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Halo: First Strike
by Eric S. Nylund
The Master Chief and his team fight to prevent the Covenant from discovering Earth's location. Action-packed sci-fi adventure.
The Human-Covenant war rages on as the alien juggernaut sweeps inexorably toward its final goal: destruction of all human life!, Halo has been destroyed, and the threat it posed to sentient life, ... (Goodreads)
Halo: The Fall of Reach
by Eric S. Nylund
A first-person account of the human-Covenant War, exploring the origins of the Master Chief.
As the bloody Human-Covenant War rages on Halo, the fate of humankind may rest with one warrior, the lone SPARTAN survivor of another legendary battle... the desperate, take-no-prisoners struggle ... (Goodreads)
Halo: The Flood
by William C. Dietz
Novelization of the events of the video game "Halo: Combat Evolved," following the Master Chief and other soldiers as they fight to save humanity from an alien threat.
The Human-Covenant War, a desperate struggle for humankind's very survival, has reached its boiling point on the mysterious, ring world called Halo. But the fierce Covenant warriors, the mightiest ... (Goodreads)
Mass Effect: Revelation
by Drew Karpyshyn
A prequel to the popular video game series, following the adventures of David Anderson and Saren Arterius as they uncover a sinister plot threatening the galaxy.
The book serves to fill in much of the background details of the game, such as locations and the internal politics of the Council's races, as well as characters. A considerable amount of the plot ... (Wikipedia)
The Lost World
by Michael Crichton
Explorers uncover a prehistoric world and use science to battle its inhabitants.
In 1993, four years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, chaos theorist and mathematician Ian Malcolm – who is revealed to have survived the events of the previous novel , despite being declared dead ... (Wikipedia)
The Quillan Games
by D.J. MacHale
Bobby Pendragon is forced to compete in the dangerous Quillan Games, where the stakes are high and the consequences are deadly.
Like the other Pendragon books, The Quillan Games follows protagonist Bobby Pendragon's adventures on Quillan, while showing his friends Mark Dimond and Courtney Chetwynde on their home territory of ... (Wikipedia)
The Rivers of Zadaa
by D.J. MacHale
Bobby Pendragon and his friends journey to the territory of Zadaa, where they must face dangerous challenges and confront their own fears.
As in the other Pendragon books, this book covers Bobby's adventures and those of Mark and Courtney, his friends on Second Earth. Bobby's adventures are chronicled as an epistolary novel and those of ... (Wikipedia)
The Last Command
by Timothy Zahn
A Rebel pilot and his ragtag crew battle Imperial forces in a desperate fight for freedom.
The embattled Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has marshaled the remnants of the Imperial forces and driven the Rebels back with an abominable technology recovered from ... (Barnes & Noble)
Heir to the Empire
by Timothy Zahn
A space opera set in the Star Wars universe, following a heroic trio's daring mission to save the galaxy.
Alternate Cover Edition can be found, here,. It is a time of renewal, five years after the destruction of the Death Star and the defeat of Darth Vader and the Empire. But with the war seemingly won, ... (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)
The Merchant of Death
by D.J. MacHale
Bobby Pendragon is a normal teenager until he discovers his destiny as a traveler between worlds, fighting to save them from destruction.
D.J. MacHale’s, New York Times, bestselling middle grade fantasy series about Bobby Pendragon, a regular kid about to find himself and his two friends pulled into one epic adventure across worlds! ... (Barnes & Noble)
Point Blank
by Anthony Horowitz
An unconventional story of a teenage boy's search for answers about his past and future.
The book opens with the death of American electronics billionaire Michael J. Roscoe in an elevator shaft in his New York City office, arranged by a reputable contract killer known only as The ... (Wikipedia)
Batman: The Killing Joke
by Alan Moore
Dark tale of psychological warfare between Batman and the Joker.
Critically acclaimed author Alan Moore redefined graphic novel story-telling with, Watchmen, and, V for Vendetta,. In, Batman: The Killing Joke, he takes on the origin of comics' greatest ... (Barnes & Noble)
Ark Angel
by Anthony Horowitz
A teenage spy embarks on a mission to save the world from a criminal mastermind.
Maximilian Webber, a former SAS man, gives a speech denouncing an extreme eco-terrorist organisation known as Force Three (named after Earth being the third planet from the sun ). After the speech, ... (Wikipedia)
Shibumi
by Trevanian
A master strategist must outwit a powerful secret society in a battle for the future of the world.
