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Series

Wayfarers volume 1

Language

English

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eAudiobook, eBook

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"When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The patched-up ship has seen better days, but it offers her everything she could possible want: a spot to call home, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy and some distance from her past. And nothing could be further from what she's known than the crew of the Wayfarer."--Page [4] of cover.

2) A Closed and Common Orbit

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Series

Wayfarers

Language

English

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National Bestseller!

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series!

A Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2017" pick!

Nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel!

Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award!

Winner of the Prix Julia-Verlanger!

Embark on an exciting, adventurous, and dangerous journey through

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3) The Galaxy, and the Ground Within: A Novel

Author

Series

Wayfarers

Language

English

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National Bestseller!

Return to the sprawling, Hugo Award-winning universe of the Galactic Commons to explore another corner of the cosmos—one often mentioned, but not yet explored—in this absorbing entry in the Wayfarers series, which blends heart-warming characters and imaginative adventure.

With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has

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4) Record of a Spaceborn Few

Author

Series

Wayfarers

Language

English

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Description

National Bestseller!

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series!

Brimming with Chambers' signature blend of heart-warming character relationships and dazzling adventure, Record of a Spaceborn few is the third standalone installment of the Wayfarers series, set in the sprawling universe of the Galactic Commons, and following a new motley crew on a journey to another corner corner of the cosmos—one

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5) To sleep in a sea of stars

Author

Paolini, Christopher

Series

Fractalverse volume 1

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 47

Language

English

Formats

Adult Book, eAudiobook

Description

A space voyager living her dream of exploring new worlds lands on a distant planet ripe for colonization before her discovery of a mysterious relic transforms her life and threatens the entire human race. During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira Navárez finds an alien relic. At first delighted, her elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a...

6) Hunt the stars: a novel

Author

Mihalik, Jessie

Series

Starlight's shadow volume 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

"Octavia Zarola would do anything to keep her tiny, close-knit bounty hunting crew together, even if it means accepting a job from Torran Fletcher, a ruthless former general and her sworn enemy. When Torran offers her enough credits to not only keep her crew afloat but also hire someone to fix her ship, Tavi knows that she can't refuse, no matter how much she'd like to. With so much money on the line, Torran and his crew insist on joining the hunt....

7) A memory called empire

Author

Martine, Arkady

Series

Teixcalaan volume 1

Language

English

Description

"During a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court, Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident--or that Mahit might be next to die. Now Mahit must discover who is behind the murder, rescue...

8) Eclipse the Moon: A Novel

Author

Mihalik, Jessie

Series

Starlight's Shadow

Language

English

Formats

Description

Acclaimed author Jessie Mihalik returns with an exciting new novel about a rainbow-haired female bounty hunter tasked with preventing an interstellar war.

Kee Ildez has been many things: hacker, soldier, bounty hunter. She never expected to be a hero, but when a shadowy group of traitors starts trying to goad the galaxy's two superpowers into instigating an interstellar war, Kee throws herself into the search to find

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9) Revenger

Author

Reynolds, Alastair

Series

Revenger

Language

English

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John Carter of Mars
Sastrugi Press Classics
Barsoom

"A superb science fiction adventure set in the rubble of a ruined universe, this is a deep space heist story of kidnap, betrayal, alien artifacts and revenge. The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilizations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives. And there are vast fortunes to be mad, if you know where to find them... Captain Rackamore and his crew...

10) The Warlord of Mars

Author

Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Series

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, eBook

Description

When John Carter discovers that his beloved wife, Dejah, has been imprisoned in the Temple of the Sun, he is desperate to rescue her. However, the prison, which slowly rotates, is only opened once a Barsoomian year. As Dejah's prison sentence drags on for over a hundred days, the window of opportunity is narrowing for Carter to save her. Amid social and political unrest from the last war, the Thern had appointed a new leader, but many still believed...

