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Human-alien encounters

  • Winter world
    Author:
    Riddle, A. G.
    Summary:

    The Martian meets Interstellar in the new sci-fi thriller from A.G. Riddle, the worldwide bestselling author with over FOUR MILLION COPIES SOLD and translations in two dozen languages. * * * A new ice age on Earth. A mysterious object...
  • White tiger
    Author:
    Schartz, Vijaya
    Summary:

    "On the frozen plains of Kassouk, where a few aliens rule a medieval Human world, Tora, Human warrior trained by tigers, seeks her father's murderer. But what she finds at the point of her sword confuses her."--Publisher...
  • We're not from here
    Author:
    Rodkey, Geoff
    Summary:

    Imagine being forced to move to a new planet where YOU are the alien! From the creator of the Tapper Twins, New York Times bestselling author Geoff Rodkey delivers a topical, sci-fi middle-grade novel that proves friendship and laughter...
  • War dogs
    Author:
    Bear, Greg
    Summary:

    The Gurus were a highly advanced species who brought amazingly sophisticated technology to the human race. But now they face a far more malevolent life form. Master Sergeant Michael Venn and his band of brothers must turn back the Antag...
  • Under the sea with Googol and Googolplex
    Author:
    Kazenbroot, Nelly
    Summary:

    Googol and Googolplex have come back to earth to continue their scavenger hunt. Tutus, sand dollars and peacock feathers are on their list. Luckily Troy and Pippa are ready to help, and the ocean is nearby, but so is Martin Kelly, the...
  • Truth of the divine--a novel : Noumena series, book 2
    Author:
    Ellis, Lindsay
    Summary:

    PLEASE NOTE: An earlier version of this audiobook had chapters out of order, but this error has been corrected. Truth of the Divine is the new alternate history first contact novel from the instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal...
  • To sleep in a sea of stars
    Author:
    Paolini, Christopher
    Summary:

    " Narrator Jennifer Hale's outstanding performance brings this story of alien invasion to life...Hale's range of differentiation is masterly as she animates all the quirky characters Kira meets. From the rough, snarky...
  • There before the chaos
    Author:
    Wagers, K. B.
    Summary:

    Hail Bristol: former runaway princess, interplanetary gunrunner, Empress of Indrana. When the Empire's closest ally asks her to intervene in a galactic military crisis, she embarks on the highest stakes diplomatic mission Indrana...
  • The war of the worlds
    Author:
    Wells, H. G.
    Summary:

    Humanity's worst fears come true in this grand science fiction adventure. Through telescopes fixed on faraway planets, scientists begin noticing strange events on the surface of Mars. Soon after, a mysterious object lands in the middle...
  • The wandering Earth
    Author:
    Liu, Cixin
    Summary:

    A short story collection from New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu. The title story, "The Wandering Earth," was a blockbuster international film, currently streaming on Netflix. These 11 stories, including five Chinese...
  • The Ultimates. Against all enemies
    Author:
    Irvine, Alexander
    Summary:

    The alien shapeshifters called the Chitauri were defeated by the Ultimates in a decisive battle, but suspicious activity leads the Ultimates to believe that not all of the aliens were destroyed in that cataclysmic attack. Stark...
  • The Mote in God's Eye
    Author:
    NIVEN, Larry
    Summary:

    In the year 3016, the Second Empire of Man spans hundreds of star systems, thanks to the faster-than-light Alderson Drive. No other intelligent beings have ever been encountered, not until a light sail probe enters a human system...
  • The Moon Master
    Author:
    Diffin, Charles Willard
    Summary:

    Through Infinite Deeps of Space Jerry Foster Hurtles to the Moon- Only to be Trapped by a Barbaric Race and Offered as a Living Sacrifice to Oong, their Loathsome, Hypnotic God.
  • The Manxome Foe : Looking Glass Series, Book 3
    Author:
    Ringo, John, Taylor, Travis S.
    Summary:

    Recovering from their first mission, the crew of the Vorpal Blade--humankind's first interstellar craft--is called into emergency action when an alliance gate colony is attacked. Who was the lethal alien enemy? What exactly happened at...
  • The lesson : a novel
    Author:
    Turnbull, Cadwell
    Summary:

    After the death of a boy at the hands of an Ynaa, three families find themselves in conflict with the superadvanced alien race, witnesses and victims to events that will teach a terrible lesson.
  • The invasion of the body snatchers
    Author:
    Finney, Jack
    Summary:

    This classic thriller of human triumph over an alien threat inspired the acclaimed 1956 film directed by Don Siegel. This edition is read by Siegel's son, Kristoffer Tabori, and includes reminiscences of his father's work on the film....
  • The ice limit
    Author:
    Preston, Douglas J., Child, Lincoln
    Summary:

    The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have it for his museum--but from the first approach to the...
  • The gods themselves
    Author:
    Asimov, Isaac
    Summary:

    In the twenty-second century Earth obtains limitless, free energy from a source science little understands: an exchange between Earth and a parallel universe, using a process devised by the aliens. But even free energy has a price. The...
  • The experiment : saving Caeorleia
    Author:
    Nordwell, Alicia
    Summary:

    In the distant future, humans wage war against the alien planet Caeorleia, with no tactic off-limits if it will help the humans get their hands on Caeorleia’s resources. Ask Ryker. He thought he volunteered for a simple experiment that...
  • The city in the middle of the night
    Author:
    Anders, Charlie Jane
    Summary:

    "If you control our sleep, then you can own our dreams... And from there, it's easy to control our entire lives." January is a dying planet--divided between a permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless...

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