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William H. Keith

    Bill Keith crafts compelling narratives that draw from a rich tapestry of experiences. His writing delves into the complexities of human nature and the intricacies of relationships, offering readers profound insights. With a distinctive voice and an ability to immerse audiences in his worlds, Keith has cultivated a dedicated readership. His literary contribution lies in his skill at storytelling that is both thought-provoking and engaging.

    William H. Keith
    Bolo Strike
    Bolo Brigade
    Bright Light
    Stargods
    Bolo Rising
    Urban Ecology
    • Urban Ecology

      An Introduction

      • 530 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      The second edition highlights significant advancements in urban ecology research and education since 2015. It emphasizes the importance of understanding urban ecosystems and showcases nature-based strategies aimed at improving habitats and addressing environmental challenges in urban settings.

      Urban Ecology
      4.0
    • The enemy has struck the human colony of Cloud with an attack so deadly that even the world's sole Bolo, a Mark XXXIII Mod HCT named Hector, has been overwhelmed. One human, however, refuses to accept defeat. Major Jamie Graham will free his companions or die trying. It's the story of Spartacus reborn in steel, a daring slave revolt against impossible odds.

      Bolo Rising
      4.2
    • Stargods

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      The last installment in the Star Carrier series, where first contact, space opera, and military adventure combine, from New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas! Will this be the end? Or a new beginning...

      Stargods
      4.2
    • There's no more time... There's always more time...

      Bright Light
      4.2
    • Bolo Brigade

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Bolo Officer Donal Ragnor's tendency to talk back to brass had gotten him assigned to the backwater colony worlds on the edge of the galaxy. And his new superior regarded him as useless, since there was no enemy to worry about--or so they thought.

      Bolo Brigade
      4.0
    • Bolo Strike

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      When Colonel Jon Streicher leads his team of men and Bolos in a planetary invasion against Caern and the Aetryx, a group of mysterious beings, they find themselves caught in a trap, stranded in the midst of a battle against an immortal foe. Reprint.

      Bolo Strike
      4.1
    • Operation Excalibur

      • 332 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      The Mercenary Code was broken by the Gray Death Legion during their desperate fighting on the planet Caledonia. At least, that is the ruling of the courts. And the judges decide to hit below the belt - Grayson Carlyle, revered leader of the now outlawed mercenary band, is stripped of his title and holdings, and the legion is banished from Glengarry, the planet they've called home for years.All seems lost, but Carlyle and his legendary troop of hardened warriors know they've been set up - and they have a trump card yet to play. Their dangerous scheme just might work, with the help of House Steiner - and enough guts and firepower to restore the name of the mighty Gray Death Legion to its rightful place of honor. But should they fail, they could lose a great deal more than their reputation...

      Operation Excalibur
      4.0
    • Deep Time

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      The sixth book in this action-packed, New York Times bestselling science fiction series - STAR CARRIER.

      Deep Time
      4.0
    • Alien Agendas

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      It all comes down to this... From NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Ian Douglas comes the jaw-dropping finale to his adrenaline-fueled military sci-fi Solar Warden series.

      Alien Agendas
      4.0
    • Centre of Gravity

      • 389 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      The second book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendence

      Centre of Gravity
      4.0
    • Singularity

      • 389 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      The third book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendence

      Singularity
      4.0
    • Deep Space

      • 355 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      The fourth book in the popular Star Carrier science fiction series, Deep Space by Ian Douglas is an action-packed tale of humankind's struggle to bring down an evil empire that spans the universe. Twenty years after the fragile truce with the Sh’daar, Koenig is now President of the USNA, and Gray is skipper of the CVS America... soon to be promoted to commander of the entire battle group, Koenig’s old position, and one which he might not be ready for. The truce with the alien Sh’daar is unraveling as many predicted, and Humankind still knows little about them, or what they are.

      Deep Space
      4.0
    • When a team of psychotic renegades gets its hands on a nuclear weapon and targets a city of innocent people, Lieutenant Blake Murdock and his SEALs must track down the wrongdoers before the device blows up. Original.

