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Kevin J. Anderson · 672 pages
"Having colonized the worlds of the spiral arm, the three branches of humanity, the Earth-based Terran Hanseatic League, the telepathic Green Priests of Theroc, and the fiercely rebellious, starship-dwelling Roamers consider themselves lords of creation."--Jacket.
Xenocide
Orson Scott Card · 562 pages
On Lusitania, Ender finds a world where humans and pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together. However, Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but which the pequeninos require in order to become adults. The Starways Congress so fears the effects of the descolada, should it escape from Lusitania, that they have ordered the destruction of the entir
Hell's Gate
David Weber, Linda Evans · 816 pages
The vast Union of Arcana has expanded its wealth and power by laying claim to one uninhabited planet after another through the portals linking parallel universes, until they discover a new portal that leads to another human society, Sharona.
A Thousand Words for Stranger
Julie E. Czerneda · 367 pages
The tenth anniversary edition of Julie Czerneda's debut science fiction novel, the story of a woman on the run, from the law, her own people, and an unknown pursuer. Her memory taken from her by a stasis block, Sira must stay free long enough to regain her identity and the full use of her telepathic powers-for failure may cost not only her own future but that of her entire race.
Fluency
Jennifer Foehner Wells · 364 pages
NASA discovered the alien ship lurking in the asteroid belt in the 1960s. They kept the Target under intense surveillance for decades, letting the public believe they were exploring the solar system, while they worked feverishly to refine the technology needed to reach it.
The Second Ship
Richard Phillips · 433 pages
"In 1948, an alien starship crash-landed in the New Mexico desert and brought with it the key to mankind's future. Code-named the Rho Project, the landing was shrouded in secrecy, and only the highest-ranking US government and military personnel knew it existed. Until now. The US president is preparing to unveil one of the nation's greatest secrets when three students stumble across the wreckage o
The Darwin Elevator
Jason M. Hough · 480 pages
In the mid-23rd century, Darwin, Australia, stands as the last human city on Earth. The world has succumbed to an alien plague, with most of the population transformed into mindless, savage creatures. The planet's refugees flock to Darwin, where a space elevator--created by the architects of this apocalypse, the Builders--emits a plague-suppressing aura.
Damia's Children
Anne McCaffrey · 325 pages
They intherited their mother's legendary powers of telepathy. But Damia's children will need more than psionic Talent to face the enemy's children - an alien race more insect than human.
Brightness Reef
David Brin · 642 pages
David Brin's Uplift novels--Sundiver, Hugo award winner The Uplift War, and Hugo and Nebula winner Startide Rising--are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction tales ever written. Now David Brin returns to this future universe for a new Uplift trilogy, packed with adventure, passion and wit.The planet Jijo is forbidden to settlers, its ecology protected by guardians of the Five
The Long Utopia
Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter · 373 pages
The Dark Forest
Liu Cixin · 522 pages
"With the scope of Dune and the rousing action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. In Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion--in just four centuries' time. The aliens' human collaborators may have bee
The Forge of God
Greg Bear · 474 pages
A vanished moon of Jupiter, a 500-foot -high cinder cone in Death Valley never before seen, and an enormous granite mountain in Australia also never seen before all point the way to an alien invasion of planet Earth.
Bowl of Heaven
Gregory Benford, Larry Niven · 414 pages
A human expedition to another star system is jeopardized by the discovery of an immense bowl-shaped structure in space that leads to hostile alien encounters and profound revelations about humanity's place in the universe.
Pandora's Star
Peter F. Hamilton · 988 pages
Critics have compared the engrossing space operas of Peter F. Hamilton to the classic sagas of such sf giants as Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert. But Hamilton's bestselling fiction--powered by a fearless imagination and world-class storytelling skills--has also earned him comparison to Tolstoy and Dickens. Hugely ambitious, wildly entertaining, philosophically stimulating: the novels of Peter F. Ha
Conquerors' Pride
Timothy Zahn · 389 pages
Enchantress from the Stars
Sylvia Engdahl · 275 pages
When young Elana unexpectedly joins the team leaving the spaceship to study the planet Andrecia, she becomes an integral part of an adventure involving three very different civilizations, each one centered on the third planet from the star in its own solar system. First published in 1970 and winner of a Newbery Honor the following year. At once a tale of fantasy as well as science fiction, it
Up the Walls of the World
James Tiptree Jr. · 315 pages
Human telepaths receive calls for help from an endangered world. However, the interstellar being threatening them, may be trying to help.
Poseidon's Wake
Alastair Reynolds · 633 pages
""Few SF writers merge rousing adventure with advanced futuristic technology as skillfully as Alastair Reynolds" (Toronto Star), the award-winning author of On the Steel Breeze. In the conclusion of his Poseidon's Children saga, the Akinya family receives an invitation from across the stars--and a last opportunity to redeem their name ... Send Ndege ... The cryptic message originated seventy light
The Seeds of Earth
Michael Cobley · 641 pages
More than 150 years after an alien race destroyed Earth, the planet Darien hosts a thriving human settlement, but this settlement is soon to become the focus of an intergalactic power struggle that dates back to an apocalyptic battle fought between ancient races at the dawn of galactic civilization.
Formic Wars: Burning Earth
Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston