Karen Traviss
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Jabba the Hutt’s precious infant son has been kidnapped, and when the frantic parent applies to the Jedi for help, it falls to Anakin, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, and their clone troops to track down the evidence and retrieve the missing Huttlet. A grateful Jabba might allow the Republic access to the Hutt-controlled space lanes that the Grand Army desperately needs in order to beat the Separatists. But the Republic is not the only power that craves access...
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Tor
Pub. Date
2012.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 20
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"HALO: GLASSLANDS saw a very different development in the war that Earth has been fighting for so very long. With terrible losses on both sides, finally open hostilities have ended. But though a fragile peace has been established between Earth and the peoples of the Covenant, forces on both sides make that peace precarious. A schism among the Sangheili is gaining strength, with a splinter group trying to unseat the leader who agreed to peace; and...
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Gears of war volume 4
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2011
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An original tale based on the military science fiction game series bridges the stories of earlier games to the recently released "Gears of War 3" and continues the saga of the Delta Squad's efforts to save the world's survivors from the brutal Locust Horde.
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Del Ray/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2010
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The third in the "New York Times"-bestselling Gears of War series ties into Epic Games' blockbuster Xbox 360 video game. Readers are plunged into a ravaged world where the remnants of humanity fight for survival against a brutal, inhuman enemy--the Locust Horde.
5) Sacrifice
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Del Rey
Pub. Date
2007
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Civil war rages as the Galactic Alliance battles a confederation of planets that rally to the side of rebellious Corellia. Han and Leia Solo are on the run, hunted by their son, Jacen, whose increasingly authoritarian tactics have led Luke and Mara Skywalker to fear their nephew may be treading close to the dark side. But as his family sees the legacy of his Sith grandfather, many of the troops adore him, and citizens see him as a savior. All Jacen...
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Tor
Pub. Date
2011
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IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 23
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The Covenant has collapsed. For the first time in decades, peace seems possible. But though the fighting's stopped, the war's gone underground. The UNSC's Office of Naval Intelligence recruits Kilo-Five, a team of ODSTs, a Spartan, and a diabolical AI, to accelerate the Sangheili insurrection. Meanwhile, the Arbiter struggles to stave off civil war among his people. Chief scientist Dr. Catherine Halsey, marooned with Chief Mendez and a Spartan team...
7) Triple zero
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2006
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For Omega Squad, deployed deep behind enemy lines, it's the same old special ops grind: sabotage, espionage, ambush, and assassination. But when Omega Squad is rushed to Coruscant, the war's most dangerous new hotspot, the commandos discover they're not the only ones penetrating the heart of the enemy. A surge in Separatist attacks has been traced to a network of Sep terror cells in the Republic's capital, masterminded by a mole in Command Headquarters....
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Del Rey
Pub. Date
2009
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"After a brutal fifteen-year war for survival, the Coalition of Ordered Governments is forced to destroy mankind's only remaining city in a final bid to stop the Locust Horde. As the survivors flee Jacinto, they must contend with the last of the Locust, bent on vengeance, as they struggle to stay alive in an icy wilderness. Marcus Fenix, Dom Santiago, and their fellow Gears fight to get Jacinto's refugees to a safe haven but find themselves in a lawless...
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LucasBooks/Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2008
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No one knows if victory will favor the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) or the Separatists. The stakes are highest for the Republic Commandos in Omega and Delta squads and the renegade Advance Recon Commando troopers known as Null ARCs. With Republic forces stretched, the last thing they need to hear is the Chancellor Palpatine is keeping armies of secret clone troops. Sergeant Skirata plans the clones' escape, but his effort will be in vain unless...
10) Aspho Fields
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Del Rey
Pub. Date
c2008
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"As kids, the three of them were inseparable; as soldiers, they were torn apart. Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago fought alongside Dom's elder brother Carlos at Aspho Fields in the epic battle that changed the course of the Pendulum Wars. There's a new war to fight now, a war for mankind's very survival. But while the last human stronghold on Sera braces itself for another onslaught from the Locust Horde, ghosts come back to haunt Marcus and Dom,...