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Shadow saga volume 1
Language
English
Description
Parallel story to Ender's game. An orphan named Bean is found on the streets of Amsterdam and taken to Battle School, where he becomes both friend and rival to Ender Wiggin.
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Formic Wars volume 1
Language
English
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Struggling with outdated systems and claim-jumping corporate interests in the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, a family on board the cramped mining ship El Cavador spots a rapidly approaching object moving toward the solar system that triggers a catastrophic war.
7) Cytonic
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Skyward volume 3
Language
English
Description
Fighter pilot Spensa Nightshade has been embroiled in an alien empire's war and now, to figure out what she really is, she must leave her world behind to enter the Nowhere, a mysterious realm from which those who enter rarely ever return.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
Description
A space voyager living her dream of exploring new worlds lands on a distant planet ripe for colonization before her discovery of a mysterious relic transforms her life and threatens the entire human race.
During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira Navárez finds an alien relic. At first delighted, her elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a...
9) Honor lost
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English
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Zara Cole may have finally met her match. Lifekiller--a creature that can devour entire planets--is spreading terror throughout the universe, and it seems nothing can stand in the monstrous god-king's way. Reeling from a series of battles, Zara and her wounded band of allies are going to need a strategy before they face Lifekiller again. Zara's street smarts may not be enough when their enemy could be anywhere, destroying civilizations and picking...
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English
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Ender Wiggin, the hero and scapegoat of mass alien destruction in Ender's Game, receives a chance at redemption in this novel. Ender, who proclaimed as a mistake his success in wiping out an alien race, wins the opportunity to cope better with a second race, discovered by Portuguese colonists on the planet Lusitania. Orson Scott Card infuses this long, ambitious tale with intellect by casting his characters in social, religious and cultural contexts....
12) Aurora's end
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Series
Aurora cycle volume 3
Language
English
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"When we last saw Squad 312, they were working together seamlessly (aka, freaking out) as an intergalactic battle raged and an ancient superweapon threatened to obliterate Earth. Everything went horribly wrong, naturally. But as it turns out, not all endings are endings, and the team has one last chance to rewrite theirs. Maybe two. It's complicated. Cue Zila, Fin, and Scarlett (and MAGELLAN!): making friends, making enemies, and making history? Sure,...
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Formic Wars volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Traces the events of the First Formic War, 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.
15) Zoe's tale
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Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
A seventeen-year-old colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world recounts how she became a pawn in a dangerous interstellar confrontation during which she was forced to use her wits and make terrible sacrifices in order to save the human race.
16) Thrawn
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Series
Star wars Thrawn volume 1
Language
English
Description
One of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of the Galactic Empire, Grand Admiral Thrawn is also one of the most captivating characters in the Star Wars universe. From his introduction in bestselling author Timothy Zahn's classic Heir to the Empire through his continuing adventures in Dark Force Rising, The Last Command, and beyond, Grand Admiral Thrawn has earned an iconic status among the greatest Star Wars villains. But Thrawn's...
18) Crossfire
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A diverse group of men and women, fleeing a troubled Earth, arrive on the planet Greentrees where they plan to start a colony under the leadership of Jake Holman, but they are dragged into war when they discover the planet is already inhabited by two alien races, the DNA-based humanoids known as the Furs, and their deadly enemies, the Vines, a race of sentient plants.
19) Xenocide
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Series
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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.
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Series
Star wars. Darth Bane volume 1
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
Millennia before the rise of Darth Vader and Darth Sidious, in an Old Republic marked by an ongoing struggle between the Sidi and Jedi, Darth Bane plots to bring down the Brotherhood of the Sith and to replace it with a more powerful order.
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