Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=7431&N=3+7478&No=80 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744062 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738908 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706393 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744010 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744054 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=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=1743997 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696105 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744005 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744060 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1744004 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675941 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682002 Unprofitables are banished to work camps to pay off their credit. Other tie-men and women look on apathetically. Fair is fair. Everyone knows you shouldnt use more credit than you are worth to the Company. They turn their attention to the next repackaged but highly coveted N-Corp product on the market, creatively advertised on the imager screens that adorn virtually every available flat surface. All the while, their mandatory cross-implants and wrist-worn ICs keep them focused on the endless cycle of work and consumption to which they are enslaved. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1547858 It is the year 2149 and thousands of people are leaving Earth, frozen in fast-moving space capsules, taking giant leaps into the future past all known boundaries of space and time. Lured by the mystery of the unknown, the promise of new beginnings, or the quest for power, will any find what they are seeking in the vastness of the universe?--P. [2] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1555248 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1577926 A tale set in a technologically sophisticated solar system 300 years in the future follows the experiences of former world designer Swan, who in the wake of an unexpected death is led into a plot to destroy everything she has helped to create. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1578684 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624543 Three decades have passed since Wraith Squadron carried out its last mission. Taking on the most dangerous and daring operations, the rogues and misfits of the elite X-Wing unit became legends of the Rebellion and the Second Galactic Civil War, before breaking up and going their separate ways. Now their singular skills are back in vital demand for a tailor-made Wraith Squadron mission. A powerful general in the Galactic Alliance Army, once renowned for his valor, is suspected of participating in the infamous Lecersen Conspiracy, which nearly toppled the Alliance back into the merciless hands of the Empire. With orders to expose and apprehend the traitors and license to do so by any and all means the Wraiths will become thieves, pirates, impostors, forgers--and targets, as they put their guts, their guns, and their riskiest game plan to the test against the most lethal of adversaries. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1478920 Decades after the Battle of Corrin destroys the thinking machines and establishes Faykan Butler as the first Imperium Emperor, war hero Vor turns his back on political descendants who blame him for their downfall while Gilbertus Albans hides an unbelievable secret and the Butlerian movement sweeps through the known universe intent on destroying technology. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696359 A rogue virus that kills pregnant women has been let loose in the world, and nothing less than the survival of the human race is at stake. Some blame the scientists, others see the hand of God, and still others claim that humanity is reaping the punishment it deserves for years of arrogance and destructiveness. Jessie Lamb is an ordinary sixteen-year-old girl living in extraordinary times. As her world collapses, her idealism and courage drive her toward the ultimate act of heroism. Jessie wants her life to make a difference; but is she heroic, or is she, as her scientist father fears, impressionable, innocent, and incapable of understanding where her actions will lead? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615979 After having a vision of a war torn future, Ia is preparing to undergo training at the Space Force Navy Academy for her promotion to officer, but first she travels back home to the Sanctuary colony to prepare her family for the coming catastrophe. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1548500 Number nine in the national best selling RCN space adventure series. Captain Daniel Leary with his friend-and spy-Officer Adele Mundy are sent to a quiet sector to carry out an easy task: helping the local admiral put down a coup before it takes place. But then the jealous admiral gets rid of them by sending them off on a wild goose chase to a sector where commerce is king and business is carried out by extortion and gunfights. With anarchy and rebellion in the air, a rogue intelligence officer plots the war that will destroy civilization and enlists the help of a brute whom even torturers couldnt stomach. And, of course, its up to Leary and Mundy to put a stop to the madness.About David Drakes previous RCN novel, What Distant Deeps:Drake deftly weaves a web of political machinations and intrigue that vividly depicts the costs of war. Fans of Patrick OBrians Maturin and Aubrey novels will enjoy this intricate, rousing space opera. -Publishers WeeklyAbout David Drakes RCN series:[R]ousing old-fashioned space opera. -Publishers WeeklyThe fun is in the telling, and Mr. Drake has a strong voice. I want more! -Philadelphia Weekly Press[S]pace opera is alive and well. This series is getting better as the author goes along...character development combined with first-rate action and memorable world designs. -SFReader.comAbout David Drake:[P]rose as cold and hard s the metal alloy of a tank...rivals Crane and Remarque... -Chicago Sun-TimesDrake couldnt write a bad action scene at gunpoint. -Booklist-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684872 This novella by three celebrated authors in the science fiction genre is set between the events of The Legacy of Heorot and Beowulfs Children. The oldest children of the settlers on Avalon are now in their late teens and want independence from their parents and guardians. And they especially dont want them around for the initiation ceremony held on Black Ship Island for the younger children just reaching their teens. But when previously unknown creatures make their deadly appearance, things go horribly wrong. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687476 Joy to the world. or, joy to the worlds! Let heaven and nature--and also the supernatural--sing. A Cosmic Christmas presents twelve stories of Christmas in very unusual circumstances, ranging from vampires to robots, from the hills of Appalachia to a high orbit space station, all celebrating the holiday in their own, off-beat ways. New York Times best-selling author Larry Correia sends his popular tough guy detective and magicwielder, Jake Sullivan, on a special case, while visions of tommy guns dance in the heads of the thugs hes up against. Mark L. Van Names Lobo, an A.I. housed in a pocket battle starship, drops his usual cynical pose when challenged by a troubled family at Christmas time. Nebula Award-winner Catherine Asaro tells of a romantic weekend that turns into a mystery in a futuristic high-tech house--all that and Christmas, too. Mercedes Lackey delivers a ghost story with a not-so-friendly visitation from the beyond, and George O. Smith, a star of the Golden Age of science fiction, is on hand with an episode from his classic Venus Equilateral series, in which a Christmas celebration on a gigantic space station is interrupted by the arrival of a ruthless interplanetary criminal, who didnt drop by to hand out presents. And much more, in a holiday package that any fan of science fiction and fantasy would be delighted to find under their tree, on any planet. About A Cosmic Christmas authors: If you love monsters and action, youll love [Larry Correia]. If you love guns, youll love [Correia]. If you love fantasy, and especially horror fantasy, youll love [Correia].--Knotclan.com [Catherine Asaro creates] an entertaining mix of hard SF and romance.--Publishers Weekly Just when I was thinking science fiction might be over, Mark Van Name proves that there are still smart, exciting, emotional sci-fi stories to be told. -Orson Scott Card-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1554753 From the moment Caine first appeared in the pages of Heroes Die, two things were clear. First, that Matthew Stover was one of the most gifted fantasy writers of his generation. And second, that Caine was a hero whose peers go by such names as Conan and Elric. Like them, Caine was something new: a civilized man who embraced savagery, an actor whose life was a lie, a force of destruction so potent that even gods thought twice about crossing him. Now Stover brings back his greatest creation for his most stunning performance yet. Caine is washed up and hung out to dry, a crippled husk kept isolated and restrained by the studio that exploited him. Now they have dragged him back for one last deal. But Caine has other plans. Those plans take him back to Overworld, the alternate reality where gods are real and magic is the ultimate weapon. There, in a violent odyssey through time and space, Caine will face the demons of his past, find true love, and just possibly destroy the universe. Hey, its a crappy job, but somebodys got to do it-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1526090 After a terrorist attack in Atlanta kills 500,000 people and causes the dead to half-possess many of the survivors, Finn Darby must surmount his own ghostly Hitcher--his abusive, deceased grandfather--if he is going to find a way to send the dead back to where they came from. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629360 When a geopolitical miscalculation taints the worlds remaining oil fields, America captures a passing asteroid as an alternate fuel, compelling NASA engineer Marcus to go into space to combat an international cabal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1480503 Recruited by an ambitious senatorial candidate, astronomer Jake Ross is directed to promote a new innovation for cheap energy, a situation that is complicated by the technologys hazards and the extreme tactics used by both political rivals. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1572245 As the traitorous Word Bearers Legion summons foul demonic hosts and all the forces of Chaos, Roboute Guilliman and his Ultramarines are drawn into a grim and deadly struggle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1481266 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1391766 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729654 Parallel story to El juego de Ender [Enders game]. An orphan named Bean is found on the streets of Amsterdam and taken to Battle School, where he becomes both friend and rival to Ender Wiggin. