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21) Sylo
Author
Series
SYLO chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
"They came from the sky parachuting out of military helicopters to invade Tucker Pierce's idyllic hometown on Pemberwick Island, Maine. They call themselves SYLO and they are a secret branch of the U.S. Navy. SYLO's commander, Captain Granger, informs Pemberwick residents that the island has been hit by a lethal virus and must be quarantined. Now Pemberwick is cut off from the outside world. Tucker believes there's more to SYLO's story. He was on...
22) Mississippi roll
Series
Wild cards volume 24
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
After the suspicious death of a crew member on the historical steamboat Natchez, retired NY police detective Leo Storgman seeks to discover the ship's secrets, including the truth behind ghostly sightings of its first captain.
23) Night fall
Author
Series
Quantico files volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When authorities contact the FBI about bodies found on freight trains-all killed the same way-Alex Donavan is forced to confront her troubled past when she recognizes the graffiti messages the killer is leaving behind. In a race against time, Alex must decide how far she will go-and what she is willing to risk-to put a stop to the Train Killer"--
Author
Series
Earthbound volume 2
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Fallen goddess Tavia Michaels must use her growing powers to stop a virus from wiping the Earth away, all while deciding to be with either her eternal lover, Logan, or her former best friend, Benson.
Tavia Michaels will again have to make a choice about who to be with even as she tries to stop the virus that is destroying the world and uncover the truth about the two Earthbound organizations that have her tangled up in their webs.
Author
Publisher
Lanternfish Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Jude and Lyle's newlywed life is shattered when a vicious attack leaves Lyle infected with a disease that transforms him into a violent and often incomprehensible person. With no cure for the "zombie" virus in sight, the young husbands begin to face the last months they have together before Lyle loses himself completely. Fond remembrances of young love meet the challenges of navigating a partner's terminal illness in this bittersweet tale that explores...
26) Snow crash
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the future the only relief from the sea of logos is the computer-generated universe of virtual reality. Now a strange computer virus, called Snow Crash, is striking down hackers, leaving an unlikely young man as humankind's last hope.
Author
Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of a highly contagious virus, California is under quarantine. Sequestered in high rise towers, the living can't go out, but the dead can come in--and they come in all forms, from sad rolling cans to manufactured bodies that can pass for human. Wealthy participants in the 'companionship' program choose to upload their consciousness before dying, so they can stay in the custody of their families. The less fortunate are rented out to strangers...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
After a deadly Fly Flu spreads throughout the world, survivors Nico, her dog, young artist Kit, and the mysterious Deliverer roam the earth, seeking to evade the Flies and find a place where life and love can thrive again.
When a deadly Fly Flu sweeps the globe, it leaves a shell of the world that once was. Among the survivors are Nico and her dog, on a voyage devised by Nico's father to find a mythical portal; a young artist named Kit, raised in...
29) Burrowed
Author
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the distant future, a genetic plague has separated humanity in two - Subterraneans who live in underground burrows to protect their health, and strong surface-dwelling Omniterraneans. Zuzan Cayan, a brilliant Subter girl with "light blindness," is about to leave the safety of her burrow and earn a living. With her low life expectancy, however, her options are slim. That is until she's offered the chance of a lifetime to study the population's broken...
30) Salvation day
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A lethal virus is awoken on an abandoned spaceship in this incredibly fast-paced, claustrophobic thriller. They thought the ship would be their salvation. Zahra knew every detail of the plan. House of Wisdom, a massive exploration vessel, had been abandoned by the government of Earth a decade earlier, when a deadly virus broke out and killed everyone on board in a matter of hours. But now it could belong to her people if they were bold enough to...
31) Medusa
Author
Series
NUMA files volume 8
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
p2009
Language
English
Description
Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos present the eighth NUMA File novel. Kurt Austin and his National Underwater and Marine Agency Special Projects team return, squaring off with the elusive and dangerous Pyramid Triad organization of China in a race to acquire the antidote for a bizarre pandemic viral disease. The Triad wants the virus and the cure in order to hold the world hostage; only NUMA stands in the way of its apocalyptic machination.
