Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=7431&N=3+7478 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744018 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744020 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732483 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714502 Perturabo, master of siegecraft, and executioner of Olympia. Long has he lived in the shadow of his more favoured primarch brothers, frustrated by the mundane and ignominious duties which regularly fall to his Legion. When Fulgrim offers him the chance to lead an expedition in search of an ancient and destructive xenos weapon, the Iron Warriors and the Emperors Children unite and venture deep into the heart of the great warp-rift known only as the Eye. Pursued by a ragged band of survivors from Isstvan V and the revenants of a dead eldar world, they must work quickly if they are to unleash the devastating power of the Angel Exterminatus! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732026 In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood--a horrifying shape-changing parasite--has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses.Too little, too late, the legal rate of Juridicals is only now investigating possible crimes by the Master Builder and others. Evidence-gathering agents known collectively as Catalog have been dispatched to collect testimony from the Librarian and both Didacts: the Ur-Didact, treacherously abandoned in a Flood-infested system, and the Bornstellar Didact, who accompanies the Librarian as she preserves specimens against the dire possibility of Halo extermination. Facing the imminent collapse of their civilization, the Librarian and the Ur-Didact reveal what they know about the relationship between the long-vanished Precursors and the Flood. The Precursors created many technological species, including humanity and the Forerunners. But the roots of the Flood may be found in an act of enormous barbarity, carried out beyond our galaxy ten million years before...Because of that barbarism, a greater evil looms. Only the Ur-Didact and the Librarian--husband and wife pushed into desperate conflict--hold the keys to a solution. Facing the consequences of a mythic tragedy, one of them must now commit the greatest atrocity of all time--to prevent an insane evil from dominating the entire universe-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744021 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732506 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744025 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712895 Futuristic speculation combines with murder when a scientific expedition on a faraway planet searches for an alien species only to be stalked by a determined killer who may be a hostile alien or a member of their own team. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738927 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732517 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711919 Twenty-four-year-old Natasha Wiley lives in America-Five, a high-tech, underground, utopian settlement where hunger and money do not exist, everyone has a job, and all basic needs are met. But when her mentor and colleague, Jeffrey, selects her to join a special team to venture Outside for the first time, Natashas allegiances to home, society, and above all to Jeffrey are tested. She is forced to make a choice that may put the people she loves most in grave danger and change the world as she knows it--Amazon.com http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744060 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732495 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739239 Vitala Salonius, champion of the warlike game of Caturanga, is as deadly as she is beautiful. Shes a trained assassin for the resistance, and her true play is for ultimate power. Using her charm and wit, she plans to seduce her way into the emperors bed and deal him one final, fatal blow, sparking a battle of succession that could change the face of the empire. As the ruler of a country on the brink of war and the son of a deposed emperor, Lucien must constantly be wary of an attempt on his life. But hes drawn to the stunning Caturanga player visiting the palace. Vitala may be able to distract him from his woes for a while--and fulfill other needs, as well.Luciens quick mind and considerable skills awaken unexpected desires in Vitala, weakening her resolve to finish her mission. An assassin cannot fall for her prey, but Vitalas gut is telling her to protect this sexy, sensitive man. Now she must decide where her heart and loyalties lie and navigate the dangerous war of politics before her gambit causes her to lose both Lucien and her heart for good...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732507 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732487 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732498 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705406 When their homeland is destroyed, the survivors of a proud and aloof alien society struggle to reach out to the rest of the galaxy for aid and understanding while striving to preserve their cherished way of life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744010 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694909 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744049 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706393 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694793 Cent, the daughter of a man brutally pursued by the government and other dangerous adversaries for his ability to teleport, triggers an avalanche while illegally snowboarding and discovers her own teleporting abilities. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735095 In a future world an elderly widow is moved by images of her dead husband, a policewoman finds herself in strange circumstances in an event zone, and a space freighter takes on an ancient alien artifact with dangerous consequences. