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1) Cat's cradle
Author
Language
English
Description
A young writer decides to interview the children of a scientist primarily responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb.
Author
Series
Broken earth volume 2
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Essun--once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger--has found shelter, but not her daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request. But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever. Far away, her daughter Nassun is growing in power--and her choices will break the world"--
10) Loki's wolves
Author
Series
Blackwell pages volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
Matt Thorsen is a direct descendent of the order-keeping god Thor, and his classmates Fen and Laurie Brekke are descendents of the trickster god Loki. When Ragnarok--the apocalypse--threatens, the human descendents of the gods must fight monsters to stop the end of the world.
11) Burn
Author
Series
Pure trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
Inside the Dome, Partridge, having taken his father's place as leader of the Pures, realizes that things are not as clear as he thought while outside, Pressia and Bradwell continue their efforts to heal the Wretches, unsure if they can still trust their friend Partridge.
12) Angelmaker
Author
Language
English
Description
Avoiding the lifestyle of his late gangster father by working as a clock repairman, Joe Spork fixes an unusual device that turns out to be a former secret agent's doomsday machine and incurs the wrath of the government and a diabolical South Asian dictator.
Author
Series
Bad guys volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A creature with tons of teeth and way too many butts is stealing the Bad Guys one by one.--Provided by Publisher.
14) The fifth season
Author
Series
Broken earth volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, masquerading as an ordinary schoolteacher in a quiet small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Mighty Sanze, the empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years, collapses as its greatest city is destroyed by a madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heartland of the world's sole continent,...
15) The storm
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the deadly rain continues to fall, Ruby is grateful to find some protection at an army camp, until she discovers a secret that she cannot keep.
Author
Language
English
Description
Told with P. D. James's trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, The Children of Men is a story of a world with no children and no future. The human race has become infertile, and the last generation to be born is now adult. Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then...
18) Children of time
Author
Series
Children of time volume 1
Language
English
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Description
The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home. Following their ancestors' star maps, they discovered the greatest treasure of a past age--a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilizations are on a collision course and...
Author
Series
Dragon Slayers' Academy volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alarmed by a prophecy that the world will end with the arrival of the year 1000, the students of Dragon Slayers' Academy get some advice from Zack, a boy who has traveled back from the year 1999.
20) The jade bones
Author
Series
Age of the seventh sun volume 2
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Four young people risk their lives to save the world from a looming apocalypse in this captivating sequel to The Seventh Sun. ... Based on ancient Mesoamerican legends and mythology, The Jade Bones is a compelling and romantic adventure that builds to a heart-stopping climax"--
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