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Author
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RCN series volume 10
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Cinnabar's chief spymaster is a mother also, and her son is determined to search for treasure in the midst of a civil war. Who better to watch over him then Captain Daniel Leary, Cinnabar's troubleshooter, and his friend cyberspy Adele Mundy? The only thing certain in the struggle of the mining planet Corcyra is that the rival parties are more dangerous to their own allies than to their opponents. Daniel and Adele face kidnappers, hijackers, pirates...
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Series
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Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1992.
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IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Description
In the spellbinding Arthur C. Clarke tradition, here is an exhilarating adventure into the hearts of both the Universe and mankind . . . By the twenty-third century Earth has already had two encounters with massive, mysterious robotic spacecraft from beyond our solar system--the incontestable proof of an alien technology that far exceeds our own. Now three human cosmonauts are trapped aboard a labyrinthine Raman vessel, where it will take all of...
Author
Series
RCN series volume 9
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Captain Daniel Leary with his friend-and spy-Officer Adele Mundy are sent to a quiet sector to carry out an easy task: helping the local admiral put down a coup before it takes place. But then the jealous admiral gets rid of them by sending them off on a wild goose chase to a sector where commerce is king and business is carried out by extortion and gunfights. With anarchy and rebellion in the air, a rogue intelligence officer plots the war that...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A rural town finds itself under the authoritarian sway of a tree that punishes children. A pair of old friends navigate their fraught history as strange happenings escalate in a Mexican restaurant. A pair of narcissistic friends wreak havoc on an activist community. An aloof young man finds himself living through his lover's memories. And a day of LARPing takes a cosmic turn. In each of the seven stories in this collection, characters pursue their...
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English
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"During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale. "A wonderful clash of fire and ice—a book you won't want to let go of."—Diana Gabaldon, author of Outlander January 1918. Laura Iven was a revered field nurse...
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Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men hurtling through space—not towards the moon or the vast unknown, but around our planet. Selected for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the program is dismantled, these astronauts and cosmonauts—from America, Russia, Italy, Britain, and Japan—have left their lives behind to travel at a speed of over seventeen thousand miles...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
''Even before A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin had already established himself as a giant in the field of fantasy literature. The first of two stunning collections, Dreamsongs: Volume I is a rare treat for readers, offering fascinating insight into his journey from young writer to award-winning master. Gathered here in Dreamsongs: Volume I are the very best of George R. R. Martin’s early works, including his Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker...
Author
Publisher
Imbrifex Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A time-travel experiment that transported Julius Caesar from his last Ides of March to a covert lab in Pasadena in the year 1999. The plan is for him to stay in the lab for four days and then return to Rome to meet his fate"--
"When 20-something Cassandra Fleury is invited to join an elite team of classicists and scientists to test new technology for dating ancient artifacts, she jumps at what appears to be the opportunity of a lifetime. But after...
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Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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''Set hundreds of years before the Skywalker Saga, Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures chronicles a time of galactic renaissance when the Jedi are at the height of their power and the Republic is experiencing unparalleled peace...until a mysterious evil known as the Nihil, threatens to cast its shadow over all the free worlds of the galaxy! Follow the adventures of Lula, Farzala, and Qort, untested Jedi Padawans, with their Masters, Torban Buck...
10) Swan song
Author
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In a nightmarish, post-nuclear catastrophe world, an ancient evil roams a devastated America, gathering the forces of human greed and madness, searching for a child named Swan who possesses the gift of life.
''"We're about to cross the point of no return. God help us; we're flying in the dark, and we don't know where the hell we're going." Facing down an unprecedented malevolent enemy, the government responds with a nuclear attack. America as it...
