Books like Like a Mighty Army: A Novel in the Safehold Series by David Weber

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune follows Paul Atreides as he rises from betrayed heir to the enigmatic Muad'Dib, guarding the precious spice melange that fuels galactic politics and extends life.

A soldier's harrowing journey across the stars, spanning space and time in Joe Haldeman's hard sci-fi epic war story.

Darwin, a low‑rank Red on Mars, discovers a hidden ruling class and infiltrates the Gold’s Institute in a quest to dismantle a tyrannical society and secure freedom for his people.

Three sentient species on the planet Lusitania face annihilation when the Starways Congress sends a fleet to destroy them. An evolving computer intelligence named Jane must use advanced ship‑motion to save the planet, but her power is running low. Ender Wiggin’s children must act to preserve life.

A lyrical saga that follows fifteen‑year‑old Holly Sykes, a psychic teenager who awakens a network of mystical forces and secret societies, while her family's lives intertwine across continents and centuries amid a hidden war between mystics and their enemies.

In the third installment of David Weber’s Honor Harrington series, the eponymous starship officer commands a new battlecruiser while confronting the initial stages of open warfare with the Realm of Haven.

Captain Vorpatril's Alliance in the Vorkosigan Saga series by Lois McMaster Bujold.

James Luceno’s 2008 novel explores the backstory of Han Solo’s iconic starship, the Millennium Falcon, within the Star Wars expanded universe.

The Dark Between the Stars is a grand-scale space opera where humanity must overcome internal divides and reignite an alliance with the Ildiran Empire to confront a new, ominous threat that endangers the galaxy.

Invasion, Survival, and the Fight for Survival

In the outer Candela system, General Adolphus confronts the Diadem fleet amid a shadow‑Xayan mind blast, an imminent asteroid collision, and a rogue band of telemancers threatening all aboard.

After three centuries, the seemingly invincible alien warship Faith returns to the Commonwealth, echoing its past destruction of the Sakhran Empire. An Outsider crew of miscreants and sociopaths may hold the key to ending the timeless threat.

In the waning days of the Forerunner empire, the Flood invades and internal strife weakens defenses, forcing the Librarian and the Ur‑Didact to confront the ancient origins of the threat and decide whether the only way to save the universe is to commit the ultimate atrocity.

Set after Order 66, this Star Wars novel follows two former Skywalker Clan members caught in the Empire, navigating life as Imperial commandos while secretly serving as Jedi‑hunters for Darth Vader.

In all probability, the Nazis' greatest enemies were Jews who gave up everything but their lives to flee the deadly persecution they were enduring in Germany, Austria, and Eastern Europe. Unknowm to everyone except military personnel with a "need to know," eighty-seven of these escapees were recruited into a commando unit in the British Army unlike any othercomprised almost entirely of Jewish refugees. Author Peter Masters, born Peter Arany, was an Austrian Jew who, following the Anschluss, fled from his home in Vienna to England. During the invasion scare following the fall of France in June 1940, Peter, along with many other refugees, was rounded up as an enemy alien and placed in an internment camp. Later, following his release from the camp, Peter enlisted in the British Army. At first, restricted to an unarmed labor battalion, the young man continously volunteered for combat duty only to be turned down again and again. Then, the commandos came looking for native German speakers to perform hazardous duty. The Jewish refugees of 3 Troop, 10 Commando all spoke German fluently. These men provided invaluable service both as front-line interrogators and intelligence operatives attached to other commando units, and as clandestine raiders behind Nazi lines. Because the chances were high that 3 Troop commandos might be captured, an elaborate scheme was implemented to hide their true identities and the very existence of their unit. Their training was concluded and assignments were made for the cross-channel invasion on June 6, 1944, where they were among the first troops ashore in the British assault force at Normandy. After the ferocious combat in France, Masters and his fellow soldiers continued to fight the Nazis in Holland and ultimately, in Germany.

In the distant future, humanity faces annihilation by the technologically superior Covenant, while elite Spartans—born as weapons—lead a desperate counterattack to turn the tide of war.