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101) If tomorrow comes
Author
Series
Yesterday's kin volume 2
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ten years after the Aliens left Earth, humanity succeeds in building a ship, Friendship, to follow them home to Kindred. Aboard are a crew of scientists, diplomats, and a squad of Rangers to protect them. But when the Friendship arrives, they find nothing they expected. No interplanetary culture, no industrial base-and no cure for the spore disease. A timeslip in the apparently instantaneous travel between worlds has occurred and far more than ten...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
For the first time, all of the short fiction set in James S.A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series is available in this collection, including a brand new novella. Includes Drive; The Butcher of Anderson Station; The Churn; Gods of Risk; The Vital Abyss; Strange Dogs; Auberon; and The Sins of Our Fathers.
103) Poseidon's wake
Author
Series
Poseidon's children volume 3
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
""Few SF writers merge rousing adventure with advanced futuristic technology as skillfully as Alastair Reynolds" (Toronto Star), the award-winning author of On the Steel Breeze. In the conclusion of his Poseidon's Children saga, the Akinya family receives an invitation from across the stars--and a last opportunity to redeem their name ... Send Ndege ... The cryptic message originated seventy light-years away from the planet Crucible, where Ndege Akinya...
Author
Series
Starfire trilogy (Spencer Ellsworth) volume 2
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates/TOR
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Jaqi, Araskar and Z are on the run from everyone - the Resistance, the remnants of the Empire, the cyborg Suits, and right now from the Matakas - and the Matakas are the most pressing concern because the insectoid aliens have the drop on them. The Resistance has a big reward out for Araskar and the human children he and Jaqi are protecting. But Araskar has something to offer the mercenary aliens. He knows how to get to a huge supply of pure oxygen...
105) Starbreaker
Series
Publisher
Naperville, Illinois
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Captain Tess Bailey and rebel Shade Ganavan top the galaxy's Most Wanted list for more than one ruthless bounty hunter. With revolution in the wind and the universe on the brink of catastrophic war, their situation couldn't be more desperate. But that doesn't stop rebel leaders from sending them on another dangerous mission: a prison break that could alter worlds. The clock is ticking. As their attraction builds and secrets are revealed, Tess and...
106) Salvaged
Author
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
Rosalyn Devar is on the run from her famous family, the bioengineering job she's come to hate, and her messed-up life. She's run all the way to outer space, where she's taken a position as a "space janitor," cleaning up ill-fated research expeditions. But no matter how far she goes, Rosalyn can't escape herself. After too many mistakes on the job, she's given one last chance: take care of salvaging the Brigantine, a research vessel that has gone dark,...
107) Thunderbird
Author
Series
Ancient shores volume 2
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
The Nebula Award-winning author of the Alex Benedict novels and the Priscilla Hutchins novels returns to the world of Ancient Shores in a startling and majestic epic. A working stargate dating back more than ten thousand years has been discovered in North Dakota, on a Sioux reservation near Devils Lake. Travel through the gate currently leads to three equally mysterious destinations: (1) an apparently empty garden world, quickly dubbed Eden ; (2)...
Author
Series
Wayfarers (Becky Chambers) volume 1
Language
English
Description
"When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The patched-up ship has seen better days, but it offers her everything she could possible want: a spot to call home, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy and some distance from her past. And nothing could be further from what she's known than the crew of the Wayfarer."--Page [4] of cover.
Rosemary Harper doesn't expect much when she joins the crew of...
109) The consuming fire
Author
Series
Interdependency novels volume 2
Publisher
A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The second, thrilling novel in the bestselling Interdependency series, from Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi. The Interdependency, humanity's interstellar empire, is on the verge of collapse. The Flow, the extra-dimensional conduit that makes travel between the stars possible, is disappearing, leaving entire star systems stranded. When it goes, human civilization may go with it--unless desperate measures can be taken. Emperox Grayland II, the...
Author
Publisher
Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the greatest Starfleet captain's life in his own words. From his youth spent on Tarsus IV, his time in the Starfleet Academy, his meteoric raise through the ranks of Starfleet, and his illustrious career at the helm of the Enterprise, this in-world memoir uncovers Captain Kirk in a way Star Trek fans have never seen. Kirk's singular voice rings throughout the text, giving insight into his convictions, his bravery, and his commitment to...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
Earth's population is divided between only two existing countries which cannot manage to cooperate in any way, until a distress signal arrives from Titan's first settler and neither can afford to rescue her on their own if they act separately. Ambrose wakes up on board with successfully reaching his sister the primary thought in his mind until he notices several strange circumstances: he doesn't remember the launch, the ship's OS is voiced by his...
112) Central Station
Author
Publisher
Tachyon Pub
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality. The city is literally a weed, its growth left unchecked. Life is cheap, and data is cheaper. When Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars, much has changed. Boris's ex-lover is raising a strangely familiar child who can tap into the datastream of a mind with the touch of a finger. His cousin is infatuated...
Author
Series
Publisher
Editorial Anagrama
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
"Los tres primeros libros del saga interestelar. Presenta Arthur Dent, al que la construcción de una autopista hiperespacial desaloja de su casa, obliga a huir de su planeta y lanza a la aventura y el extraterrestre Ford Prefect, al que no le aceptan en ningún sitio las tarjetas American Express"--Cover
114) Driving the deep
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"As a professional finder, Fergus Ferguson is hired to locate missing objects and steal them back. But it is rarely so simple, especially after his latest job in Cernee. He's been recovering from that experience in the company of friends, the Shipmakers of Pluto, experts at crafting top-of-the-line AI spaceships. The Shipmakers have convinced Fergus to finally deal with unfinished business he's been avoiding for half his life: Earth. Fergus hasn't...
115) The invincible
Author
Publisher
Pro Auctore Wojciech Zemek
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In the grand tradition of science fiction narrative represented by the best of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, The Invincible describes the story of a space cruiser sent to an obscure planet to determine the fate of another ship whose communications with Earth have abruptly collapsed. On Regis III, Navigator Rohan and his crew encounter the classic quandary: what course of action can man take once he has limits of his knowledge? The question of inexplicable,...
116) Exile
Author
Publisher
Faolan's Pen Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A shackled Earth, ruled by an unstoppable tyrant An exiled son, and a one-way trip across the galaxy A perfect world, their last hope for survival... Vice Admiral Isaac Gallant is the heir apparent to the First Admiral, the dictator of the Confederacy of Humanity. Unwilling to let his mother's tyranny stand, he joins the rebellion and leads his ships into war against the might of his own nation. Betrayal and failure, however, see Isaac Gallant and...
117) Octavia gone
Author
Series
Alex Benedict novels volume 8
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After his return from space, Gabe is trying to find a new life for himself after being presumed dead-just as Alex and Chase are trying to relearn how to live and work without him. But when a seemingly alien artifact goes missing from Gabe's old collection, it grants the group a chance to dive into solving the mystery of its origins as a team, once again. When a lead on the artifact is tied to a dead pilot's sole unrecorded trip, another clue seems...
118) How to Mars
Author
Publisher
Tachyon
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"What happens when your dream mission to Mars is a reality TV nightmare? This debut science-fiction romp with heart follows the tradition of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles with a dash of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. For the six lucky scientists selected by the Destination Mars! corporation, a one-way ticket to Mars--in exchange for a lifetime of research--was an absolute no-brainer. The incredible opportunity was clearly worth even the...
119) Village in the sky
Author
Series
Alex Benedict novels volume 9
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Centuries after a war with the Mutes, the first aliens to be encountered by humankind, a startling new discovery in the far reaches of the Orion Nebula appears. On a planet with conditions favorable to life, explorer vessel The Columbia comes across a small town seemingly inhabited by an intelligent species not yet discovered. But when a highly publicized follow-up mission is sent to make contact mere months later, the entire town has vanished, leaving...
Author
Publisher
Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A ragtag crew of misfit criminals bands together to hunt the biggest score in the galaxy in this irreverent YA sci-fi adventure"--
Cora Saros is trying her best to join the family business of theft and intergalactic smuggling. Unfortunately, she's a total disaster, and after landing herself in prison following an attempted heist gone very wrong, she strikes a bargain with the prison warden: He'll expunge her record if she brings back a long-lost...
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