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1) Nostromo
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"Nostromo, A Tale of the Seaboard" is set in the South American country of Costaguana, and more specifically in that country's Occidental Province and its port city of Sulaco. Though Costaguana is a fictional nation, its geography as described in the book resembles real-life Colombia. Costaguana has a long history of tyranny, revolution and warfare, but has recently experienced a period of stability under the dictator Ribiera. Charles Gould is a native...
2) Dust
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Wool introduced the world of the Silo. Shift told the story of its creation. Dust will describe its downfall. Juliette, now mayor of Silo 18, doesn't trust Silo 1, especially its leader, Donald. But in the world of the Silos, there is no black and white -- everything is shades of gray. Donald may not be the monster Juliette thinks he is, and may in fact be key to humanity's continued survival. But can they work together long enough to succeed?"--...
3) Seeing
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. Should they reschedule the elections for another day? Around three o'clock, the rain finally stops. Promptly at four, voters rush to the polling stations, as if they had been ordered to appear. But when the ballots are counted, more than 70 percent are blank. The citizens are rebellious. A state of emergency is declared....
4) Sky's end
Author
Series
Above the black volume 1
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Plummet into a kill-or-be-killed competition where a scrappy underdog hell-bent on revenge must claw his way to the top in this thrilling YA fantasy debut.
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Series
Rebel of the sands volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Armed with only her revolver, her wits, and the Demdji powers she's struggling to control, Amani must rally a crew of rebels to take on the bloodthirsty sultan of Miraji and free the imprisoned prince Ahmed.
6) Age of war
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Series
Legends of the First Empire volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What does it mean if the gods can be killed? The epic fantasy series that started with Age of Myth and Age of Swords continues. In Age of War, the battle between humankind and the cruel, god-like beings who once ruled them finally ignites. And it will be up to Persephone--the first woman to lead her tribe--to become the hero that the world needs"--
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Series
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English
Description
In Freedom's Landing, a galactic invasion forced thousands of humans to colonize a new planet. In Freedom's Choice, human Kris Bjornsen and her comrades found new hope for rebellion. Now, in Freedom's Challenge, Kris and her Catteni lover Zainal prepare to face danger and pain, in the final fight for liberty. To safeguard his family & his freedom, Zainal must lead an attack on his own planet.
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2023 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
Goodreads Choice Nominees 2022
Lone Star Reading List 2023
Watauga Middle School 2023-2024 TX Star List
Goodreads Choice Nominees 2022
Lone Star Reading List 2023
Watauga Middle School 2023-2024 TX Star List
Description
"Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren't free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. He's left with only two choices: betray everyone and everything he loves--or use...
9) Age of myth
Author
Series
Legends of the First Empire volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Michael J. Sullivan's trailblazing career began with the breakout success of his Riyria series: full-bodied, spellbinding fantasy adventures whose imaginative scope and sympathetic characters won a devoted readership and comparisons to fantasy masters Brandon Sanderson, Scott Lynch, and J.R.R. Tolkien himself. Now, Sullivan's stunning hardcover debut, Age of Myth, inaugurates an original five-book series--and one of fantasy's finest next-generation...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
When seventeen-year-old Lei is stolen from her home to become one of nine Paper Girls, the Demon King's concubines, she proves to be more fire than paper.
Cuando Lei, de diecisiete a?os, es robada de su hogar para convertirse en una de las nueve chicas de papel, las concubinas del Rey Demonio, demuestra ser m?s fuego que papel.
11) Vestigios
Author
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
Español
Description
The much-anticipated final instalment of the Wool trilogy. In a time when secrets and lies were the foundations of life, someone has discovered the truth. And they are going to tell. Jules knows what her predecessors created. She knows they are the reason life has to be lived in this way. And she won't stand for it. But Jules no longer has supporters. And there is far more to fear than the toxic world beyond her walls. A poison is growing from within...
12) Wool: a novel
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English
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Description
In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. In a society full of regulations meant to protect the community, Sheriff Holston, unexpectedly breaks the greatest taboo of all: he asks to go outside. An unlikely candidate is appointed to replace him: Juliette, a mechanic with no training in law, whose special knack is fixing machines. Now Juliette is about to be entrusted with fixing her silo,...
13) Shift
Author
Series
Silo series volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platforms that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same...
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Series
System Divine volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Laterre is on the brink of war. The Third Estate are rioting against the injustices of a corrupt system. The Patriarche makes brutal attempts to quash the unrest, while a new militant faction launches a series of deadly attacks. Marcellus is now a traitor to his planet, Chatine is a prisoner on Bastille, and Alouette is a fugitive. But when Laterre is threatened by the emergence of a deadly new weapon, these three renegades must risk everything,...
Author
Series
Masquerade (Seth Dickinson) volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Baru Cormorant believes any price is worth paying to liberate her people--even her soul. When the Empire of Masks conquers her island home, overwrites her culture, criminalizes her customs, and murders one of her fathers, Baru vows to swallow her hate, join the Empire's civil service, and claw her way high enough to set her people free. Sent as an Imperial agent to distant Aurdwynn, another conquered country, Baru discovers it's on the brink of rebellion....
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Series
Dune chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
El mundo arenoso de Arrakis se ha vuelto verde, regado y fértil. El viejo Paul Atreides, que llevó a los Fremen del desierto a la dominación política y religiosa de la galaxia, se ha ido. Pero para los hijos de Dune, el mismo florecimiento de su tierra contiene las semillas de su propia destrucción. El clima alterado está destruyendo los gusanos de arena gigantes, y esto a su vez es desastroso para la economía del planeta. Leto y Ghanima, los...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From international bestselling author Susanna Kearsley comes a historical tale of intrigue and revolution in Scotland, where the exile of King James brought plots, machinations, suspicion and untold bravery to light. An investigation of a young widow's secrets by a man, who's far from objective, leads to a multi-layered tale of adventure, endurance, romance... and the courage to hope.
In the autumn of 1707, old enemies from the Highlands to the Borders...
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Series
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
"1636. The United States of Europe, the new nation formed by an alliance between the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus and the West Virginians hurled back in time, is on the verge of civil war. His brain injured, Gustavus is no longer in command. Swedish chancellor Oxenstierna, a leader of aristocratic reaction against democracy, is gathering the forces of the hidebound ruling class to drown the revolution in a bloodbath. In Magdeburg, the capital of...
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Series
Girls of paper and fire series volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Told from their alternating viewpoints, as battle lines are drawn between the powerful Hanno clan and the Demon King of Ikhara, the warrior Wren fights to find Lei, who is trying to assist the rebellion even though she is the King's prisoner.
20) Age of swords
Author
Series
Legends of the First Empire volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Age of Swords continues the epic story of the war between humankind and the elves--and of ordinary people becoming legendary heroes. It introduces a set of new characters: the dwarves, whose magical weaponcraft could decide the war. It's up to our heroes to win over the dwarves to the side of humankind...or else lose the war forever"--
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