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61) Interference
Author
Series
Semiosis duology volume 2
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Description
"Over two hundred years after the first colonists landed on Pax, a new set of explorers arrives from Earth on what they claim is a temporary scientific mission. But the Earthlings misunderstand the nature of the Pax settlement and its real leader. Even as Stevland attempts to protect his human tools, a more insidious enemy than the Earthlings makes itself known."--Provided by publisher
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
364 pages.
Description
Offered a dream job escorting a teenage heir on a fabulous moon role-playing vacation, Scotty Griffin, a personal security specialist, becomes embroiled in a violent reality game involving armed terrorists, psychological tests, and a large audience.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 20 cm.
Description
In the far future, a young man stands on a barren asteroid. His ship has been stolen, his family kidnapped or worse, and all he has on his side is a semi-intelligent spacesuit. The only member of the crew to escape, Hari has barely been off his ship before. It was his birthplace, his home and his future. He's going to get it back. But throughout his journeys, Hari must always bear one thing in mind: nobody is to be trusted.
64) Treecat wars
Author
Series
Star Kingdom novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"Two young settlers on a pioneer planet seek to stop a war and to save the intelligent alien treecats from exploitation by unscrupulous humans"--
65) Spaced out
Author
Series
Moon Base Alpha volume 2
Description
In 2041 twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is a resident of Moon Base Alpha, and at the moment he is faced with a number of problems: coping with the nasty Sjoberg twins, finding out how the commander of the base has managed to disappear from a facility no bigger than a soccer field, and dealing with the alien Zan who communicates with him telepathically from afar--and who is hiding a secret which may threaten the whole Earth.
66) The silent war
Author
Series
Pub. Date
p2005
Physical Desc
10 sound discs (13 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
67) Hellhole
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
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Description
On a colonized planet called Hellhole, defeated and exiled rebel General Tiber Adolphus continues his honorable opposition to the political scheming and selfish machinations of the Crown Jewel worlds and grandmotherly Diadem Michella Duchenet. Adolphus and his companions work in secret to undermine the royal space travel monopoly and form a coalition of Deep Zone planets.
68) Antimatter blues
Author
Series
Mickey7 volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Edward Ashton's Antimatter Blues is the thrilling follow up to Mickey7 in which an expendable heads out to explore new terrain for human habitation. Summer has come to Niflheim. The lichens are growing, the six-winged bat-things are chirping, and much to his own surprise, Mickey Barnes is still alive--that last part thanks almost entirely to the fact that Commander Marshall believes that the colony's creeper neighbors are holding an antimatter bomb,...
69) Glorious
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
398 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Description
Audacious astronauts encounter bizarre, sometimes deadly life forms, and strange, exotic, cosmic phenomena, including miniature black holes, dense fields of interstellar plasma, powerful gravity-emitters, and spectacularly massive space-based, alien-built labyrinths. Tasked with exploring this brave, new, highly dangerous world, they must also deal with their own personal triumphs and conflicts.
Author
Series
Star Kingdom novels volume 1
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Stephanie Harrington, a genetically-enhanced girl on the pioneer planet of Sphinx, bonds with a treecat, a telepathic and fully sentient animal, putting her in danger from highly placed enemies who want to ensure that the planet remains entirely in human hands.
71) Fuzzy nation
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
301 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Jack Holloway, prospecting on Zara XXIII for ZaraCorp, finds an immensely valuable stream of sunstone. But when he forwards footage of the planet's catlike, native "fuzzies" to a biologist friend --who believes the "fuzzies" are sentient--hired company thugs, murder, and arson soon follow to protect ZaraCorp's mining interests.
72) A new clan
Author
Series
Star Kingdom novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
423 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
In an effort to find out why accidents are plaguing Sphinx's younger inhabitants, fifteen-year-old Stephanie Harrington attempts things she never imaged doing--including going undercover into the wilds of the late-night club scene, a realm where her faithful treecat guardian, Lionheart, cannot follow.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
604 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Life can exist anywhere. And anywhere there is life, there is home. In the swirling clouds of Venus, the families of La Colonie live on floating plant-like trawlers, salvaging what they can in the fierce acid rain and crackling storms. Outside is dangerous, but humankind's hold on the planet is fragile and they spend most of their days simply surviving. But Venus carries its own secrets, too. In the depths, there is a wind that shouldn't exist. And...
Author
Series
Chaos walking volume 2
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Description
Reaching the end of their flight in The Knife of Never Letting Go, Todd and Viola did not find healing and hope in Haven. They found instead their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss, waiting to welcome them to New Prentisstown. There they are forced into separate lives: Todd to prison, and Viola to a house of healing where her wounds are treated. Soon Viola is swept into the ruthless activities of the Answer, while Todd faces impossible choices when forced...
75) Mickey7: a novel
Author
Series
Mickey7 volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"The Martian meets Multiplicity in Edward Ashton's high concept science fiction thriller, in which Mickey7, an "expendable," refuses to let his replacement clone Mickey8 take his place. Dying isn't any fun...but at least it's a living. Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there's a mission that's too dangerous-even suicidal-the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration...
76) Dragon's kin
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Series
Description
“Personable characters and superb storytelling make this an excellent choice. . . . Essential for Pern fans of all ages.”—Library Journal (starred review)
The son of a miner, Kindan has no expectations for any other life. He loves his lessons with the camp’s harper, but music isn’t part of a miner’s future. He also enjoys helping out with the camp’s watch-wher— a creature distantly...
The son of a miner, Kindan has no expectations for any other life. He loves his lessons with the camp’s harper, but music isn’t part of a miner’s future. He also enjoys helping out with the camp’s watch-wher— a creature distantly...
Author
Series
Lady astronaut novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
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Description
On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington D.C. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat calls for a radically accelerated effort to colonize space, and requires a much larger share of humanity to take part in the process. Elma York's experience...
Author
Series
Dove chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
8 sound discs (9 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"On a lunar colony, fifteen-year-old Phaet Theta does the unthinkable and joins the Militia when her mother is imprisoned by the Moon's oppressive government"--
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Description
"What happens when a group of humans are stranded for centuries on another world with no choice but to expose themselves to that world? After such long exposure, are they still Homo sapiens or have they become another species entirely? These questions are at the heart of this intriguing novel, explored through the complicated lives and the viewpoints of the people who have come to rescue the stranded colony, the members of that colony, and the sentient...
Author
Series
Dragonriders of Pern volume 9
Pub. Date
1986
Physical Desc
xvii, 182 p., [5] p. of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Description
A deadly epidemic was sweeping across Pern. Nerilka's father refused toshare Fort Hold's bounty with the other Holds. Ashamed of her family anddetermined to do her part, Nerilka packed up medicines and supplies andsneaked off to aid her people. She had no idea that her new path wouldchange the course of her life forever!
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