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Landing on a new planet where he's instantly caught up in the struggle between a tyrant and the rebels, Nomad, in a world under constant threat of a sunrise whose heat will melt the very stones, must gain enough power to leap offworld before he pays the ultimate price.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A new blockbuster science fiction adventure from world-wide phenomenon and #1 New York Times bestseller Christopher Paolini, set in the world of New York Times and USA Today bestseller To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. July 25th, 2234: The crew of the Adamura discovers the Anomaly. On the seemingly uninhabited planet Talos VII: a circular pit, 50 kilometers wide. Its curve not of nature, but design. Now, a small team must land and journey on foot across...
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"A mythic and emotionally charged hero's journey, Dune tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence--a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's...
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20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, it begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
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Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"In New York Times bestseller Extraterrestrial, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, presented a theory that shook the scientific community: our solar system, Loeb claimed, had been visited by a piece of advanced alien technology from a distant star. This provocative and persuasive argument opened thousands of minds to the vast possibilities of our universe and the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. But a crucial question remained:...
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Liaden universe volume 15
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Baen Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"A door never closes, but a window opens . . . With origins in the Old Universe, the malevolent, acquisitive intelligence of Tinsori Light sought to infect others with itself, and send those agents out into the wide new universe to infect even more. For centuries, two heroes stood between Tinsori Light and the vulnerable universe-Light Keepers Jen Sin yos'Phelium and Lorith of the Sanderat. Just when it seemed that they-merely human-must fail, Tinsori...
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Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"December 2559. Humanity has its back against the wall after the United Nations Space Command flagship Infinity drops out of slipspace into a devastating ambush launched by the Banished. As this fierce enemy alliance seeks to claim a mysterious object hidden within the ancient Forerunner construct known as Zeta Halo, the surviving UNSC corps finds itself compromised and its leadership out of reach--with remaining personnel forced to abandon ship and...
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Halo series. Forerunner saga volume 1
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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The first novel in the Forerunner Saga trilogy by science fiction legend Greg Bear--set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! One hundred thousand years ago, the galaxy was populated by a great variety of beings. But one species--eons beyond all others in both technology and knowledge--achieved dominance. They ruled in peace, but met opposition with quick and brutal effectiveness. They were the Forerunners--the...
10) Grogu's galaxy
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Meet Grogu, the galaxy's cutest child. Zoom along with him in a starship. Learn about his powerful abilities and loyal friends, including the Mandalorian."--
11) Independence day
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002?]
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English
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Spaceships appear and wonder turns to terror as they attack cities all over the earth.
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Series
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Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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On a planet on the brink of total destruction, teenager Remy is determined to find her missing friend, Alora, but the only way to track her down amidst the chaos is to team up with a traitor to stage a revolution.
After a mission gone awry two years ago, Remy Castell has been desperately searching across worlds to find the friend who help her overcome the brainwashing she was subjected to as a genetically engineered corporate agent. Fellow fellow...
13) Chapterhouse
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Dune chronicles volume 6
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Fifteen thousand years after Leto II's death, the remnants of the Bene Gesserit contend with the ruthless leaders of an alien culture to forge a new civilization and preserve the best of the Old Empire.
14) MAC and me
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MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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MAC (Mysterious Alien Creature) is millions of miles from home, lost and separated from his parents when he meets ten-year-old Eric and they become fast friends. Still, MAC misses his family. With his friend's help, he finds them; and just in time, because the police are now after all of them.
15) Legacy of Onyx
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Halo series. Standalone novels volume 12
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Molly Patel was only seven years old when the alien alliance known as the Covenant destroyed her homeworld and killed her family. As one of the few to escape the glassing of Paris IV, and despite the United Nations Space Command winning the war on behalf of humanity, Molly never forgot how much she had lost. Nine years later, when her adoptive parents--research scientists specializing in ancient Forerunner technology--are called to the mysterious...
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"2552. The theocratic military alliance known as the Covenant is showing no mercy as it continues to assault every human world it encounters, but in the way lies humanity's greatest champion, the super-soldier Spartan John-117--the Master Chief. Together with his AI companion Cortana and the last remaining Spartans, the galaxy-spanning fight rages on two fronts following the destruction of the human military stronghold Reach by Covenant forces and...
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Gordian division volume 4
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"The Weltall Tournament's professional VR games were supposed to be a symbol of cooperation between SysGov and its militaristic neighbor, the Admin. But that was before star Admin player Elly Sako received a death threat, written in blood next to a copy of her own severed head. The Admin's Department of Temporal Investigation swiftly seizes control of the crime scene, and the tournament transforms into a flashpoint of charged politics and conflicting...
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Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Some are big, and some are small. Some are young, and some are old. Some are queens, and some are scavengers. All off the aliens and beings from the Star Wars saga are very different, but each and every one of them plays an important role in the galaxy.
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Halo series. Standalone novels volume 6
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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2535. It is the first, desperate days of the Human-Covenant War, and the United Nations Space Command has enacted "the Cole Protocol" to safeguard Earth and its inner colonies from discovery by its merciless alien foe. Many are called upon to rid the galaxy of lingering navigation data that could potentially reveal the location of Earth and ensure the destruction of humanity. Among those tasked with eliminating any trace of such dangerous information...
20) Primordium
Author
Series
Forerunner saga volume 2
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English