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1) Contagion
Author
Series
Contagion volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
423 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
After receiving an urgent SOS from a work detail on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is dispatched to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission. But when the crew arrives, they find an abandoned site, littered with rotten food, discarded weapons... and dead bodies. As they try to piece together who--or what--could have decimated an entire operation, they realize that some things are best left buried--and some monsters are only too ready to awaken....
Author
Publisher
Erewhon, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Aboard the premier luxury resort in low Earth orbit for their lavish 25th reunion to advance their applications to live in an exclusive Mars settlement—because only the best deserve to save themselves, four friends, settling scores and racking up points, will soon regret underestimating those they left behind on Earth.
Author
Publisher
Tor Dot Com, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"To fix the world they must first break it, further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into its core programming, they murder their owner. The robot discovers they can also do something else they never did before: They can run away. Fleeing the household they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the...
4) In our stars
Author
Series
The Doomed Earth volume 1
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Earth, 2180 Genetically engineered with partly-alien DNA, Lieutenant Selene Genji is different than ordinary humans. And they hate her for it. Still, she's spent her life trying to overcome society's prejudice by serving in the Unified Fleet as Earth's international order collapses into war. Genji is stationed on a ship in orbit when humanity's hatreds and factions on the planet reach a boiling point, and she witnesses the utter annihilation of Earth....
Author
Series
A Harmony novel volume 16
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
x, 306 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"His name is Joshua Knight. Once a respected explorer, the press now calls him the Tarnished Knight. He took the fall for a disaster in the Underworld that destroyed his career. The devastating event occurred in the newly discovered sector known as Glass House-a maze of crystal that is rumored to conceal powerful Alien antiquities. The rest of the Hollister Expedition team disappeared and are presumed dead. Whatever happened down in the tunnels scrambled...
Author
Series
Star Trek Prodigy volume 1
Publisher
Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
139 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
While traveling through the Delta Quadrant, the Protostar crew discovers a worn transporter coil on their ship. Fortunately, there's a marketplace nearby to pick up supplies for repair Unfortunately, the crew has no chimerium left to trade. Is there something else of value they might be able to barter? And in a marketplace teeming with seedy traders, will Dal and his crew manage to stay out of trouble?
Author
Series
Epic Zero volume 3
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
158 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Elliott's confidence is shattered after making a huge mistake during a do-or-die mission, but a planet-eating monster, a collapsing multiverse, and a quest to replace the Orb of Oblivion force him to put his retirement plans on hold.
Author
Series
Epic Zero volume 2
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
158 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Elliott is grounded after having some trouble controlling his new super powers, but his punishment is short-lived when he's kidnapped by a band of teenage alien outlaws who believe he's the only one capable of destroying a planet-eating monster that's annihilating worlds.
Author
Series
Epic Zero volume 1
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
156 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Elliott feels ever-so-ordinary, until a mysterious girl tells him he's the only one who can capture a mega-powerful, extraterrestrial orb before it falls into the wrong hands.
Author
Series
Star Wars The Old Republic volume 1
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
After hundreds of years, the Sith Empire has returned to the galaxy, determined to crush the Republic that sent them into exile. For young Sith Teneb Kel, this is his only chance to rise above his lowly beginnings as a slave and prove his worth to the Dark Council. Yet the mission for him is unexpected. He will not hunt Jedi, but rather a fellow Sith who has betrayed the Empire--the Emperor's apprentice!
Author
Series
Kaiju No. 8 volume Vol. 2
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Shonen Jump Edition,
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he's become one?!
The final...
Author
Series
Kaiju No. 8 volume Vol. 3
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Shonen Jump Edition,
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he's become one?!
Kafka manages...
13) War of the Wind
Author
Publisher
Neem Tree Press Limited
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
228 pages : 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a remote Scottish island, 14-year-old Max's life is changed forever when he loses his hearing in a boating accident. He has to navigate a new silent world alone--even his parents don't understand that wearing a hearing aid doesn't mean he hears clearly. On top of that, he's placed in a special educational needs class surrounded by kids he once picked on.
When people start acting strangely and Max's hearing aid picks up odd sounds from a new wind...
14) Halo
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books, an imprint of Dark Horse Comics LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition ;
Physical Desc
126 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book includes four classic Halo stories that expand the deep lore of the Halo universe told by some of the finest creators in comic-book history. Artist Simon Bisley and writer Lee Hammock give us the central tale titled "The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor." Award-winning mangaka Tsutomu Nihei writes and draws Sgt. Johnson's story, "Breaking Quarantine." Ed Lee, Andrew Robinson, and Jae Faeber team up on a story of technology in the 26th...