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Modern Sci Fi you say?
Have you tried Iain Banks' "culture" books? Not strictly a series, and no idea if available as e-books, but several books by an amazing author.
Another favorite -- Richard Morgan's "Altered Carbon" and the couple of following Takeshi Kovacs books.
Have you read Sergei Lukyenanko's translated Watch series? Probably more fantasy than Sci Fi but I liked 'em.
I enjoyed all the Baen-published series noted above but there is something slightly simple about many of them. John Ringo is my guilty pleasure. I enjoy his books but I shouldn't. He writes as if he was Tom Clancey at age 13, a touch juvenile. I think his low point was Ghost and the following books with the same character. I haven't checked to see if this was his earliest work. I thought his Council Wars series was his best so far but he needs a stronger editor (or listen to his current editor more). His weaknesses are tempered when he works with someone else. The Empire of Man series ("March to...") was entertaining and consistent.
Baen seems to make it their misson to not challenge my mind as much as, say, Neal Stephenson or Robert Wilson while feeding my Freudian id more (e.g. bad guys brought to justice).
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