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Author
Series
Vatta's war volume 2
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Growing up, Travis Uriah Long yearned for order and discipline in his life...two things his neglectful mother couldn't or wouldn't provide. So when Travis enlists in the Royal Manticoran Navy, he thought he'd finally found the structure he'd always wanted so desperately. But life in the RMN isn't exactly as expected. Boot camp is rough; his first ship assignment lax and disorderly; and with the Star Kingdom of Manticore still recovering from a devastating...
65) The Swarm
Author
Series
Second Formic War volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return to their Ender's Game prequel series with this first volume of an all-new trilogy about the Second Formic War in The Swarm. The first invasion of Earth was beaten back by a coalition of corporate and international military forces, and the Chinese army. China has been devastated by the Formic's initial efforts to eradicate Earth life forms and prepare the ground for their own settlement. The Scouring of China...
Series
Publisher
Phoenix International Publications
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Look and Find is everyone's favorite! Search busy scenes for colorful characters, and have hours of quiet fun. In each of the eight full-spread scenes based on the Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, children look for six to eight "find'ems. " The last spread of the book contains bonus find'ems for each scene. Look and Find helps children develop searching and matching skills, while keeping them engaged as they explore this exciting Star Wars episode....
68) Revenant gun
Author
Series
Machineries of empire volume 3
Publisher
Solaris, an imprint of Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Shuos Jedao is awake ... and nothing is as he remembers. He's a teenager, a cadet--a nobody--in the body of an old man; a general in command of an elite force. And he's the most feared, and reviled, man in the galaxy. Jedao carries orders from Hexarch Nirai Kujen to re-conquer the fractured pieces of the hexarchate. But he has no memory of ever being a soldier, let alone a general, and the Kel soldiers under his command hate him for a massacre he...
69) Cobra traitor
Author
Series
Cobra Rebellion volume 3
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"CONCLUSION TO THE COBRA REBELLION TRILOGY Cobras: technologically enhanced warriors bred to fight an alien menace no ordinary human can withstand. Once the Cobras fought the implacable alien invaders, the Trofts, to an uneasy stalemate. But in recent years they have faced an enemy more insidious, the oppressive regime known as the Dominion of Man. Now, the Cobra Worlds find themselves under the boot heels of the Dominion, forced into what amounts...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Frank Compton of Earth, aided by the enigmatic woman Bayta, has fought on the front lines, using every bit of his human ingenuity and secret agent skills to outwit the Modhri, a group intelligence that would control the minds of every sentient being it can touch.
72) Implacable
Author
Series
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary fears the greatest threat to humanity may be itself in this gripping continuation of the New York Times bestselling series. As far from explored space as any human has ever been, Geary and the Alliance fleet are on their own, protecting a diplomatic mission in territory belonging to an alien species with still unknown motives. His already complex and dangerous mission is further imperiled by deadly challenges from...
73) Command decision
Author
Series
Vatta's war volume 4
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Author
Series
Prince Roger MacClintock series volume 3
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Author
Series
Expanse volume 5
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The fifth novel in James S.A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series is now being produced for television by the SyFy Channel! A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land rush in human history has begun. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle. Ships are disappearing without a trace. Private armies are being secretly formed. The sole remaining protomolecule sample is...
76) Imperfect sword
Author
Series
The Lost Stars volume 3
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
" The wait is over. New York Times bestselling author Jack Campbell continues his action-packed spin-off to The Lost Fleet series as the Syndicate's civil war threatens to spread even farther into the final frontier ... President Gwen Iceni and General Artur Drakon have successfully liberated the Midway Star System-but the former rulers of the Syndicate Worlds won't surrender the region without a fight. The dictatorial regime has ordered the ex-Syndicate...
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Film novelizations volume 9
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An official novelization of the "Star Wars" film continues the epic adventures of Rey, Finn, Poe, and Luke Skywalker.
Author
Series
Wayfarers (Becky Chambers) volume 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Rosemary Harper doesn't expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some distance from her past. An introspective young woman who learned early to keep to herself, she's never met anyone remotely like the ship's diverse crew, including Sissix, the exotic reptilian pilot, chatty engineers Kizzy...
Author
Series
Halo series. Standalone novels volume 6
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Navy Lieutenant Jacob Keyes travels to a distant corner of the universe to investigate a colony of human rebels that has made an alliance with members of the Covenant, as the Spartan Gray Team and an Elite converge on the area.
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