Brin, David.
Summary: Mankind encounters conflicts among the inhabitants of the universe, as brave individuals prepare to journey into the boiling inferno of the sun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1990
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Summary: An alien ship rests over Water Island. For five years the people of the US Virgin Islands have lived with the Ynaa, a race of superadvanced aliens on a research mission they will not fully disclose. They are benevolent in many ways but meet any act of aggression with disproportional wrath. This has led to a strained relationship between the Ynaa and the local Virgin Islanders and a peace that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2019
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Summary: At Jodrell Band in England Observatory in England, a radio telescope has detected a mysterious signal of extraterrestrial origin--a message that may be the first communication from an interstellar civilization. Has humanity made first contact? Is the signal itself a form of alien life? Could it be a threat? If so, how will the people of Earth respond? Jack Fenwick, artificial intelligence...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Overlook Press 2020
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Summary: ""EVERYTHING is a gleaming new mega-department store that has everything you want... but it might take away what you need... things like your sanity, or maybe even your life. From wayward teens to lonely housewives and ambitious city officials, most in this otherwise-sleepy Michigan town are thrilled with the arrival of EVERYTHING and its catalog-perfect manager, Shirley. But thrill turns to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books/Berger Books 2020
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Summary: "One October morning, Laina gets the news that her brother was shot and killed by Boston cops. But what looks like a case of police brutality soon reveals something much stranger. Monsters are real. And they want everyone to know it. As creatures from myth and legend come out of the shadows, seeking safety through visibility, their emergence sets off a chain of seemingly unrelated events....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2021
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Summary: The starship Streaker is still on the run with its dangerous cargo of ancient artifacts when the prophesied Time of Changes rocks the galaxy. As each race battles for control and chaos reigns, the truth about the Five Galaxies and The Progenitors finally comes to light.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 1999
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Summary: An alliance between the formerly warring enemy races of Jijo is tested by the arrival of starship technology, and various grudges and criminal acts threaten one of the planet's races with genocide.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1997
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Summary: After a limited but devastating war the handful of Americans who remain struggle to survive. One such man borrows the jacket of a dead postal worker to keep warm. He finds the old worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope of an age now gone.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1985
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Summary: "Ocean's Echo is a stand-alone space adventure about a bond that will change the fate of worlds, set in the same universe as Everina Maxwell's hit debut, Winter's Orbit. Rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all neuromodified "readers," is a security threat on his own. But when controlled, readers are a rare asset. Not only can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book 2022
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Summary: Flint Larson has known when he was going to die since he was eight because of the Half-Life Institute, and he is spending the last forty-one days quietly with his divorced parents; September is a vibrant aspiring scientist who wants to cure "half-life", especially since she has met Flint--but their time together is getting short.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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Summary: When Supreme Leader Snoke tries to seize military control of the galaxy, it's up to General Leia Organa's small band of Resistance fighters to stand up against the rising tyranny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Lucasfilm Press 2018
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Summary: Math prodigy Jed DeLanda uses his divination knowledge to set events in motion to bring about the necessary destruction of humanity, an effort that is countered by the organization that sent him into the world of the ancient Maya.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2012
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Summary: A post-apocalyptic thriller follows the experiences of a man who wakes up paralyzed with no memory of his life and who is urged by people who say they know him to reclaim a critical object and return to a frozen state before time runs out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2012
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Summary: Leto Atreides, Duke of Caladan and father of the Muad'Dib. While all know of his fall and the rise of his son, little is known about the quiet ruler of Caladan and his partner Jessica. Or how a Duke of an inconsequential planet earned an emperor's favor, the ire of House Harkonnen, and set himself on a collision course with his own death. This is the story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: TOR 2020
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Summary: "In Dune: The Heir of Caladan, the climactic novel in the Caladan trilogy by New York Times bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, we step into the shoes of Paul Atreides. A not yet a man in years, he is about to enter a world he could never have imagined. The story that began with Duke Leto Atreides's rise to power, then continued with the consequences of Lady Jessica's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2001
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Summary: Frank Herbert's Dune ended with Paul Muad'Dib in control of the planet Dune. Herbert's next Dune book, Dune Messiah, picked up the story several years later after Paul's armies had conquered the galaxy. But what happened between Dune and Dune Messiah? How did Paul create his empire and become the Messiah? Following in the footsteps of Frank Herbert, New York Times bestselling authors Brian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2008
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Summary: "Summoned before the Emperor, Prince Kiem-a famously disappointing minor royal and the Emperor's least favorite grandchild-is commanded to renew the empire's bonds with its newest vassal planet. The prince must marry Count Jainan, the recent widower of another royal prince of the empire. But the Jainan suspects his late husband's death was no accident. And Prince Kiem discovers that Jainan is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book 2021
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Summary: Billy and Bonnie attempt to free a group of prisoners from a realm of evil that consists of seven circular planes of existence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Living Ink Books 2005
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Summary: "From Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Dune: The Lady of Caladan is a brand new novel in the internationally bestselling Dune series. Lady Jessica, mother of Paul, and consort to Leto Atreides. The choices she made shaped an empire, but first the Ladyof Caladan must reckon with her own betrayal of the Bene Gesserit. She has already betrayed her ancient order, but now she must decide if her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2021
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Summary: Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's "Navigators of Dune" is the climactic finale of the Great Schools of Dune trilogy, set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert's classic "Dune."The story line tells the origins of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood and its breeding program, the human-computer Mentats, and the Navigators (the Spacing Guild), as well as a crucial battle for the future of the human race,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2016
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Summary: "Collected for the first time, these four previously unpublished Dune novellas by bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe. Spanning space and time, Sands of Dune is essential reading for any fan of the series. The world of Dune has shaped an entire generation of science fiction. From the sand blasted world of Arrakis, to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2022
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Summary: Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune saga sprawls across countless planets and tens of millennia. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson have written thirteen international bestselling novels set in this epic universe. But the wealth of material leaves many side tales or interesting ideas that can be told, hors d'oeuvres to accompany the exotic main course. Sometimes, a short story is exactly what's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WordFire Press 2017