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1) Anathem
Author
Language
English
Description
Raz, a mathematician, is among a cohort of secluded scientists and philosophers who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe.
Author
Series
Carve the mark volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
When Cyra's father Lazmet Noavek, a soulless tyrant thought to be dead, reclaims the throne, Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth are desperate to stop him from igniting a barbaric war.
Author
Series
Secret projects volume 4
Language
English
Description
Running. Putting distance between himself and the relentless Night Brigade has been Nomad's strategy for years. Staying one or two steps ahead of his pursuers by skipping through the Cosmere from one world to the next. But now, his powers too depleted to escape, Nomad finds himself trapped on Canticle, a planet that will kill anyone who doesn't keep moving. Fleeing the fires of a sunrise that melts the very stones, he is instantly caught up in the...
Author
Series
Sparrow novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Father Emilio Sandoz, the only member of the original mission to the planet Rakhat to return to Earth, has barely had time to recover before the Society of Jesus calls upon him for help in preparing another mission to Alpha Centauri.
Author
Series
Rama volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sequel to: Rama II. During the 23rd century, three human cosmonauts learn of their destination and their challenge in a rendezvous with a Raman base.
Author
Series
Samaria novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Legend has it that the Alleluia Files contain the truth about the god of Samaria. Now, a child raised in captivity among the angels will journey the length and breadth of her world to seek the documents that will alter the face of Samaria forever...
Author
Series
Fractalverse volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"July 25th, 2234. The crew of the Adamura discovers the Anomaly. On the seemingly uninhabited planet Talos VII: a circular pit, 50 kilometers wide. Its curve not of nature, but design. Now, a small team must land and journey on foot across the surface to learn who built the hole and why. But they all carry the burdens of lives carved out on disparate colonies in the cruel cold of space. For some the mission is the dream of the lifetime, for others...
10) Xenocide
Author
Series
Ender Wiggin volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lusitania seems to be a planet on which three intelligent species--humans, the pequininos, and the Hive Queen--can finally live together, until a virus dangerous to humans but vital to the pequininos is found, and the Starways Congress orders Lusitania and its inhabitants to be destroyed.
11) Ashfall legacy
Author
Series
Ashfall volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old half-alien Sydney Chambers leaves Earth to seek his long-missing father, and unearths a devastating, centuries-old secret about humanity.
12) Embassytown
Author
Language
English
Description
In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak. Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure. She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure of speech, a living simile in their...
Author
Series
Expanse volume 8
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
534 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
422 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful novel from a Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author.
17) Half way home
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nearly sixty teens awaken halfway through their training, stranded on a harsh alien world with few supplies, no adults, and led by a treacherous artificial intelligence, but their greatest enemy is each other.
18) Angel-seeker
Author
Series
Samaria novels volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elizabeth was born to wealth, but circumstances forced her to live as a servant in her cousin's household. Determined to change her life, she travels to the town of Cedar Hills, hoping that an angel will take notice of her, and take her as his own. Rebekah is a daughter of the Jansai tribe, raised to hate the angels. But when she finds an injured angel near her village, she defies her upbringing to care for him. In time, these two women, whose paths...
19) Red moon
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It is twenty-five years since China established the first colony on the moon, and the lives of three people are about to collide. American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip there, his purpose to install a communications system for China's Lunar Science Foundation. But hours after his arrival he witnesses a murder and is forced into hiding. It is also the first visit to the moon for celebrity travel reporter Ta Shu. He has contacts and influence,...
20) The sparrow
Author
Series
Sparrow novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emilio Sandoz, a life-long celibate and Jesuit priest, is part of a crew sent to explore a new planet. Upon arrival they encounter intelligent extraterrestrial life and a small mistake leads to a horrible catastrophe. Emilio, his faith in God utterly destroyed, is the only survivor and he faces a public inquisition when he returns to Earth. Father John Candotti is charge with discovering the truth.
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