Orem Library

In the future the only relief from the sea of logos is the computer-generated universe of virtual reality? But now a strange computer virus, called Snow Crash, is striking down hackers, leaving an unlikely young man as humankind's last hope.

Nicole Wakefield, ex-governor of the colony of humans on the spaceship Rama III, is in her cell awaiting death for treason. She opposed the colony's new rulers. But Richard, her husband whom she thought dead, sends robots to rescue her.

Darth Vader joins forces with a reptilian criminal underlord, Xizor, to do battle with familiar heroes and heroines from the Star Wars saga.

While humans and alien Zhirrzh prepare for galactic war, a handful of individuals from both sides learn that the reason was all a misunderstanding. Both were mistaken. To avoid extinction for both their races, this band becomes the focus of a subtle dangerous force that intends overall destruction.

Ned Henry is badly in need of a rest. He's been shuttling between the 21st century and the 1940s searching for a Victorian atrocity called the bishop's bird stump. It's part of a project to restore the famed Coventry Cathedral, destroyed in a Nazi air raid over a hundred years earlier. But then Verity Kindle, a fellow time traveler, inadvertently brings back something from the past. Now Ned must jump back to the Victorian era to help Verity put things...

On the planet Jijo six races have finally reached a modus vivendi after years of war. But peace does not last, the balance broken by the arrival of colonists who exploit old grudges for their own benefit. A study of different cultures.

In order to prevent the dragons from being used as pawns to rule the Realms, Elora Danan has slain them and made herself protector of two of their eggs.

"Han Solo's home planet erupts in war!"

The winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Connie Willis captures the timeless essence of generosity and goodwill in this magical collection if Christmas stories. These eight tales two of which have never before been published boldly reimagine the stories of Christmas while celebrating the power of love and compassion. This enchanting treasury includes: "Miracle," in which a young woman's carefully devised plans to find romance...

The time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age. She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others. Now her protector, Raul Endymion, one-time shepherd and convicted murderer, must help her deliver her startling message to her growing army of disciples. But first they must embark on a final spectacular mission to discover the...