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Author
Series
Expanse volume 1
Language
English
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Description
After Captain Jim Holden discovers a derelict, abandoned spaceship, he unearths a secret that threatens to throw the entire solar system into war and a vast conspiracy that could mean the end of the human race.
2) Redshirts
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
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
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Traces the events of the First Formic War a century before the events of Ender's Game, following the unsuccessful attempt of Victor Delgado to warn skeptical Earth governments of an imminent alien invasion and the efforts of Mazer Rackham and the Mobile Operations Police to meet unprecedented threats.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
A latest entry in the Ender's Game prequel series that includes Earth Afire follows an invasion of terraforming aliens on Earth, which is complicated by politics and power struggles until a small band of humans organize a desperate defense.
Author
Series
Ringworld series prequels volume 4
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Fleeing the supernova chain reaction at the galactic core, the Puppeteers of the Fleet of Worlds seek a way to survive among enemies and crises.
Author
Series
Safehold series volume 8
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
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...
7) Aftermath
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"As the Empire reels from its critical defeats at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliancenow a fledgling New Republicpresses its advantage by hunting down the enemys scattered forces before they can regroup and retaliate. But above the remote planet Akiva, an ominous show of the enemys strength is unfolding. Out on a lone reconnaissance mission, pilot Wedge Antilles watches Imperial Star Destroyers gather like birds of prey circling for a kill, but...
8) Providence
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Gilly, Talia, Anders, and Jackson are astronauts captaining a new and supposedly indestructible ship in humanity's war against an alien race. Confined to the ship for years, each of them holding their own secrets, they are about to learn there are threats beyond the reach of human ingenuity--and that the true nature of reality might be the universe's greatest mystery. In this near future, our world is at war with another, and humanity is haunted...
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The Emperor is dead. His final weapon has been destroyed. The Imperial Army is in disarray. In the aftermath, Yrica Quell is just one of thousands of defectors from her former cause living in a deserters' shantytown-until she is selected to join Alphabet Squadron. Cobbled together from an eclectic assortment of pilots and starfighters, the five members of Alphabet are tasked by New Republic general Hera Syndulla herself. Like Yrica, each is a talented...
Author
Language
English
Description
"For the past year, their close loss in the annual Boarding Games has haunted 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 as his replacement. Maxine Carmichael is trying to carve a place in the world on her own--away from the pressure and influence...
11) Lance's story
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Details Lance's adventures from his childhood in Cuba and his days as a pilot at Galaxy Garrison to how he became a Paladin of Voltron."--Worldcat.org.
12) Winds of Marque
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Series
Language
English
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"In a dense star cluster, the solar winds blow fiercely. The star sailing ship HMSS Daring is running at full sheet with a letter of marque allowing them to capture enemy vessels involved in illegal trading. Sailing under a false flag to protect the ship and its mission, Daring's crew must gather intelligence that will lead them to the pirates' base."--Amazon.com.
13) Pidge's story
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Details Pidge's adventures as a paladin of Voltron, detailing how she hid her identity to become a student at the Galaxy Garrison and met the other paladins on their quest to defeat the Galra.
14) Honor's knight
Author
Series
Paradox volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After a mysterious attack left [Devi Morris] short several memories and one partner, she's determined to keep her head down, do her job, and get on with her life. But even though Devi's not actually looking for it, trouble keeps finding her. She sees things no one else can, the black stain on her hands is growing, and she's entangled with the cook she thought she hated"--Page 4 of cover.
15) The fallen star
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this sequel to "Star Wars: The Rising Storm," Marchion Ro, the true mastermind of the Nihil, prepares his most daring attack yet--one designed to snuff out the light of the Jedi.
Author
Series
Salvation sequence volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The survivors of a human race under attack by hostile aliens who would claim the planet for an apocalyptic deity orchestrate a defensive strategy millennia in the making.
19) Leviathan Falls
Author
Series
Expanse volume 9
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...
20) Thrawn: treason
Author
Series
Language
English
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"If I were to serve the Empire, you would command my allegiance." Such was the promise Grand Admiral Thrawn made to Emperor Palpatine at their first meeting. Since then, Thrawn has been one of the Empire's most effective instruments, pursuing its enemies to the very edges of the known galaxy. But as keen a weapon as Thrawn has become, the Emperor dreams of something far more destructive. Now, as Thrawn's TIE defender program is halted in favor of...
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