Nicholai Hel is an assassin, born in Shanghai in 1925 and raised in a cosmopolitan fashion by his mother, a deposed member of the Russian aristocracy. A general in the Japanese Imperial Army was ... (Wikipedia)
Sphere
by Michael Crichton
A group of scientists investigate a mysterious spacecraft at the bottom of the ocean.
A group of scientists ( psychologist Norman Johnson; mathematician Harry Adams; zoologist Beth Halpern; astrophysicist Ted Fielding; and marine biologist Arthur Levine), along with U.S. Navy ... (Wikipedia)
Shadow of the Giant
by Orson Scott Card
A revolution of conscience and courage, led by a man seeking justice in a dangerous world.
A belief is spreading in conquered China that the government has lost the Mandate of Heaven . Han Tzu meets up with Mazer Rackham , who passes him a blow dart pen, calling it the "Mandate of Heaven". ... (Wikipedia)
Timeline
by Michael Crichton
A group of scientists travelling through time to save their present.
In Corazon, Dan Baker and his wife are lost and driving through the Northern Arizona desert when they come across a man in his seventies who looks like a priest. They pull over to help him, then take ... (Wikipedia)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
A detective's collection of cases, full of intrigue and suspense.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and ... (Goodreads)
Brothers Majere
by Kevin Stein
The story of two brothers, Caramon and Raistlin, as they navigate their way through a world of magic, dragons, and dark forces.
Raistlin, Caramon, and their kender companion, Earwig, investigate the disappearance of cats from the city of Mereklar and a series of murders by a gigantic cat. Reprint. ... (Goodreads)
Fading Echoes
by Erin Hunter
The clans of cats are in turmoil as a new prophecy emerges, and a young apprentice must navigate the dangers of loyalty and power.
After the sharp-eyed Jay and the roaring Lion, peace will come on Dove's gentle wing. Three ThunderClan cats, Jayfeather, Lionblaze, and Dovepaw, are prophesied to hold the power of the stars in ... (Goodreads)
Blood of Elves
by Andrzej Sapkowski
A young orphan embarks on a quest, struggling to accept their destiny as a Witcher.
About a year before the beginning of the novel (as chronicled in the preceding short story " Much More "), the Empire of Nilfgaard attacks the Kingdom of Cintra. Queen Calanthe, mortally wounded, ... (Wikipedia)
Outcast
by Erin Hunter
A young cat is banished from his clan and must navigate the dangers of the wild alone.
There will be three, Kin of your kin.... Who hold the Power of the stars In their paws. A secret prophecy shapes the lives of Firestar's grandchildren, but only one of the three knows about it. ... (Goodreads)
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)
Greywalker
by Kat Richardson
After a near-death experience, private investigator Harper Blaine gains the ability to see and move through the paranormal realm of ghosts and vampires.
Harper Blaine was your average small-time P.I. until a two-bit perp's savage assault left her dead for two minutes. When she comes to in the hospital, she sees things that can only be described as ... (Goodreads)
Eclipse
by Erin Hunter
The third book in the "Warriors: Power of Three" series, where three young cats must fulfill a prophecy to save their clan.
Erin Hunter's #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series continues with the fourth book in the Power of Three series! The fourth book in this third series,, Warriors: Power of Three #4: Eclipse, ... (Barnes & Noble)
Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 12
by Bisco Hatori
The Host Club prepares for a Christmas party, but Haruhi's father's plane goes missing. The club sets out to find him.
The uproarious comedy about a girl enlisted to work in a lavish host club! In this screwball romantic comedy, Haruhi, a poor girl at a rich kids' school, is forced to repay an $80,000 debt by working ... (Barnes & Noble)
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
A Martian invasion of Earth, exploring the limits of human resilience.
The narrative opens by stating that as humans on Earth busied themselves with their own endeavours during the mid-1890s, aliens on Mars began plotting an invasion of Earth because their own resources ... (Wikipedia)
The Wayfarer Redemption
by Sara Douglass
A young woman discovers her destiny as a powerful sorceress in a world of magic, politics, and war.
A millennia-old prophecy was given when the Forbidden Ones were driven from Achar. And now, the Acharites witness its manifestation: Achar is under attack by an evil lord from the North, Gorgreal-his ... (Goodreads)
Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People
by Dav Pilkey
George and Harold travel to an alternate universe where toilets reign supreme and must save their own world from the evil purple potty people.
George Beard, Harold Hutchins, Sulu, and Crackers have now ended up in an alternate universe where the whole world is the opposite of their normal world (instead of being perched up in a tree in the ... (Wikipedia)
