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The Reality Dysfunction
by Peter F. Hamilton
Epic sci-fi adventure through space and time, tackling questions of identity and reality.
The Reality Dysfunction opens in the year 2581 with a war raging between two worlds, Omuta and Garissa, over three hundred and eighty seven mineral-rich asteroids known as the Dorados. The war ... (Wikipedia)
The Neutronium Alchemist
by Peter F. Hamilton
A gripping space opera that explores the consequences of humanity's discovery of powerful alien technology.
The voidhawk Oenone reaches Jupiter and docks with one of the 4,250 habitats orbiting the planet. Whilst medical assistance and trauma counselling begin to help heal Syrinx, the information from ... (Wikipedia)
The Naked God
by Peter F. Hamilton
Epic space opera of adventure, mystery, and political intrigue.
Jay Hilton, one of the surviving children from Lalonde, is awoken when Tranquillity falls under attack by the Organisation and its hellhawk allies. With the habitat in imminent danger of destruction, ... (Wikipedia)
Absolution Gap
by Alastair Reynolds
A sci-fi adventure featuring a crew of misfits on a mission to save their home world from destruction.
The plot of the novel takes place in four separate time periods. The bulk of the novel is contained in the 2675 and 2727 sections. Queen Jasmina of the lighthugger Gnostic Ascension wakes Quaiche, a ... (Wikipedia)
Ender's Shadow
by Orson Scott Card
A boy competes in a battle school to save humanity from a deadly alien race.
Welcome to Battleschool. Growing up is never easy. But try living on the mean streets as a child begging for food and fighting like a dog with ruthless gangs of starving kids who wouldn't hesitate to ... (Goodreads)
Ender's Game, Volume 2: Command School
by Christopher Yost
Ender Wiggin continues his training at Command School, preparing for the final battle against the alien Formics.
Collects Ender's Game: Command School #1-5. Ender Wiggin may be the only hope that humanity has against an alien race that threatens Earth with annihilation. He's been given his own army, and now ... (Goodreads)
Dark Apprentice
by Kevin J. Anderson
Jedi apprentice, Kyp Durron, falls to the dark side and threatens the galaxy with a superweapon. Luke Skywalker must stop him.
As the New Republic takes devastating losses in the ongoing war with the scattered remnants of the Empire, the galaxy's future depends on three small children–among them the Jedi twins—born to ... (Goodreads)
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
Epic science-fiction story of a journey to the distant planet Hyperion.
In the 29th century, the Hegemony of Man comprises hundreds of planets connected by farcaster portals. The Hegemony maintains an uneasy alliance with the TechnoCore , a civilisation of AIs . Modified ... (Wikipedia)
Jedi Search
by Kevin J. Anderson
Luke Skywalker searches for new Jedi candidates while facing a new threat to the galaxy. Action-packed adventure in the Star Wars universe.
As the war between the Republic and the scattered remnants of the Empire continues, two children–the Jedi twins--will come into their powers in a universe on the brink of vast changes and challenges. ... (Goodreads)
Champions of the Force
by Kevin J. Anderson
The final book in the Jedi Academy trilogy, where Luke Skywalker and his students face off against the evil spirit of Exar Kun.
Suspended helplessly between life and death, Luke Skywalker lies in state at the Jedi academy. But on the spirit plane, Luke fights desperately for survival, reaching out physically to the Jedi ... (Goodreads)
Revelation Space
by Alastair Reynolds
A space opera that explores the dark side of humanity and the consequences of advanced technology.
Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on the verge of discovering space flight. Now one scientist, Dan Sylveste, will stop at nothing to ... (Goodreads)
3001: The Final Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
An exploration of the future of the human race, with humanity facing an uncertain destiny.
The novel begins with a brief prologue describing the bioforms — dubbed the First-Born — who created the black monoliths . They evolved from " primordial soup ", and over the course of millions of ... (Wikipedia)
The Songs of Distant Earth
by Arthur C. Clarke
A group of humans leave Earth to colonize a distant planet, but their arrival is threatened by a catastrophic event.
The novel is set in the early 3800s and takes place almost entirely on the faraway oceanic planet of Thalassa . Thalassa has a small human population sent there by way of an embryonic seed pod , one ... (Wikipedia)
Against a Dark Background
by Iain M. Banks
A journey of self-discovery as a female mercenary embarks on a quest to find an ancient weapon.
The main protagonist is Lady Sharrow, a former military pilot and antiquities thief. She lives on Golter, a planet orbiting a star in an isolated planetary system with no nearby galaxies . A cult ... (Wikipedia)
Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke
A mysterious alien spacecraft discovered in the Solar System, explored by a human team.
