Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Ne=6670&N=3+7478+6670 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1519417 Bean moves with three of his children into a derelict space colony ship where they hope for a cure to engineered genes that give them high intelligence and short lives, a situation that is complicated when space-time distortions cause them to be forgotten by humanity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1282815 Two decades into the future humans are battling for their very survival when a powerful AI computer goes rogue, and all the machines on earth rebel against their human controllers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1262780 The Alliance woke Captain John Black Jack Geary from cryogenic sleep to take command of the fleet in the century-long conflict against the Syndicate Worlds. Now Admiral Gearys victory has earned him the adoration of the people--and the enmity of politicians convinced that a living hero can be a very inconvenient thing. The war may be over, but Geary and his newly christened First Fleet have been ordered back into action to investigate the aliens occupying the far side of Syndic space and to determine how much of a threat they represent to the Alliance. And while the Syndic Worlds are no longer united, individually they may be more dangerous than ever before. Geary knows that members of the military high command and the government question his loyalty to the Alliance and fear his staging a coup--so he cant help but wonder if the fleet is being deliberately sent on a suicide mission..-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1268752 June 12, 2030 started out like any other day... until a massive earthquake devastated Los Angeles, and the government, always teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, was unable to respond. The fallout from the earthquake national hope for the future against assurances from the past, in this all-too-believable imagining of where todays challenges could lead us tomorrow http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1176792 Thrall, wise shaman and the warchief of the Horde, has sensed a disturbing change... Long ago, Azeroths destructive native elementals raged across the world until the benevolent titans imprisoned them within the Elemental Plane. Despite the titans intervention, many elementals have ended up back on Azeroth. Over the ages, shaman like Thrall have communed with these spirits and, through patience and dedication, learned to soothe roaring infernos, bring rain to sun-scorched lands, and otherwise temper the elementals ruinous influence on the world of Azeroth. Now Thrall has discovered that the elementals no longer heed the shamans call. The link shared with these spirits has grown thin and frayed, as if Azeroth itself were under great duress. While Thrall seeks answers to what ails the confused elements, he also wrestles with the orcs precarious future as his people face dwindling supplies and growing hostility with their night elf neighbors...--Dust cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1155180 Rudi Mackenzie must return to Montival in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest and forge an alliance with old enemies if he is ever going to defeat the minions of the Prophet and assume his rightful place as Artos, King of Montival. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1059143 Countering growing mistrust in the wake of increasing cases of insanity among the Jedi, Han and Leia flee with three afflicted Jedi, while Luke travels to the homeworld of the Night Sister to learn why Jacen Solo turned to the dark side. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1116692 The Skywalkers and the Sith become allies, setting off on a joint mission into the treacherous web of black holes that is the Maw where they will engage a true monster in battle, and Luke will come face-to-face with a staggering truth. Meanwhile Han and Leia Solo risk arrest and worse to aid the Jedi imprisoned back on Coruscant. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1136144 Tassaa Bareesh, a matriarch in the Hutt crime cartel, is holding an auction thats drawing attention from across the galaxy. Representatives of both the Republic and the Sith Empire are present, along with a Jedi Padawan sent to investigate, a disenfranchised trooper drummed out of the Republics elite Blackstar Squad, and a mysterious Mandalorian with a private agenda. But the Republics envoy is not what he seems, the Empires delegate is a ruthless Sith apprentice, the Jedi Padawan is determined to do the right thing and terrified that he cant, the trooper hopes to redeem her reputation, and the Mandalorian is somehow managing to keep one step ahead of everyone. None of these guests--invited or uninvited--have any intention of participating in the auction. Instead they plan to steal the prize, which is locked inside an impregnable vault: two burned chunks of an exploded star cruiser, one of which may hold the key to the wealth of an entire world. But the truth about the treasure is dangerous and deadly. And in the end, Sith and Jedi, Republic and Empire, must do something theyve never done before, something that all the agents of good and evil could never make them do: join together to stop a powerful threat that could destroy the galaxy.--Dust cover flaps. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=960787 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=989519 Presents the second interquel of Frank Herberts epic Dune series, chronicling the life of Lady Jessica after the disappearance of her son, Emperor Paul-MuadDib. The Winds of Dune begins after the events of Dune Messiah. The growing battle between Jessica and her daughter, Alia, continues as Alia tries to hold the Imperial government together with Duncan and Bronso of Ix seems to be leading the opposition against the House of Atreides. