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1) Ender's game
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"In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut--young Ender is the Wiggin...
2) Earth Afire
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First Formic War volume 2
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English
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"A Tom Doherty Associates book." "The first Formic War, volume two of the Formic Wars." Includes a peek at Earth awakens (p. [521]-528). 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.
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As the Empire reels from its critical defeats at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance - now a fledgling New Republic - presses its advantage by hunting down the enemy's scattered forces before they can regroup and retaliate. But above the remote planet Akiva, an ominous show of the enemy's strength is unfolding. Out on a lone reconnaissance mission, pilot Wedge Antilles watches Imperial Star Destroyers gather like birds of prey circling for a kill,...
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A PARALLEL NOVEL TO ENDER'S GAME
From the author of Ender's Game, the Hugo and Nebula award-winning, million-copy bestseller, comes the parallel novel, Ender's Shadow. In the first book, child-hero Ender Wiggin battles a deadly alien race and wins. But Ender wasn't the only child in his Battle School. There was also Bean, the one who became Ender's right hand, his strategist and his friend, the only one who was with him in the final battle.
...7) Xenocide
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Xenocide is the third installment of the Ender series. On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together; where three very different intelligent species could find common ground at last. Or so he thought. But Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus which kills all humans it infects, but which the pequeninos require in order to transform into adults. The Starways Congress so fears the effect...
8) Deluge
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Twins of Petaybee volume 3
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English
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When Ronan and Murel end up imprisoned by the Company, the twins' parents, Yana and Sean, must fight for the independence of their sentient world once and for all, in this final book of the Twins of Petaybee trilogy by award-winning authors Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough.
9) Zoe's tale
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Old Man's War universe volume 4
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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A return to the bestselling Old Man's War universe, "Zoe's Tale" features oneof the most appealing characters in the series.
10) Honor lost
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Honors volume 3
Pub. Date
[2020]
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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...
11) Cytonic
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Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) volume 3
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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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.
As a Defiant Defense Force pilot, Spensa has proved herself one of the best starfighters in the human enclave of Detritus, and traveled light-years as an undercover spy to infiltrate the Superiority, where she learned...
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Frank Compton series volume 1
Pub. Date
2005
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English
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When the Quadrail transportation system that connects the galaxy's worlds is threatened by a dangerous military force and a race of addictive coral producers, unemployed investigator Compton is enlisted to prevent the system's takeover. It all starts when a man comes to deliver a message to Frank Compton--only to fall dead at his feet. What follows is a suspenseful thriller that only Timothy Zahn, a master of hard SF adventure, could have written....
13) Aurora's end
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Aurora cycle volume 3
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[2021]
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English
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"When we last saw Squad 312, they 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,...
14) Queen's shadow
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Star Wars novels. Queen's shadow volume 1
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English
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"When Padmé Naberrie, "Queen Amidala" of Naboo, steps down from her position, she is asked by the newly-elected queen to become Naboo's representative in the Galactic Senate. Padmé is unsure about taking on the new role, but cannot turn down the request to serve her people. Together with her most loyal handmaidens, Padmé must figure out how to navigate the treacherous waters of politics and forge a new identity beyond the queen's shadow."--
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Halo series. Standalone novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2003
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English
Description
Before the Human-Covenant War engulfed Halo, the planet-colony Reach came under attack by the Covenant, and Earth's specially trained and augmented warriors, code-named SPARTANs, stood alone to fight for humanity's survival.
16) Abyss
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Star Wars novels. Fate of the Jedi volume 3
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English
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Following a trail of clues across the galaxy, Luke Skywalker continues his quest to find the reasons behind Jacen Solo's dark downfall and to win redemption for the Jedi Order. Meanwhile on Coruscant, Han and Leia Solo, along with their daughter Jaina, join the fight to protect more stricken Knights from arrest while Jedi healers race to find a cure for the rapidly spreading affliction. And deep in the Maw Cluster the Sith is poised to strike against...
17) Allies
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Star Wars novels. Fate of the Jedi volume 5
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English
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Luke Skywalker and his son Ben must face the fleet of Sith frigates summoned by Sith apprentice Vestara Khai, but the rising of an ancient evil will force Jedi and Sith to fight side-by-side; meanwhile, Han and Leia attempt to rescue imprisoned Jedi on Coruscant and a government plot could give all Jedi outlaw status.
18) Halo: Primordium
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2012, c2011
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English
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Continues the story of the ancient Forerunners engineering race, who are worshiped as gods by the Covenant while their mysterious connection to humanity slowly unfolds.
19) Omen
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Star Wars novels. Fate of the Jedi volume 2
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English
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Luke Skywalker, in self-imposed exile and forbidden to intervene in Jedi affairs pending criminal charges, ventures into the mind-bending space of the Kathol Rift in an attempt to learn the truth behind Jacen Solo's shocking turn to the dark side and why peaceful Jedi are turning into raving lunatics.
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Halo series. Standalone novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2006
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English
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The Spartan-II program has gone public. Tales of super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend. But just how many Spartans are left? While the Master Chief defends a besieged Earth, and the myriad factions of the Covenant continue their crusade to eliminate humanity, an ultrasecret cell of the Office of Naval Intelligence known as "Section Three" devises a plan to buy the UNSC vital time. They're going to...
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