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744032 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743989 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1733285 Robert J. Sawyer, the author of such revelatory and thought-provoking* novels as Triggers and The WWW Trilogy, presents a noir mystery expanded from his Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated novella Identity Theft and his Aurora Award-winning short story Biding Time, and set on a lawless Mars in a future where everything is cheap, and life is even cheaper... Alex Lomax is the one and only private eye working the mean streets of New Klondike, the Martian frontier town that sprang up forty years ago after Simon Weingarten and Denny OReilly discovered fossils on the Red Planet. Back on Earth, where anything can be synthesized, the remains of alien life are the most valuable of all collectibles, so shiploads of desperate treasure hunters stampeded to Mars in the Great Martian Fossil Rush. Trying to make an honest buck in a dishonest world, Lomax tracks down killers and kidnappers among the failed prospectors, corrupt cops, and a growing population of transfers--lucky stiffs who, after striking paleontological gold, upload their minds into immortal android bodies. But when he uncovers clues to solving the decades-old murders of Weingarten and OReilly, along with a journal that may lead to their legendary mother lode of Martian fossils, God only knows what hell dig up... The Globe and Mail-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1702009 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1718283 Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise are sent to evacuate the Omega sector frontier colony Vesbius--a pioneer settlement that is on the brink of an extinction-level event threatening not only all of the colonists, but biological products that are vital to Starfleet. However, rescue efforts are being thwarted by the colonists themselves, who refuse to abandon Vesbius, claiming that their lives depend upon staying, while giving no reason why. It is after these irrational decisions that First Officer Spock makes a radical suggestion: Perhaps an unexpected ally could aid the colony and help complete the mission...--Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713017 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732499 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694160 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694754 Aboard the Wheel, a ring of ice and steel turning around a moon of Saturn and home to a mining colony supplying a resource-hungry Earth, the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe become enmeshed in a critical situation. Suspected of sabatoge, they soon find themselves caught in a mystery that goes right back to the creation of the solar system. A mystery that could kill them all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696105 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744007 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738908 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714945 Centuries after the ecological collapse of Earth, humanity has spread among the stars. Under the governance of the League, our endless need for resources has driven us to colonize hundreds of planets, all of them devoid of other sentient life. Humanity is apparently alone in the universe. Then comes the sudden, brutal decimation of Kassa, a small farming planet, by a mysterious attacker. The few survivors send out a desperate plea for aid, which is answered by two unlikely rescuers. Prudence Falling is the young captain of a tramp freighter. She and her ragtag crew have been on the run and living job to job for years, eking out a living by making cargo runs that arent always entirely legal. Lt. Kyle Daspar is a police officer from the wealthy planet of Altair Prime, working undercover as a double agent against the League. Hes been undercover so long he cant be trusted by anyone--even himself. While flying rescue missions to extract survivors from the surface of devastated Kassa, they discover what could be the most important artifact in the history of man: an alien spaceship, crashed and abandoned during the attack. But something tells them there is more to the story. Together, they discover the cruel truth about the destruction of Kassa, and that an imminent alien invasion is the least of humanitys concerns-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744011 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735898 Duisberg is one of thousands of planets plunged into darkness and chaos by the collapse of the galactic republic, but where other worlds have begun to rebuild a star-travelling culture, Duisberg remains in an uneasy balance between mud-brick civilization and bloodthirsty barbarism--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694913 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713729 Quick thinking and loyalty have taken human Sophie Lawson a long way in the UDA - along with a healthy dose of magic immunity. But when her old boss Pete Sampson asks for help after a mysterious two year disappearance, shes determined to find out what high placed demon has put two ruthless werewolf killers on his tail. Of course, sucking up to her icy vampire department head and negotiating a treacherous interoffice demon battle are the kind of workplace politics that could easily get a breather way worse than reprimanded. And sexy fallen angel Alex is doing whatever it takes to heat up Sophies professional cool and raise feelings shes done her best to bury. Too bad their investigation is about to uncover the Agencys darkest secrets...and powerful entities happy to sign one inquisitive humans pink slip in blood--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732482 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743993 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675941 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744070 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714443 When her guardian is arrested for smuggling a dangerous weapon into the country, Sam Shao, genetically enhanced to act as a surrogate to alien infants, tries to discover the truth before the weapon is unleashed on humanity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732493 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732467 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744062 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729552 Michelle Henke, Queen Elizabeth of Manticores first cousin, Honor Harringtons best friend, and the commanding officer of Manticores Tenth Fleet, is just a bit surprised when a messenger arrives from the Mobius System to inform her that the Mobius Liberation Front is prepared to rise in rebellion against the hated regime President Svein Lombroso. She has no orders from her government to assist any rebellions or liberation movements, shes short on ships ... but she doesnt care. No one is going to send thousands of patriots to their deaths on her watch. