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1) Heaven's war
Author
Series
Heaven's Shadow volume 2
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 431 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this sequel to "Heaven's Shadow," it has been discovered that the asteroid Keanu is not in fact a space object, but a massive interstellar ship built by aliens. Now, humanity has begun to colonize the ship allenge for the refugee population is survival.
Author
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 482 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Centuries of war with aliens threaten the future of human civilization on earth in this gripping, epic science fiction debut ... We never saw them coming. Entire cities disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving nothing but dust and rubble. When an alien race came to make Earth theirs, they brought with them a weapon we had no way to fight, a universe-altering force known as thelemity. It seemed nothing could stop it--until we discovered we could...
3) Redshirts
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
317 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
438 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. Since she was born, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised in the bowels of Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she readies herself to face the Wisdom, the powerful, reality-shaping weapon that gave the majoda their victory over humanity. They are what's left. They are what must survive. Kyr is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a...
Author
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
398 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An object one hundred miles across, originating from Octans constellation, on a trajectory for our sun. Now its journey is almost over. And humanity's journey is about to begin. As the Near-Earth Object--dubbed "Keanu"--approaches, two manned vehicles race through almost half a million kilometers of space to reach it first and land on the frozen, desolate surface: NASA's Destiny, originally designed for flights to the Moon and Mars, and the untested...
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 47
Physical Desc
878 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A space voyager living her dream of exploring new worlds lands on a distant planet ripe for colonization before her discovery of a mysterious relic transforms her life and threatens the entire human race.
Author
Series
Yesterday's kin trilogy volume Book 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
8) Dreamcatcher
Author
Publisher
AUDIOWORKS
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
20 CDs (23 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Twenty-five years after saving a Down's syndrome kid from bullies, four friends reunite in the Maine woods for their annual hunting trip. When a stranger stumbles into their camp, disoriented and mumbling something about lights in the sky, chaos erupts.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF READY PLAYER ONE It's just another day of high school for Zack Lightman. He's daydreaming through another boring math class, with just one more month to go until graduation and freedom--if he can make it that long without getting suspended again. Then he glances out his classroom window and spots the flying saucer. At first, Zack thinks he's going crazy. A minute later, he's sure of it. Because the...
12) Fractal noise
Author
Series
Fractalverse volume 2
Publisher
Tor, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
286 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"July 25th, 2234: The crew of the Adamura discovers the Anomaly. On the seemingly uninhabited planet Talos VII: a circular pit, 50 kilometers wide. Its curve not of nature, but design. Now, a small team must land and journey on foot across the surface to learn who built the hole and why. But they all carry the burdens of lives carved out on disparate colonies in the cruel cold of space. For some the mission is the dream of the lifetime, for others...
13) Into the light
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The Shongairi conquered Earth. In mere minutes, half the human race died, and our cities lay in shattered ruins.
But the Shongairi didn’t expect the survivors’ tenacity. And, crucially, they didn’t know that Earth harbored two species of intelligent, tool-using bipeds. One of them was us. The other, long-lived and lethal, was hiding in the mountains of eastern Europe, the subject of fantasy and legend. When they emerged and made alliance with...
14) The dark forest
Author
Series
Three-Body Trilogy volume Book 2
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
512 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With the scope of Dune and the rousing action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multple-award-winning phenemonenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. In Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion--in just four centuries' time. The aliens' human collaborators may have been defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic...
15) Rosewater
Author
Series
The Wormwood Trilogy volume Book 1
Publisher
Orbit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry, and the helpless--people eager for a glimpse inside the dome or a taste of its rumored healing powers. Kaaro is a government agent with a criminal past. A sensitive, he can navigate the massive psychic space created by the dome. But when something within the dome begins killing other sensitives, Kaaro must...
16) Probability moon
Author
Series
Probability trilogy volume 1
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
334 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Humans, having gained the ability to travel through space via a network of stargates left behind by vanished aliens, discover the planet World, inhabited by humanoids that have a shared reality, possibly caused by a huge alien artifact orbiting the planet.
17) Death's end
Author
Series
Three-body trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Physical Desc
604 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of dark forest deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to co-exist peacefully as equals without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has...
18) Lagoon
Author
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
c2015
Edition
1st Saga Press hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
304 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A biologist, a famous rapper, and a rogue soldier become the honor guard and interpreter of humanity's first contact with an alien ambassador in this thriller that combines magician realism and seemingly end-of-the-world high tension"-- Provided by publisher.
19) Journey to Juno
Author
Series
Galaxy Zack volume 2
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
121 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
On the planet Nebulon in 2120, Zack joins his school's Explorer's Club and visits Juno, a planet made of crystals, but he is less than thrilled when he is partnered with the class bully.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
422 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Enae's grandmaman passes away, Enae inherits something entirely unexpected: a diplomatic assignment to track down a fugitive who has been missing for over 200 years. No one actually expects Enae to succeed; it's an empty assignment meant to keep hir occupied. But Enae has never had a true purpose--no one ever expected hir to do more than care for grandmaman--so sie is determined to accomplish this task to the best of her ability. Reet knows...
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