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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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H.G. Wells' monumental work, "The War of the Worlds," delivers an electrifying and unrelenting saga of extraterrestrial invasion that ignites humanity's primal fears and survival instincts. As ominous Martian tripods descend upon the unsuspecting Earth, chaos and terror ripple through cities and countryside alike. Amidst the devastation and panic, an unnamed narrator chronicles the harrowing struggle for survival, offering a riveting firsthand account...
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English
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Growing up, Travis Uriah Long yearned for order and discipline in his life...two things his neglectful mother couldn't or wouldn't provide. So when Travis enlists in the Royal Manticoran Navy, he thought he'd finally found the structure he'd always wanted so desperately. But life in the RMN isn't exactly as expected. Boot camp is rough; his first ship assignment lax and disorderly; and with the Star Kingdom of Manticore still recovering from a devastating...
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Manticore Ascendant volume II
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English
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From multiple New York Times best selling author David Weber and #1 New York Times best selling author Timothy Zahn. NEW ENTRY IN BEST-SELLING SERIES. Book #2 in the Manticore Ascendant series, set in David Weber's Honorverse. Lieutenant Travis Long of the Royal Manticoran Navy is the sort of person who likes an orderly universe. One where people follow the rules. Unfortunately, he lives in the real universe. The good news is that Travis is one...
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National Bestseller!
Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series!
Brimming with Chambers' signature blend of heart-warming character relationships and dazzling adventure, Record of a Spaceborn few is the third standalone installment of the Wayfarers series, set in the sprawling universe of the Galactic Commons, and following a new motley crew on a journey to another corner corner of the cosmos—one
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"Yesterday, the Star Kingdom of Manticore was a small, unimportant interstellar backwater. A quiet little star nation, only recently recovered from the devastating blow of the Plague Years. More affluent than some, perhaps, but with little to attract trade or interstellar commerce, it had little need for a navy... and even less interest in paying for one. But Manticore has now become a target. The Star Kingdom isn't certain who is attacking it, or...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Top Gun in space!
An alternative history with aliens, an immortal misanthrope and SF tropes aplenty
The year is 1975 – Robert Oppenheimer has invented the Atomic Engine, the first human has walked on the moon, and Jet Carson and the Eagle Seven have sacrificed their lives to stop alien invaders.
Brooklyn, however, just wants to keep his head down, pay his mother’s rent, earn a little scratch of his own,...
An alternative history with aliens, an immortal misanthrope and SF tropes aplenty
The year is 1975 – Robert Oppenheimer has invented the Atomic Engine, the first human has walked on the moon, and Jet Carson and the Eagle Seven have sacrificed their lives to stop alien invaders.
Brooklyn, however, just wants to keep his head down, pay his mother’s rent, earn a little scratch of his own,...
8) Earth Afire
Author
Series
Formic Wars volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 22
Physical Desc
399 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the events of the First Formic War a century before the events of Ender's Game, 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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Series
Poor man's fight volume 3
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
573 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"WE REQUIRE A DIFFERENT BATTLEFIELD." Nobody expected the war to last three hours, let alone three years. The star system of Archangel holds the line against invading corporate fleets, but a quarter of its territory is already lost. The navy can't hang on much longer. Faced with this grim truth, Archangel's leaders shift their strategy to diplomacy and espionage. For both arenas, they call upon a reluctant weapon: a frontline grunt named Tanner Malone....
10) Cobra guardian
Author
Series
Cobra War volume 2
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
296 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
11) A rising thunder
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Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system, Honor Harrington has rooted out a plan designed to enslave the entire human species. Behind that plans lies the shadowy organization known as the Mesan Alignment. Task #1 for Honor is to shut down andsecure the wormhole network that is the source of the Star Kingdom's wealth and power--but also its greatest vulnerability. Yet this is an act that the ancient and corrupt Earth-based Solarian League...
Author
Series
Formic Wars volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 22
Physical Desc
xii, 528 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
13) Providence
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"Gilly, Talia, Anders, and Jackson are astronauts captaining a new and supposedly indestructible ship in humanity's war against an alien race. Confined to the ship for years, each of them holding their own secrets, they are about to learn there are threats beyond the reach of human ingenuity--and that the true nature of reality might be the universe's greatest mystery. In this near future, our world is at war with another, and humanity is haunted...
14) Fields of fire
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Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The time has come to take the fight to the Lankies. Mars has been under Lanky control for more than a year. Since then, the depleted forces of Earth's alliances have rebuilt their fleets, staffing old warships with freshly trained troops. Torn between the need to beat the Lankies to the punch and taking enough time to put together an effective fighting force, command has decided to strike now. Once again, seasoned veterans Andrew and Halley find themselves...
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Publisher
[Publisher unknown]
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
394 pages; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The League of Sol is down but not out. Now Colonel David Cohen tackles his most challenging task yet. Ferreting out a traitor. The League fleet has finally been driven from the Terran Coalition’s galactic arm. But enemies left behind on the planets that dot the local cluster won’t go quietly. Under orders direct from the President, David dispatches a commando team to recon a League-held world, entrusting them with one of his top officers as a...
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English
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"TIME IS RUNNING OUT Agent Raibert Kaminski and the crew of the Transtemporal Vehicle Kleio have made a shocking discovery out in the unknown reaches of the multiverse. They've stumbled across a temporal implosion that has claimed two whole universes, and neither Raibert nor his crew can figure out what caused this calamity other than it had something to do with reckless time travel. The Kleio speeds back to their home universe of SysGov with this...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (331 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Continue the epic tradition of the legendary Star Wars saga. It is a dark time in the galaxy as the evil Galactic Empire rules with an iron fist. Imperial forces have occupied a remote planet, ruining the lives of its people. A ragtag band of rebels, Ezra, Hera, Kanan, Sabine, Zeb and Chopper, have taken a brave stand against the ruthless oppression of the Empire in a fight to restore peace and freedom to the galaxy.
18) Lesser evil
Author
Series
Star Wars Thrawn ascendancy volume 3
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
548 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The fate of the Chiss Ascendancy hangs in the balance in the epic finale of the Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy from bestselling author Timothy Zahn. For thousands of years The Chiss Ascendancy has been an island of calm, a center of power, and a beacon of integrity. Led by the Nine Ruling Families, their leadership stands as a bulwark of stability against the Chaos of the Unknown Regions. But that stability has been eroded by a cunning foe...
19) Rich man's war
Author
Publisher
Skyscape
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
488 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Tanner Malone is starting to enjoy his navy post in the honor guard. After surviving violent conflicts with space pirates in the void, he hopes to stay out of the stars for a while. But when the government of Archangel, a prosperous Union state including four terraformed worlds, makes a dangerous decision to defy the Big Three's corporate dominance, war threatens the galaxy. The interstellar fighting escalates, and duty calls a reluctant Tanner to...
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