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Publisher
Disney Lucasfilk Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"When a disaster strikes in hyperspace, putting the people of Hetzal Prime in grave danger, only the Jedi of the High Republic can save the day!"--
"Meet the noble and wise Jedi of the High Republic! When a disaster strikes in hyperspace, putting the people of Hetzal Prime in grave danger, only the Jedi of the High Republic can save the day!"--
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Raffi works in an observational cosmology lab, searching for dark matter and trying to hide how little they understand their own research. Every chance they get, they escape to see Britt, a queer sculptor who fascinates them for reasons they also don't—or won't—understand. As Raffi's carefully constructed life begins to collapse, they become increasingly fixated on the multiverse and the idea that somewhere, there might be a universe where they...
13) Plastic
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Interior Chinatown and American War, a surreal, hilarious, and sneakily profound debut novel that casts our current climate of gun violence and environmental destruction in a surprising new mold. Erin is a plastic girl living in a plastic world. Every day she eats a breakfast of boiled chicken, then coveys her articulated body to Tablet Town, where she sells other figurines Smartbodies: wearable tech that allows full, physical immersion...
14) The Icarus job
Author
Series
Icarus saga volume 3
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"Hoping to take possession of a new alien star-hopping portal, Roarke and Selene are tasked with transporting an assassin, who is herself being targeted. For years Gregory Roarke and his Kadolian partner Selene worked as crocketts, combing through the atmospheres of uninhabited worlds for places that might be colonized or hold valuable resources. Now, they work for the Icarus Group, a top-secret government organization hunting for portals created...
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Marvel Worldwide, Incorporated, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"With the Rebel Alliance on the run after their defeat at the Battle of Hoth, it's never been a more dangerous time for outlaws and scoundrels. But after a string of bad luck and near escapes, Doctor Aphra is back on the job - hunting the score of a lifetime that's too good to pass up. To find the cursed Rings of Vaale, Aphra will need a crew of treasure hunters the likes of which the galaxy has never seen before! But Ronen Tagge, heir to the powerful...
16) Defy the storm
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Series
Publisher
Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Nowhere is safe within the eye of the storm. . . . The Galactic Republic is in chaos following the Nihil's shocking destruction of the gleaming space station Starlight Beacon. Capitalizing on their victory, the Nihil have erected a barrier called the Stormwall around a section of Republic space and claimed it for themselves. Within this Occlusion Zone, people live at the mercy of the Nihil���and the Nihil are not known for mercy. Jedi Knight...
Author
Series
Publisher
Amberjack Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Crimson Five make their International Debut! Kia Krumpet and her team of young inventors embark on the Swirl and Spark Creativity Tour, the highest level of the Piedmont Challenge. To solidify their spots at the Piedmont Inventor's Prep School once and for all, they're challenged to create a final life-changing invention with Team France and Team Switzerland. Everything changes when the Crimson Five discover that someone else is pulling the strings...
18) Implacable
Author
Series
Lost fleet outlands volume 3
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary fears the greatest threat to humanity may be itself in this gripping continuation of the New York Times bestselling series. As far from explored space as any human has ever been, Geary and the Alliance fleet are on their own, protecting a diplomatic mission in territory belonging to an alien species with still unknown motives. His already complex and dangerous mission is further imperiled by deadly challenges from...
19) Edge of darkness
Author
Series
Edge of collapse volume 3
Publisher
Paper Moon Press
Language
English
Description
"A world without power grows dark and deadly... Liam and Hannah continue their dangerous journey, but their every step is dogged by a deadly adversary. Hunted and exhausted, will they have what it takes to get home? In Fall Creek, Noah struggles to protect his son and his friends. With the town running out of food and fuel, and the cold as brutal as ever, they're forced to make compromises that may place them in even greater danger... When the...
20) Escape from Valo
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Series
Publisher
Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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'Star Wars: The High Republic, the New York Times best-selling series, continues. . . . For light and life! Journey to the embattled Occlusion Zone in this action-packed adventure set hundreds of years before the Skywalker saga! It's a dark and dangerous time for the galaxy in which communication has been rendered nearly impossible in Nihil-controlled space as the nefarious pirates continue to threaten the Republic's very existence. Join Jedi Padawan...
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