11) Alone Out Here

Author

Redgate, Riley

Pub. Date

2022

Language

English

Formats

Description

What do you stand for,when you're one of the last left standing? The year is 2072. Soon a volcanic eruption will trigger catastrophic devastation, and the only way out is up. While the world's leaders, scientists, and engineers oversee the frantic production of a space fleet meant to save humankind, their children are brought in for a weekend of touring the Lazarus, a high-tech prototype spaceship. But when the apocalypse arrives months ahead of schedule,...

12) Change of Plans

Author

Series

Change of Plans

Language

English

Description

She's a runaway princess – he's a runaway prince. When Jupiter – the most important and hunted royal of the Orion Empire accepts a deal to kidnap a wayward princess, he shouldn't accept. He does, and it drives him right into the arms of a galactic war. If he doesn't keep his wits about him, it'll thrust him into her arms, too. A problem, as Emilia Astrid is infected with a power to change everything. Change of Plans is an action-packed space...

13) The Storm

Author

Stanbrough, Harvey

Language

English

Description

Harold Sloan is the chief terraformer on Galen, a planet in another solar system. Harold is also a man who lives very much within himself, and he loves nothing more than his work. Or so he believes. Which is worse? The work-stopping storm that sometimes rages outside his annex apartment window? Or is it the internal storm, the one he can never escape?

14) Iron Dart

Author

Fitzpatrick, Brett

Series

Dark Galaxy

Language

English

Description

This edition of Iron Dart is special because it includes six illustrations by the author. Iron Dart is a tale of action and adventure in space. It is the second book in the Galaxy series, an epic story, set against the backdrop of a huge galaxy in the far future, where there are many sprawling civilizations and empires, political conflicts and intrigue. There are epic space battles, exotic locations, and a noble battle for the heart of an empire....

15) Broken

Author

Series

Broken

Language

English

Description

Special Commander Joshua Cook has a secret, she's sure of it. He's the Coalition's latest golden boy, but she knows he has a past that's far from sparkling.Ready to find out what his secret is, she isn't ready for the man himself. Josh is the rudest, meanest, crudest Coalition officer she's come across. She's about to give up when the unthinkable occurs – they get stuck on a desert planet far from help.They've got to rely on each other to survive....

16) Light years from home

Author

Chen, Mike

Pub. Date

2022

Language

English

Formats

Description

When their brother who has been missing for fifteen years suddenly returns, changed, Evie and Kass Shao must cast aside their differences to hide him from the FBI and an entire alien army who are in fast pursuit.

17) Heart of Iron

Author

Poston, Ashley

Series

Heart of Iron

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15

Language

English

Formats

Description

*A 2019 Rainbow Book List Selection*

An action-packed tale full of romance, royalty, and adventure, inspired by the story of Anastasia. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows, Cinder, and the cult classic television show Firefly.

Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was saved by a fearsome

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18) A Voyage to Arcturus

Author

Lindsay, David

Language

English

Formats

eAudiobook, eBook

Description

Scottish novelist David Lindsay was born to a middle-class Calvinist family, forced by poverty to work as an insurance clerk instead of attending university, and at the age of forty took up the cause and worked his way to Corporal of the Royal Army Pay Corps in World War I. After the war he moved to Cornwall with his wife and began writing full-time, publishing his first novel, "A Voyage to Arcturus", in 1920. Although the science fiction novel initially...

19) Shattered Destiny

Author

Galactic Adventure
Shattered Destiny

Series

Language

English

Description

She's a loner. Always has been. She's fought to survive, tooth and nail. He's a prince of the Arterian Royal Family — the greatest power in the galaxy. They shouldn't meet. Their paths should never intersect. But they do. Because the Milky Way is on the verge of total war once more. Together, they can save everyone. If they are torn apart, all will fall.......A six-episode serialization, Shattered Destiny: A Galactic Adventure takes you on a...

20) Ghost of Mind

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Series

Ghost of Mind

Language

English

Description