      Nucflash
      3.9
    • BattleTech: Tactics Of Duty

      • 330 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      TYRANNY. REBELLION. WAR. Treachery, tribulation, and a relentless slide into the bloody jaws of Armageddon! Insurrection sweeps through the fragmenting Federated Commonwealth, pitting Steiner against Davion forces, and civilians against their petty oppressors. On Caledonia, it's no different—except that the mercenary Gray Death Legion is caught in the middle of it all. Alex Carlyle, haunted by the gruesome specter of war, and Davis McCall, a veteran legionnaire and native Caledonian, unexpectedly find themselves key players in a popular revolt against a cruel and despised Davion-backed governor. When the Gray Death Legion is called upon to put down this very rebellion, they all find themselves pawns in a deadly game of manipulation and betrayal. But Grayson Carlyle, tactician supreme and founder of the Legion, is bound by the highest duty—to protect civilization from self-destruction, no matter what the odds or price....

      BattleTech: Tactics Of Duty
      3.8
    • Mercenary's Star

      • 367 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      The continuation of the bestselling series based on the most popular SF role-playing game ever. As the battle between man and machine rages, the warriors of the Gray Death Legion are on their first assignment--to serve as the training cadre for farmer rebels seeking to overthrow their ruthless, mechanized oppressors.

      Mercenary's Star
      3.9
    • Nomads of the Sky

      • 280 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      On a training flight, Major Vincent Pirelli's damaged fighter is sent spinning into deep space. Is he dead, or did RAM forces pick him up for interrogation? To find out, NEO agent Jovanna Trask must assemble a mismatched team of pirates, spies and commandos to raid the RAM military base on Phobos.

      Nomads of the Sky
      3.5
    • Dark Matter

      • 369 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      An enemy might just have to become an ally . . . in order to save humankind The United States of North America is now engaged in a civil war with the Earth Confederation, which wants to yield to the demands of the alien Sh'daar, limit human technology, and become a part of the Sh'daar Galactic Collective. USNA President Koenig believes that surrendering to the Sh'daar will ultimately doom humankind. But when highly advanced, seemingly godlike aliens appear through an artificial wormhole in the Omega Centauri Cluster 16,000 light years from Earth, President Koenig is faced with a tremendous continue fighting the Sh'daar . . . or ally with them against the newcomers in a final war that will settle the fate of more than one universe.

      Dark Matter
      3.9
    • Deep Black: Death Wave

      • 528 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      Stephen Coonts and William H. Keith's Deep Black: Death Wave continues the bestselling technothriller series. In Central Asia, a dangerous shipment has vanished. Twelve nuclear warheads—with a combined power greater than the Hiroshima bomb—have been stolen by a deadly new alliance of international terrorists. Their plan: Use man-made weapons to trigger a devastating natural catastrophe—the largest tsunami the world has ever seen... Enter Deep Black: a secret unit of the NSA led by former Marine sniper Charlie Dean. With his hand-picked team of special ops, Dean follows the terrorists' trail to the Canary Islands. But time is running out. In hours, the warheads will be detonated and a thousand-foot wave will rise. In it's path of destruction lies every city on America's eastern coast.

      Deep Black: Death Wave
      3.7
    • Hostilities with the United States have ended, but the Russian civil war rages on. Carrier Battle Group Fourteen has been ordered into the Black Sea as a show of American strength. It's up to Captain Matthew Tombstone Magruder and his comrades to give air support to UN forces--and hopefully aid in a final peace agreement. But old Russian habits die hard, and is the U.S. Navy thinks it can sail the Black Sea without a fight, they're dead wrong.

      Carrier 7. Afterburn
      3.7
    • The Price of Glory

      • 321 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      The Price of Glory, by William H. Keith, Jr., is the third book of the Saga of the Gray Death Legion. An established mercenary command by now, the Gray Death Legion suddenly find themselves framed for atrocious war crimes and in the end forge an unlikely cooperation with their old nemesis, Duke Hassid Ricol.