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=994858 Following a trail of clues across the galaxy, Luke Skywalker continues his quest to find the reasons behind Jacen Solos dark downfall and to win redemption for the Jedi Order. Meanwhile on Coruscant, Han and Leia Solo, along with their daughter Jaina, join the fight to protect more stricken Knights from arrest while Jedi healers race to find a cure for the rapidly spreading affliction. And deep in the Maw Cluster the Sith is poised to strike against the Skywalkers and the forces of good. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1007542 When the Imperial prison barge Purge breaks down in a distant, uninhabited part of space, its only hope appears to lie with a Star Destroyer found drifting, derelict, and seemingly abandoned. But soon after a boarding party returns from a scavenging expedition, a horrific disease breaks out and takes the lives of all but a half-dozen survivors whose only option forces them to return to the Star Destroyer--and the soulless, unstoppable dead waiting aboard its vast emptiness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=707055 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=671628 Despite dating one vampire and living with another, Rachel Morgan has always managed to stay just ahead of trouble ... until now. A fiendish serial killer stalks the Hollows, claiming victims across society, and the resulting terror ignites a vicious Inderland gang war. And while the ancient artifact Rachel is hiding may be the key to stopping the murderer, revealing it could also create a battle to the death among the numerous supernatural races that live in and around Cincinnati. For every action has its price, and when the vampire master Piscary is set free and the demonic Algaliarept dares to walk openly under the sun, even Rachel Morgan cant hide forever.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=679821 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=677205 This is the era of Luke Skywalkers legacy: the Jedi Master has unified the order into a cohesive group of powerful Jedi Knights. But as the new era begins, planetary interests threaten to disrupt this time of relative peace, and Luke is plagued with visions of an approaching darkness. Evil is rising again - out of the best intentions - and it looks as if the legacy of the Skywalkers may come full circle. Honor and duty will collide with friendship and blood ties as the Skywalker and Solo clans find themselves on opposing sides of an explosive conflict with potentially devastating repercussions for both families, for the Jedi order, and for the entire galaxy. When a mission to uncover an illegal missile factory on the planet Adumar ends in a violent ambush - from which Jedi Knight Jacen Solo and his protege and cousin, Ben Skywalker, narrowly escape with their lives - its the most alarming evidence yet that sparks of political unrest are threatening to ignite into total rebellion. The governments of numerous worlds are chafing under the strict regulations of the Galactic Alliance, and diplomatic efforts to enforce compliance are failing. Fearing the worst, the Alliance readies a preemptive display of military might in a bid to bring the rogue worlds in line before an uprising erupts. The designated target of this exercise: planet Corellia - renowned for the brash independence and renegade spirit that have made its favorite son, Han Solo, a legend. Something of a rogue himself, Jacen is nevertheless duty bound as a Jedi to stand with his uncle, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, on the side of the Galactic Alliance. But when the wary Corellians launch a counterstrike, the Alliances show of force - and a secret mission to disable Corellias crucial Centerpoint Station - give way to an armed skirmish. Once the smoke clears, the battle lines are drawn. Now the specter of full-scale war looms between a growing cadre of defiant planets and the Galactic Alliance that some fear is becoming a new Empire. And even as both sides struggle to find a diplomatic solution, mysterious acts of treachery and sabotage threaten peace efforts at every turn. Determined to root out those behind the mayhem, Jacen follows a trail of cryptic clues to a dark rendezvous with the most shocking of revelations ... while Luke grapples with something even more troubling: dream visions of a shadowy figure whose Force power and ruthlessness remind him of Darth Vader - a lethal enemy who strikes like a dark spirit on a mission of doom. An agent of evil who, if Lukes visions come to pass, will bring untold pain to the Jedi Master ... and to the entire galaxy.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=653335 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=653337 At the end of Chapterhouse: Dune-Frank Herberts final novel, a ship carrying the ghola of Duncan Idaho, Sheeana (a young woman who can control sandworms), and a crew of various refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from the monstrous Honored Matres, dark counterparts to the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood. The nearly invincible Honored Matres have swarmed into the known universe, driven from their home by a terrifying, mysterious Enemy. As designed by the creative genius of Frank Herbert, the primary story of Hunters and Sandworms is the exotic odyssey of Duncans no-ship as it is forced to elude the diabolical traps set by the ferocious, unknown Enemy. To strengthen their forces, the fugitives have used genetic technology from Scytale, the last Tleilaxu Master, to revive key figures from Dunes past, including Paul MuadDib and his beloved Chani, Lady Jessica, Stilgar, Thufir Hawat, and even Dr. Wellington Yueh. Each of these characters will use their special talents to meet the challenges thrown at them. Failure is unthinkable - not only is their survival at stake, but they hold the fate of the entire human race in their hands.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=546785 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=557540 Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker embark on a mission to uncover the wearabouts of the evil Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, only to become trapped in a labyrinthine web of lies, betrayal, and intrigue. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=571847 After years of civil war, the Separatists have battered the already faltering Republic nearly to the point of collapse. On Coruscant, the Senate watches anxiously as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine aggressively strips away more and more constitutional liberties in the name of safeguarding the Republic. Yoda, Mace Windu, and their fellow Masters grapple with the Chancellors disturbing move to assume control of the Jedi Council. And Anakin Skywalker, the prophesied Chosen One destined to bring balance to the Force, is increasingly consumed by his fear that his secret love, Senator Padme Amidala, will die. As the combat escalates across the galaxy, the stage is set for an explosive endgame: Obi-Wan undertakes a perilous mission to destroy the Separatist military leader, General Grievous; Palpatine, eager to secure even greater control, subtly influences public opinion to turn against the Jedi; and a conflicted Anakin - tormented by unspeakable visions - edges dangerously closer to the brink of a galaxy-shaping decision. It remains only for Darth Sidious, whose shadow looms ever larger, to strike the final staggering blow against the Republic...and to ordain a fearsome new Sith Lord: Darth Vader.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=442108 It seems too good to be true. The war of the Five Kings has finally ground to an uneasy halt, with House Lannister and their allies the apparent victors. But all is still not well in the land. With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in Kings Landing. Robb Starks demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist - or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be-dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces - some familiar, others only just appearing - are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead. It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong, will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages, to come together and stake their fortunes ... and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests - but only a few are the survivors.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=605281 From the site of Anakin Skywalkers last stand - on the molten surface of the planet Mustafar, where he sought to destroy his friend and former master, Obi-Wan Kenobi - a fearsome specter in black has risen. Once the most powerful Knight ever known to the Jedi Order, he is now a disciple of the dark side, a lord of the dreaded Sith, and the avenging right hand of the galaxys ruthless new Emperor. Seduced, deranged, and destroyed by the machinations of the Dark Lord Sidious, Anakin Skywalker is dead . . . and Darth Vader lives. Word of the events that created him - the Jedi Councils failed mutiny against Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, the self-crowned Emperors retaliatory command to exterminate the Jedi Order, and Anakins massacre of his comrades and Masters in the Jedi Temple - has yet to reach all quarters. On the Outer Rim world of Murkhana, Jedi Masters Roan Shryne and Bol Chatak and Padawan Olee Starstone are leading a charge on a Separatist stronghold, unaware that the tide, red with Jedi blood, has turned suddenly against them. When the three narrowly elude execution - and become the desperate prey in a hunt across space - its neither clone soldiers, nor the newly deployed stormtroopers, nor even the wrath of the power-hungry Emperor himself they must fear most. The deadliest threat rests in the hideously swift and lethal crimson lightsaber of Darth Vader - behind whose brooding mask lies a shattered heart, a poisoned soul, and a cunning, twisted mind hell-bent on vengeance.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=495012 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=547895 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=517719 In her role as consort of Jean-Claude, the seductive Master Vampire of the City, Anita Blake is faced with a dangerous conflict of interest--and her struggle to control her fierce desires--when she is called in to assist with the search for a vampire serial killer preying on strippers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=521017 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=513937 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=463779 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=461790 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=484086 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=464534 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=158703 As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky - a comet the color of blood and flame - six factions struggle for control of a divided land. Eddards son Robb has declared himself King in the North. In the south, Joffrey, the heir apparent, rules in name only, victim of the scheming courtiers who teem over Kings Landing. Roberts two brothers each seek their own dominion, while a disfavored house turns once more to conquest. And a continent away, an exiled queen, the Mother of Dragons, risks everything to lead her precious brood across a hard hot desert to win back the crown that is rightfully hers. A Clash of Kings transports us into a magnificent, forgotten land of revelry and revenge, wizardry and warfare. It is a tale in which maidens cavort with madmen, brother plots against brother, and the dead rise to walk in the night.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=283426 Imagine the risks of such a journey. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=132507 The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic--the revised, definitive edition, from the bestselling author of Xenocide. The alien Buggers threaten humanity with extinction, and Earths ultimate savior may be one small boy. Andrew Ender Wiggins thinks he is only playing computer games, but he is really commanding Earths last great fleet.