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241) Children of ruin
Author
Series
Children of time volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
597 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life - but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity's great empire fell, and the program's decisions were lost to time. Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from...
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 668 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ender's game: A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the future of...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After sixteen-year-old Lauren Fielding undergoes a procedure to correct a unique cognitive disability, her perceptions of reality are challenged as she finds herself at the center of a conspiracy involving genetic engineering and government secrets.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xii, 220 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Could extinct species like mammoths and passenger pigeons be brought back to life? The science says yes. In [this book], Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in 'ancient DNA' research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction. From deciding which species should be restored, to sequencing their genomes, to anticipating how revived populations might be overseen in the wild, Shapiro vividly explores...
245) Deception
Author
Series
Dark matter trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
358 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Believing that she is a carrier of the deadly disease they are calling the "Aberdeen flu," Shay has surrendered herself to the Royal Air Force and along with other survivors becomes an unwilling test subject in the effort to find a cure; but when the lab is attacked she and a few of the others with the strongest supernatural abilities escape, and her boyfriend Kai is determined to find her, while ghostly Callie, the true carrier, will atone for her...
Author
Series
Deviants novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
By the time sixteen-year-old Emily discovers that she and several of her high school classmates in their small Washington town are products of genetic engineering, they display all very dangerous powers by night and are stalked by a murderer.
248) Wild seed
Author
Series
Patternists volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Doro knows no higher authority than himself. An ancient spirit with boundless powers, he possesses humans, killing without remorse as he jumps from body to body to sustain his own life. With a lonely eternity ahead of him, Doro breeds supernaturally gifted humans into empires that obey his every desire. He fears no one -- until he meets Anyanwu. Anyanwu is an entity like Doro and yet different. She can heal with a bite and transform her own body,...
249) Tomorrow's kin
Author
Series
Yesterday's kin volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows the arrival of alien embassies who meet with the United Nations amid human fear and speculation before obscure scientist Dr. Marianne Jenner is secretly invited to visit the aliens and prevent an imminent disaster.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
382 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
After buying her favourite rum distillery and settling down, she thought she'd heard the last of her arch nemesis, Evanrute Saarien. But Saarien, fresh out of prison for his misdeeds in Windswept, has just fabricated a new religion, positioning himself as its holy leader. He's telling his congregation to go on strike, to fight the system. And unfortunately, they're listening to him. Now Padma's summoned by the Union president to help stop this strike...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xiv, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Driven by a vision of colonizing other planets, Mason reveals unique insights into how the human body is altered during long-duration spaceflight & how genetic engineering can protect cells in space"--
Author
Series
House of El volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
188 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sera is a young soldier, bred her entire life to fight for Krypton. She would die for this planet, but she's never had the time or inclination to enjoy it. Zahn, however, is a young scientist, full of hope and ideas for how to improve Krypton for all its citizens. And yet, the cracks in his world are beginning to appear. In fact, both Sera and Zahn are unique in ways that will soon drive them from their destinies and toward each other-- toward a cataclysmic...
253) Arrow of lightning
Author
Series
Killer of enemies volume 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Now settled in the Valley Where First Light Paints the Cliffs with her family and friends, Lozen turns her attention and her far-seeing abilities to protecting her community of refugees from the two remaining maniacal overlords of Haven, a ruthless assassin, and predatory genetically-modified monsters.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin is 6 years old. His peers bully him, his parents are aloof, and his older brother is violently resentful of him. He might also be humanity's only hope. Ender is recruited into the International Fleet's legion of child warriors, training to become a commander in Earth's defense. His promise is high, and his teachers are sure he will rise to the test--that is, if Battle School doesn't kill him first. Ender struggles to find a...
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