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[[Mikhail Akhmanov]] (Михаил Ахманов) is the pen name of Mikhail Mahmanson (b. May 29, 1945), a Russian science fiction writer with genres ranging from [[Space Opera]] (with a wide range on [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness]]) to [[Alternate History]]. Many of his characters are modern-day people (usually soldiers) who somehow find themselves in a [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]] scenarios.
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* ''The Ratcatcher'' series (1999-2001)
** ''The Ratcatcher'' introduces a St. Petersburg mathematician named Dmitriy Horoshev who finds himself involved with a psychotronic weapon, left from the old [[Soviet Superscience|Soviet]] days, which allow one to, essentially, [[Mind Rape]] other people using various means. Everybody is after the weapon, from government agencies to [[The Mafiya]] and secret societies.
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* ''[[Arrivals From the Dark]]'' series (2005-2009) is a [[Space Opera]] notable for not having a single protagonist for all five books. Instead, the books follow members of a certain family who play key roles in shaping humanity's future in the galaxy through the centuries. There is, however, a secondary character who [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|appears in all five books]].
** ''Invasion'' starts at the end of the 21st century. Humanity is successfully expanding into the rest of the Solar System with the [[Space Navy]] numbering dozens of warships. However, the humans' entire arsenal turns out to be [[
** ''Counterstrike''. It has been over 30 years since the [[Alien Invasion]] was repelled. The ruined Faata starship has been extensively studied, resuilting in enormous strides in human technology, finally granting humanity access to the stars. It's time to pay the aliens back for the millions killed in the attack. Mighty cruisers are preparing to cross dozens of parsecs in order to take the fight to the enemy. However, the humans' true weapon is not plasma throwers, battle robots, missiles, or [[Space Marines]]. Star Fleet officer Paul Richard Corcoran is a [[Half
** ''Fighters of Danveyt'' takes place after the end of the devastating, long wars with the Faata, resulting in a stalemate. Most of ships of the mighty Earth fleet are mothballed. The veterans can finally return home. But many instead choose to use their skills earned during the wars and sign up as mercenaries to the mysterious Lo'ona Aeo, a race who no human has ever seen. The mercenaries are tasked with defending Lo'ona Aeo sectors from [[Lizard Folk|Dromi]] pirate raids. Sergey Valdez is one of the mercenaries and is the captain of a small three-man patrol ship called the ''Lancelot''. While answering a distress call from a Lo'ona Aeo freighter, the ''Lancelot'' crew fights off a Dromi raiding party to discover that the freighter carries a living Lo'ona Aeo, who are so xenophobic they can't stand to be in the same room as an alien. However, the beautiful alien female makes an exception for Sergey, not only as gratitude for the rescue but because she senses something different about him, namely his not-quite-human ancestry. After all, he is descended from Commodore Paul Richard Corcoran.
** ''Dark Skies''. Humanity is at war with the vast Dromi empire, desperate to hold their own against the [[We Have Reserves|fast-breeding]] aliens who know no fear. A Dromi clan invades three human colonies on the edge of [[The Federation]] space. The human attempt at retaking the T'har colony ends in a complete disaster, as the task force is obliterated by the much larger Dromi fleet. [[Space Fighter]] pilot Lieutenant Mark Valdez is the only survivor of that battle. Finding himself on T'har, his homeplanet, he sees that his friends and loved ones are still fighting the invaders, refusing to give in. He joins [[La Résistance]] and realizes the only hope the T'harans have is an old cache of weapons forgotten after the wars with the Faata.
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* ''Dick Simon'' duology (1998-1999) takes place in [[The Verse]] where the majority of humanity has left Earth for other worlds, taking not only their cities but also typical human failings with them. Shortly after the Exodus, Earth has been cut off from the galactic community by persons unknown.
** ''Wind's Shadow'', Dick Simon's warrior name obtained through blood and sweat on the planet Tayahat, populated by tribal four-armed [[Human Aliens]]. After being [[Raised
** ''Earth's Shadow''. It has been 300 years since humanity has settled the stars. The inhabited worlds are joined by [[Subspace or Hyperspace|hyperspace]] tunnels. But there are Closed Worlds, one of which is [[Earth
* ''The Slaughterer'' duology (2008) introduces a man named Pyotr Deutsch whose job title is "the Slaughterer", which surprisingly well describes what he does, which is traveling all over the world, tracking down and executing murderers, rapists, bastards, and freaks of all colors, who have suddenly decided that they can do whatever they want. Simply because they're [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampires]]. And that there's more and more of them every day.
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* ''Turn Around, the Aliens Are Near!'' (2005). The author explores the future of humanity and potential connections to extraterrestrials. The book looks at several facts and hypotheses.
* ''Captain French, or the Quest for Paradise'' (1998; co-authored by Christopher Nicholas Gilmore). While the description of the book claims it's a [[Space Opera]], the novel actually lacks certain things one would associate with the genre, not the least one being [[Space Battle|Space Battles]]. The authors try to be on the harder side of [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness]] in this novel, despite the presence of interstellar travel. While spacecraft do indeed perform near-instantaneous jumps to other systems, it is most definitely not [[Faster
* ''Assyrian Tanks at the Gates of Memphis'' (2008). The fastest things to undergo change in this world are weapons. Just a few millennia, and the sword and the chariot are replaced by machineguns and tanks. The slowest thing to change is human nature. If the soul is black, if it desires another's blood, then even centuries of civilization can't change it. But if it has bravery and love, then even the worst hardships won't force a man to run away or betray. No matter what enemy he has to fight. Be it with the [[Those Wacky Nazis|Germans]] near Moscow or with the Assyrian soldiers airdropped at the foot of the Egyptian Pyramids. Which means, "Get up, the land of Amun Ra, fight to the death, defeat the Assyrian disease, the cursed horde!"
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