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Author
Publisher
Orbit
Publication Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
We are not alone. On Ganymede, breadbasket of the outer planets, a Martian marine watches as her platoon is slaughtered by a monstrous supersoldier. On Earth, a high-level politician struggles to prevent interplanetary war from reigniting. And on Venus, an alien protomolecule has overrun the planet, wreaking massive, mysterious changes and threatening to spread out into the solar system. In the vast wilderness of space, James Holden and the crew of...
Author
Publisher
Tor
Publication Date
2014
Physical Desc
395 pages ; 25 cm
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
Publisher
Tor
Publication Date
2012
Physical Desc
p. cm.
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
Publisher
Tor
Publication Date
2013
Physical Desc
399 pages ; 25 cm.
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.
7) Embassytown
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Language
English
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Description
Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist on a distant planet populated by the Ariekei, sentient beings famed for their unique language, returns to Embassytown after many years of deep space exploration to find she has become a living simile in the Ariekei language even though she cannot speak it, and she is torn by competing loyalties when hostilities erupt between humans and aliens.
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Language
English
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Description
When Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. Attacked by a stealth ship belonging to the Mars fleet, Holden must find a way to uncover the motives behind the attack, stop a war and find the truth behind a vast conspiracy that threatens the entire human race.
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Publication Date
2026.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The monstrous Carryx empire was built by subjugation and war. Thousands of species are bound to their Sovran's command in an endless, blood-soaked test: be useful in the eternal conflict or be slaughtered. Dafyd Alkhor, highest among their human captives, is feared and despised by the very people he champions. Ruthless in carving out his niche in the eternal war machine of the empire, he will reshape human nature itself as a tool for their alien...
10) The last Jedi
Author
Language
English
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Description
An official novelization of the "Star Wars" film continues the epic adventures of Rey, Finn, Poe, and Luke Skywalker.
New heroes emerge to take up arms against the First Order: Rey, the orphan strong in the Force; Finn, the ex-stormtrooper who stands against his former masters; and Poe Dameron, the fearless X-wing pilot, have been drawn together to fight side-by-side with General Leia Organa and the Resistance. But the First Order's Supreme Leader...
11) Abyss
Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date
[2025]
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The riveting and deeply immersive first installment in a new military sci-fi series--pitting amortal humans against a mystifying alien intelligence in a galaxy-spanning conflict--from New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas.Centuries in the future, the Galactic Authority reigns over millions of advanced civilizations throughout the cosmos. From deep within the Galactic Core, the Authority's principal Mind has won the allegiance of myriad nations,...
12) Cobra gamble: #3
Author
Publisher
Baen Books
Publication Date
c2012
Physical Desc
308 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Cobra warriors, genetically enhanced and implanted with an arsenal of covert weaponry, are the most dangerous guerilla fighters humanity has ever produced. For Jin Moreau Broom, the war is the culmination of a lifetime of Cobra service. But it is also the height of danger for herself and her family as they struggle to survive a war that none of them ever expected to see."--Jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Tor
Publication Date
c2012
Physical Desc
316 [3] p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A cross-over conclusion to the Ringworld and Fleet of Worlds series finds the Puppeteers of the Fleet of Worlds targeted by rival war fleets after the disappearance of the Ringworld, prompting exiled Puppeteer Hindmost to draw on his knowledge of Ringworld technology to reclaim his power.
Author
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Publication Date
2017.
Physical Desc
117 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Homesick for other humans on his birthday, Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord, teams up with Captain Marvel to battle a Super Skrull who is laying low on Planet Knowhere.
16) Starbreaker: #2
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Publication Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
443 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Captain Tess Bailey and Shade Ganavan are the galaxy's Mos Wanted, while the universe is on the brink of catastrophic war. As their attraction builds, they must decide if they trust each other to change the course of history together.
17) Seven devils
Author
Publisher
DAW Books
Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
458 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When Eris faked her death, she thought she had left her old life as the heir to the galaxy's most ruthless empire behind. But her recruitment by the Novantaen Resistance, an organization opposed to the empire's voracious expansion, throws her right back into the fray. Eris has been assigned a new mission: to infiltrate a spaceship ferrying deadly cargo and return the intelligence gathered to the Resistance. But her partner for the mission, mechanic...
Author
Publication Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Daring pilots chart new routes through hyperspace, while Pathfinder teams make contact with frontier worlds to invite them to join the Republic. When a Pathfinder team's communications droid is found drifting in space, damaged and bearing a cryptic message, Jedi Knight Silandra Sho and her Padawan, Rooper Nitani, are sent to find the missing team members. Their investigation leads them to the planet Gloam, a ravaged world said to be haunted by mythical...
Author
Publisher
HarperVoyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher
Publication Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
444 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The mission of the Near-Earth Orbital Guard is to ensure the peace and security of the solar system. Commander Maxine Carmichael and Lieutenant Commander Saqib Vahid are at the Mars Orbital Station (MOS) to help facilitate the official handover from NeoG to Mars civilian control as part of the ongoing negotiations. Members of the extreme wings of the fight for Martian independence refuse to remain silent, and are willing to resort to violence to...
20) Apocalypse: #9
Author
Publisher
Random House
Publication Date
c2012
Physical Desc
476 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
There can be no surrender. There will be no mercy. It's not just the future of the galaxy at stake-- it's the destiny of the Force. Coruscant is the battlefield. The Jedi Knights take the Sith infiltrators by swift and fierce surprise. But victory against the cunning and savage Abeloth is anything but certain...