A good old-fashioned shoot-out in the American West serves as the springboard for this hyperkinetic adventure in which gunslingers fight for galactic freedom.
Science fiction
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Author:Burroughs, William S.Summary: - Author:Brin, DavidSummary:
One chill winter's day, a survivor in the aftermath of a devastating war borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker, and with it he rekindles the spirit of America through the power of a dream.
- Author:Alderman, NaomiSummary:
Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. What would happen if women suddenly possessed a fierce new power? In The Power, the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool; a...
- Author:Alderman, NaomiSummary:
One of the New York Times's Ten Best Books of 2017A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2017. One of the Washington Post's Ten Best Books of 2017. An NPR Best Book of 2017. One of Entertainment Weekly's Ten Best Books of 2017. A Bustle Best...
- Author:Lore, PittacusSummary:
There are six left. They're in hiding ... but their legacies are developing, and soon they'll be equipped to fight. They caught Number One, Number Two, and Number Three. They tried to catch Number Four--and failed. Number Seven is ready...
- Author:Drayden, NickySummary:
In South Africa, the future looks promising. In the bustling coastal town of Port Elizabeth, the economy is booming, thanks to the genetic engineering industry, which has found a welcome home there. But, there are significant challenges...
- Author:Mascarenhas, KateSummary:
In 1967, four female scientists worked together to build the world's first time machine. But just as they are about to debut their creation, one of them suffers a breakdown, putting the whole project-and future of time travel-in...
- Author:Zahn, TimothySummary:
All aboard the Quadrail for three tales of nonstop action from the #1 New York Times-bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author of Star Wars: Thrawn. It is the Quadrail-a miracle of design that connects all twelve of the galaxy's...
- Author:Jones, NickSummary:
Joseph Bridgeman is now a fully fledged member of the Continuum, a group of time travelers that heal the past to protect the future. When an antique focus object is stolen, he jumps at the chance to retrieve it. But what should have...
- Author:Kunsken, DerekSummary:
The breathtaking debut from acclaimed short story writer Derek Kunsken. Belisarius is a quantum man, an engineered Homo quantus who fled the powerful insight of dangerously addictive quantum senses. He found a precarious balance as a...
- Author:Künsken, DerekSummary:
The Ultimate Heist. Belisarius is a Homo quantus, engineered with impossible insight. But his gift is also a curse—an uncontrollable, even suicidal drive to know, to understand. Genetically flawed, he leaves his people to find a...
- Author:Black, HollySummary:
Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power. Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is...
- Author:Iles, GregSummary:
Natchez, Mississippi, is the jewel of the antebellum South, a city of old secrets and older money. Upon learning that his father is being blackmailed, Penn finds himself reopening the most highly charged murder case in the town's...
- Author:Doctorow, Cory, Stross, CharlesSummary:
At the dusk of the twenty-first century, the splintery metaconsciousness of the solar system sometimes spams Earth's networks with plans for disastrously disruptive technologies. It is the job of Tech Jury Service to assess new...
- Author:Lee, Yoon Ha.Summary:
Captain Kel Cheris is possessed by a long-dead traitor general. Together they must face the rivalries of the hexarchate and a potentially devastating invasion. When the hexarchate's gifted young captain, Kel Cheris, summoned the...
- Author:Brandt, GeraldSummary:
Kris Merrill is a member of a small insurgent group operating within a multi-level metropolis that stretches from San Francisco to the Mexican border. Her attempt at rescuing Ian Miller failed, leaving her alone and her unborn son...
- Author:Bachman, RichardSummary:
Life on Poplar Street seems idyllic, but before the sun sets on this summer day, the quiet Ohio suburb will become a terrifying slaughterhouse.
- Author:Dewes, J. S.Summary:
J. S. Dewes is back with her acclaimed and action-packed Divide series (The Last Watch, The Exiled Fleet) where The Expanse meets the Night's Watch. This program features multicast narration. The Sentinels have rallied under the...
- Author:Adams, ScottSummary:
In this frenetically paced sequel to Adams' best-selling "thought experiment," God's Debris, the smartest man in the world is on a mission to stop a cataclysmic war between Christian and Muslim forces and save civilization. The...
- Author:Powell, DanielSummary:
A young man with a terrible secret buried deep in his chest staggers through what remains of the American South. The destruction is total — the landscape scrubbed bare by the fires of the Reset. The sun rarely penetrates the daily ash...
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