear across human space without being caught and destroyed by their now myriad enemies. Reading Order: The Aeon 14 universe is vast and growing quickly. To help you know where to go next, pick up the handy dandy free reading guide at amazon.com/dp/B073MY9Z87 about M. D. Cooper and Aeon 14. M. D. Cooper is a New York Times best-selling author who has envisioned a rich future for humanity, one where planet-sized megastructures house trillions of humans, but traveling between the stars still takes decades, or even centuries. Fans of Ringworld, Honor Harrington, The Expanse, or Elizabeth Moon's Vatta's War will feel right at home in the world of Aeon 14. Over the course of the next few years, M. D. Cooper plans to release an additional 22 books in this expanding universe. So get on board the Intrepid with Tanis and see what the stars hold for us. What is Aeon 14? The universe of Aeon 14 is based on the premise that advanced, intelligent, star-faring life takes 14 billion years to evolve. In astronomy, an aeon is a billion years. In Aeon 14, humanity is at the leading edge of this evolution in the Milky Way Galaxy. Humanity and the AIs they have created spread out amongst the stars and find that they are alone, though it may not always be that way....
©2017 M. D. Cooper (P)2017 M. D. Cooper
Perseus Gate Season 1 - Episodes 4-6: The Path Amongst the Clouds
Summary
This is an omnibus edition of Episodes 4-6 in season 1 of the Aeon 14 Perseus Gate series.
The Last Bastion of Star City
Jessica had never imagined such a place as Star City existed, let alone that something like a Bastion protected it.
With Serenity behind them, the crew of Sabrina now faces a vast nebula, rife with dark matter, stretching along the inner edge of the Perseus Arm. Going around will take years, but there is rumor of a path through. A path known only to those who live at Star City
But Star City is interdicted, its outer reaches patrolled by Orion ships. Though Misha knows of a hidden FTL route that can get a ship close enough to the city, using it assumes the city’s inhabitants are friendly.
Jessica and Trevor risk the pathway, travelling to Star City where they find something far more amazing than they ever expected-only to learn they must make a sacrifice unlike any they had ever dreamed.
The Toll Road Between the Stars
No one ever said that travelling ten thousand light years would be easy.
Sabrina and her crew are nearly through the Stillwater Nebula. But before they pass through into the open space beyond, they have to get through the Perry Strait. A stretch of space where no FTL is possible, with the Perry System at its center.
There they learn that an old enemy has leapfrogged them and laid a trap. A trap they're going to have to spring if they want to get through to the other side.
The Final Stroll on Perseus's Arm
An old foe from Finaeus's past reveals a secret that will save the crew.
It has been eight long years since the crew of Sabrina passed beyond the Stillwater Nebula. They are now deep within the Orion Freedom Alliance, taking a short respite on the planet Ferra, roughly 500 light years from the inner edge of Orion space-only a year from the relative safety of the Inner Stars.
But when Cheeky is abducted, everything is turned on its head once more, and the crew learns of secrets the Orion government had tried to keep under wraps for millennia.
Now they're in a race to save Cheeky, and take advantage of an opportunity they thought never to see again.
©2017 M. D. Cooper (P)2019 M. D. Cooper
Maelstrom Reach
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When refuge becomes yet another mission.... The operation aboard the Daedalus was a success, but the aftermath threatens to undo everything the Jax and his team have achieved. Separated from his ship, he is forced to work with Penny, the agent of a notorious black-market arms dealer. Their lifeboat has taken serious damage, and the only way they can survive the maelstrom is to journey to its center. Safety lies aboard an ancient ship. However, Jax immediately finds himself facing a new challenge at the behest of a new master - all the while avoiding the prior ones who want their pound flesh...and credit. At least this job is simple: infiltrate a top-secret base and steal intel about a secret fleet on its way to the Chal system - all while being chased by an overzealous Delphian commander who has taken a personal disliking to Jax. Don't miss the thrilling sequel to The Daedalus Job, by New York Times best seller M.D. Cooper. Join the adventure today!
©2020 Aethon Books (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
Lyssa's Run
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Execute hard burn. Every good smuggler in the 2990s keeps an emergency flight plan in their back pocket. They call it a Drunkard's Walk, a seemingly random flight path that turns their ship into a pinball when everything goes to hell. Captain Andy Sykes is about to run: from Mars, Ceres, the Jovian Combine, Saturn's moon Kalyke, Titania, and ultimately Proteus, an icy moon of Neptune. He's been implanted with a sentient AI named Lyssa, only now waking to her massive power. Every other Human-AI hybrid has ended in insanity or death. Lyssa's creator, Heartbridge Corporation, knows she's on the run, knows Andy Sykes is guiding her path, knows he has everything to lose. They will stop at nothing to regain Lyssa and the powerful weapon she controls. Behind Lyssa's Run is a conspiracy spanning all of Sol. Sentient AI are waking to the truth about their lives. Corporations are moving to maintain control over both humanity and AI. Battle lines are being drawn in the first skirmishes of the Aeon 14 Sentience Wars that will burn Sol for 300 years. Andy and Lyssa will need to work together so Heartbridge can't destroy them both.
©2017 James S. Aaron & M. D. Cooper (P)2018 James S. Aaron & M. D. Cooper
The Final Stroll on Perseus's Arm
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One last adventure....
It has been nine years since the Sabrina’s ill-fated jump through the gate at the Grey Wolf Star.
Jessica and the crew have nearly made it across the breadth of the Orion Freedom Alliance, and are less than a year from the nebulous border with the Inner Stars.
