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1) Defiant
Author
Series
Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spensa needs all the knowledge she gathered in the Nowhere to end the Superiority's quest for galactic dominance, but first she must determine how far she is willing to go for victory.
2) The humans
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Regarding humans unfavorably upon arriving on Earth, a reluctant extraterrestrial assumes the identity of a Cambridge mathematician before realizing that there's more to the human race than he suspected.
Author
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"During their temporary research post on Apech -- a planet ravaged by a time distorting illness -- Wilhelmina Ming and four other elite students of the Crysthian empire have witnessed such illogical brutality that they've resorted to psychedelic antidepressants and group sex to take the edge off. After a night of indulgence following a gruesome execution, they wake to find an oblique warning in the form of an impaled corpse dangling from the exterior...
Author
Series
Sun eater volume 3
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
For almost a hundred years, Hadrian Marlowe has served the Empire in its war against the Cielcin, a vicious alien race bent on humanity's destruction. Rumors of a new king amongst the Cielcin have reached the Imperial throne. This one is not like the others. It does not raid borderworld territories, preferring precise, strategic attacks on the humans' Empire. To make matters worse, a cult of personality has formed around Hadrian, spurred on by legends...
Author
Series
Sun eater volume 4
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The fourth novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fantasy, as Hadrian Marlowe continues down a path that can only end in fire. Hadrian Marlowe is trapped. For nearly a century, he has been a guest of the Emperor, forced into the role of advisor, a prisoner of his own legend. But the war is changing. Mankind is losing. The Cielcin are spilling into human space from the fringes, picking their targets with...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Since long before the spaceships’ fleeting presence, Blaine has been content to go along with the whims of his supermom wife and half-feral, television-addicted children. But when the kids blithely ponder skinning people to see if they’re aliens, and his wife drags them all on a surprise road trip to Disney World, even steady Blaine begins to crack. Half a continent away, Heather floats in a Malibu pool and watches the massive ships hover overhead....
7) Jumpnauts
Author
Series
Folding Universe volume 1
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In a future where the world is roughly divided into two factions, the Pacific League of Nations and the Atlantic Division of Nations, tensions are high as each side waits for the other to make a move. But neither side is prepared for a powerful third party that has apparently been an influential presence on Earth for thousands of years, and just might be making a reappearance very soon. With the realization that a highly intelligent alien race has...
Author
Series
Icarus saga volume 2
Publisher
Baen Publishing Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"For years Gregory Roarke and his Kadolian partner Selene worked as crocketts, combing through the atmospheres of uninhabited worlds for places that might be colonized or hold valuable resources. Now, they quietly work for the Icarus Group, a top-secret government organization hunting for portals created by a long-vanished alien race, portals that can teleport a person hundreds or thousands of light-years in the blink of an eye. Roarke and Selene...
Author
Series
Ice planet barbarians volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The next novel in the Ice Planet Barbarians series, an international publishing phenomenon - now in a special print edition with a bonus new epilogue! Lila has never been more frightened in her life, but when Rokan appears, everything changes. When I wake up on the ice planet, I'm scared of everything: This place is cold, silent, and the locals look more like blue devils than aliens. To make matters worse, one of the strangers decides I'm going to...
Author
Publisher
Sensi'il Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The year is 142 3E. The human space colonization project known as the Kuppa Initiative has arrived at its destination planet, Panthera. While hopes were high for the fleet, expectations were immediately crushed by an attack from an unknown alien species. Field Commander Azriel Black and her counterpart, Madam Cost-F7, are tasked with uncovering the history of Panthera while also defending the human settlement. If that wasn't enough, the indigenous...
Author
Publisher
Silver Sprocket
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The definitive collection of Sam Szabo's "ETC" comics series, serving up a psychedelic stew of social satire and gonzo gender theory! The year is 2023. The astral plane has entered a tailspin. Fortunately, an ancient cosmological entity is on a mission to spread her fluidity across the galaxy. Our raw, uncut heroine roams the wasteland in defense of trans rights and trans wrongs. Will the Enlightened Transsexual convince humanity to chill out at...
Author
Series
Saga (Brian K. Vaughan) volume 11
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"While Hazel and her family fight for scraps to survive, the rich and powerful race to forge new allegiances in the universe's never-ending war. Romeo & Juliet meets Star Wars in this genre-blending, sci-fi/fantasy space opera about star-crossed lovers from enemy worlds. An epic for mature readers, SAGA follows new parents Marko and Alana as they risk everything to raise their child amidst a never-ending galactic war."--
Publisher
IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Captain Carol Freeman leads her crew on an expedition aimed to build bridges and advance Federation technology, but she and the away team quickly suspect that the planet and its people are not all what they seem. Meanwhile, the crew in the lower decks take to the holodeck for some much-needed recreational time--until a bloodthirsty visitor decides to join in on their games. Can Boimler, Mariner, Tendi, and Rutherford save the ship from the likes...
Series
Doomsday with my dog volume 4
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A high school girl, the last human on Earth, and her loyal canine companion make their way through the prefectures of postapocalyptic Japan, taking in the spectacular sights and meeting the locals, from the furry to the intimidating to the outright bizarre! After all, when there's no destination, the journey is all the fun!"--
Series
Doomsday with my dog volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When a lone high school girl decided to hole up in her room with her trusty canine companion, she never could've dreamed they would become a pair of adventurers exploring everything postapocalyptic Japan has to offer! Whether they're enjoying a barbecue with Anubis or trying to survive a night in a haunted mansion, life after doomsday is one heck of a roller coaster--and this duo is strapped in for the ride!"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Mad Cave Studios, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Mariko and Rem are breaking up but they have one last night together in the Mall of Portals, an inter-dimensional consumerist heaven full of unending vice, before Rem takes his new job doing data entry on the Moon of Plenty. With a couple hours to spare, no personal repercussions and entire dimensions at their fingertips -- what's the worse that could happen?This out of this world rom-com is straight out of the year 2099, but speaks to a feeling...
Series
Dai dark volume 4
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Zaha Sanko is the most wanted man in the universe. They say that if you claim his bones, you'll receive anything your heart desires. Having the entire galaxy trying to kill you all the time is kind of a drag when you're just fourteen years old, but Sanko has the mysterious power of darkness on his side, not to mention a talking spaceship and three horribly powerful space weirdos. Together, they've stayed one step ahead of the interstellar megacorporation...
Series
Dai dark volume 6
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The galaxy's least favorite outlaws continue their journey through the cosmos, one step ahead of the very long list of people who want to rip out Zaha Sanko's bones. Maybe someday they'll figure out why everybody thinks his bones grant wishes, but for now it's just a weird fact of life. Sure enough, almost immediately after setting down on the planet Kenzarn, Sanko and pals once again find themselves locked in mortal combat with the zealous Lighthead...
Series
Dai dark volume 5
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen-year-old Zaha Sanko is the most wanted man in the universe. Wherever he goes, everybody tries to kill him, but things got unusually dire when his enemies send an immortal "photonuclear man" to try and snuff him out. Somehow, Sanko and company survive, and decide to make a pit stop at Darknest, the mysterious planet of darkness. Darknest holds all sorts of secrets, but the biggest of all might be Hajime Damemaru, one of Sanko's companions....
Author
Series
World trigger volume 25
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Earth is under constant threat from Neighbors, invincible monsters from another dimension that destroy our way of life. At least we have the elite warriors of Border, who co-opt alien technology to fight back! Meet agent Osamu Mikumo, not the best, but along with his Neighbor friend Yuma, he'll do whatever it takes to defend life on Earth as we know it. It's day two of the sealed environment phase of the away mission exam, and the examinees are diving...
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