Author
Series
Mass Effect. Andromeda volume 3
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The Quarian ark Keelah Si'yah sails toward the Andromeda galaxy, carrying 20,000 colonists from sundry races including the drell, the elcor, and the batarians. Thirty years from their destination, a routine check reveals drell lying dead in their pods, and a deadly pathogen on board. Soon, the disease is jumping species, and it quickly becomes clear that this is no accident. It's murder, and the perpetrator is still on board. The ship's systems rapidly...
Author
Series
Tox files volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When an archaeological dig unleashes a centuries-old virus, paramilitary operative Cole 'Tox' Russell is forced back into action. As his team races to stop a pandemic, a secret society counters their every move"--
34) Monster mayhem
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"It{u2019}s Halloween night in Gotham City, and the streets are full of monsters{u2014}real ones! Batman is battling a crime spree being carried out by the spookiest villains in town{u2014}Scarecrow, Clayface, Solomon Grundy, and Silver Banshee{u2014}who are all secretly working for the Joker. The evil mastermind wants to unleash a computer virus that will make all technology cackle and obey his every command! The Joker thinks he{u2019}s in for a...
Author
Publisher
Push
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When Victor finds himself getting tested for HIV for the first time, he can't help but question his entire relationship with Henrique, the guy he has-had-been dating. See, Henrique didn't disclose his positive HIV status to Victor until after they had sex, and even though Henrique insisted on using every possible precaution, Victor is livid. That's when Victor meets Ian, a guy who's also getting tested for HIV. But Ian's test comes back positive,...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In 1990 New York City, eighteen-year-olds Adam and Ben learn to navigate life, love, and loss as gay teens during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
New York City, 1990. Film fanatic Adam is seventeen and on his first date, quickly falling in love with Callum like the movies always promised. Fashion-obsessed Ben is eighteen and has just left his home upstate after his mother discovers his hidden stash of gay magazines. When Callum disappears, it...
Author
Publisher
B
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
In this riveting medical thriller--from the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author--Dr. Henry Parsons, an unlikely but appealing hero, races to find the origins and cure of a mysterious new killer virus as it brings the world to its knees.
Un thriller medico escrito antes de la pandemia sobre la llegada de un virus letal que arrasa con la población mundial, de la mano del ganador del Premio Pulitzer, Lawrence Wright. Cuando el epidemiólogo...
Author
Series
WMD files volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"To effectively combat the rise of global terrorism, the U.S. military must now rely on more than traditional weapons and tactics. Don Riley of the U.S. Cyber Command is given charge of a brand new effort: a new team in the CIA Operations Directorate called Emerging Threats. To establish this team he recruits three talented recent commissioned naval officers - Janet Everett, Michael Goodwin, and Andrea Ramirez - and together they uncover a new terrorist...
39) Erectus
Author
Publisher
Fantacsy/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
En Richards Bay, Sudáfrica, es el impacto: la humanidad comienza a retroceder. Un hombre se ha metamorfoseado. Tiene mandíbulas prominentes, está cubierto de pelo, no habla. Pronto, en Nueva York, París, Ginebra, los Homo erectus aparecen en manadas, confusos, impredecibles, sembrando el pánico en la población. ¿Qué virus es? ¿Qué hay detrás de esta terrible epidemia? Una científica francesa, Anna Meunier, se embarca en una carrera contrarreloj...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The residents of Garrett Island are part of a visionary experiment. Their cars have been sent to the mainland and now, for one month, they've got self-driving vehicles called Arrivals. With a simple voice command, an Arrival will take you wherever you want to go, and because these cars are networked and aware of each other, road mishaps are a thing of the past. As the world's press arrives for a glimpse of this driverless future, islander and single...
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