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1) Dune
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The saga of intergalactic warrior, Paul Atreides, and his messianic rise to leadership. Paul goes to the mysterious desert planet, Arrakis, also known as Dune, where he must face the ultimate tests of his power.
Author
Series
Dune novels. Main series volume 8
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Description
A ship of escaped refugees uses genetic technology to revive talented figures from the world's past in order to safeguard their survival, including Paul Maud'Dib and Lady Jessica.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi's first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy. When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls "an animal rights organization." Tom's team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their...
5) Red moon
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"It is twenty-five years since China established the first colony on the moon, and the lives of three people are about to collide. American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip there, his purpose to install a communications system for China's Lunar Science Foundation. But hours after his arrival he witnesses a murder and is forced into hiding. It is also the first visit to the moon for celebrity travel reporter Ta Shu. He has contacts and influence,...
Author
Series
Teixcalaan novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options. In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders, the fleet captain has sent for a diplomatic envoy. Now Mahit Dzmare and Three Seagrass - still reeling from the recent upheaval in the Empire - face the impossible task of trying to communicate with a hostile entity....
Author
Series
Homecoming saga volume 2
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
©1993
Language
English
Description
As Harmony's Oversoul (a sentient computer) grows weaker, a great warrior has arisen to challenge its bans. His name is Moozh, and he has won control of an army using forbidden technology. Now he is aiming his soldiers at the city of Basilica, that strong fortress above the Plain. Wetchik and his sons are not strong enough to stop this army, but meanwhile, inspired by a dream from the Oversoul, Wetchik's family prepares to return to Earth.
8) Dune messiah
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Series
Language
English
Description
Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles--the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All TimeDune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known--and feared--as the man christened Muad'Dib. As Emperor of the Known Universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremens, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne--and...
Author
Series
Interdependency novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Faster than light travel is impossible--until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available at certain points in space-time, which can take us to other planets around other stars. Riding The Flow, humanity spreads to innumerable other worlds. Earth is forgotten. A new empire arises, the Interdependency, based on the doctrine that no one human outpost can survive without the others. It's a hedge against interstellar war--and, for the...
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Series
Language
English
Description
On Batuu, at the edges of the Unknown Regions, a threat to the Empire is taking root. It is troubling enough to warrant investigation by ruthless enforcer Lord Darth Vader and brilliant strategist Grand Admiral Thrawn. Fierce rivals for the emperor's favor, the formidable pair seem unlikely partners. Now they find themselves bound again for the planet where they once fought side by side. There they will be doubly challenged-- by a test of their allegiance...
Author
Series
Foundation series volume 7
Language
English
Description
The fifth novel in Isaac Asimov’s classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series
THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION
Golan Trevize, former Councilman of the First Foundation, has chosen the future, and it is Gaia. A superorganism, Gaia is a holistic planet with a common consciousness so intensely united that every dewdrop, every pebble, every being, can speak for all—and...
THE EPIC SAGA THAT INSPIRED THE APPLE TV+ SERIES FOUNDATION
Golan Trevize, former Councilman of the First Foundation, has chosen the future, and it is Gaia. A superorganism, Gaia is a holistic planet with a common consciousness so intensely united that every dewdrop, every pebble, every being, can speak for all—and...
12) Phoresis
Author
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
As the conditions necessary to sustain life on Tvíbura grow erratic, the populace attempts two monumental undertakings that will span generations: rejuvenating the ecosphere and building a literal bridge to Tvíbura's uninhabited twin planet, Tvíburi.
13) Xenocide
Author
Series
Ender Wiggin volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
The Starways Congress decides that the deadly virus on Lusitania must be wiped out and sends a fleet to destroy it. After the fleet disappears, Gloriously Bright, the most brilliant mind in a world of people bred for superintelligence, is selected to solve the mystery.
15) Embassytown
Author
Language
English
Description
Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist on a distant planet populated by the Ariekei, sentient beings famed for their unique language, returns to Embassytown after many years of deep space exploration to find she has become a living simile in the Ariekei language even though she cannot speak it, and she is torn by competing loyalties when hostilities erupt between humans and aliens.
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
To avoid an interstellar incident, ex-cop and hacker Harry Creek searches for a rare type of sheep to be used in an alien race's coronation ceremony, following a trail that leads to pet store owner Robin Baker, whose genes contain traces of the sheep DNA.
17) Crown of slaves
Author
Series
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
With its ally Erewhon growing restive, the Star Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth sends a mission to Erewhon, but upon arriving at their destination, they find a conspiracy led by the Solarian League's military delegation.
19) House of suns
Author
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones, which she called shatterlings. She sent them out into the galaxy to observe and document the rise and fall of countless human empires. Now someone is eliminating them.--From publisher description.
20) March to the sea
Author
Series
Prince Roger MacClintock series volume 2
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
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