Catalog Search Results
81) Brothers in arms
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lead by Admiral Naismith (a.k.a. Lord Miles Vorkosigan), the Dendarii Mercenaries have pulled off the daring interspace rescue of an entire Cetagandan POW camp. But they have made some deadly enemies. Having finally outrun the infuriated Cetagandans, the Dendarii arrive on Earth for battle, shuttle repair, and a well deserved rest.
But Miles realizes he’s in trouble again. First the Mercenaries’ payroll doesn’t arrive on time, and then
...82) Heir to the Jedi
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Challenged by ruthless Imperial bodyguards, death-dealing enemy battleships, merciless bounty hunters, and monstrous brain-eating parasites, Luke Skywalker plunges head-on into a high-stakes espionage operation that will push his abilities as a Rebel fighter and would-be Jedi to the limit.
Author
Series
Safehold series volume 8
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Centuries ago, the human race fought its first great war against an alien race, and lost. A tiny population of human beings fled to distant Safehold. Centuries later, their descendants have forgotten their history; for them, life has been an eternal Middle Ages, ruled by the Church of God Awaiting, whose secret purpose is to prevent the re-emergence of industrial civilization. But not all of Safehold's founders were on board with this plan. Those...
84) Anvil of stars
Author
Series
Forge of God volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows the mission of a select group of human survivors as they search in the Ship of Law for the aliens who destroyed their planet.
Author
Series
Cruel stars volume 2
Language
English
Description
Humanity's last remaining heroes must rebuild and protect civilization after a long dormant enemy shattered their once-peaceful empire in this thrilling sequel to The Cruel Stars. The Sturm, a group of "species purists" intent on destroying any human with genetic or cybernetic enhancements, returned from the far reaches of Dark Space to wage a war against humanity. Though their victory seemed inevitable, a small group of reluctant heroes managed to...
86) An ancient peace
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr had been the very model of a Confederation Marine. But when she learned the truth about the war the Confederation was fighting, she left the military for good. But Torin could not walk away from preserving and protecting everything the Confederation represented. Instead, she drew together an elite corps of friends and allies to take on covert missions that the Justice Department and the Corps could not, or would not, officially...
87) Orphan's journey
Author
Series
Jason Wander volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jason Wander finds himself in charge when a starship-based space station goes out of control during a test run, stranding the Army commander and a handful of survivors on an alien planet.
88) Orphan's destiny
Author
Series
Jason Wander volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twenty-five year old general Jason Wander returns to Earth after winning mankind's only alien conflict to find the planet desperate and impoverished. When the aliens reappear, it's up to Wander to take the last remaining craft on a suicide mission.
Author
Series
Xenith trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Accidentally kidnapped by a head bodyguard after being mistaken for an alien princess who is hiding on Earth to escape an arranged marriage, an ordinary teen is forced to impersonate her doppelganger to prevent an intergalactic war and the enslavement of the human race.
90) Pretender
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Exhausted from a two-year rescue mission to a distant sector of space, and with resources strained by four thousand extra mouths to feed, the crew of the starship Phoenix yearns for the luxuries of home. But when the ship makes the final jump into atevi space, they learn the worst: supplies to their home station have been cut off; civil war has broken out on the atevi mainland; the powerful Western Association has been overthrown; and Tabini-aiji...
Author
Series
Saga of seven suns volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Early in the 25th century, humans ignited a fierce war with the hydrogues. Now the gas-giant planets, once a major source of fuel for Earth, are off limits, and the fearsome hydrogues scour the solar system, incinerating humans and the trees of the world forest. As political unrest spreads throughout Earth's space colonies, a possible ally is discovered: an ancient race of water-based creatures.
93) The shiva option
Author
Series
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
753 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
94) Between planets
Author
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
95) Crucible
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Crucible volume 1
Language
English
Description
Han and Leia Solo arrive at arrive at Lando Calrissian's Outer Rim mining operation to help him thwart a hostile takeover but soon the stakes are raised and, to save Han -- and the galaxy -- Luke Skywalker and Leia must brave a gauntlet of treachery, terrorism, and the untold power of an enigmatic artifact capable of bending space, time, and even the Force itself into an apocalyptic nightmare.
Author
Series
Jason Wander volume 4
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen years after the defeat of the Slugs on Bren, Jason Wander is assigned to command an invasion force to expel the Slugs from a small moon, but his mission is complicated by interplanetary conflicts, political intrigues, and the totalitarian Tressel, who will do anything to defeat the Slugs, regardless of the human cost.
97) Probability sun
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
348 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
The Giants' series volume 5
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
408 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
99) Probability moon
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
100) Redshirts
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
317 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Enjoying his assignment with the xenobiology lab on board the prestigious Intrepid, ensign Andrew Dahl worries about casualties suffered by low-ranking officers during away missions before making a shocking discovery about the starship's actual purpose.
Interlibrary loan through ILLiad
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Knox County Public Library can be requested from other libraries to be delivered to your pickup location.
Suggest a purchase
If it is too new for interlibrary loan (6 months), you can place a suggestion with us. Suggest a Purchase