Orson Scott Card
41) Laddertop
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An original science fiction tale by the bestselling author of Ender's Game and his daughter Twenty-five years ago, the alien Givers came to Earth and bestowed upon the human race the greatest technology ever seen—four giant towers known as Ladders that rise thirty-six thousand miles and culminate in space stations that power the entire planet. Then, for reasons unknown, the Givers disappeared. Due to the unique alien construction of the Laddertop...
42) Red Prophet
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Young Alvin Maker is awakening to many mysteries: his own strange powers, the magic of American frontier, and the special virtues of its chosen people, the Native Americans. Now Alvin summons all his powers to prevent the tragic war between the Native Americans and white settlers.
43) Heartfire
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Peggy and Alvin are now married, but Alvin's destiny has taken them on separate journeys. Alvin has gone north into New England, which is rife with witchcraft, while Peggy has been drawn south, to the British court of King Arthur Stuart in exile, on a quest to set the world on the path to peace.
44) Cruel Miracles
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This fourth volume in Orson Scott Card's five-volume anthology of short stories features six tales with religious and spiritual themes, exploring the mysteries of ritual, sacrifice, faith, and death. Discover why immortal beings seek mortal gods, witness the consequences of a vengeful spirit, enter behind the scenes of the lives of television faith healers, and more. Stories include: Mortal Gods, Saving Grace, Eye for Eye, St. Amy's Tale, Kingsmeat,...
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George Galen is a brilliant gene scientist who has created a method to alter human DNA to “improve” people and make them compliant to his will. Frank Hartman, working for the government's biohazard agency, knows how to neutralize Galen's system, making him the one man who stands in the way of Galen's plan.
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Iron Man Masterworks volume 1
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When last we saw him, young Tony Stark was nearly blown to bits. How much of him survived his initial Iron Man trial run, and where does the young genius go from here? Plus: How does James Rhodes fit into Tony's plans for the perfect fighting machine?
47) Songmaster
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Kidnapped at an early age, the young singer Ansset has been raised in isolation but surrounded by music, where he develops a voice that is unlike any other. His voice is both a blessing and a curse for it can magnify the emotions of his audience, and Ansset discovers that he can use his voice to heal or to destroy.
48) Treason
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Lanik Mueller is a "rad"—radical regenerative—a freak who can regenerate injured flesh...and trade extra body parts to the Offworld oppressors for iron. On a planet without hard metals, or the means of escape, iron offers the promise of freedom through the chance to build a spacecraft. But it is a promise which may never be fulfilled, as Lanik uncovers a treacherous conspiracy beyond his imagination. Now charged with a mission of conquest—and...
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With the continuing failure of the Oversoul, the artificially intelligent guardian computer of the planet Harmony, the human colonists have begun to repeat the devastations of war and conquest wrought on Earth. To repair itself and avert disaster, the Oversoul has called a group of sixteen refugees from the fallen city of Basilica to a hidden, abandoned spaceport where the ancient starships lie. Now Wetchik, Nafai, and all their family must brave...
50) Alvin Journeyman
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Book 4 of The Tales of Alvin Maker.
In an alternate frontier where America is ruled by folk magic and mysterious charms, hexes, and potions, a man like Alvin Miller is an extraordinary person. The seventh son of a seventh son, Miller is a "Maker," with the power to create a new future for America. But first, he must defeat his ancient enemy, the "Unmaker," who threatens to destroy not just Alvin's work- but intends to destroy him. The...
51) Hamlet's Father
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We all know Shakespeare's classic ghost story—the young prince Hamlet's dead father appears to him, demanding vengeance upon Hamlet's uncle Claudius, who has usurped the throne and, to add insult to injury, married Hamlet's mother. The young prince dithers and delays, coming up with excuse after excuse to postpone his vengeance—but not for the reason Shakespeare told us. It is instead because Hamlet keeps discovering evidence that things are not...
52) Earthfall
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When war broke out on the planet Harmony, the Oversoul of that colonized world selected the family of Wetchik to carry it back to long-lost Earth. Now the tribe is ready at last to take a ship to the stars. But from the beginning there has been bitter dispute between Wetchik's sons, Nafai and Elemak. On board the starship Basilica, the children of the tribe will become pawns in the struggle for control of reclaimed Earth. Each faction is making secret...
53) Red Prophet: 2
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The second installment of Orson Scott Card' s best-selling series The Tales of Alvin Maker.
In the first tale of Alvin Maker- Seventh Son- listeners are introduced to a pioneer America where magic works and special talents are utilized in marvelous ways. In this second installment in the Tales of Alvin Maker, we learn more about those talents- both the minor gifts of white people (starting fires, finding...
54) Lost Boys
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From the best-selling storyteller Orson Scott Card comes a gripping story of terror within a small town. In this thriller, a withdrawn eight-year-old in a troubled family invents imaginary friends who bear the names of missing children.
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For millennia, the planet Harmony has been protected by the Oversoul, an artificial intelligence programmed to prevent thoughts of war and conquest from threatening the fragile remnant of Earth's peoples. But as the Oversoul's systems have begun to fail, a great warrior has arisen to challenge its bans. Using forbidden technology, the ambitious and ruthless General Moozh has won control of an army and is aiming it at the city of Basilica. Basilica...
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This huge new collection of the short stories of one of Science Fiction's most beloved and popular writers is sure to please his millions of fans. Keeper of Dreams, Volume One contains 24 stories, Card's new introductions for each story, and commentary on his life and work.
Like the earlier Maps in A Mirror, this collection is a definitive retrospective of the short fiction career of the writer that The Houston Post called "the best writer science...
57) Space Boy
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In Space Boy, Orson Scott Card takes listeners into a strange and wonderful future, where people from another world regularly visit Earth, usually without being noticed. And when humans travel to their world, they find themselves dangerously weak and powerless, until Todd finds a way to set both worlds to rights.
58) Heartfire: 5
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The fifth installment of Orson Scott Card' s best-selling series The Tales of Alvin Maker
Peggy Guester is a Torch, whose power is so great that she can follow the paths of each person's future and know their most intimate secrets. From the moment of Alvin's birth, Peggy has protected him. Now they are married, but their destinies have torn them apart: Alvin has gone to New England, where knacks are considered witchcraft and their use...
60) Magic Street
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Living in a prosperous African-American neighborhood in Los Angeles is Mack Street, a mystery child. Abandoned by his birth mother, Mack passes from family to family, a boy surrounded by people yet deeply alone. He realizes how different he is from others the day he sees a narrow house. Passing through the magic house that no one else can see, Mack is plunged into a realm in which time and reality are skewed. There, what Mack does has strange effects...