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Roxy [Shusterman Neal]

Roxy [Shusterman Neal]

ABOVE OUR WORLD IS A TOXIC WONDERLAND AND WHERE THE PARTY HAS RAGED FOR CENTURIES. Humans know the partygoers simply as narcotics , opioids , drugs . But here they are malevolent gods, toying with the fates of mortals. Roxy and Addison have made a wager to see who can be lethal the quickest. Isaac and Ivy Ramey are their targets. Ivy is understimulated and overmedicated. Isaac is desperate to recover from a sports injury that jeopardizes his chance of a scholarship. This is the start of a race to the b

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Seveneves [Stephenson Neal]

Seveneves [Stephenson Neal]

What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space. But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remains . . . Five thousand years later, their

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SW: Ronin [Candon Emma Mieko]

SW: Ronin [Candon Emma Mieko]

A mysterious former Sith wanders the galaxy in this stunning Star Wars tale. An original novel inspired by the world of The Duel from the Star Wars Visions animated anthology. The Jedi are the most loyal servants of the Empire. Two decades ago, Jedi clans clashed in service to feuding lords. Sickened by this endless cycle, a sect of Jedi rebelled, seeking to control their own destiny and claim power in service of no master. They called themselves Sith. The Sith rebellion failed, succumbing to infighting a

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SW X-Wing Series: The Bacta War [Stackpole Michael] (Star Wars: X-Wing #4)

SW X-Wing Series: The Bacta War [Stackpole Michael] (Star Wars: X-Wing #4)

After her attempt to strike at the heart of Coruscant with a deadly virus, the sinister Ysanne Isard sets her sights on destabilizing the New Republic by seizing its medicinal bacta production. Under the guise of a mere power struggle between corporations on the planet Thyferra, the imperial mastermind has taken control of one of the galaxy's most precious resources. The heroes of Rogue Squadron are desperate to liberate the planet, and free prisoners trapped by Isard, only to find their plans foiled by t

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SW X-Wing Series: The Krytos Trap [Stackpole Michael] (Star Wars: X-Wing #3)

SW X-Wing Series: The Krytos Trap [Stackpole Michael] (Star Wars: X-Wing #3)

The third book in the legendary series featuring the pilots of Rogue Squadron The Rebels have taken the Imperial headquarters world of Coruscant, but their problems are far from over. A killer virus called Krytos is spreading among the population and fomenting a counterrevolution at the heart of the New Republic. At the same time, Rebel hero Tycho Celchu is on trial for treason, accused of murdering his comrade and fellow pilot Corran Horn. Corran, however, is still alive, trapped in the secret, inescapab

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SW: The Fallen Star [Gray Claudia]

SW: The Fallen Star [Gray Claudia]

In this gripping sequel to Star Wars: The Rising Storm, the light of the Jedi faces its darkest hour.In this gripping sequel to Star Wars: The Rising Storm, the light of the Jedi faces its darkest hour.Time and again, the vicious raiders known as the Nihil have sought to bring the golden age of the High Republic to a fiery end. Time and again, the High Republic has emerged battered and weary, but victorious thank to its Jedi protectors-and there is no monument to their cause grander than the Starlight Bea

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SW: The Force Awakens [Foster Alan Dean]

SW: The Force Awakens [Foster Alan Dean]

More than thirty years ago, Star Wars burst onto the big screen and became a cultural phenomenon. Now the next adventures in this blockbuster saga are poised to captivate old and new fans alike – beginning with the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And alongside the cinematic debut comes the thrilling novel adaptation by New York Times bestselling science fiction master Alan Dean Foster.More than thirty years ago, Star Wars burst onto the big screen and became a cultural phenomenon. Now the

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Starship Troopers [Heinlein Robert A.]

Starship Troopers [Heinlein Robert A.]

Starship Troopers is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, 1st published in abridged form as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (10-11/59 as Starship Soldier ) & published hardcover in 1959. The 1st-person narrative is about a young soldier named Juan Johnnie Rico & his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit equipped with powered armor. His military career progresses from recruit to noncommissioned officer & finally to off

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Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales [Atwood Margaret

Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales [Atwood Margaret

A collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy.A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband. An elderly lady with Charles Bonnet syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing, while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence. A woman born with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for a vampire, and a crime committed long ago is revenged in the Arctic

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The Art of Space Travel and Other Stories [Allan Nina]

The Art of Space Travel and Other Stories [Allan Nina]

A mind-bending short-story collection from award-winning science fiction author Nina Allan.A mind-bending short-story collection from award-winning science fiction author Nina Allan.A collection of short stories from the award-winning author of The Rift and The Dollmaker, Nina Allan. This compilation brings together rarely seen tales spanning the vast breadth of Allan's writing career for the first time. It also includes a brand-new introduction and one never-before-published story. Locus has described Ni

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The Book of Eve [Clothier Meg]

The Book of Eve [Clothier Meg]

In the name of the Father, not a word of this. Her letters are forbidden.Beatrice is the convent's librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts.Then, one carnival night, two women, bleeding and stricken, are abandoned outside the convent's walls. Moments from death, one of them presses something into Beatrice's hands: a bewitching book whose pages have a dangerous life of their own.But men of the faith want the book destroyed, and a zealous pre

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The Cartographers [Shepherd Peng]

The Cartographers [Shepherd Peng]

Some places you won't find on any maps. Others, are only on maps . . . Nell Young hasn't spoken to her father, the world-respected cartographer Dr. Daniel Young, in years - but this morning he was found dead in his office at the New York Public Library. When they last met, Dr Young fired Nell after an argument over a seemingly worthless mass-produced highway map. Now every copy of this map is being found and destroyed . . . To find out why, Nell will embark on a dangerous journey into the heart of a consp

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The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Boxs

The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Boxs

Suppose a good friend calmly told you over a round of drinks that the world was about to end? And suppose your friend went on to confess that he wasn't from around here at all, but rather from a small planet near Betelgeuse? And what if the world really did come to an end, but instead of being blown away, you found yourself hitching a ride on a spaceship with your buddy as a traveling companion? It happens to Arthur Dent. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Life,

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The Devil Makes Three [Bovalino Tori]

The Devil Makes Three [Bovalino Tori]

The devil seeks his due from two unsuspecting students in this YA horror novel for fans of The Library of the Unwritten and VE Schwab. When Tess and Eliot stumble upon an ancient book hidden in a secret tunnel beneath their school library, they accidentally release a devil from his book-bound prison, and he’ll stop at nothing to stay free. He’ll manipulate all the ink in the library books to do his bidding, he’ll murder in the stacks, and he’ll bleed into every inch of Tess’s life until his freedom is per

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The Fervor [Katsu Alma]

The Fervor [Katsu Alma]

Chilling supernatural horror combining Japanese folklore with WW2 historical fiction from the multiple award-winning author of The Hunger. 1944: As World War II rages on, the threat has come to the home front. In a remote corner of Idaho, Meiko Briggs and her daughter, Aiko, are desperate to return home. Following Meiko’s husband’s enlistment as an air force pilot in the Pacific months prior, Meiko and Aiko were taken from their home in Seattle and sent to one of the internment camps in the Midwest. It di

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