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Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In a near future where most adults are connected to the multiweb through neural implants, a twelve-year-old uncovers a corporate plot to genetically manipulate her classmates, and her scientist mother may be involved in the conspiracy.
42) Conspiracy game
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Jove mass-market ed.
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Christine Feehan's dynamic fusion of steamy romance, riveting suspense, and paranormal phenomena has made her books mainstays of the New York Times best-seller list. In Conspiracy Game, fiery passion erupts between GhostWalker Jack Norton and trapeze artist Briony-predetermined soulmates through genetic engineering-as they combat a corrupt scientist's evil machinations.
44) Cross breed
Author
Series
Novel of the Breeds volume 32
Language
English
Description
"Now Cassie has finally come into her own as a young woman, and she's about to discover the one she is destined for--but it is unclear whether her fate is to be mated for life, or marked for death ... The Breeds are humans altered before conception with the DNA of the predators of Earth. But although they all carry the genetic material of beasts within them, Cassandra Sinclair stands apart. A unique mix of wolf, coyote and human, she is revered by...
46) City of light
Author
Series
Publisher
Signet Select
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the bombs that stopped the species war tore holes in the veil between this world and the next, they allowed entry to the Others--demons, wraiths, and death spirits who turned the shadows into their hunting grounds. Now, a hundred years later, humans and shifters alike live in artificially lit cities designed to keep the darkness at bay...
47) Winter Halo
Author
Series
Publisher
Signet Select
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The humanoid supersoldiers known as the déchet were almost eradicated by the war. Ever since, Tiger has tried to live her life in peace in hiding. But in the wake of her discovery that Central City's children are being kidnapped and experimented on, Tiger's conscience won't let her look the other way. The key to saving them lies within the walls of a pharmaceutical company called Winter Halo. But as she learns more about the facility, Tiger's mission...
48) Invasive
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
On the isolated Kolohe Atoll in the middle of the Pacific ocean, a charismatic billionaire employs a team of scientists to conduct cutting-edge research that he hopes will change the world. In a cabin on a remote lake in the Adirondacks, FBI futurist Hannah Stander finds a barely recognizable human body, which appears to have been skinned alive by thousands of genetically engineered ants. Hannah's investigation leads to Kolohe, where the scientists...
49) Symbiont
Author
Series
Parasitology volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The SymboGen designed tapeworms were created to relieve humanity of disease and sickness. But the implants in the majority of the world's population began attacking their hosts turning them into a ravenous horde. Now those who do not appear to be afflicted are being gathered for quarantine as panic spreads, but Sal and her companions must discover how the tapeworms are taking over their hosts, what their eventual goal is, and how they can be stopped"--...
50) City of the Dead
Author
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the City of the Dead, life happens in the shadows. That's why a war is brewing against an enemy no one can see. For Hawk, being a hero weighs heavily on her wings. But Hawk and Maximum Ride never back down from a conflict, or from each other, and they argue more than they agree. As the dead begin to outnumber the living, a mother's experience and a daughter's instinct can make one powerful arsenal.
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
The Island of Doctor Moreau is a classic work of early science fiction and one of H. G. Wells' most visionary novels. It recounts the harrowing ordeal of Edward Prendick, an Englishman who survives a shipwreck in the southern Pacific Ocean. Rescued by a man named Montgomery, Prendick finds himself on an island belonging to Dr. Moreau, formerly an eminent physiologist in London who was expelled from his homeland for his cruel vivisection experiments.
Prendick...
52) Fledgling
Author
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Fledgling, Octavia Butler's first new novel in seven years, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted-and still wants-to destroy her and those she cares for, and how she can save herself. Fledgling...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Maya has had a price on her head from the day she escaped the TechCorps. Genetically engineered for genius and trained for revolution, there's only one thing she can't do--forget... Gray has finally broken free of the Protectorate, but he can't escape the time bomb in his head. His body is rejecting his modifications, and his months are numbered. When Maya's team uncovers an operation trading in genetically enhanced children, she'll do anything to...
55) Burn
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inside the Dome, Partridge, having taken his father's place as leader of the Pures, realizes that things are not as clear as he thought while outside, Pressia and Bradwell continue their efforts to heal the Wretches, unsure if they can still trust their friend Partridge.
56) Ender's game
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014].
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of 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...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Harper Perennial Modern Classics deluxe ed.
Physical Desc
xxi, 340, 22 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Huxley's vision of the future comes to life in his astonishing 1931 novel Brave New World--a world of tomorrow in which capitalist civilization has been reconstituted through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering--and its sequel, written thirty years after his classic novel of the future, in which Huxley describes the shocking scientific devices and techniques available to any group in a position to manipulate society.
58) Wither
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Language
English
Description
After modern science turns every human into a genetic time bomb with men dying at age twenty-five and women dying at age twenty, girls are kidnapped and married off in order to repopulate the world.
59) Partials
Author
Series
Lexile measure
HL 810L
Language
English
Description
"In a post-apocalyptic eastern seaboard ravaged by disease and war with a manmade race of people called Partials, the chance at a future rests in the hands of Kira Walker, a sixteen-year-old medic in training"--
60) Maximum Ride: 3
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Yen Press ed.
Physical Desc
206 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The Flock members are taken under the wing of an FBI agent and try to live 'normal' lives by going to school, making friends--and continuing their relentless search for their parents. But the Erasers return, forcing the Flock to abandon their search and make their escape once again. It's also becoming more obvious to Max that her destiny is to save the world, and this is especially challenging to do when she is faced with her ultimate match: a newer...