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669303 2107 AD: A generation ago, Earth and the cislunar colonies banned genetic and cybernetic modifications. But out in the Asteroid Belt, anything goes. Dozens of flourishing space habitats are spawning exotic new societies and strange new varieties of humans. Its a volatile situation that threatens the peace and stability of the entire solar system.Emerald Blair is a Troubleshooter. Inspired by the classic superhero comics of the twentieth century, shes joined with other mods to try to police the unruly Asteroid Belt. But her loyalties are tested when she finds herself torn between rival factions of superhumans with very different agendas. Emerald wants to put her special abilities to good use, but what do you do when you cant tell the heroes from the villains?Only Superhuman is a rollicking hard-SF adventure set in a complex and fascinating future--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1582344 Frank Compton of Earth, aided by the enigmatic woman Bayta, has fought on the front lines, using every bit of his human ingenuity and secret agent skills to outwit the Modhri, a group intelligence that would control the minds of every sentient being it can touch. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1604716 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1569066 Abandoning his post to rescue his weapons scientist father, war hero Marcus Fenix is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in a notorious prison where he struggles to survive in a nightmarish environment of brutal criminals and corrupt guards. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1576397 In a world where religion has been banned, inspector Adam Ferguson suspects the murder of a bishop and others like him is the result of their practicing religion illegally, until the perpetrators target list expands to include atheists as well. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644717 First Class courier pilot Theo Waitley was already known as a nexus of violence, and then she inherited the precarious captaincy of a mysterious self-aware ship designed to serve a long dead trader. Now she has a trade route to run for Clan Korval while she convinces the near mythic ghost ship Bechimo--and herself--that she wants to commit herself as the human side to their immensely powerful symbiosis. While her former lover battles a nano-virus thats eating him alive, shes challenged to rescue hundreds of stranded pilots and crewmen from an explosive situation in near orbit around a suddenly hostile planet. Lovers, enemies, an ex-roomie, and a jealous spaceship are all in peril as Theo wields power that no one in the universe is sure of, especially her--Dust jacket flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1520746 When Mycroft Holmes is murdered in London, it is up to retired shadow executive Smith to track down his killer--and stumble on the greatest conspiracy of his life. Strange forces are stirring into life around the globe, and in the shadow game of spies nothing is certain. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1576495 When a novice Jedi is killed while trying to obtain the coordinates of a secretive, yet beneficial trade route, his former Master, Jedi archivist Mander Zuma, must enter the dangerous underworld of the Hutts to find the truth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704379 When the Rho projects lead scientist, Dr. Donald Stephenson, is imprisoned for his crimes against humanity, the world dares to think the threat posed by the Rho Projects alien technologies is finally over. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562905 A dystopian adventure set in an alternate-world America where everything has been decimated by war and climate change follows the adventures of a man who embarks on a boat trip up the Susquehanna River in search of his missing wife and son. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704415 In 1948, an alien starship crash-landed in the New Mexico desert and brought with it the key to mankinds 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 nations greatest secrets when three students stumble across the wreckage of a second ship outside of Los Alamos. With a single touch, the alien technology the government has spent untold resources trying to unlock is uploaded into the minds of three teenagers - teenagers who now know the frightening truth about the Rho Project. The battle for humanity has begun--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647701 When a New York socialite challenges her millionaire suitor to reproduce the extraterrestrial invasion featured in H.G. Wells War of the Worlds, three fantastical adventures in time travel and mystery ensue. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1665616 Roland, Mordecai, Brick and Daphne, who was once the galaxys most effective assassin for organized crime, must join forces to stop the General Goddess, Gynella, a cunning maniac who, using the dark science of the vile Dr. Vialle to control a growing army of nightmarish creatures, plans to enslave all of the Borderlands. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677478 Joined by hot-headed smuggler Teffith, with whom Theron Shan has an inexplicable bond, and wise Jedi warrior Gnost-Dural, Darth Karrids former master, Theron Shan must match wits and weapons with a battle-tested crew of the most cold-blooded dark side disciples. But time is brutally short. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1594840 Created in the Emperors own image, the primarchs had long thought themselves to be princes of the universe and masters of their own destiny--they led the Space Marine Legions in glorious conquest of the galaxy, and no enemy of the Imperium could stand against them. However, even amongst this legendary brotherhood, the seeds of dissent has been sown long before the treacherous Warmaster horus declared his grand heresy. Gathered within this anthology are four novellas focusing on some of the mightiest warriors and leaders that mankind has ever known--Fulgrim, Ferrus Manus, Lion ElJonson and the twin primarchs Alpharious and Omegon--and the roles that they may have yet to play in war which threatens to change the face of the Imperium forever. