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1) Aurora
Author
Language
English
Description
"Generations after leaving earth, a starship draws near to the planet that may serve as a new home world for those on board. But the journey has brought unexpected changes and their best laid plans may not be enough to survive"--
Author
Series
Count to a trillion volume 5
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
5) Chaos rising
Author
Series
Star Wars. Thrawn Ascendancy volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Discover Thrawn's origins within the Chiss Ascendancy in the first book in an epic new Star Wars trilogy from bestselling author Timothy Zahn.
7) Immunity
Author
Series
Contagion duology volume 2
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Teens Thea, Coen, and Nova are rescued from a deadly planet, only to be taken prisoner on board a government ship and used as weapons in a sinister political plot.
8) Echopraxia
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
On the eve of the twenty-second century in a world transformed by scientific evangelicals, supernatural beings, and ghosts, defunct biologist Daniel Bruks becomes trapped on a spaceship destined to make an evolutionary discovery.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Princess Rory Thorne must use the fairy blessings gifted to her at birth to change the multiverse--or possibly destroy it. How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse is a feminist reimagining of familiar fairytale tropes and a story of resistance and self-determination--how small acts of rebellion can lead a princess to not just save herself, but change the course of history.
Author
Series
Kris Longknife volume 7
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When an alien race warns them that an unidentifiable force is roaming the galaxy, destroying everything in its path towards human space, Kris Longknife and her crew must take on new roles in order to combat this unknown threat.
Author
Series
Kris Longknife volume 4
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Kris Longknife has been given her first independent command in the very remote system of Chance, an assignment that's as much exile as promotion, but she's not on the job long when she captures pirates hiding the location of an uncharted and unpopulated planet of miraculous technology. Original.
Author
Series
Barque cats volume 2
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The barque cats, mistaken for a public health hazard, flee Earth for the feline-dominated planet, Mau, with the help of Pshaw-Ra, a mysterious cat with his own spaceship. Oddly, no one--including the humans--is bothered that he plans to take over the universe on behalf of felinekind.
Author
Series
Chilling effect volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Captain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra find themselves once again on the fringe of populated space--and at the center of a raging covert war. When Eva's sister asks for help locating a missing scientist, promises of a big paycheck and a noble cause convince Eva to take the job despite lingering trust issues. With reluctant assistance from her estranged mother, Eva and her crew follow the missing scientist's trail across the universe,...
14) Loki's ring
Author
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Ri, the AI she trained from inception, is trapped in the depths of Loki's Ring, an artificial alien-made solar system where everyone has been infected and killed by a mysterious contagion, Captain Gita Chithra must save Ri and her crew from the horrors they face at every turn.
Author
Series
Kris Longknife volume 9
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Lieutenant Commander Kris Longknife leads a reconnaissance mission of the vast uncharted regions of space. No one, least of all Kris, expects to find a hostile alien starship. Now, she must determine the extent of the alien threat-and whether to start an interstellar war"--From Novelist.
Author
Series
Teixcalaan novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"During a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court, Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident--or that Mahit might be next to die. Now Mahit must discover who is behind the murder, rescue...
Author
Series
Kris Longknife volume 10
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
For her own protection, Lieutenant Commander Kris Longknife is assigned to a backwater planet where her Fast Patrol Squadron 127 enforces immigration control and smuggler interdiction--and where she finds herself homeless, broke, and on trial for her life.
Author
Series
Kris Longknife volume 2
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Kris Longknife had no choice about growing up rich and pampered. When she did have a choice, she joined the Marines. But now, a friend needs help halfway across the galaxy--and with a military heritage coursing through her blood, it's time for Kris Longknife to be a hero.
19) Defy the worlds
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"Sophisticated robot Abel must save teenaged soldier Noemi from capture on a hidden planet, while outwitting armies of deranged service robots and securing medical aid for a plague on Noemi's home world"--
20) Defy the fates
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"Abel, the most advanced robot in the galaxy, must save teenaged soldier Noemi by resurrecting her into a human-mech hybrid, a decision which will have consequences throughout the galaxy and may just turn the tide in the war between Genesis and Earth"--
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