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Series
Expanse volume 1
Description
When Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. Attacked by a stealth ship belonging to the Mars fleet, Holden must find a way to uncover the motives behind the attack, stop a war and find the truth behind a vast conspiracy that threatens the entire human race.
Author
Description
H.G. Wells' "scientific romance," published first in serial form and then as a book in 1898, attained perhaps its greatest fame in another form, the infamous realistic 1939 radio broadcast "Invasion from Mars" by Orson Welles. It was also made into an early 1950s science fiction adventure movie. Stover (emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology) describes Wells' story as "a prophecy of startling originality foreseeing the coming of totalitarianism...
3) Redshirts
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
317 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Enjoying his assignment with the xenobiology lab on board the prestigious Intrepid, ensign Andrew Dahl worries about casualties suffered by low-ranking officers during away missions before making a shocking discovery about the starship's actual purpose.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
399 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Traces the events of the First Formic War a century before the events of Ender's Game, following the unsuccessful attempt of Victor Delgado to warn skeptical Earth governments of an imminent alien invasion and the efforts of Mazer Rackham and the Mobile Operations Police to meet unprecedented threats.
6) Citadel
Author
Series
Troy rising volume 2
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
8, 389 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Earth has managed to recapture the Sol system from their Horvath conquerors and begin entering the galactic milieu. But when the Rangora Empire rapidly crushes humanity's only ally it becomes clear the war is just beginning, and Troy (a two trillion ton nickel-iron battle station) is humanity's best hope of survival.
Author
Series
Safehold series volume 8
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
784 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
Centuries ago, the human race fought its first great war against an alien race, and lost. A tiny population of human beings fled to distant Safehold. Centuries later, their descendants have forgotten their history; for them, life has been an eternal Middle Ages, ruled by the Church of God Awaiting, whose secret purpose is to prevent the re-emergence of industrial civilization. But not all of Safehold's founders were on board with this plan. Those...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
395 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
A latest entry in the Ender's Game prequel series that includes Earth Afire follows an invasion of terraforming aliens on Earth, which is complicated by politics and power struggles until a small band of humans organize a desperate defense.
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Series
Forever series (Joe W. Haldeman) volume 1
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Description
Drafted into the ranks of Earth's interstellar warriors, private William Mandella finds his fight against the Taurans secondary to the side-effects of faster-than-light space travel, which affects the rate at which he ages.
11) Bolo strike
Author
Series
Bolos volume 10
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
338 p. ; 25 cm.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (22 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The heroes of the Rebel Alliance including heroic Luke Skywalker, swaggering Han Solo and steadfast Princess Leia have no time to celebrate their victory over the Empire as a new Imperial threat arises. But as Jedi-in-training Luke embarks on this next mission, he discovers that his celebrity status as a 'Death-Star-Blower-Upper' can be a double-edged lightsaber when he's constantly mobbed by crazed fans. So much for secret missions!
13) When duty calls
Author
Series
Legion of the damned volume 8
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
356 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
As Captain Antonio Santana and his crew of biobods and cyborgs confront overwhelming odds in the war with the Ramanthian, his true love, diplomat Christine Vanderveen must deal with growing shortages of supplies, treacherous allies, emotional upheaval, and the charismatic new president of the Clone Republic.
Author
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
408 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"The Emperor is dead. His final weapon has been destroyed. The Imperial Army is in disarray. In the aftermath, Yrica Quell is just one of thousands of defectors from her former cause living in a deserters' shantytown-until she is selected to join Alphabet Squadron. Cobbled together from an eclectic assortment of pilots and starfighters, the five members of Alphabet are tasked by New Republic general Hera Syndulla herself. Like Yrica, each is a talented...
Author
Series
Star wars novels. Force unleashed volume 1
Publisher
Ballantine Books/Del Rey
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
319 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Set between Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope, an action-packed official novel based on the release of the new Star Wars video game follows Darth Vader as he embarks on a quest to rid the galaxy of the Jedi and confronts life-altering decisions that could change everything.
16) The fallen star
Author
Description
In this sequel to "Star Wars: The Rising Storm," Marchion Ro, the true mastermind of the Nihil, prepares his most daring attack yet--one designed to snuff out the light of the Jedi.
17) Abaddon's Gate
Author
Series
Expanse volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2013.
Formats
Description
An alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark. Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artifact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core.
18) Providence
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Gilly, Talia, Anders, and Jackson are astronauts captaining a new and supposedly indestructible ship in humanity's war against an alien race. Confined to the ship for years, each of them holding their own secrets, they are about to learn there are threats beyond the reach of human ingenuity--and that the true nature of reality might be the universe's greatest mystery. In this near future, our world is at war with another, and humanity is haunted...
20) Lance's story
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"Details Lance's adventures from his childhood in Cuba and his days as a pilot at Galaxy Garrison to how he became a Paladin of Voltron."--Worldcat.org.
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