Orson Scott Card
Author
Series
Formic Wars volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Language
English
Description
When the alien ship screamed through the solar system, it disrupted communications between the far-flung human mining ships and supply stations and between them and Earth. So Earth and Luna were unaware that they had been invaded until the ship pulled into Earth orbit, and began landing terra-forming crews in China. Politics and pride slowed the response on Earth, and on Luna, corporate power struggles seemed more urgent than distant deaths. In this...
22) The gate thief
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this sequel to The Lost Gate, bestselling author Orson Scott Card continues his fantastic tale of the Mages of Westil who live in exile on Earth. Here on Earth, Danny North is still in high school, yet he holds in his heart and mind all the stolen outselves of thirteen centuries of gatemages. The Families still want to kill him if they can't control him...and they can't control him. He is far too powerful. And on Westil, Wad is now nearly powerless--he...
23) Visitors
Author
Series
Pathfinder volume 3
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
598 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Rigg's journey comes to an epic and explosive conclusion as everything that has been building up finally comes to pass, and Rigg is forced to put his powers to the test in order to save his world and end the war once and for all"--
24) The hive
Author
Series
Second Formic War volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
396 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A second prequel to Ender's Game continues the sci-fi history of the Formic Wars and finds the warring nations and corporations of Earth struggling to set aside their differences to defend against an imminent alien invasion.
Author
Series
Formic Wars volume 2
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
399 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the events of the First Formic War a century before the events of Ender's Game, following the unsuccessful attempt of Victor Delgado to warn skeptical Earth governments of an imminent alien invasion and the efforts of Mazer Rackham and the Mobile Operations Police to meet unprecedented threats.
Author
Series
Homecoming volume 2
Pub. Date
1993
Edition
1st trade ed.
Physical Desc
304 pages : genealogical tables, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
For millennia, the planet Harmony has been protected by the Oversoul, an artificial intelligence programmed to prevent thoughts of war and conquest from threatening the fragile remnant of Earth's peoples. But as the Oversoul's systems have begun to fail, a great warrior has arisen to challenge its bans. Using forbidden technology, the ambitious and ruthless General Moozh has won control of an army and is aiming it at the city of Basilica. Basilica...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
383 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In Gatefather, the third installment in the Mithermages series, New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card continues his fantastic tale of the Mages of Westil who live in exile on Earth. Danny North is the first Gate Mage to be born on Earth in nearly 2000 years, or at least the first to survive to claim his power. Families of Westil in exile on Earth have had a treaty that required the death of any suspected Gate Mage. The wars between the...
28) The Swarm
Author
Series
Second Formic War volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
462 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston return to their Ender's Game prequel series with this first volume of an all-new trilogy about the Second Formic War in The Swarm. The first invasion of Earth was beaten back by a coalition of corporate and international military forces, and the Chinese army. China has been devastated by the Formic's initial efforts to eradicate Earth life forms and prepare the ground for their own settlement. The Scouring of China...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
134 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Delilah "Spunky" Spunk is invited to conduct a genome study in a small North Carolina town to discover if there is a genetic influence on one's desire to remain in a community. She unexpectedly finds herself in the cross hairs of a feud between rival Christmas pageants, and along the way discovers she is falling in love.
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 291 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Damaged Houses: A master craftsman, Don Lark could fix everything except what mattered, his own soul. After tragedy claimed the one thing he loved, he began looking for dilapidated houses to buy, renovate, and resell at a profit--giving these empty shells the second chance at life he denied himself. Damaged Souls: Then in a quiet Southern town, Lark finds his biggest challenge: a squalid yet sturdy mansion that has suffered decades of abuse at the...
31) Heartfire
Author
Series
Tales of Alvin Maker volume 5
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Peggy and Alvin are now married, but Alvin's destiny has taken them on separate journeys. Alvin has gone north into New England, which is rife with witchcraft, while Peggy has been drawn south, to the British court of King Arthur Stuart in exile, on a quest to set the world on the path to peace.
32) Red prophet
Author
Series
Tales of Alvin Maker volume 2
Pub. Date
1988
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
311 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young Alvin Maker is awakening to many mysteries: his own strange powers, the magic of American frontier, and the special virtues of its chosen people, the Native Americans. Now Alvin summons all his powers to prevent the tragic war between the Native Americans and white settlers.
33) Earthfall
Author
Series
Homecoming volume 4
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st trade ed.
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When war broke out on the planet Harmony, the Oversoul of that colonized world selected the family of Wetchik to carry it back to long-lost Earth. Now the tribe is ready at last to take a ship to the stars. But from the beginning there has been bitter dispute between Wetchik's sons, Nafai and Elemak. On board the starship Basilica, the children of the tribe will become pawns in the struggle for control of reclaimed Earth. Each faction is making secret...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In a not-too-distant future that is not quite ours, there has been a major scientific breakthrough, a way to open windows into the past, permitting historical researchers to view but not participate in the events of the past.
35) Earth unaware
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
450 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The mining ship El Cavador, beyond Pluto, detects a fast-moving incoming object headed toward Earth. The crew decides it's probably not important, but they're wrong: it represents the opening wave of the first Formic War--
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
George Galen is a brilliant gene scientist who has created a method to alter human DNA to “improve” people and make them compliant to his will. Frank Hartman, working for the government's biohazard agency, knows how to neutralize Galen's system, making him the one man who stands in the way of Galen's plan.
39) Hidden empire
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First mass market edition.
Physical Desc
456 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
President Averell Torrent launches America into a hyper-aggressive foreign policy stance. When Captain Bartholomew "Cole" Coleman sees the danger Torrent poses to American democracy and the potential disasters involved in his foreign military adventures, he quickly runs afoul of Torrent and, while on the run, finds proof that Torrent orchestrated a presidential assassination.