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Author
Publisher
TOR Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A View from the Stars is a collection of short fiction and nonfiction pieces from Cixin Liu, the New York Times bestselling author of The Three-Body Problem. Included are essays and interviews that shed light on Liu's experiences as a reader, writier, and lover of science fiction throughout his life, as well as short fiction that gives glimpses into the evolution of his imaginative voice over the years"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Rust volume 1
Publisher
Archaia Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
After a young boy with a rocket pack named Jet Jones crash-lands on his farm while being chased by a giant robot, Ronan Taylor becomes convinced that Jet and the robot hold the key to saving his family farm, which he has been trying to keep afloat in the aftermath of a world war.
Author
Series
Area 51 files volume 3
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When Sky's grandmother is kidnapped, Sky discovers her secret life as an undercover FBAI agent, and embarks on a mission filled with puzzles, codes, and risky adventures to save her.
Author
Series
Publisher
Titan Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A collection of six tales set during the galaxy far, far away featuring the Jedi Knights of the High Republic, including an exclusive story printed here for the first time! In addition to the stories, this collection also includes behind the scenes interviews and a guide to the second phase of The High Republic stories.
Author
Publisher
Tj Klune
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Five years ago, Benji Green lost his beloved father, Big Eddie, who drowned when his truck crashed into a river. All called it an accident, but Benji thought it more. However, even years later, he is buried deep in his grief, throwing himself into taking over Big Eddie's convenience store in the small town of Roseland, Oregon. Surrounded by his mother and three aunts, he lives day by day, struggling to keep his head above water.
But Roseland
...7) EXTINCTION
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash investigates after a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered by a gang of eco-terrorists at a park where extinct animals are brought back through genetic manipulation.
Author
Publisher
Insight Editions
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The Art and Soul of Dune: Part Two captures the breathtaking behind-the-scenes journey behind the making of Dune: Part Two, the second film in director Denis Villeneuve's six-time Oscar-winning film adaptation of author Frank Herbert's science fiction classic. Written by Dune: Part Two producer Tanya Lapointe (p.g.a.), this visually dazzling exploration of the filmmaking process gives unparalleled insight into the project's genesis--from its striking...
Author
Publisher
Hillman Grad Books, a Zando imprint
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Ocean Yoon has never felt very Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haenyeo, Jeju Island's beloved female divers. She doesn't like soju, constantly misses cultural references, and despite her love of the game, people still say that she doesn't play Hwatu like a Korean. Ocean's also persona non grata at the Alliance, Korea's solar system-dominating space agency, since a mission went awry and she earned a reputation for being a little...
10) Toll of honor
Author
Publisher
Baen Publishing Enterprises
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
""It is our duty to pay for our liberty with our own blood. The freedom that we shall win through our sacrifice and exertions, we shall be able to preserve with our own strength." -Subhas Chandra Bose. Lieutenant Brandy Bolgeo has come home from the Battle of Hancock station wounded in both body and spirit. She will need months to regenerate her lost leg, but how long will it take to heal her heart? She's come home to find that her wounds, her ship's...
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The boy was raised as one of the Chained, condemned to toil in the bowels of a mining ship out among the stars. His whole world changes -- literally -- when he is yanked "upstairs" and informed he has been given an opportunity to be educated at the ship's university alongside the elite. Overwhelmed and alone, the boy forms a bond with the woman he comes to know as "the professor," a weary idealist and descendent of the Chained who has spent her career...
Author
Publisher
Tachyon Publications LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Zenya was a teenager when she ran away from home to join the Mecha God's warrior sect. She was determined to earn her copper wings and protect the people and city she loved. Under the strict tutelage of a mercurial, charismatic leader, Zenya became Winged Zemolai. But after twenty-six years of service, Zemolai is disillusioned with her role as an enforcer in an increasingly fascist state. After one tragic act of mercy, she is cast out and loses everything...
14) Mal goes to war
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and augmented Federals and the puritanical Humanists about as interesting as a battle between rival anthills. He's not above scouting the battlefield for salvage, though, and when the Humanists abruptly cut off access to infospace he finds himself trapped in the body of a cyborg mercenary, and responsible for the safety of the modded girl she died protecting....
15) Dragon rider
Author
Series
Soulbound saga volume 1
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Jai lives as a royal hostage in the Sabine Court -- ever since his father Rohan, leader of the Steppefolk, led a failed rebellion and was executed by the very emperor Jai now serves. When the emperor's son and heir is betrothed to Princess Erica of the neighboring Dansk Kingdom, she brings with her a dowry: dragons. Endemic to the northern nation, these powerful beasts come in several forms, but mystery surrounds them. Only Dansk royalty know the...
16) Guardian
Author
Series
Children of the Consortium volume 3
Publisher
Enclave Publishing, an imprint of Oasis Family Media
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Labeled an aberration by the Consortium, the Recorder is not yet free. Time is running out as an engineered bioweapon wreaks havoc on friend and foe alike. Stopping both the biological agent and the people who created it is no easy task, especially since the Recorder and her friends are trapped on a research station infested with behemoth insects. Without Consortium technology, the probability of neutralizing the threat falls to nothing. In order...
Author
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The Jedi have always traveled the stars, defending peace and justice across the galaxy. But the galaxy is changing, and the Jedi Order along with it. More and more, the Order finds itself focused on the future of the Republic, secluded on Coruscant, where the twelve members of the Jedi Council weigh crises on a galactic scale. As yet another Jedi Outpost left over from the Republic's golden age is set to be decommissioned on the planet Kwenn, Qui-Gon...
19) Calypso
Author
Publisher
Titan books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Rochelle wakes from cryostasis to take up her role as engineer on the colony ark, Calypso. But she finds the ship has transformed into a forest, populated by the original crew's descendants, who revere her like a saint. She travels the ship with the Calypso's creator, the enigmatic Sigmund, and Catherine, a bioengineered marvel who can commune with the plants, uncovering a new history of humanity forged while she slept. She discovers a legacy of...
Author
Publisher
Tachyon
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When her ex-girlfriend Kay is murdered and everyone in her old commune is a suspect, Dora, while investigating, discovers Kay's death is one of several terrible incidents and is drawn into a twisted conspiracy while trying to stop a potential war between two nefarious companies.
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