Science fiction

  • Death wave : Star quest, book 1

    Creator

    Bova, Ben

    Abstract

    In Ben Bova's New Earth, it was revealed to Jordan Kell that a deadly wave of radiation is headed toward Earth. Now, when Kell and his team return to Earth many years after their departure, he must convince Earth's new rulers that the human race is in danger of extinction.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • The rapture of the nerds

    Creator

    Doctorow, Cory

    Stross, Charles

    Abstract

    At the dusk of the twenty-first century, the splintery metaconsciousness of the solar system sometimes spams Earth's networks with plans for disastrously disruptive technologies. It is the job of Tech Jury Service to assess new inventions and rule on whether to let them loose.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • Extinction edge : Extinction cycle, book 2

    Creator

    Smith, Nicholas Sansbury

    Abstract

    Master Sergeant Reed Beckham and Dr. Kate Lovato race to save humanity.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • Extinction horizon : Extinction cycle, book 1

    Creator

    Smith, Nicholas Sansbury

    Abstract

    Master Sergeant Reed Beckham and his Delta Force Team, codenamed Ghost, are called in when a top secret Medical Corps research facility goes dark. Soon they are facing their deadliest enemy yet--a variant strain of Ebola that turns men into monsters.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • Peacekeepers

    Creator

    Bova, Ben

    Abstract

    In the next century, the United States and Russia have joined forces to form the International Peacekeeping Force. The IPF is charged with controlling the satellite network and preventing nuclear missile launches. But many factions resent this orbital police force--and attempt to seize control of the satellites and the IPF itself.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • The martian race

    Creator

    Benford, Gregory

    Abstract

    When four crewmen die in an explosion launching the Mars Transit Vehicle, the US decides to kill the manned mission to Mars. Tycoon John Axelrod decides to fund the project himself ... but a European-Asian airbus will make a similar expedition. Now, the race is on to get to the Red Planet first.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • Remnants of tomorrow

    Creator

    Tayler, Kassy

    Abstract

    Wren is in the last place she ever wanted to be: back inside the dome, a prisoner of her father, the Master General Enforcer. After a harrowing escape attempt, and finding Levi trapped in a cell, Wren's world is further turned upside down by what could be Pace's ultimate betrayal.

    Audience
    Pre-adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • Shadows of glass

    Creator

    Tayler, Kassy

    Abstract

    Wren's world has changed. The thing that she fought for, escaping the dome has come to fruition, but it's not the paradise she thought it would be.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • What we found in the sofa and how it saved the world

    Creator

    Clark, Henry

    Abstract

    Finding a rare zucchini-colored crayon leads twelve-year-old River Monroe and his friends on an adventure with their eccentric neighbor to save Earth from invading interstellar storm troopers.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Non spécifié
  • Inherit the stars : Giants, book 1

    Creator

    Hogan, James P.

    Abstract

    When they found a dead man on the moon, clad in a red spacesuit and hidden in a rocky grave, they didn't know who he was, how he got there, or what had killed him. All they knew was that his corpse was fifty thousand years old--but how was that possible?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié