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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A new blockbuster science fiction adventure from world-wide phenomenon and #1 New York Times bestseller Christopher Paolini, set in the world of New York Times and USA Today bestseller To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. 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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
For the first time, all of the short fiction set in James S.A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series is available in this collection, including a brand new novella. Includes Drive; The Butcher of Anderson Station; The Churn; Gods of Risk; The Vital Abyss; Strange Dogs; Auberon; and The Sins of Our Fathers.
Author
Series
Expanse volume 9
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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...
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Spending their honeymoon on a luxury vessel journeying to the most wondrous worlds in the galaxy, Han Solo and Princess Leia soon discover that the war is not over as the remnants of the Empire still cling to power, bringing the fight to them.
Author
Series
Indranan war volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Hail Bristol has made a name for herself in the galaxy for everything except what she was born to do: rule the Indranan Empire. When she is dragged back to her home planet to take her rightful place as the only remaining heir, she finds that trading her ship for a palace is her most dangerous move yet.
Author
Series
Wayfarers (Becky Chambers) volume 4
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going for it is a chance proximity to more popular worlds, making it a decent stopover for ships traveling between the wormholes that keep the Galactic Commons connected. If deep space is a highway, Gora is just your average truck stop. At the Five-Hop One-Stop, long-haul spacers can stretch their legs (if they have legs, that is), and get fuel, transit...
Author
Series
Neog volume 1
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"For the past year, their close loss in the annual Boarding Games has haunted the NeoG Interceptor Team Zuma's Ghost. With this year's competition looming, they're looking forward to some payback - until an unexpected personnel change leaves them reeling. Their best swordsman has been transferred, and a new lieutenant has been assigned in his place. Maxine Carmichael is trying to carve a place in the world on her own - away from the pressure and influence...
8) Trapped
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Lune Divinian, the sole link to X-7, the assassin sent to kill Luke, disappears from his cell. Across the galaxy, X-7 escapes Imperial custody and, desperately confused, is more dangerous than ever. A chance encounter and a figure from the past bring X-7, Luke, and Div together for a final showdown that will reveal everything, or destroy them all.
9) Queen's hope
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Queen's shadow volume 2
Publisher
Disney/Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Padmé is adjusting to being a wartime senator during the Clone Wars. Her secret husband, Anakin Skwyalker, is off fighting the war, and excels at being a wartime Jedi. In contrast, when Padmé gets the opportunity to see the casualties on the war-torn front lines, she is horrified. The stakes have never been higher for the galaxy, or for the newly-married couple. Meanwhile, with Padmé on a secret mission, her handmaiden Sabé steps into the role...
10) The last watch
Author
Series
Divide (Dewes) volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Divide. It's the edge of the universe. Now it's collapsing--and taking everyone and everything with it. The only ones who can stop it are the Sentinels--the recruits, exiles, and court-martialed dregs of the military. At the Divide, Adequin Rake, commanding the Argus, has no resources, no comms--nothing, except for the soldiers that no one wanted. They're humanity's last chance."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
DAW book collectors volume no. 1889
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The behavioral psychologist onboard a survey ship headed to a planet ripe for colonization, Dr. Grace Park must determine the origin of a strange phenomenon that is causing the crew to suffer mental breaks without losing her own mind in the process.
Psychologist Dr. Grace Park is on the Deucalion, a survey ship headed to an icy planet in an unexplored galaxy. She is to observe the thirteen human crew members aboard the ship as they assess the colonization...
12) You sexy thing
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor/Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Farscape meets The Great British Bake Off in this fantastic space opera You Sexy Thing from former SFWA President, Cat Rambo. Just when they thought they were out... TwiceFar station is at the edge of the known universe, and that's just how Niko Larson, former Admiral in the Grand Military of the Hive Mind, likes it. Retired and finally free of the continual war of conquest, Niko and the remnants of her former unit are content to spend the rest of...
13) Elder race
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way. But a demon is terrorizing the land, and now she's an adult (albeit barely) with responsibilities (she tells herself). Although she still gets in the way, she understands that the only way to save her people is to invoke the pact between her family and the Elder sorcerer who has inhabited the local tower for as long as her people have lived here (though none in living...
Author
Series
Farian war volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Hail confronts the Farian gods, the last thing she expected was to discover that they were part of a race of aliens who'd attacked the galaxy long before humanity's ancestors had crawled out of the sludge of Earth's oceans. The discovery carries with it dire news: The Hiervet, who'd once subjugated the mighty Svatir, are coming - a consequence of Hail's decision not to kill the Farian gods. Now the fate of the galaxy is on the line and Hail...
15) Life signs
Author
Series
Firefly novels volume 5
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Months after Inara leaves Serenity, Mal and the crew finally learn the reason for her sudden departure: she is dying of a terminal illness. It is Kiehl's Myeloma, a form of cancer that's supposedly incurable, and Inara has very little time left." -- amazon.com
Months after Inara leaves Serenity, Mal and the crew finally learn the reason for her sudden departure: she is dying of a terminal illness. It is Kiehl's Myeloma, a form of cancer that's supposedly...
16) Padawan
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Obi-Wan Kenobi has not been apprenticed long to Qui-Gon Jinn, and he is chafing at Qui-Gon's training style: all meditation, no action. Obi-Wan yearns to prove himself on a mission, but when he and Qui-Gon are finally set to leave on an assignment, Qui-Gon is nowhere to be found. Angered by his master's abandonment, Obi-Wan sets out on the mission alone, determined to prove himself. On a mysterious planet he encounters a pack of feral, Force-wielding...
17) The exiled fleet
Author
Series
Divide (Dewes) volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Sentinels narrowly escaped the collapsing edge of the Divide. They have mustered a few other surviving Sentinels, but with no engines, they have no way to leave the edge of the universe before they starve. Adequin Rake has gathered a team to find the materials they'll need to get everyone out. To do that they're going to need new allies and evade a ruthless enemy. Some of them will not survive"--
18) Howling dark
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Hadrian Marlowe is lost. For half a century, he has searched the farther suns for the lost planet of Vorgossos, hoping to find a way to contact the elusive alien Cielcin. He has not succeeded, and for years has wandered among the barbarian Normans as captain of a band of mercenaries. Determined to make peace and bring an end to nearly four hundred years of war, Hadrian must venture beyond the security of the Sollan Empire and among the Extrasolarians...
19) Queen's peril
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Queen's shadow volume Prequel
Publisher
Disney/Lucasfilm Press, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When fourteen year-old Padmé Naberrie wins the election for Queen of Naboo, she adopts the name Amidala and leaves her family to the rule from the royal palace. To keep her safe, she'll need a group of skilled handmaidens who can be her assistants, confidantes, defenders, and decoys. Each girl is selected for her particular talents, but it will be up to Padmé to unite them as a group. When Naboo is invaded by forces of the Trade Federation, Queen...
20) The trash planet
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight/Nick Jr
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This story, based on a favorite episode adventure, takes place in space. Trash Grabbers and Aliens meet and learn they have a common interest--garbage. Includes rebus icons.
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