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1) Cibola burn
Author
Series
Expanse volume 4
Publisher
Orbit
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds and the rush to colonize has begun. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets. Ilus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire. Independent settlers stand against the overwhelming power of a corporate colony ship with only their determination, courage, and the skills learned in the long wars of home. Innocent scientists are...
2) Redshirts
Author
Publisher
Tor
Language
English
Description
Enjoying his assignment with the xenobiology lab on board the prestigious Intrepid, ensign Andrew Dahl worries about casualties suffered by low-ranking officers during away missions before making a shocking discovery about the starship's actual purpose.
Author
Series
Expanse volume 9
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again. In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if it means compromising herself and the half-alien children who bear the weight...
4) Conquest
Author
Series
Chronicles of the invaders trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Atria
Language
English
Description
"The first in a stunning new science fiction trilogy, Conquest introduces a world where humanity has been conquered by a powerful alien rulership--unless a group of young rebels can unlock their powers and help rescue humankind from its terrible fate. Earth has been invaded by the Illyri--a beautiful, civilized, yet ruthless alien race. The Resistance grows stronger against the invaders, for it is up to the young people of the Earth to lead the battle...
Author
Series
Expanse volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The sixth novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now a major television series from Syfy! A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood. The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
The mining ship El Cavador, beyond Pluto, detects a fast-moving incoming object headed toward Earth. The crew decides it's probably not important, but they're wrong: it represents the opening wave of the first Formic War.
Author
Series
Expanse volume 5
Publisher
Orbit
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land rush in human history has begun. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle. Ships are disappearing without a trace. Private armies are being secretly formed. Terrorist attacks previously considered impossible bring the inner planets to their knees. The sins of the past are returning to exact a terrible price. And as a new human order is...
8) Hell's faire
Author
Series
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
With the fall of the Southern Appalachian defenses, the only thing standing between the vulnerable Cumberland Plateau and the vicious Posleen hordes are the veterans of the 555th Mobile Infantry who, led by Mike O'Neal and armed with a top-secret weapon, are dropped into the Rabun Pass to risk everything on an all-out effort to stop the Posleen advance.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
H.G. Wells' original masterpiece now includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on the author, a list of further reading, and detailed notes. Famous for the mistaken panic that ensued from Orson Welles' 1938 radio dramatization, "The War of the Worlds" remains one of the most influential of all science fiction works.
This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. Odd atmospheric disturbances...
10) Empire's end
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Follows the exploits of rebel pilot Norra Wexley and her team of Imperial hunters as they navigate the destruction of the Empire and the birth of the New Republic.
11) The hive
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A second prequel to Ender's Game continues the sci-fi history of the Formic Wars and finds the warring nations and corporations of Earth struggling to set aside their differences to defend against an imminent alien invasion.
12) The rising storm
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A previously unexplored era of Star Wars storytelling comes to action-packed life in this second book in a major cross-publishing event: The all-new High Republic.
The Republic continues to grow, bringing more world together under a single united banner. Under the leadership of Chancellor Lina Soh, the spirit of unity extends throughout the galaxy. The Republic Fair is intended to showcase the possibilities and the peace of the expanding Republic....
Author
Series
Dahak volume 1-3
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
2011, ©2003
Language
English
Description
Drawn into an alien conflict when his ship is taken over and pitted against a dangerous ancient enemy, Colin MacIntyre takes on the task of defeating a group of immortals who have been secretly ruling the Earth.
15) Childhood's end
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The author questions the survival of mankind in this science fiction tale about Overlords from outer space who dominate the world.
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Set between the events of "Return of the Jedi" and "The Force Awakens," the second entry in the "Aftermath" trilogy continues the story of a galactic civil war under the leadership of Wedge Antilles, Admiral Ackbar, and others after the destruction of the second Death Star.
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Clone Wars volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Master Mace Windu returns to his Separatist-occupied homeworld to investigate the disappearance of his former Padawan, Depa Billaba, who had been working as an undercover agent.
18) Zoe's tale
Author
Series
Old Man's War universe volume 4
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2009, ©2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
A seventeen-year-old colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world recounts how she became a pawn in a dangerous interstellar confrontation during which she was forced to use her wits and make terrible sacrifices in order to save the human race.
Author
Series
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2003
Language
English
Description
Stranded on Marduk with his Royal Marines protectors, spoiled prince Roger MacClintock experiences a change in attitude during a long journey back to civilization, an adventure that involves crossing a sea filled with dangerous monsters and well-armed enemies.
Author
Series
Safehold series volume 8
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Centuries ago, the human race fought its first great war against an alien race, and lost. A tiny population of human beings fled to distant Safehold. Centuries later, their descendants have forgotten their history; for them, life has been an eternal Middle Ages, ruled by the Church of God Awaiting, whose secret purpose is to prevent the re-emergence of industrial civilization. But not all of Safehold's founders were on board with this plan. Those...
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