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1520753 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557866 Captain Arid Ricimer, an alien starship commander with integrity and a clever plan, attempts to defect to Earth with his officers and entire spaceship, a vessel that mounts a superweapon of almost unimaginable power. Hes pursured by his former fleet, a force that has already devastated Earth and is poised to wipe out humanity from existence. Now Arid, along with his human allies, Captain Jim Coalbridge and alien analyst Lieutenant Commander Griff Leher must face down the forces of a tyrannical star empire-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695456 A mysterious virus wipes out all of humanity, save for researchers in the frigid Antarctic. To save what is left of the world from nuclear destruction, the scientists must find a way to return to America. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1564851 When an experimental memory-modification device goes awry and affects the president of the United States, the race is on to determine if someone has obtained the presidents memories, including secret military plans. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1672356 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. 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=1578938 Humanity has been held in subjugation for thousands of years, manipulated by a cruel alien race. But what began as a game among self-styled gods evolved into an internecine power play. Divided by ego and greed, the enemy faced resistance-and a reckoning-from an intrepid group of human rebels. But now the Cerberus operation lies in disarray, its members missing or broken, even as the Annunaki threat is reborn in a new and more horrifying form. Enlil, cruelest of them all, is set to revive the sadistic pantheon that will rule the Earth. Based in his vast Dragon City, Enlil plans to create infinite gods-at the cost of humankind. With the Cerberus team at its lowest ebb, can they possibly stop his twisted plan? Or are they, too, destined to be absorbed by the God Machine-- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1594938 Captain Alexander Outland of the Sixty-Nine (short for Space Vessel 3369, of course) is the best pilot in the galaxy. Hes also a pirate, a smuggler, and loved and loathed by women in umpteen solar systems. His crew of strays and misfits includes an engineer of dubious sanity, a deposed planetary governor, an annoyingly unflappable Sexbot copilot, and a slinky weapons chief who stubbornly refuses to give the captain a tumble. Outland just wants to make a decent living skirting the law, but when an invisible space armada starts cutting into his business, he soon finds himself in hot water with the military, the mob, mad bombers, and an extended family of would-be conquerors. And thats not counting an occasionally telepathic spy. Like any sensible scoundrel, he hates heroics. Theyre risky and they dont pay well. But to keep his ship and crew in one piece, and make time with a certain hard-to-get weapons chief, he might just have to make an exception--and save the galaxy in spite of himself!--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647686 A tale set at the end of the twenty-first century finds the planets divided hominid population subjected to the forces of a splintery metaconsciousness that inundates networks with plans for cataclysmic technologies, prompting an unwitting jury member to participate in a grueling decision. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1614944 At last in one volume, the eight original installments of the epic ... eBook series, along with the explosive, never-before-published finale, Pandemonium, -- more than one hundred pages of new material!--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694457 For decades, the spacefaring species of known space have battled over the largest artifact--and grandest prize--in the galaxy: the all-but-limitless resources and technology of the Ringworld. Now, without warning, the Ringworld has vanished, leaving behind three rival war fleets. If the fallen civilization of the Ringworld can no longer be despoiled of its secrets, the puppeteers will be forced to surrender theirs--everyone knows that they are cowards. But the crises converging upon the trillion puppeteers of the Fleet of Worlds go far beyond even the onrushing armadas. Adventurer Louis Wu and the exiled puppeteer known only as Hindmost, marooned together for more than a decade, escaped from the Ringworld before it disappeared. And throughout those years, as he studied Ringworld technology, Hindmost has plotted to reclaim his power. One way or another, the fabled puppeteer race may have come to the end of its days. 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=1584719 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 starships actual purpose. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685323 When his boss rises to one of the most powerful men in the world as the innovator of an anti-gravity technology in the aftermath of a San Francisco earthquake, Michael Ares struggles to solve the murders of his daughter and friend. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1590332 The Grey Knights are all that stands between mankind and the ravages of Chaos. Since their secretive beginnings during the Horus Heresy, these legendary Space Marine daemon hunters have journeyed into the dark realms of the warp--and beyond--in pursuit of their supernatural enemies. Through an intensive regime of psychic training, new recruits are brought to the clandestine fortress of Titan to join the hallowed and vaunted ranks of the 666th Chapter. More than ever, these legendary battle-brothers must be vigilant and ever ready to defend the Imperium for the forces of Chaos are never truly defeated, and Armageddon beckons...--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1545560 Exiled history tutor Leal Hieronyma Maspeth is charged with uniting the warring clans of her world when she learns that Artificial Nature is about to make a final bid to destroy the proud world of Virga. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1649764 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694354 At the close of the twenty-fourth century, a series of revolutions has caused the galaxy to descend into chaos. With the Galactic Unions army stretched thin, mercenary units have arisen for those who have the need--and the means--to hire them. Captained by former Detached Guerrilla Forces Colonel R. A. Rags Cutter, the Cutter Force Initiative, consisting of both aliens and humans, is one of the best. When theyre hired to find and rescue Indira, the soon-to-be-married daughter of Rajah Ramal of New Mumbai, the teams first task is to identify the kidnapper. The obvious suspects are insurgents who want to overthrow the rajahnate, but as other forces enter the game and an assassination attempt is made on Ramal, the Cutters realize that their in-and-out extraction job is about to get a lot more interesting--and a lot more lethal. 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. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1649733 Kira Miller is a brilliant scientist who discovers how to temporarily boost human IQ to dizzying levels. But this transcendent intelligence brings with it a ruthless megalomania. Determined to use her discovery to propel human civilization to a higher plane, despite this side effect, Kira and ex-special forces operative David Desh recruit a small group of accomplished scientists, all of whom are safely off the grid. Or so they think. Soon Kira and her team are fighting for their lives against unknown but powerful adversaries. Worse still, while on the run and being relentlessly attacked from all quarters, Kira comes across evidence of savage acts that the enhanced version of Desh kept hidden, even from himself. Now both she and Desh must question everything they think they know. Can they trust each other? Can they even trust themselves? And all the while, the greatest threat of all may be coming from an entirely unexpected direction. A threat that could lead to devastation on a global scale. And time is quickly running out--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1595167 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1606011 Nano-enhanced John Moore is haunted by memories of child soldiers he couldnt save. Now hes so self-destructive that Lobo, his hyper-intelligent assault vehicle, fears a high-stakes illegal mission could be their last. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1572611 In a future Earth decimated by global warming where rival countries fight to claim massive amounts of oil beneath the newly accessible ocean, an innovative corporation creates a technology that can both cool the planet and provide a massive super-weapon, prompting airship pilot Anika Duncan to be swept up by an international plot. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1628062 When the cards tell Ophelia Leoni shes supposed to marry the Prince of Hansarda, the gunrunner grits her teeth and boards the starship that comes for her. It doesnt matter if the ships commander is the gorgeous stranger she just spent a wild, drunken night with. As a Diviner, shes painfully aware the cards dont lie. Ever. Boone OKeirna knows Ophelia is trouble the second he sees the way she moves. Not about to let the deadly little hellcat marry his sadistic half-brother, Boone pretends to be the Princes emissary and kidnaps Ophelia. Too bad they cant be in the same room without him wanting to throw her out an airlock--or into bed. Even as they fight each other--and their explosive attraction--Ophelia and Boone sense something is wrong. Too much is going their way. Soon, they realize while the cards may never lie, the truth is sometimes hidden between them...and the future king of Hansarda is not one to take defeat lying down.--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1571914 It is 1874 and Gideon Long is dying. Wandering the savage desert of the New Mexico Territory, he craves a last drink before he bleeds out. On the brink of madness, he discovers a place best left forgotten and makes an insidious bargain: escape his fate and incur a debt too great for one man. His country will pay the price over the twisting course of more than a century and Gideon will learn there are worse things to bargin with than the devil.--P. 4 of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712927 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1572273 The Xondaii system is home to a unique stellar phenomenon: a spatial rift which opens every 2.7 Earth years and allows access to a small planetoid that orbits in proximity to the systems fourth planet. Science vessel U.S.S. Robert Ballard is severely damaged during its mission to the system, and the U.S.S. Enterprise is dispatched to investigate and render assistance http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1628853 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1590826 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=1606017 The entire cosmos has been hopelessly hooked on humanitys music ever since Year Zero (1977 to us), when American pop songs first reached alien ears. This addiction has driven a vast intergalactic society to commit the biggest copyright violation since the Big Bang. The resulting fines and penalties have bankrupted the whole universe. We humans suddenly own everything-- and the aliens are not amused. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1557092 When one killer falls for another Agent: Misha Profile: Highly trained in every method the assassins guild has to offer. Always goes by the book. Agent: Rikki Profile: Rogue assassin who kills only to rid the world of hardened criminals. Hates organizations. Always does it her way. Love becomes a matter of life and death Mishas mission is to get Rikki to join the guild or give up her guns. He completely underestimated the effect she would have on him ... and what heat and chaos they could bring to each other. