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2) Winter
Author
Series
Pub. Date
04/24/2017
Language
Español
Description
Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana. Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won't approve of her feelings for her childhood friend--the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn't as weak as Levana believes her to be and she's been undermining her stepmother's wishes...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in Washington D.C. in the near future, climate change has hit hard, fires are burning, unemployment is high, and controversial longevity treatments are only available to the very rich. Enter resourceful young police detective, Jen B. Lu, and her 'partner', Chandler, a SIM implant in her brain and her instant link to the Internet and police records, and constant voice inside her head. He's an inquisitive tough guy, with a helluva sense of humor...
4) Cress
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 3
Language
English
Description
Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company.
5) Scarlet
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Description
Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The enchantment continues... The universe of the Lunar Chronicles holds stories - and secrets - that are wondrous, vicious, and romantic. How did Cinder first arrive in New Beijing? How did the brooding soldier Wolf transform from young man to killer? When did Princess Winter and the palace guard Jacin realize their destinies? With six stories - two of which have never before been published - and an exclusive never-before-seen excerpt from Marissa...
7) Noor
Author
Series
DAW Book Collectors volume no. 1898
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: From Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thoughtful rumination on biotechnology, destiny, and humanity in a near-future Nigeria. 224pp., 20K
9) Synapse
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From the critically-acclaimed author whom Publishers Weekly has called a "master storyteller" comes a taut new thriller where things are not always as they appear to be ... Thirty years from now, when Kestrel Hathaway, a pastor in Cincinnati, witnesses a terror attack, she's drawn into a world of conspiracies and lies that she and Jordan, her cognizant robot, have to untangle before it's too late. With the help of counterterrorism agent Nick Vernon,...
10) Cress
Author
Series
Lunar chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
"Cinder, Thorne y Wolf son los fugitivos más buscados. Juntos, planean destronar a la reina Levana y destruir su armada. Todas sus esperanzas están puestas en Cress, una joven hacker que se encuentra atrapada en un satélite. Durante toda su vida, estuvo rodeada de pantallas, observando, espiando. Lo único con lo que siempre soñó fue con ser libre. Y finalmente logra escapar ... pero el precio que deberá pagar es más alto de lo que ella imagina....
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In the vein of Neal Stephenson and Jeff VanderMeer, an epic speculative novel from Young Lions Fiction Award-finalist Matt Bell, a breakout book that explores climate change, manifest destiny, humanity's unchecked exploitation of natural resources, and the small but powerful magic contained within every single apple"--
12) Winter
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Princess Winter, admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, teams up with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, to defeat Queen Levana and find their happily ever afters.
Author
Series
Halo series. Standalone novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The myriad factions of the Covenant continue their crusade to eliminate humanity.
"Continuing the saga of the award-winning Xbox" game! The Spartan-II program has gone public. Tales of super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend. But just how many Spartans are left? While the Master Chief defends a besieged Earth, and the myriad factions of the Covenant continue their crusade to eliminate humanity, an...
14) Zero world
Author
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
"Published in rapid succession, Jason M. Hough's first three novels, The Darwin Elevator, The Exodus Towers, and The Plague Forge, earned mountains of praise and comparisons to such authors as James S. A. Corey and John Scalzi. Now Hough returns with a riveting near-future spy thriller that combines the adrenaline of a high-octane James Bond adventure with mind-blowing sci-fi speculations worthy of Christopher Nolan's Inception. Technologically enhanced...
15) The Kingdom
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Ana, a half-android, half-human employee of a futuristic fantasy theme park, the Kingdom, faces a charge of murder in a tale told through flashbacks and court transcripts"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
While searching the ruins of the destroyed VLA lab for the remains of John Connor's brother, Barnes and pilot Blair Williams come upon a data transmission line that leads them up into the mountains where they discover an entire village that appears to have remained unscathed by Judgment Day.
Author
Series
Halo series. Standalone novels volume 6
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Navy Lieutenant Jacob Keyes travels to a distant corner of the universe to investigate a colony of human rebels that has made an alliance with members of the Covenant, as the Spartan Gray Team and an Elite converge on the area.
18) Born Andromeda
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Being eighteen is difficult, especially when you're a cyborg and heir to the entire kingdom of the Moon. Disillusioned with royal life, Princess Andromeda dreams of nothing but freedom and adventure outside the protective dome of royalty. But when her parents arrange her marriage to an Earthen prince, she is forced to put her kingdom before her dreams of independence. While traveling to Earth, Andromeda's ship is attacked by galactic pirates led by...
Author
Series
Halo series. Standalone novels volume 5
Language
English
Description
It is the year 2524. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human-controlled space. But we have trespassed on holy ground--strayed into the path of an aggressive alien empire known as the Covenant. What begins as a chance encounter between an alien privateer and a human freighter catapults mankind into a struggle for its very existence. But humanity is also locked in a bitter civil war known as the Insurrection. So the...
Author
Series
Clockwork curandera volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Resurrected by her brother using a forbidden combination of alchemy and engineering, apprentice curandera Cristina vows to protect the Republic of Santander against the lechuzas terrorizing immigrants and plaguing the country.
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