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61) Crossfire
Author
Series
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.
Author
Series
Vatta's war volume 3
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In the wake of a series of assassinations that have left her parents dead and their shipping empire in ruins, Kylara Vatta, the unorthodox renegade heir to Vatta Transport, Ltd., one of the galaxy's wealthiest merchant houses, sets out to avenge their death.
63) Out of the dark
Author
Series
Out of the dark volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
After an alien race called the Shongari virtually conquer Earth, Master Sergeant Stephen Buchevsky and the rest of the humans must forge an alliance with Earth's vampires, who, once the enemies of the humans, now are willing to make amends--to defend thehome planet they have in common.
Author
Series
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.
65) Mission of honor
Author
Series
Honor Harrington volume 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Star Kingdom of Manticore and the Republic of Haven have been enemies for Honor Harrington's entire life, but Honor has a plan that may finally bring an end to the Havenite Wars and give even the Solarian League pause. But there are forces in play that Honor knows nothing about ... and that could crush the very life out of the Star Kingdom.
Author
Series
Transformation volume 1
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After awakening one hundred years after his death at the hands of a haywire AI, Thorvald Spear vows revenge on the machine intelligence and marshalls Isobel Satomi, former criminal and part AI herself, to his cause.
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty
Pub. Date
c1985
Language
English
Description
A time-travel adventure by the bestselling author of the Well of Souls series. Agent Ron Moosic thought he had been assigned to be the security director for a nuclear power plant--but the plant is actually a cover for a top secret project sending observers back in time. Terrorists have managed to send two of their own back to change the past, and now Moosic is after them, not realizing that they are pawns in a deadly future game.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
An official novelization of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" follows a band of rebels on a daring mission to steal the Death Star plans.
As the shadows of the Empire loom across the galaxy, the Rebellion learns that an Imperial machine of unimaginable destructive power is nearing completion. If the worlds stand any chance, it lies with an unlikely band of allies: Jyn Erso, a resourceful young woman seeking vengeance; Cassian Andor, a war-weary rebel...
69) Damnation
Author
Series
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Ia's Damned boarding the Damnation to return to battle against their Salik foes, face a new threat when the Greys emerge after several centuries of silence.
71) Inferno
Author
Series
Star Wars legacy of the force volume 6
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
As civil war spreads throughout the galaxy, the Solo/Skywalker clan confronts its own challenges, as Jacen Solo, now a full Sith Lord, seizes control of the Galactic Alliance and Luke Skywalker must decide whether or not to support Jacen or to join the rebels.
72) Hardship
Author
Series
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
It began with a terrible vision of the future. Compelled by her precognitive abilities, Ia must somehow save her home galaxy long after shes gone.
73) Forge of heaven
Author
Series
The Gene Wars volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
When an Earth-born ship arrives at Concord Station, it disrupts the fragile peace which exists between many different cultures and species following the Gene Wars. As plot after plot unravels in this complex political world, one man may decide the fate of all.
75) The rising storm
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Republic continues to grow, bringing more world together under a single united banner. Under the leadership of Chancellor Lina Soh, the spirit of unity extends throughout the galaxy. The Republic Fair is intended to showcase the possibilities and the peace of the expanding Republic. But the Nihil, and their leader, Narchion Ro, are intent on destroying this unity. As the Jedi struggle to curb the carnage of the Nihil, they come face-to-face with...
76) Nemesis games
Author
Series
Expanse volume 5
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The fifth novel in James S.A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series now being produced for television by the SyFy Channel! A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land rush in human history has begun. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle. Ships are disappearing without a trace. Private armies are being secretly formed. The sole remaining protomolecule sample is stolen....
78) Mutineer
Author
Series
[Kris Longknife] volume 1
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Kris Longknife is a daughter of privilege, born to money and power. Her father is the Prime Minister of her home planet. Her mother the consummate politician's wife. She's been raised only to be beautiful and marry well. But the heritage of the military Longknifes courses through Kris's blood-and, against her parents' objections, she enlists in the marines.
79) Courageous
Author
Series
Lost fleet volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Badly damaged and low on supplies, the Alliance Fleet is raiding Syndic mines for raw materials-and Captain "Black Jack" Geary hopes they can continue to remain one step ahead of their enemies. But the Syndics are the least of Geary's worries when he learns of the existence of aliens with the power to annihilate the human race.
80) Shattered sky
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inhabitants of a planet taken over by a terrifying power flee their world, planning to conquer a new one, and only five powerful teenagers, possessed by shards of a shattered star, stand between them and Earth.
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