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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells first serialised in 1897 in the UK by Pearson's Magazine and in the US by Cosmopolitan magazine. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both...
2) Earth strike
Author
Series
Star carrier volume 1
Publisher
EOS/HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In the vein of the hit television show Battlestar Galactica comes Earth Strike --the first book in the action-packed Star Carrier science fiction series by Ian Douglas, author of the popular Inheritance, Heritage, and Legacy Trilogies and one of the most adept writers of military sf working today. Earth Strike rockets readers into a vast and deadly intergalactic battle, as humankind attempts to bring down an evil empire and establish itself as the...
Publisher
WordFire Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
TARGETS ARE LOCKED! Five short novels by five masters of military SF capture the excitement, and hell, of fantastic future war--on and off the battlefield. Stories of terrifying monsters, dangerous aliens and staggering cosmic dreadnaughts march alongside far-flung courtroom dramas and cautionary tales involving man and his devices. Michael A. Stackpole--The Star Tigers are commandeered by a powerful alien overseer on a covert mission to a world long...
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Publisher
Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The complete four-volume, Aurealis Award-shortlisted, science fiction epic: "An engaging space opera with plenty of action" (Publishers Weekly). Dark Space : The arid mining planet of Araldis has been invaded. As her people struggle against the onslaught, Baronessa Mira Fedor falls prey to the intrigues of the planet's elite, forcing her on the run. To survive, Mira must uncover the identity of the single guiding intelligence responsible for both...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A reluctant hero must prevent war in space and on Earth in this fast-paced military science fiction thriller from the author of The Cold Between and Remnants of Trust -a page-turning hybrid combining the gritty, high-octane thrills of James S. A. Corey and the sociopolitical drama of Ann Leckie. Space is full of the unknown . most of it ready to kill you. When hostilities between factions threaten to explode into a shooting war on the moon of Yakutsk,...
7) Side Show
Author
Publisher
JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Rick Shelley continues the adventures of the hard-fighting Lucky 13th Spaceborne Assault Team in an action-packed military sci-fi novel that sends a small force of fighters on a mission that takes them into territory more hostile than they could ever know.... The planet of Jordan has become a hellscape of blood, violence, and ever-present death. The world had been conquered by the brutal Schlinal Hegemony years ago. But now the Accord of Free Worlds...
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Series
Publisher
JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The first thrilling novel in Rick Shelley's sci-fi military action trilogy following the exploits of The Lucky 13th -- in which a simple diversionary tactic may well end in the death of every soldier in the outfit. Three thousand years ago, humanity expanded its presence by settling hundreds of worlds across the galaxy. Yet even as technology allowed them to boldly travel light years, the nature of humanity changed very little. Over time, countless...
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English
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Drama and excitement explode in New York Times bestselling author DIANA PALMER's legendary first book in The Morcai Battalion series, now available in paperback, as a new expanded version. THE MORCAI BATTALION In the very dream of peace lurked a monstrous treachery. The galaxy is on the brink of disaster, a long-awaited truce torn apart by an unprovoked attack. The colony whose residents represented more than a hundred planets has been destroyed,...
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Based on the bestselling books and tying into the hit television series, THE EXPANSE ORIGINS reveals the untold origins of the crew members of The Rocinante. As interplanetary tensions reach an all-time high, the crew of The Rocinante finds themselves at the center of a conflict that threatens to destroy all of human civilization. But before they were heroes, each member of the crew faced moments that would come to define them and brought them one...
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Before Alex Kamal was a member of the crew of The Rocinante he was a pilot for the Martian Congressional Republic Navy. As family pressures rise Alex is forced to face the realities of where his heart lies and what future he wants for himself.
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Based on the bestselling books and tying into the hit television series, THE EXPANSE ORIGINS reveals the untold origins of the crew members of The Rocinante. As interplanetary tensions reach an all-time high, the crew of The Rocinante finds themselves at the center of a conflict that threatens to destroy all of human civilization. But before they were heroes, each member of the crew faced moments that would come to define them and brought them one...
Author
Publisher
JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Prince George, Earl of New Britain, was supposed to hold a position of great importance on Buckingham, capital world of the Second Commonwealth. However, Prince George wasn t on Buckingham. He hadn t been for seven years, in fact. The Federation War had stranded him on the resort world of Camerein, His Royal Highness little more than a footnote to the long, bitter war. Newly made Captain David Spencer has proven his worth time and again on the fields...
15) Jump Pay
Author
Series
Publisher
JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Rick Shelley concludes his military sci-fi trilogy following the exploits of the Lucky 13th Spaceborne Assault Team as they undertake a daring strike aimed at the heart of the enemy. The ongoing three-sided war among the Schlinal Hegemony, the Dogel Worlds, and the Accord of Free Worlds has worn down all the combatants. Even as the most recent entrant to the hostilities, the Accord is already running out of men and material. And now the Hegemony...
Author
Series
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez (Translucid) and Chondra Echert team up with best-selling artist Rags Morales (Identity Crisis, Action Comics) for the long-awaited third installment of The New York Times best-selling series, The Amory Wars! The evil Wilhelm Ryan remains in power. All those around Claudio Kilgannon are now convinced he is The Crowing, but is he? Ambellina believes she and The Crowing can save Heaven's Fence rather than...
17) Chaos Station
Author
Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
With their beat-up ship and eclectic group, comparisons with the fan favorite TV show Firefly are inevitable, but in more of the way of homage, since Burke and Jensen's characters take center stage all on their own. Library Journal Discover intergalactic romance and out-of-this-world stakes in the first book of the critically acclaimed Chaos Station series. "You're not real. Felix Ingesson is dead." The war with the alien stin is over, but Felix Ingesson...
18) Captain
Author
Series
Publisher
Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The year is 2804 AD. Humanity has colonized the universe. But the authority of the Confederation of Human Worlds is spread thin. Where the Army of planet Earth cannot reach, mercenaries must keep the peace--and the Dirigent Mercenary Corps are the best of the best. Serving with the Dirigent Mercenary Corps wasn't Lieutenant Lon Nolan's first choice --it was his only choice. After he was expelled from the North American Military Academy, there was...
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English
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From the author of The Treasons Cycle, The Gods Within, and The Dead Among Us series comes a stand-alone science fiction novel for fans of David Weber, Pierce Brown, Lois McMaster Bujold, and more! Spanning the galaxy, The Thirteenth Man blends the best traditions of space opera and military sci-fi into a non-stop adventure that's as much Patrick O'Brien as it is John Scalzi.
When Commander Charlie Cass, the bastard son of the Duke de Maris, returns...
20) Bright Light
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Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling military science fiction author Ian Douglas brings us the eighth-and penultimate-Star Carrier novel, Bright Light, combining the best action, adventure, and hard science into this universe-spanning series
There's no more time . . .
There's always more time . . .
Trevor Gray has been stripped of his command of the starship America, and is unsure what to do with his life. Having dedicated so much of himself to the service,...
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