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1537992 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1518240 After an Earth-scarring apocalyptic battle, the meta-humans have turned back a massive invasion of super-science powered Nazi war machines. Not meta-hero organization Echo and sometimes Russian ally CCCP must hunt down the secret puppetmasters behind the invasion, the Thule Society. Now fire-bender John Murdock, hacker-witch Vikki Nagy, healer Belladona Blue, super-quick Mercurye--and most of all for their ghostly ally, Seraphym, the spirit of the world who uses her secret influence to direct the fight, must defeat the Thulian-based tyranny of evil and slavery that is fast descending upon the entire universe-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1477796 Investigators Burton and Swinburne return to Africa to seek the source of the Nile, a magic gem, and a way to fix history. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685421 The Chaos Space Marines of the Iron Warriors Legion become the target of a crushing ork invasion and must defend Castellax amidst the stirrings of rebellion. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1576398 Phalanx, the great star fort of the the Imperial Fists, is playing host to Space Marines from half a dozen Chapters, alongside Inquisitors, Sisters of Battle and agents of the Adeptus Mechanicus. They have come together to witness the end of a Space Marine Chapter, as the once-noble Soul Drinkers, now Chaos-tainted renegades and heretics, are put on trial for their crimes against the Imperium. But dark forces are stirring and even this gathering of might may not be enough to guard against the evil that is about to be unleashed... --Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615665 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1678411 When Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Enterprise crew answer a distress call from an old friend, they are forced to play a deadly game with a faceless enemy who is hiding in their midst and using them as pawns in an attempt to destroy the Federation from within. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629621 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671757 Captain Ivan Vorpatril is happy with his relatively uneventful bachelors life of a staff officer to a Barrayaran Admiral. Ivan, cousin to Imperial troubleshooter Miles Vorkosigan, is not far down the hereditary list for the emperorship. Thankfully, new heirs have directed that headache elsewhere leaving Ivan to enjoy life on Komarr. But when an old friend in Barrayaran intelligence asks Ivan to protect an attractive young woman, Tej Arqua, his chivalrous nature takes over and danger finds him once again. Tej and her half-sister Rish are fleeing the violent overthrow of their clan but it seems Tej may possess a hidden secret that could corrupt the heart of a highly regarded Barrayarn family. But none of Tejs formidable adversaries have counted on Ivan Vorpatril. Behind his facade of wry and self effacing humor lies a true and cunning protector who will never leave a distressed lady in the lurch-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1512059 The Demi-Monde, a computer-simulated military training world, begins bleeding into the real world when the U.S. presidents daughter becomes trapped inside and enlists the assistance of a reluctant teenager to escape. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1627949 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681818 As a new war threatens to erupt on the world of Darien, an outpost of intergalactic struggle, servants of malignant intelligences work feverishly to release these beings from their hyperspace prison. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1545421 Imperial Commissar Ciaphas Cain returns to Nusquam Fundumentibus to crush the ork attacks which have been plaguing the frozen planet. But when his ship crashes into the wastelands outside the capital it disturbs a far greater enemy, one which has lain dormant under the permafrost since long before the Imperium came to this world, and could now threaten the whole sector. Faced with ongoing greenskin raids and keeping an over-enthusiastic novice commissar under control, Cain must rally his men and confront whatever emerges from beneath the rapidly melting ice...--P. [4] of cover. 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=1525232 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1585941 The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published annually since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated stories of the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1544647 After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system, Honor Harrington has rooted out a plan designed to enslave the entire human species. Behind that plans lies the shadowy organization known as the Mesan Alignment. Task #1 for Honor is to shut down and secure the wormhole network that is the source of the Star Kingdoms wealth and power--but also its greatest vulnerability. Yet this is an act that the ancient and corrupt Earth-based Solarian League inevitably takes as a declaration of war. Once again Honor Harrington is thrust into a desperate battle that she must win if she is to survive to take the fight to the real enemy of galactic freedom--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671813 When Datas android brother is stolen, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise race against time to retrieve him, while Commander Worf, who only has one chance to avert disaster, faces a steep price for victory. 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=1586978 When the ruling classes of the Contqual subsector unleash hordes of evil daemons on their people, the Space Marines of the Irons Hands Chapter resolve to cleanse their worlds of the Chaos god Slaaneshs dark forces, a confrontation that begins on the surface of Shardenus.