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"In the year 2035, all that is left of humanity lives in the Shell. After ecological disasters have nearly destroyed the Earth, twenty-six survivors are imprisoned in a sterile enclosure built by an alien race. Fifteen-year-old Pete is one of the six children who were born in the Shell. Though he possesses birth defects common to the Six, including sterility, Pete is resolved to lead humanity to a new beginning. However, as one by one the adults of...
Author
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"Aliens have landed in New York. A deadly cloud of spores has already infected and killed the inhabitants of two worlds. Now that plague is heading for Earth, and threatens humans and aliens alike. Can either species be trusted to find the cure? Geneticist Marianne Jenner is immersed in the desperate race to save humanity, yet her family is tearing itself apart. Siblings Elizabeth and Ryan are strident isolationists who agree only that an alien conspiracy...
Author
Series
Beggars trilogy volume 2
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
1994.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
315 pages ; 24 cm
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English
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The aliens appeared one day, built a base on the moon, and put an ad on the internet. At first, everyone thought it was a joke. But it wasn't. This is the story of three volunteers who answered that ad, and what they found on Kular A and Kular B.
Author
Series
Yesterday's kin volume 2
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten years after the Aliens left Earth, humanity succeeds in building a ship, Friendship, to follow them home to Kindred. Aboard are a crew of scientists, diplomats, and a squad of Rangers to protect them. But when the Friendship arrives, they find nothing they expected. No interplanetary culture, no industrial base?and no cure for the spore disease.
Author
Series
Yesterday's kin volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows the arrival of alien embassies who meet with the United Nations amid human fear and speculation before obscure scientist Dr. Marianne Jenner is secretly invited to visit the aliens and prevent an imminent disaster.
10) Probability sun
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
348 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
12) Crucible
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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