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Terms of Enlistment
by Marko Kloos
A soldier's story of survival, navigating the front lines of an interstellar war.
The year is 2108, and the North American Commonwealth is bursting at the seams. For welfare rats like Andrew Grayson, there are only two ways out of the crime-ridden and filthy welfare tenements, ... (Goodreads)
Honor Among Enemies
by David Weber
Captain Honor Harrington is stranded on a hostile planet with her crew, facing a deadly enemy and a race against time to survive.
After more than three years in exile on Grayson, several of Honor's old political enemies decide to try to kill two birds with one stone. Klaus Hauptman is able to have Honor appointed as commander ... (Wikipedia)
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
A soldier's story of the horror of war and its consequences in the far future.
The monumental Hugo and Nebula award winning SF classic— Featuring a new introduction by John Scalzi,The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce ... (Barnes & Noble)
Cold Days
by Jim Butcher
Wizard Harry Dresden must protect Chicago from a powerful Winter Fae Lord.
You can't keep a good wizard down - even when he wants to stay that way. For years, Harry Dresden has been Chicago's only professional wizard, but a bargain made in desperation with the Queen of Air ... (Goodreads)
Blood Rites
by Jim Butcher
A thrilling urban fantasy adventure, pitting a wizard against a powerful cult.
For Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, there have been worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Dodging flaming monkey poo, for instance. Or going ... (Goodreads)
Flight of the Nighthawks
by Raymond E. Feist
A magical rift opens, unleashing dangerous creatures. The Conclave of Shadows must stop them before they destroy everything.
Flight of the Nighthawks focuses primarily on the adventures of two young boys, Tad and Zane, and the organization they become involved with, the Conclave of Shadows. The story picks up shortly after ... (Wikipedia)
Wanderlust
by Mary L. Kirchoff
A group of adventurers embark on a journey to find a lost city, facing challenges and discovering secrets along the way.
Stop, Thief! One spring day Tasslehoff Burrfoot comes to Solace, accidentally pockets a copper bracelet, and (forcibly) makes the acquaintance of Tanis Half-Elven and Flint Fireforge. A simple tale. ... (Goodreads)
Midnight Frost
by Jennifer Estep
Mythical creatures and magic collide in a battle for power at Mythos Academy. Gwen Frost must use her powers to save her friends and the world.
Here we go again … Just when it seems life at Mythos Academy can’t get any more dangerous, the Reapers of Chaos manage to prove me wrong. It was just a typical night at the Library of Antiquities — ... (Goodreads)
The Law of Nines
by Terry Goodkind
A man discovers he is the only one who can save two worlds from destruction, but at a great cost.
Turning twenty-seven may be terrifying for some, but for Alex, a struggling artist living in the midwestern United States, it is cataclysmic. Inheriting a huge expanse of land should have made him a ... (Goodreads)
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands
by Chris Bohjalian
After a nuclear disaster, a teenage girl navigates a dangerous world alone, haunted by her past and struggling to survive.
A heartbreaking, wildly inventive, and moving novel narrated by a teenage runaway, from the best-selling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is the story of Emily ... (Goodreads)
King of Foxes
by Raymond E. Feist
A cunning thief rises to power in a world of political intrigue and war, but his past threatens to catch up with him.
An exceptionally skilled swordsman, young Tal Hawkins was the only survivor of the massacre of his village - rescued, recruited, and trained by the mysterious order of magicians and spies, the ... (Wikipedia)
Roses of May
by Dot Hutchison
A serial killer is on the loose, and FBI agent Victor Hanoverian must race against time to catch him before he strikes again.
Four months after the explosion at the Garden, a place where young women known as the Butterflies were kept captive, FBI agents Brandon Eddison, Victor Hanoverian, and Mercedes Ramirez are still ... (Goodreads)
Smack
by Melvin Burgess
A group of teenagers in Bristol, England, get caught up in the world of heroin addiction and the devastating consequences that follow.
Junk is told in the first person, with each chapter having a different character narrating. At the beginning of the story, fourteen-year old Gemma Brogan is spending time with David 'Tar' Lawson, a ... (Wikipedia)
Assassin's Creed: Renaissance
by Oliver Bowden
Follow the journey of Ezio Auditore da Firenze as he becomes an assassin and seeks revenge in Renaissance Italy.
Betrayed by the ruling families of Italy, a young man embarks upon an epic quest for vengeance. To eradicate corruption and restore his family's honour, he will learn the art of the assassins. To his ... (Goodreads)
Kiss of Frost
by Jennifer Estep
Mythos Academy's Gwen Frost must use her psychometry powers to solve a murder mystery while battling evil forces.
I’m Gwen Frost, a second-year warrior-in-training at Mythos Academy, and I have no idea how I’m going to survive the rest of the semester. One day, I’m getting schooled in swordplay by the guy ... (Goodreads)
It Happened One Wedding
by Julie James
A high-powered lawyer and a charming private investigator fake a relationship to solve a case, but end up falling for each other.