After an asteroid falls in Northeast Italy in 2077, creating a major disaster, the government of Earth sets up the Spaceguard system as an early warning of arrivals from deep space. The "Rama" of the ... (Wikipedia)
All-Star Superman, Vol. 2
by Grant Morrison
Superman battles Lex Luthor and his evil plans, while racing against time to save the world.
Dr. Leo Quintum and his team from P.R.O.J.E.C.T. are exploring the Sun when they are remotely sabotaged by Lex Luthor . Superman rescues them, and acquires the ability to project his bio-electric ... (Wikipedia)
The Caves of Steel
by Isaac Asimov
Detective story set in a distant future, where humans and robots coexist.
A faction of Spacers have come to the realization that Spacer culture is effete, stagnating due to negative population growth and longevity. Their solution is to encourage further space exploration ... (Wikipedia)
Utopia
by Lincoln Child
A group of strangers embark on a mysterious journey, uncovering secrets of a strange and unknown world.
Fasten your seat belts–the white-knuckle thrills at Utopia, the world’s most fantastic theme park, escalate to nightmare proportions in this intricately imagined techno-thriller by New York Times ... (Goodreads)
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
A human raised by Martians must find his place in a hostile Earth society.
The story focuses on a human raised on Mars and his adaptation to and understanding of humans and their culture. It is set in a post- Third World War United States, where organized religions are ... (Wikipedia)
Lords of the North
by Bernard Cornwell
A thrilling historical fiction of warriors, love and battles in 9th century England.
878 – 881: Uhtred of Bebbanburg makes his way back to his native Northumbria seeking revenge against his uncle Ælfric and childhood enemies Sven the One-Eyed and Kjartan the Cruel. He travels by ship ... (Wikipedia)
Magician
by Raymond E. Feist
An orphaned farm boy must save a kingdom from an invading army of Dark Lords.
In the twelfth year of the reign of Rodric the Fourth, an orphaned kitchen boy named Pug is made an apprentice magician to the magician Kulgan in Crydee . A struggling student of magic , he rises to ... (Wikipedia)
The Pale Horseman
by Bernard Cornwell
A Saxon warrior's epic quest to reclaim his home and save his people from Viking invaders.
876 – 878: Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg arrives at King Alfred of Wessex's court to proclaim the defeat of the forces of Danish chieftain and warrior Ubba Lothbrokson, as well as his killing of Ubba ... (Wikipedia)
The Children of Húrin
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Epic tale of tragedy and tragedy, of a father's sins passed down to his children.
This tale of Middle-earth's First Age, which appeared in incomplete forms in the posthumously published, The Silmarillion, and, Unfinished Tales, , also edited by Tolkien's son, Christopher, only ... (Goodreads)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Collection of mysteries solved by the brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes.
A study in scarlet – The sign of four -- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes : A scandal in Bohemia ; The red-headed league ; A case of identity ; The Boscombe Valley mystery ; The five orange pips ; The ... (Goodreads)
The Call of Earth
by Orson Scott Card
The second book in the Homecoming Saga. Nafai and his family continue their journey to find the lost city of Basilica and save their people.
The book focuses on several key events that happen after Nafai, Elemak, Issib, Mebbekew, Zdorab and the father Volemak leave for the desert. Elemak has a dream from the Oversoul, foretelling ... (Wikipedia)
The Terror
by Dan Simmons
A gripping survival story set during the doomed Arctic expedition of the HMS Terror.
The story begins, in medias res, in the winter of 1847, when HMS, Terror, and HMS, Erebus, have been trapped in ice, 28 miles north-northwest of King William Island , for more than a year. The ... (Wikipedia)
Fool Moon
by Jim Butcher
A wizard detective must solve a supernatural mystery with intrigue and danger.
After the events in, Storm Front, , Kim Delaney, whom Dresden helped to control her magical talents, asks Dresden how to create a set of three magical circles, which could be used to contain powerful ... (Wikipedia)
Grave Peril
by Jim Butcher
Wizard Harry Dresden must protect Chicago from a powerful and malevolent supernatural force.
Dresden and Michael Carpenter , a Knight of the Cross , try to track down a bewildered but dangerous ghost in Cook County Hospital, are nearly ensnared by Dresden's faerie godmother the Leanansidhe , ... (Wikipedia)
Royal Assassin
by Robin Hobb
A journey of self-discovery and growth, as a young man discovers his hidden powers and learns to use them.
Fitz has survived his first hazardous mission as king’s assassin, but is left little more than a cripple. Battered and bitter, he vows to abandon his oath to King Shrewd, remaining in the distant ... (Goodreads)
The Winter King
by Bernard Cornwell
Epic saga of Arthurian legend, weaving together the tales of a warrior-king's rise to power.
The story is narrated by its main protagonist, Derfel Cadarn , an elderly monk who has converted to Christianity late in life after spending many years as a warrior in the service of Arthur , a ... (Wikipedia)
