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81) Pariah
Author
Series
Donovan novels volume 3
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Corporate assassin Tamarland Benteen's last hope is the survey ship Vixen. With a load of scientists aboard under the supervision of Dr. Dortmund Weisbacher, Vixen is tasked with the first comprehensive survey of the newly discovered planet called Donovan. Given that back in Solar System, Boardmember Radcek would have Benteen's brain dissected, he's particularly motivated to make his escape.The transition that should have taken Vixen years is instantaneous....
82) Unreconciled
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Where does one put a messianic cult of practicing cannibals? That becomes the question when Ashanti appears in Donovan's skies. She was designed for no more than four years in space. It's taken ten. The crew has sealed the transportees onto a single deck--and over the years, the few survivors down there have become monsters. Lead by the messiah, Batuhan, they call themselves the Unreconciled. Supervisor Kalico Aguila settles them at remote Tyson...
Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Murderbot Diaries makes first contact in this new, futuristic, standalone novel exploring sentience and artificial intelligence through the lenses of conflicted robot hero Unit Four, from Marina Lostetter, critically acclaimed author of Noumenon, Noumenon Infinity, and Noumenon Ultra. When Unit Four -- a biological soft robot built and stored high above the Jovian atmosphere -- is activated for the first time, it's in crisis mode. Aliens are...
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The origin of Space Boy revealed! Oliver is faced with the choice that will drive the course for the rest of his life, as the young boy needs to learn to cope with the new world around him. On top of that, the saga of the Arno and the mysterious Artifact continues, and the people on Earth struggle to find answers."--Back cover
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Amy settles into her new routine of exercise, work, and chatting with Oliver, trying to put the specter of homecoming behind her. But life in the FCP is anything but boring, as she and Qiana begin unravelling the conspiracy within the agency, one which takes them all the way to the office of the Director himself! Meanwhile in Kokomo, Cassie, Tammie, and Schafer begin their own investigation into Amy's disappearance, and far out in space, Oliver has...
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Unravel the conspiracy at the heart of the FCP in the latest volume of Stephen McCranie's Space Boy! In the aftermath of the Homecoming dance, the students of South Pine are left reeling from the disappearance of one of their friends. As Zeph, Cassie, and David struggle to make sense of the tragedy, Amy begins to adjust to her new life in the FCP, finding unexpected allies as she tries to uncover more about the shadowy organization, and what its...
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...
88) Alliance rising
Author
Series
Foreigner universe. Sixth foreigner sequence volume 1
DAW book collectors volume no. 1811
Hinder stars volume 1
DAW book collectors volume no. 1811
Hinder stars volume 1
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"For years, the stations of the Hinder Stars, those old stations closest to Sol, have lagged behind the great megastations of the Beyond, like Pell and Cyteen. But new opportunities and fears arise when Alpha station receives news of an incoming ship with no identification. The denizens of Alpha wait anxiously for news about the outsiders, each with their own suspicions about the ship and its origins. Ross and Fallon, crew members of the Galway, believe...
Author
Publisher
Vernacular Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Ki is a petty thief. Her best friend wills her his solo-flyer?call it a space motorcycle: temperamental, fast as hell, and expensive to maintain. Any reasonable person would sell it to get off the street, but Ki isn?t reasonable. Margot is a military vet at loose ends. She blows her entire back pay on a solo-flyer, a decision she instantly regrets but can?t bring herself to undo. Margot meets Ki and thinks she?s the sympathetic friend she needs when...
Series
Dai dark volume 2
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone in space wants Zaha Sanko dead, thanks to the legend that whoever claims his bones will obtain their heart's desire. Being public enemy number one makes life pretty hard for a young guy like Sanko, but so far he's been the one doing the bone collecting. Sanko and his skeletal buddy Avakian break in their brand new ship, cruising the spacelanes in a galaxy full of bizarre customers. One of them is Hajime Damemaru, a self-described "normal...
Author
Series
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Yesterday, the Star Kingdom of Manticore was a small, unimportant interstellar backwater. A quiet little star nation, only recently recovered from the devastating blow of the Plague Years. More affluent than some, perhaps, but with little to attract trade or interstellar commerce, it had little need for a navy... and even less interest in paying for one. But Manticore has now become a target. The Star Kingdom isn't certain who is attacking it, or...
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"During the day, she and Qiana continue to delve deeper into the mystery of Aleksander Lesnik, until a chance conversation with Dr. Kim leads Amy to a terrible realization. Back in Kokomo, Amy's friends continue their search for answers and encounter a group of truth seekers whose leader is dangerously close to uncovering Oliver's secret. And deep in space, Oliver rockets ever closer to his goal, but if he's so far out in the void, will Amy be enough...
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Where is Amy? The students of South Pines Academy search desperately for clues, trying to unravel the mystery of what happened on homecoming night. Stuck at the First Contact Project facility, Amy and Qiana begin to pull at the threads of a conspiracy that goes all the way to the top of the FCP. Meanwhile, deep in space, Oliver must come to terms with his new feelings for Amy, and what that may mean for the two of them, and the entirety of the project...
94) Arca
Author
Publisher
IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The world burned. But the rich and powerful...they had a plan. When society fell apart, a select group of billionaires had an escape hatch: a rocket aimed at the nearest habitable planet, a ship equipped with many of the luxuries of life on Earth--why survive if you can't survive in style? Their every need is tended to by teenagers who are willing to act as slaves in return for the promise of a new life. This is a good story. But, like so many stories,...
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....
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...
97) Break out
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Mysterious and massive cube spaceships from another dimension materialize over our cities around the globe. They routinely abduct teenagers to be held inside their floating prison ships. And the world accepts it as inevitable. But not Liam Watts. His younger brother has been taken. And Liam is tired of "thoughts and prayers". Now, in a "take back our future" anthem, Liam must assemble a skilled team of ordinary high school students and in just a...
98) Supernova
Author
Series
(Caitlin A.).Lightless trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"C. A. Higgins's acclaimed novel Lightless fused suspenseful storytelling, high-caliber scientific speculation, and richly developed characters into a stunning science fiction epic. Now the dazzling Supernova heightens the thrills and deepens the haunting exploration of technology and humanity--and the consequences that await when the two intersect. Once Ananke was an experimental military spacecraft. But a rogue computer virus transformed it--her--into...
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-First Century Science Fiction" is an enormous anthology of short stories--close to 250,000 words--edited by two of the most prestigious and award-winning editors in the SF field and featuring recent stories from some of science fiction's greatest ...
100) Dinosaur rocket!
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A group of adventurous dinosaurs blast off on a journey into outer space to explore the Moon.
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