      The Price of Glory
      3.9
    • Alien Hostiles

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas delivers the action-packed second military sci-fi adventure in his Solar Warden series, set in a wildly imaginative alternate present where conspiracy theories are terrifying realities and reptilian aliens team up with Nazis in space.

      Alien Hostiles
      3.7
    • The first book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendence

      Earth Strike
      3.6
    • "When an influential lawyer is murdered miles above the earth's surface, Captain of Detectives Rick Harrison reluctantly accepts the case. Harrison quickly finds himself at the center of a deepening conspiracy. Why did the killer use a mining laser, an unwieldy weapon? What is the connection between the victim and the powerful anti-android lobby? And the toughest question Harrison never expected to ask: what defines humanity?" --P.[4] cover.

      Free Fall. An Android Novel
      3.6
    • Alien Secrets

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Selected to lead an elite force of soldiers, Hunter will travel across the stars to help humanity stake its claim among greater intelligent life in the universe.But the aliens who have infiltrated Earth and guided war mongering nations since the twentieth century have their own agendas...

      Alien Secrets
      3.4
    • Grayson Death Carlyle ist seit seinem zehnten Lebensjahr zum Mechkrieger ausgebildet worden, und als sein Vater fällt, hat er die Führung über das BattleMechRegiment zu übernehmen, die Gray Death Legion, das Vertrauen seiner Mitkämpfer zu gewinnen und in die Fußstapfen seines Vaters zu treten, der einen legendären Ruf als BattleMech-Pilot hatte.

      Entscheidung am Thunder Rift
      3.9
    • Proti všem galaxiím. Hladový vesmír

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      2162. Třicet osm let po prvním kontaktu lord komandér Grayson St. Clair vede Tellus Ad Astru na jedinečné výpravě ke galaktickému jádru. Na palubě má víc než milion vědců, diplomatů, vojáků i inteligentních androidů. Navzdory výhradám k jejich mimozemským hostitelům je St. Clair hluboce oddán svým lidem – zvlášť poté, co jsou pohlceni černou dírou a vyvrženi ve čtyři miliardy let vzdálené budoucnosti. Civilizace vznikají a zanikají. Galaxie Andromedy se blíží k Mléčné dráze. A Země je s největší pravděpodobností pouhou nejasnou vzpomínkou. Teď je nejdůležitější přežít. Ale zatímco mariňáci pátrají po mimozemšťanech uprostřed starověkých ruin, ve zvláštních nových planetárních strukturách, St. Clair musí svou mysl soustředit proti nepříteli, jenž ovládá nepřekonatelnou sílu: samotný vesmír.

      Proti všem galaxiím. Hladový vesmír
      3.8
    • Thriller z prostředí amerického námořnictva, plný špičkové technologie a dramatických okamžiků. Čínská moc a opovážlivost narůstají natolik, že se schyluje ke druhé studené válce. Situace je vyostřena zejména v Jihočínském moři, kde si Čína snaží přivlastnit na ropu bohatou oblast kolem Spratlyho souostroví, o kterou soutěží více okolních států. Letadlová loď 14. bitevní skupiny je pod vedením admirála Magruderaje do této oblasti vyslána, aby zde udržovala dozor. Američané však nejsou vítaní hosté a Čína se snaží sérii promyšlených útoků na své vlastní hlídky vyprovokovat mezinárodní incident. Nakonec čínské střely ohrozí americké letouny a pro admirála Magrudera nastává okamžik rozhodnutí.... V tradici bestsellerů Toma Clancyho, Larryho Bonda a Charlese D. Taylora je napsán tento energií nabitý thriller, který vás zavede do skutečného prostředí mezinárodního boje. Bitevní skupina číslo čtrnáct se skládá z několika plavidel, mezi nimiž je špičkově vybavená letadlová loď, bitevní křižník na odpalování řízených střel, torpédoborec a obojživelná jednotka.

      Útok Alfa
      3.0