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81) Man in the dark
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident in his daughter's house in Vermont. When sleep refuses to come, he lies in bed and tells himself stories, struggling to push back thoughts about things he would prefer to forget--his wife's recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter's boyfriend, Titus. The retired book critic imagines a parallel world in which America is not at war with Iraq but with itself. In this...
82) Ninefox gambit
Author
Series
Publisher
Solaris
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. Kel Command gives her the opportunity to redeem herself by retaking the Fortress of Scattered Needles, a star fortress that has recently been captured by heretics. Cheris's career isn't the only thing at stake. If the fortress falls, the hexarchate itself might be next. Cheris's best hope is to ally with the undead tactician Shuos Jedao....
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1995
Description
An alternate-history saga in which the belligerents of World War II cease fighting each other to defend Earth from an extra-terrestrial invasion by lizard-like creatures with a fondness for ginger. Earth's only hope is to quickly come up with an atom bomb. By the author of Worldwar: In the Balance.
Author
Series
Firefly volume 1
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
It should have been a routine job, transporting 5 crates from the planet Persephone to a waiting buyer. Captain Mal Reynolds needs the money if he's to keep Serenity flying. But the client is Badger, and nothing with him is ever straightforward. The crates are full of explosives, which might blow at the slightest movement. Just before take-off, Mal disappears. As the cargo grows more volatile, and Alliance cruisers start taking an interest in the...
Author
Series
Blade and rose volume 4
Publisher
[Miranda Honfleur]
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
After the Divinity reveals its dark intentions, Rielle and her friends patrol the Shining Sea, doing all they can to stem the tide of gold flowing into Magehold and the dangerous goods flowing out. Facing Immortals and pirates at every turn, they wage battle after battle against clandestine Divinity ships in an effort to weaken its ability to grasp for power. Meanwhile, Veris draws near and the Dragon King hunts Jon, whose life hangs in the balance...
87) The heroes
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Over three bloody days of battle, the fate of the North will be decided. But with both sides riddled by intrigues, follies, feuds and petty jealousies, it is unlikely to be the noblest hearts, or even the strongest arms that prevail. Three men. One battle. No heroes.
Author
Series
Blood and ash volume Book 5
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Description
"A great primal power has risen. The Queen of Flesh and Fire has become the Primal of Blood and Bone--the true Primal of Life and Death. And the battle Casteel, Poppy, and their allies have been fighting has only just begun. Gods are awakening across Iliseeum and the mortal realm, readying for the war to come. But when Poppy falls into stasis, Cas faces the very real possibility that the dire, unexpected consequences of what she is becoming could...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 19
Formats
Description
"For generations the Seven Prophets guided humanity with their visions, ending wars and uniting nations--until the day they vanished, leaving behind the promise of a looming Age of Darkness and the birth of a Prophet who could be the world's salvation . . . or the cause of its destruction"--
90) The immortals
Author
Series
Edge chronicles volume 10
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 30
Description
Nate Quarter, a lowly lamplighter in the phraxmines of the Eastern Woods, must flee for his life when the mine sargeant wants him killed, while elsewhere, a storm unlike any ever seen is building.
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
"The long winter is here. Throughout seven thrilling episodes, the penultimate Season 7 focuses on a convergence of armies and attitudes that have been brewing for years. As the season begins, Daenerys Targaryen--accompanied by her Unsullied army and emboldened by Dothraki/Ironborn allies and her lethal trio of dragons--has finally set sail for Westeros with Tyrion Lannister, her newly appointed Hand. Jon Snow has apparently consolidated power in...
92) Blade of fire
Author
Series
Icemark chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2008], c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 31
Description
The invador Bellorum has returned twenty years after Queen Thirrin defended her land against him, so she once again turns to the Snow Leopards and the Wolf-folk for help, but she must also guard against the schemings of her daughter, Medea.
Author
Series
Lorien legacies volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Description
The Garde, broken and divided, discover that the Mogadorians have commenced their ultimate invasion plans and will stop at nothing to thwart it.
94) Prince of fools
Author
Series
Red Queen's war volume 1
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"Hailed as "epic fantasy on a George R. R. Martin scale, but on speed, "* the Broken Empire trilogy introduced a bold new world of dark fantasy with the story of Jorg Ancrath's devastating rise to power. Now, Mark Lawrence returns to the Broken Empire with the tale of a less ambitious prince... The Red Queen is old but the kings of the Broken Empire dread her like no other. For all her reign, she has fought the long war, contested in secret, against...
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Series
Gilded ones volume 2
Description
"It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered who she really is...but war is waging across the kingdom, and the real battle has only just begun. For there is a dark force growing in Otera--a merciless power that Deka and her army must stop. Yet hidden secrets threaten to destroy everything Deka has known. And with her own gifts changing, Deka must discover if she holds the key to saving Otera...or...
Author
Series
Song of ice and fire volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 63
Description
"Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from...
97) Fire
Author
Series
Graceling realm volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Description
In a kingdom called the Dells, Fire is the last human-shaped monster, with unimaginable beauty and the ability to control the minds of those around her, but even with these gifts she cannot escape the strife that overcomes her world.
98) River of bones
Author
Series
Destroyermen volume 13
Publisher
ACE
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Commander Matt Reddy and his crew are afraid it may finally be the end of the USS Walker. Ever since their ship was transported to another world, and they became embroiled in a deadly conflict between the Lemurians and the vicious Grik, the Walker has been taking a pounding. With Walker out of commission for repairs, Reddy takes command of a different ship and joins a desperate battle to block the Grik swarm. Meanwhile, the humans and their allies...
Author
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Set within a system of decaying world-ships travelling through deep space, this breakout novel of epic science fiction follows a pair of sisters who must wrest control of their war-torn legion of worlds--and may have to destroy everything they know in order to survive. On the outer rim of the universe, a galactic war has been waged for centuries upon hundreds of world-ships. But these worlds will continue to die through decay and constant war unless...
100) The faithless
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Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023.
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Description
"The rebels have won, and the empire is withdrawing from Qazal. But undoing the tangled web that binds the two nations will not be easy, and Touraine and Luca will face their greatest challenge yet. Luca needs to oust her uncle from the Balladairan throne once and for all and take her rightful place as Queen. But he won't let go of power so easily. When he calls for a "Trial of Competence" and Luca's allies start disappearing from her side, she will...
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