John Scalzi
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"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 next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on. What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017
Formats
Description
"Our universe is ruled by physics. 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...
Author
Series
Old Man's War universe volume 6
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
380 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Colonial Defense Forces Lieutenant Harry Wilson investigates a series of alien attacks that are threatening Earth's survivors and an increasingly under-sourced Colonial Union.
4) Fuzzy nation
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
301 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Jack Holloway, prospecting on Zara XXIII for ZaraCorp, finds an immensely valuable stream of sunstone. But when he forwards footage of the planet's catlike, native "fuzzies" to a biologist friend--who believes the "fuzzies" are sentient--hired company thugs, murder, and arson soon follow to protect ZaraCorp's mining interests.
5) Head on
Author
Series
Lock in novels volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
335 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. The main goal of the game: obtain your opponent's head and carry it through the goalposts. With flesh and bone bodies, a sport like this would be impossible. But all the players are "threeps," robot-like bodies controlled by people with Haden's Syndrome, so anything goes. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it..."--Amazon.com....
Author
Series
Old Man's War universe volume 5
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
431 p.
Description
B Team leader Lieutenant Harry Wilson counters hostile alien forces, angry humans and unpredictable elements from the universe in order to protect the interests of the Colonial Union.