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705826 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744015 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744035 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744045 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687068 Wesley Crusher enlists the help of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise crew to stop a planet-sized Machine of terrifying power from exterminating all life in the Milky Way Galaxy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705822 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743621 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732511 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743988 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732489 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738922 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743997 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744065 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715681 When Jax Pavan, one of the few remaining Jedi, takes on the vital mission of transporting a rebel leader away from Coruscant, he and his crew face the might of Darth Vader, who will stop at nothing to exterminate the Jedi. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1718279 The shadows of war grow ever darker across the Demi-Monde. Norma Williams knows she was an idiot for being lured into the virtual nightmare that is the Demi-Monde. When the agent sent in the game to save her goes rogue and a long forgotten evil is awoken [sic] it falls to Norma to lead the resistance. Lost, without a plan and the members of the ForthRight marching ever closer, she must come to terms with terrible new responsibilities and with the knowledge that those she thought were her friends are now her enemies. To triumph in this surreal cyber-world she must be more than she ever believed she could be ... or perish-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705834 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738668 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703958 When journalist Cormac Easton is selected to document the first manned mission into deep space, he dreams of securing his place in history as one of humanitys great explorers. But in space, nothing goes according to plan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744008 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744044 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744054 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744005 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739215 First comes the red rain: a strange, scarlet downpour from a cloudless sky that spreads across cities, nations, and the entire globe. In a matter of panicked hours, every living thing on earth succumbs to swift, bloody death. With only wits, weapons, and a bicycle, Emily must undertake a grueling journey across a country thats turning increasingly alien. For though she fears shes been left to inherit the earth, the truth is far more terrifying than a lifetime of solitude. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705810 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705528 The discovery of an Earth-sized planet 30 light years from Earth sparks a race to develop a telescope to create a photographic record of the new world. The far side of the moon, with its clear view of space, seems an ideal location, but the projects planners must contend with rivalries from the existing moon colony of Selene. Sent from Earth to assist Dr. Ulrich, director of Angel Observatory, Dr. Trudy Yost immediately becomes involved in the web of politics, sabotage, and physical obstacles that mark life on Farside.--Library Journal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738960 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729325 In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. In a society full of regulations meant to protect the community, Sheriff Holston, unexpectedly breaks the greatest taboo of all: he asks to go outside. An unlikely candidate is appointed to replace him: Juliette, a mechanic with no training in law, whose special knack is fixing machines. Now Juliette is about to be entrusted with fixing her silo, and she will soon learn just how badly her world is broken.... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694931 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744004 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705808 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735950 Bren and Illisidi must protect young prince Cajeiri and the human children who have come to visit for his birthday from the dangerous split compromising the Assassins Guild. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704562 When the arrival of Clan Korval on the planet Surebleak threatens the secret existence of the native kompani, catastrophic changes bring together three individuals including a kompani apprentice, a young Clan Korval warrior and a man without a world or past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744012 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694919 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1638601 Sandra OToole is the president of the Outer Alliance, which stretches from the asteroid belt to the Oort Cloud beyond Pluto. Resurrected following the death of Justin Cord, the unincorporated man, OToole has become a powerful political figure determined to win the Civil War against the inner planets at almost any cost. And the war has been going badly. Nothing is predictable, even the behavior of artificial intelligences. There may be only one way out, but it is not surrender. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1657183 Held hostage by a papal usurper, 1635 uptimer Frank Stone and his pregnant downtime wife, Giovanna, become targets in a rescue effort by Harry Lefferts and his infamous Wrecking Crew at the same time the true pope is targeted for assassination. