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1) Fevered star
Author
Series
Between earth and sky volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. The Meridian: a land where magic has been codified and the worship of gods suppressed. How do you live when legends come to life, and the faith you had is rewarded? As sea captain Xiala is swept up in the chaos and currents of change, she finds an unexpected...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A magical, intoxicating debut novel that imagines the future and history of two lovers who are connected by the passing of great comets overhead and by the ancestors that bind them together"--
"A magical, intoxicating debut novel, both intimate and epic, that braids the past, present, and future of two lovers bound by the passing of great comets overhead and a coterie of remarkable ancestors. When Róisin and François meet at a remote research...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Look up! Look out! A comet is coming, a comet is coming! Stink is camped out in the backyard with his sister, Judy, and he can't wait to lay eyes on P/2015 OZ4, also known as the Sherman-Holm Comet. But then news of an asteroid hitting Russia reaches Stink, and suddenly he's feeling squeamish (and squash-ish) about close encounters of the outer-space kind. Will donning an aluminum-foil cape and building a bunker in the basement help keep him safe?...
Author
Series
Comet cycle volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The comet, Cain, came from beyond our solar system, its debris containing elements unknown. Now, in the isolated region of Fairbanks, Alaska, the skies shift and stretch as an interstellar dust cloud seeds the atmosphere. When a plane shudders its way through pulpy, swirling, bruise-shaped clouds, lit with sudden cracks of lightning, the sky opens and the aircraft vanishes...but only for a minute. When the flight lands, everyone on board and in the...
Author
Publisher
Roca editorial
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"Los Angeles, May 1910. The same night that the Earth passes through the tail of Halley's Comet, called "The Destroyer", something terrible happens at the home of twins Henry and Ellie Blur that forces them to flee. They are heading towards Mount Wilson, where the largest astronomical observatory in the world is located. Under that transparent sky they will find their own destiny, including love. Until one of the two disappears. And Ellie, who is...
Author
Series
Arcane America volume 2
Publisher
Baen Publishing Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The passage of Halley's Comet in 1759 is catastrophic. The comet appears to strike the Earth, sundering the New World from the Old. A chain of mountains rises in the Mid-Atlantic. No ship from the Old World arrives in America. No ship from the New World can find a passage to the Old-and most who try simply disappear. The comet has also unleashed magic forces, which soon spread everywhere. Slaves begin using powers derived from African witchcraft,...
8) The effort
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When dark comet UD3 was spotted near Jupiter's orbit, its existence was largely ignored. But to individuals who knew better -- scientists like Benjamin Schwartz, manager of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies -- the threat this eight-kilometer comet posed to the survival of the human race was unthinkable. The 150-million-year reign of the dinosaurs ended when an asteroid impact generated more than a billion times the energy of an atomic bomb....
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Jordan Edelman, determined to avoid dating during her summer trip to Nantucket, finds herself entangled with her father's research assistant, whom she has disliked for years, but as she delves into a centuries-old mystery with a local astronomer, her growing relationship becomes increasingly complicated.
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