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Author
Series
Books of the elements volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When a great creature seems to rise from the sea to devastate the city during Senator Gaius Alphenus Saxa's lavish theatrical event, the crowd is delighted. A few in the audience, although not Saxa, understand that this was not mere stagecraft, but something much darker and more dangerous.
42) World after
Author
Series
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
©2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Penryn's search for her kidnapped sister, Paige, leads her into the heart of the angels' secret plans, while Raffe must choose between reclaiming his wings -- and his role as the angels' leader -- or helping Penryn survive.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
As the bombs of the Blitz rain down on Britain, one young girl is evacuated to the countryside. She is struggling to make sense of her new wartime life. Then she is given a copy of Asgard and the Gods -- a book of ancient Norse myths -- and her inner and outer worlds are transformed.
Author
Series
Order of the Sanguines volume 2
Language
English
Description
An attack outside Stanford University thrusts archaeologist Erin Granger back into the fold of the Sanguines, an ancient Vatican order who seek the answers to a mystery found within the pages of a gospel written in Christ's own blood. As the threat of Armageddon looms, she must join forces with an ancient evil to halt the plans of a man determined to see the world end, a man known simply as Iscariot.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Sid lives in a tourist town where magic lies buried beneath the earth, but other than that, has a completely ordinary existence, until one day her brother goes missing and the ground opens up, unleashing the magic and zombies within.
Author
Series
Black tide rising (John Ringo) volume 2
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
"With human civilization annihilated by a biological zombie plague, a rag tag fleet of yachts and freighters known as Wolf Squadron scours the Atlantic, searching for survivors. Within every abandoned liner and carrier lurks a potential horde of zombies but also holds the flickering hope of survivors. Now Wolf Squadron must clear the assault carrier USS Iwo Jima of infected before the trapped Marines and sailors succumb to starvation"--Provided by...
Author
Series
Another Coop heist volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Reminiscent of the edgy, offbeat humor of Chris Moore and Matt Ruff, the first entry in a whimsical, fast-paced supernatural series from the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim novels--a dark and humorous story involving a doomsday gizmo, a horde of baddies determined to possess its power, and a clever thief who must steal it back. again and again. 2000 B.C. A beautiful, ambitious angel stands on a mountaintop, surveying the world...
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old American, Wren, is stranded in England when news of an impending world-ending comet causes global chaos, but when she meets a runaway prince with an agenda of his own, she realizes he might be her only chance of getting home in time to say goodbye.
49) 14
Author
Publisher
Permuted Platinum
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
There are some odd things about Nate's new apartment. Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the future. So while his new home isn't perfect, it's livable. Every room in this old brownstone has a mystery or two. Mysteries that stretch back over a hundred years. And all together these mysteries could mean the end of Nate and his friends. Or the end of everything.
50) Unity
Author
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Danae is not only herself. She is concealing a connection to a grieving collective inside of her body. But while she labors as a tech servant in the dangerous underwater enclave of Bloom City, her fractured self cannot mend. In a desperate escape, Danae and her lover Naoto hire the enigmatic ex-mercenary Alexei to guide them out of the imploding city. But for Danae to reunify, the three new fugitives will have to flee across the otherworldly beauty...
51) Alterant
Author
Series
Belador volume 2
Publisher
Pocket Star Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"The way Evalle Kincaid sees it, saving mankind from total destruction should have cleared her name. But when words uttered in the heat of combat are twisted against her, she's blamed for the prison break of three dangerous Alternants. She has one chance to clear the cloud of suspicion hanging over her...for good. All she has to do is recapture the escapees."--P. [4] of cover.
52) Red Hill
Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
"When the world ends, can love survive? For Scarlet, raising her two daughters alone makes fighting for tomorrow an everyday battle. Nathan has a wife, but can't remember what it's like to be in love; only his young daughter Zoe makes coming home worthwhile. Miranda's biggest concern is whether her new VW Bug is big enough to carry her sister and their boyfriends on a weekend escape from college finals. When reports of a widespread, deadly 'outbreak'...
53) The eternal ones
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In her quest to confront the gods and save a crumbling empire, Deka must find the source of her divinity before her mortal body deteriorates, leading her and her friends to a new realm that unveils a heart-wrenching choice: become a god and lose her loved ones, or trigger the world's destruction.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Every dog has his day, and for Lineker, a happy go lucky mongrel from London, the day his city falls is finally a chance for adventure. Too bad his master Reg plans to hide himself away from the riots outside. But when an abandoned child shows up looking for help, Reg and his trusty hound must brave the chaos in a journey that will prove not just the importance of bravery, but of loyalty, trust, and finding family in the unlikeliest of places. When...
55) The seventh sun
Author
Series
Age of the seventh sun volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Thrust into leadership upon the death of his emperor father, young Prince Ahkin feels completely unready for his new position. Though his royal blood controls the power of the sun, he's now responsible for the lives of all the Chicome people. And despite all of Ahkin's efforts, the sun is fading -- and the end of the world may be at hand. For Mayana, the only daughter of the Chicome family whose blood controls the power of water, the old emperor's...
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press, Triangle Square Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
James, a senior in high school, channels his energy into aiding a struggling LGBTQ+ youth support group and going to punk shows with his friends, until he falls for Orsino, a telepathic trans boy whose visions of impending doom challenge James's limited perception of what is possible.
57) Supernova era
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Eight light years away, a star has died, creating a supernova event that showers Earth in deadly levels of radiation. Within a year, everyone over the age of thirteen will die. And so the countdown begins. Parents apprentice their children and try to pass on the knowledge needed to keep the world running. But when the world is theirs, the last generation may not want to continue the legacy left to them. And in shaping the future however they want,...
Author
Series
Seven wonders volume 5
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"The Select set off on a final, epic adventure to the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Lighthouse of Alexandria in order to unearth the last missing Loculi...It's a race against the end of times in the thrilling conclusion of the New York Times bestselling Seven wonders series from master storyteller Peter Lerangis" (Book jacket).
Author
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Fressa is found dead, their whole Viking clan mourns-- but her sister Lena is devastated. She cannot rest until she knows exactly what killed Fressa and why -- and how to bring her back. She strikes a dark deal with Hela, the Norse goddess of death, and begins a new double life to save her sister. As she dredges up dangerous discoveries about her own family, Lena finds herself in the middle of a devastating plan to spur Ragnarök-- total world...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The sun has disappeared from the sky. No one can explain where it has gone, but one wayward traveler is determined to try. As our unnamed narrator begins his odyssey across the parched landscapes of the American Southwest, he is drawn into a web of illusion and mystery, a shifting astral mindscape that shimmers with the aftermath of loss--and the promise of redemption. Oh God, the Sun Goes is a hallucinatory and deadpan picaresque that suddenly swerves...
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