While waiting for cargo to be ready on the planet Ferra, the crew spends a day in the city, relaxing, and taking in the sights.
Until Cheeky is abducted.
Jessica immediately realizes that this is more than just a local gang that has taken Cheeky. Someone with much better tech and skill than is common on Ferra has the crew of Sabrina in their sights.
But finding Cheeky may reveal a bigger secret, one they must unlock if they’re to make it back to New Canaan at all.
©2017 M. D. Cooper (P)2019 M. D. Cooper
Storming the Norse Wind
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Once more into the breach! Tanis Richards, commander of the TSS Kirby Jones and her crew are at the tail end of a long patrol on the fringes of the Terran Hegemony when they come across a freighter suspected of smuggling goods out of InnerSol. The Norse Wind looks like just another dumpy cargo ship hauling goods across the Sol System, but someone up the chain thinks the vessel is worth looking into. Tanis and her boarding team gear up for another routine inspection that turns into anything but as the two crews struggle for supremacy out in the cold dark between worlds.
©2017, 2018 M. D. Cooper (P)2018 M. D. Cooper
The Toll Road Between the Stars
Summary
No one ever said that travelling ten thousand light years would be easy.... Sabrina and her crew are nearly through the Stillwater Nebula. But before they pass through into the open space beyond, they have to get through the Perry Strait. A stretch of space where no FTL is possible, with the Perry System at its center. There they learn that an old enemy has leapfrogged them and laid a trap. A trap they're going to have to spring if they want to get through to the other side.
©2017, 2018 M. D. Cooper (P)2018 M. D. Cooper
Close Proximity
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Kylie Rhoads is a junker. She makes her living traveling the stars, salvaging abandoned ships left over from pirate attacks on the edge of the Gedri system. Some of the hulls are legal for the taking, most aren't. When a salvage job goes bad, Kylie finds herself on the wrong end of a gun. The hand holding that gun? The SA Space Force, just the people Kylie wants to avoid. To avoid prison, Kylie makes a deal to go deep into the Gedri System and rescue a simple girl. But out on the fringe, nothing is as it seems. With her ex acting as the military liaison, Kylie takes her crew on the most dangerous mission of their lives. Rescue the girl, defeat the crime syndicate, and pray the military holds up their end of the bargain.
©2017 Chris J. Pike and M. D. Cooper (P)2017 Tantor
Return to Sol: Star Rise
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New Canaan is under attack. Driven by Uriel, the Hegemony and its last remaining allies have sent their fleets against the ISF's homeworld. It's a final solution, little more than an attempt to bring about mutually assured destruction. Of course, the humans of Sol don't know that their leader is under the control of core AIs who do not care which side wins, so long as humanity is weakened. Tanis and Tangel have returned from the core, ready to defend their homes, but they lost a month in a temporal jump, and the core AIs are ready for them, led by one of Epsilon's lieutenants. Now the final battle begins, the fight that will see the Orion War grind to a halt - either through the destruction of Sol and New Canaan's...or perhaps, if Tanis and Tangel have their way, with a glimmer of true peace.
©2020 M. D. Cooper (P)2021 Tantor
Marauder's Compass
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Jax and the crew of the Lightning Runner have narrowly escaped Sinclair and her DSA fleet, but their troubles are far from over. The flight from Iydra Station has depleted their antimatter reserves. Without resupply, they’ll have limited options should they run into trouble again - which they fully intend to do. With numerous parties hunting for their ship, Jax must choose their haven carefully. Penny knows of a secret city within a dwarf planet where they take refuge. However, it doesn’t take long to discover that their enemies have yet again increased in number. With several of the crew captured and the ship trapped, their options are few and drastic. The mission to infiltrate the Paragonian outpost is in dire jeopardy, and Jax must consider making the ultimate sacrifice in order to achieve victory. And if he fails, all Aquilia will be swept up in war.
©2020 Aethon Books (P)2020 Audible, Inc.
The Last Bastion of Star City
Summary
Jessica had never imagined that there was such a place as Star City, let alone that a Bastion protected it. With Serenity behind them, the crew of Sabrina now faces a vast nebula, rife with dark matter, stretching along the inner edge of the Perseus Arm. Going around will take years, but there is rumor of a path through. A path known only to those who live at Star City. But Star City is interdicted, its outer reaches patrolled by Orion ships. Though Misha knows of a hidden FTL route that can get a ship close enough to the city, using it assumes the city’s inhabitants are friendly. Jessica and Trevor risk the pathway, travelling to Star City where they find something far more amazing than they ever expected - only to learn they must make a sacrifice unlike any they had ever dreamed.
©2017 M. D. Cooper (P)2018 M. D. Cooper
Vesta Burning
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Follow the continuing adventure of the Lyssa and the Sykes family while the Psion AIs set their sights on Vesta.
©2018 M. D. Cooper & James S. Aaron (P)2019 M. D. Cooper & James S. Aaron
Masquerade
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Someone just killed Tanis Richards and replaced her with an Infiltrator Chameleon. While finally getting some much-needed shore leave on Mars, Tanis gets a message from Harm Ellis with instructions to go to Ceres and hunt for a missing operative...except she never makes it. At least, that's what she'd like her would-be killers to think. With Darla's help, Tanis goes deep undercover, tracking the Infiltrator Chameleon from world to world, only to discover that it intends to kill a head of state in her name. Now Tanis must race against the clock to keep from becoming the most wanted criminal in the Sol System.
©2018 M. D. Cooper (P)2020 Tantor