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The World Set Free is a novel written in 1913 and published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. The book is based on a prediction of nuclear weapons of a more destructive and uncontrollable sort than the world has yet seen. It had appeared first in serialised form with a different ending as A Prophetic Trilogy, consisting of three books: A Trap to Catch the Sun, The Last War in the World and The World Set Free. A frequent theme of Wells's work, as in his 1901...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 3
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As life on Mars becomes impossible, Martians and their terrifying machines invade the earth. Find yourself caught in the middle of an alien invasion in the late 1800s in this collectible hardcover edition of the thrilling science fiction classic. A classic science fiction novel, The War of the Worlds tells the story of the martian invasion of Planet Earth. This late–nineteenth century novel plays on the mood of the period in which it was written—a...
3) Reentry
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"After almost dying on Mars, astronaut Liz Mathieson returns to Earth, but not to a hero's welcome. America is in turmoil. The war is over, but the insurgency has just begun. Heartbroken and treated with suspicion, she finds herself caught up in the guerrilla war being waged on Earth, wondering if the AI threat is truly gone, or if it has only just begun"--
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Solar warden volume 2
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For decades, there have been rumours of alien life. Now the truth is out - a truth more shocking and thrilling than anyone could have imagined. We are not alone. But neither are we defenceless.
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"In this stunning conclusion to N. E. Davenport's fast-paced, action-packed sci-fantasy duology, elite warrior Ikenna and her rogue cohort must outrun bounty hunters, their former comrades, and a megalomaniacal demi-god, all in the hopes of saving their friends and enemies from the racist and misogynistic oppression that threatens the continents from all sides"--
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Neog volume 3
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As Zuma's Ghost gears up for a final run at the Boarding Games, ensign Sapphi Zika and her crew are under attack by something out beyond the asteroid belt, which has been taking their ships, but no one is prepared for the truth that is revealed, shaking the foundations of everything they believe.
7) Abyss deep
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Star Corpsman novels volume 2
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As Bravo Company defuses a hostage crisis on an orbiting mining station, Navy Corpsman Elliot "Doc" Carlyle not only saves the lives of a wounded Marine and two extraterrestrial friendlies - he averts a terrorist strike intended to kill billions. His reward? Deployment on a recon mission into the darkest depths known to man.
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The Praxis, the empire of now extinct Shaa, has again fallen into civil war, with desperate and outnumbered humans battling several alien species for survival. Leading the human forces are star-crossed lovers Gareth Martinez and Caroline Sula, who must find a way to overcome their own thorny personal history to defeat the aliens and assure humanity's survival.
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Scott St. Andrew has managed to escaped the hellish mining colony that was his homeworld, joining the Corps and fighting to save the Seventeen Worlds. Aided by an alien technology that makes him the best of the best-and simultaneously destroys him-Scott has dedicated his life to saving the free worlds. Now one of the enigmatic Wardens-a covert group that may hold the key to the saving the government-Major St. Andrew is sent back to the harsh moon...
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Dread empire's fall volume 3
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Working on opposite sides of the galaxy--one in deep space, the other undercover on an occupied planet--and haunted by personal ghosts, Captain Gareth Martinez and Lieutenant Lady Caroline Sula fight to save the Empire from the vicious, alien Naxid. In a desperate, audacious bid to stop the Naxid fleet, Martinez makes a move that could win the war...and lose his career. Meanwhile, Sula's guerrilla tactics may not be enough to stop the Naxid, until...
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The second book in the Far Star series follows Blackhawk and the crew of the Wolfs Claw as they are gradually (and unwillingly) drawn more deeply into Marshal Lucernes campaign to form a united power bloc in the Far Stars to resist imperial encroachment.
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Prince of nothing volume 3
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Set in a world of Holy Wars and apocalyptic consequences, where a powerful warrier philosopher rules everything and uses his skills as a magician to prepare himself for the inevitable final battle of conquest or defeat. In a follow-up to The Darkness That Comes Before, warrior-philosopher Anasrimbor Kelhus continues his quest to reunite with his father, reach the ancient city of Shimeh, and master ancient arts that will enable him to overcome his...
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"In a long-ago war, the all-powerful A.I. ruler of the Voluntary State of Tennessee--Athena Parthenus, Queen of Reason--invaded and decimated the American Southeast. Possessing the ability to infect and corrupt the surrounding environment with nanotechnology, she transformed flora, fauna, and the very ground itself into bio-mechanical weapons of war. Marcia, a former captain from Kentucky, experienced firsthand the terrifying, mind-twisting capabilities...
14) Dinosaur knights
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Dinosaur lords volume 02
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2016.
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A world made by the Eight Creators on which to play out their games of passion and power, Paradise is a sprawling, diverse, often brutal place. Men and women live on Paradise as do dogs, cats, ferrets, goats, and horses. But dinosaurs predominate: wildlife, monsters, beasts of burden and of war. Colossal plant-eaters like Brachiosaurus; terrifying meat-eaters like Allosaurus, and the most feared of all, Tyrannosaurus rex. Giant lizards swim warm seas....
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Clockwork Dagger novels volume 1
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2014.
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"Orphaned as a child, Octavia Leander was doomed to grow up on the streets until Miss Percival saved her and taught her to become a medician. Gifted with incredible powers, the young healer is about to embark on her first mission, visiting suffering cities in the far reaches of the war-scarred realm. But the airship on which she is traveling is plagued by a series of strange and disturbing occurrences, including murder, and Octavia herself is threatened....
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Wolfe pack volume 01
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2014.
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An auxiliary scout platoon, affectionately known as the "cockroaches" always seems to get the most unusal and often the most dangerous jobs on the Galactic Defense Force. These guys and gals are among the most savvy and street-smart of all the troops in the galaxy. Whatever the task, you can count on one thing--the results will be "unconventional."
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"Star-crossed lovers Gareth Martinez and Caroline Sula have decisively beaten the forces of the corrupt Zanshaa government. It seems all there's left to do is to travel to the capital of Zanshaa to reunite the empire under the banner of the Restoration. Before they can sweep up the pieces, though, it's revealed that any advance would spring an enemy trap. To make things worse, their opponents have more resources than Martinez and Sula could have imagined,...
19) Slow bullets
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"A vast conflict, one that has encompassed hundreds of worlds and solar systems, appears to be finally at an end. A conscripted soldier is beginning to consider her life after the war and the family she has left behind. But for Scur--and for humanity--peace is not to be. On the brink of the ceasefire, Scur is captured by a renegade war criminal, and left for dead in the ruins of a bunker. She revives aboard a prisoner transport vessel. Something has...
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Ashes series (William W. Johnstone) volume 12
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"Ben Raines and his freedom-fighting guerillas are camped along the banks of what was once the Mississippi River, plotting strategy and readying weapons. A massive pack of heavily armed troops looms on the horizon, marching straight for the Rebels. They are the insidious mercenaries of Kenny Par and Lan Viller, and by midday only the Mississippi separates Raines from the ten thousand blood-hungry warriors all sworn to turn the Rebels' dream into a...
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