Boots Elsworth was a famous treasure hunter in another life, but now she’s washed up. She makes her meager living faking salvage legends and selling them to the highest bidder, but this time she might have stumbled on something real–the story of the Harrow, a famous warship, capable of untold destruction. Nilah Brio is … Continue reading A BIG SHIP AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE, by Alex White, Orbit Books/
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RELIC, by Alan Dean Foster, Penguin Random House
The last known human searches the galaxy for companionship in a brilliant standalone novel from the legendary author of the Pip & Flinx series. Once Homo sapiens reigned supreme, spreading from star system to star system in an empire that encountered no alien life and thus knew no enemy . . . save itself. As had happened … Continue reading RELIC, by Alan Dean Foster, Penguin Random House
AN OCEAN OF MINUTES, by Thea Lim, Viking
“Amidst the breathtaking world Thea Lim has created in AN OCEAN OF MINUTES is a profound meditation on the inhumanity of class and the limits of love. It takes immense talent to render cruelty both accurately and with honest beauty – Lim has pulled it off. This is a story about the malleability of time, … Continue reading AN OCEAN OF MINUTES, by Thea Lim, Viking
THE 49TH MYSTIC, Ted Dekker, Revell Publishing
Some say the great mystery of how one can live in two worlds at once died with Thomas Hunter many years ago. Still others that the gateway to that greater reality was and is only the stuff of dreams. They are wrong. In the small town of Eden, Utah, a blind girl named Rachelle Matthews … Continue reading THE 49TH MYSTIC, Ted Dekker, Revell Publishing
FORSAKEN, A UNIT 51 NOVEL, Book Two, by Michael McBride, Kensington Books
"McBride writes with the perfect mixture of suspense and horror that keeps the reader on edge." --Examiner See my review of Book One Here IT HAS SURVIVED At a research station in Antarctica, scientists discovered a strange and ancient organism. They thought they could study it, classify it, control it. They couldn't. IT HAS … Continue reading FORSAKEN, A UNIT 51 NOVEL, Book Two, by Michael McBride, Kensington Books
SUBHUMAN, A UNIT 51 NOVEL, BOOK ONE, by Michael McBride, Pinnacle Books
DESCRIPTION: THEY ARE NOT HUMAN. At a research station in Antarctica, five of the world's top scientists have been brought together to solve one of the greatest mysteries in human history. Their subject, however, is anything but human . . . THEY ARE NOT NATURAL. Deep beneath the ice, the submerged ruins of a lost … Continue reading SUBHUMAN, A UNIT 51 NOVEL, BOOK ONE, by Michael McBride, Pinnacle Books
ONLY HUMAN, Book Three (Themis Files Series), by Sylvain Neuvel, Del Rey, PenguinRandomHouse Publishers
DESCRIPTION: World War Z meets The Martian in the explosive follow-up to Sleeping Giants (“One of the most promising series kickoffs in recent memory”—NPR) and Waking Gods (“Pure, unadulterated literary escapism”—Kirkus Reviews). In her childhood, Rose Franklin accidentally discovered a giant metal hand buried beneath the ground outside Deadwood, South Dakota. As an adult, Dr. … Continue reading ONLY HUMAN, Book Three (Themis Files Series), by Sylvain Neuvel, Del Rey, PenguinRandomHouse Publishers
PULSEPOINT, by Colleen Nelson & Nancy Chappell-Pollack, Yellow Dog/Great Plains Publishing
Best for ages 12-15 years, AND Adults 🙂 CBC Books names Pulse Point is a Top Ten book to watch for this spring! In Kaia’s world, setting foot Outside can be deadly. The safety of the City has kept humans alive as climate change destroys the world. But the City has found a way to … Continue reading PULSEPOINT, by Colleen Nelson & Nancy Chappell-Pollack, Yellow Dog/Great Plains Publishing
BAD ROCK BEAT DOWN, BOOK TWO, IN THE MILKY WAY REPO SERIES, by Michael Prelee
OVERVIEW: The starship repossession agents of Milky Way Repo are sent to the desolate settlement of Bad Rock to retrieve a vessel. Once there, they become entangled with a notorious thug running a smuggling operation for the Syndicate. Struggling to do the right thing while trying to complete their job, things go seriously awry with … Continue reading BAD ROCK BEAT DOWN, BOOK TWO, IN THE MILKY WAY REPO SERIES, by Michael Prelee
THE HOLLOW TREE, by James Brogden, Titan Books
After losing her hand in a tragic accident, Rachel is plagued by vivid nightmares of a hollow tree, and a hand reaching from it, begging her for help. Terrified that she is going mad, Rachel experiences phantom sensations of leaves, trees, and finally a hand that grasps hers and pulls a young woman into … Continue reading THE HOLLOW TREE, by James Brogden, Titan Books