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647447 Rudi Mackenize, now Artos the First, High King of Montival, and his allies have won several key battles against the Church Universal and Triumphant. But still the war rages on, taking countless lives, ravaging the land once known as the United States of America. Artos and his Queen, Mathilda, must unite the realms into a single kingdom to ensure a lasting peace. If the leaders of the Changed world are to accept Artos as their ruler, he will need to undertake a quest to the Lake at the Heart of the Mountains, and take part in a crowning ceremony--a ceremony binding him to his people, his ancestors, and his land. Then, once he has secured his place and allegiances, Artos can go forward, and lead his forces to the heart of the enemys territory...-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1736255 Bean, nearing death, and his wife Petra search for their stolen children with the help of their former Battle School classmates while Peter Wiggin attempts to restore world government with himself as hegemon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1622305 Traces the legendary crusade of Lord Commander Solar Macharius, whose quest to conquer the unknown worlds of Segmentum Pacificus begins with an attack on the heretic Karsks. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1565367 Admiral John Black Jack Geary earned his rank after being revived from cryogenic sleep to lead the Alliance to victory against the Syndicate Worlds. But his superiors question his loyalty to the regime. Now in command of the First Fleet, Geary is tasked with exploring the frontier beyond Syndic space, a mission he fears deliberately puts the fleet--and himself--in harms way. An encounter with the alien enigmas confirms Gearys fears. Attacked without warning, he orders the fleet to jump star systems--only to enter the crosshairs of another hostile alien armada. Ignoring all of the First Fleets attempts to communicate peaceful intentions, this systems species sends its ships into battle on suicide runs while it guards the exiting jump point with a fortress of incalculable power. Now, with a faction of his officers determined to eliminate this new threat at any cost, Geary must figure out how to breach the enemys defenses so the fleet can reach the jump point without massive casualties--even though the enigmas could be waiting on the other side..-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1621948 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1502836 Separated from the fleet, Billy and Linda West, searching for a new planet to call home after Earth is destroyed by an asteroid storm, arrive on a mysterious world where they find themselves trapped in the middle of an ancient war between two violent nations and forced to choose sides. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1673217 As a ghost, psychologist Elizabeth Cole is symbiotically linked to her supervisor and the creator of the Ghost Protector, who is forbidden to interact with her, which prompts her to search for the truth surrounding her own existence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1590765 Rising high above the frigid waters, the ocean city of Osiris has been cut off from the land since the Great Storm 50 years ago. Most believe that Osiris is the last city on Earth. Adelaide is the black-sheep granddaughter of the citys Architect. A jaded socialite, she wants little to do with her powerful relatives--until her troubled twin brother disappears mysteriously. Vikram, a third-generation storm refugee, sees his own people dying of cold and starvation. He hopes to use Adelaide to bring about much-needed reforms--but who is using whom? As another brutal winter brings Osiris closer to riot and revolution, two very different people attempt to bridge the gap dividing the city, only to find a future far more complicated than either of them ever imagined.--Amazon.com. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1628037 Orion will battle the gods themselves to see that Arthur fulfills his destiny. But can even he save Arthur from the tragedy that awaits him? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1638649 I used to work for the Telepaths Guild before they kicked me out for a drug habit that wasnt entirely my fault. Now I work for the cops, helping Homicide Detective Isabella Cherabino put killers behind bars. My ability to get inside the twisted minds of suspects makes me the best interrogator in the department. But the normals keep me on a short leash. When the Tech Wars ripped the world apart, the Guild stepped up to save it. But they had to get scary to do it-- real scary. Now the cops dont trust the telepaths, the Guild doesnt trust me, a serial killer is stalking the city-- and Im aching for a fix. But I need to solve this case. Fast. Ive just had a vision of the future: Im the next to die -- p. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1660761 CEO Artur Drakon has been betrayed. The Syndic government failed to protect its citizens from both the Alliance and the alien enigmas. With a cadre of loyal soldiers under his command, Drakon launches a battle for control of the Midway Star System--assisted by an ally hes unsure he can trust. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1590338 The thirty-fourth century. Humankind is spread across three thousand light years in a myriad of worlds and habitats known as the Human Entelechy. Linked by a network of wormholes with Earth at its center, it is the world Captain RJ Stone awakens to after a twelve-thousand-year cryogenic suspension. Stone soon finds himself commanding the maiden voyage of the first spacecraft to break the light speed barrier. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1616188 Juno Mozambe once had a life. That was when he was a dirty cop, married to a woman who suffered such profound abuse that she murdered her vile, drug kingpin father. Juno loved his wife and did his best to help her survive her guilt, her drug habit, and her desire to end her life on the dead-end planet of Lagarto. When she died, however, Junos life went downhill. And then his first partner, the corrupt chief of the Koba Office of Police, was murdered. The man responsible, Emil Mota, is using the KOP for his personal gain. Juno has been lying low, but now hes ready to do whatever it takes to take down the bastard. Rather than working from inside the system, hes decided that the only way to take down the KOP is to create an independent base of power. So he gets involved with a team of dirty cops and starts working as a rent-a-thug for a whorehouse that needs protection--Amazon.