SHE KNOWS BETTER THAN TO SAY “I DO” After a humiliating end to her engagement, investment banker Sidney Sinclair is done with commitment-phobic men. But when her sister winds up engaged after a ... (Goodreads)
Spartan Gold
by Clive Cussler
Adventurers Sam and Remi Fargo search for a lost treasure that could change history. Action-packed and full of twists and turns.
Clive Cussler introduces a new team of adventurers with this book, the Fargos, who have a knack for stumbling into the plots of evil egomaniacs. This adventure starts when they stumble across a ... (Wikipedia)
Rise of a Merchant Prince
by Raymond E. Feist
Follow the journey of a young man as he rises from poverty to become a powerful merchant prince in a world of political intrigue and magic.
Erik von Darkmoor and Rupert Avery (Roo), have returned to Krondor after serving in Calis special unit that was sent down to the continent of Novindus. Erik plans on staying in the army as a corporal ... (Wikipedia)
A Superior Death
by Nevada Barr
A murder mystery set in the remote Isle Royale National Park, where a park ranger must solve the case before the killer strikes again.
Park ranger Anna Pigeon returns, in a mystery that unfolds in and around Lake Superior, in whose chilling depths sunken treasure comes with a deadly price. In her latest mystery, Nevada Barr sends ... (Goodreads)
Dreadnaught
by Jack Campbell
A young officer is given command of a powerful warship and must navigate political intrigue and battle against an alien race.
The Alliance woke Captain John "Black Jack" Geary from cryogenic sleep to take command of the fleet in the century-long conflict against the Syndicate Worlds. Now Fleet Admiral Geary's victory has ... (Goodreads)
Angel Fire East
by Terry Brooks
The final book in the "Word & Void" trilogy, where John Ross and Nest Freemark must stop a demon from unleashing chaos upon the world.
John Ross has a vision of the future where a crucified Knight of the Word (one that resembles himself) tells him that a "Gypsy morph" is about to be created in the present. The creation of a Gypsy ... (Wikipedia)
Fields of Fire
by Marko Kloos
A group of soldiers fight for survival on a hostile planet, facing not only the enemy but also their own demons.
The time has come to take the fight to the Lankies. Mars has been under Lanky control for more than a year. Since then, the depleted forces of Earth's alliances have rebuilt their fleets, staffing ... (Goodreads)
The Paradise Snare
by A.C. Crispin
Han Solo's origin story, from his early days as a street urchin to his first encounter with Chewbacca and entry into the criminal underworld.
Here is the first book in the blockbuster trilogy that chronicles the never-before-told story of the young Han Solo. Set before the Star Wars movie adventures, these books chronicle the coming-of-age ... (Goodreads)
Abandon
by Blake Crouch
A woman's search for her missing husband leads her to a mysterious ghost town where time doesn't behave normally.
A gripping thriller from Blake Crouch, internationally bestselling author of the Wayward Pines trilogy. On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote gold-mining town disappeared, ... (Goodreads)
Adam
by Ted Dekker
A man with no memory wakes up in a mysterious world, where he must fight for his survival and uncover the truth about his identity.
It takes an obsessive mind to know one. And Daniel Clark knows the elusive killer he's been stalking. He's devoted every waking minute as a profiler to find the serial killer known only as Eve. He's ... (Goodreads)
Hostage to Pleasure
by Nalini Singh
A Psy-Changeling novel where a Psy defector and a Changeling soldier must navigate their attraction while fighting against a dangerous enemy.
A rebel Psy scientist finds herself at the mercy of a changeling who has sworn vengeance against her kind in this thrilling romance in Nalini Singh’s, New York Times, bestselling series., Separated ... (Barnes & Noble)
Footfall
by Larry Niven
Aliens invade Earth, and humanity must fight back to save their planet from destruction.
The alien Fithp resemble baby elephants with multiple prehensile trunks. They possess more advanced technology than humans but have developed none of it on their own. In the distant past on their ... (Wikipedia)
A Hymn Before Battle
by John Ringo
Aliens invade Earth, and a retired military officer is called back to lead the fight against them.
With Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the Galactic Federation offers help to the backward humans – for a price. You can protect yourself from your enemies, but God save you from your ... (Goodreads)
Blue Heaven
by C.J. Box
Two siblings witness a murder and are pursued by the killers. A retired cop and a mother must protect them in a small town in Montana.
A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother go on the run in the woods of North Idaho, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder–-four men who know exactly who William and Annie ... (Goodreads)
Rogue Squadron
by Michael A. Stackpole
The elite pilots of Rogue Squadron fight against the remnants of the Empire in a thrilling space adventure.
They are sleek, swift, and deadly. They are the X-wing fighters. And as the struggle rages across the vastness of space, the fearless men and women who pilot them risk both their lives and their ... (Goodreads)
