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Thrawn: Alliances (Star Wars: Thrawn #2)
Par Timothy Zahn. 2018
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader team up against a threat to the Empire…
in this thrilling novel from bestselling author Timothy Zahn. &“I have sensed a disturbance in the Force.&” Ominous words under any circumstances, but all the more so when uttered by Emperor Palpatine. On Batuu, at the edge of the Unknown Regions, a threat to the Empire is taking root—its existence little more than a glimmer, its consequences as yet unknowable. But it is troubling enough to the Imperial leader to warrant investigation by his most powerful agents: ruthless enforcer Lord Vader and brilliant strategist Grand Admiral Thrawn. Fierce rivals for the Emperor&’s favor and outspoken adversaries on Imperial affairs—including the Death Star project—the formidable pair seem unlikely partners for such a crucial mission. But the Emperor knows it&’s not the first time Vader and Thrawn have joined forces. And there&’s more behind his royal command than either man suspects.In what seems like a lifetime ago, General Anakin Skywalker of the Galactic Republic and Commander Mitth&’raw&’nuruodo, officer of the Chiss Ascendancy, crossed paths for the first time. One on a desperate personal quest, the other with motives unknown . . . and undisclosed. But facing a gauntlet of dangers on a far-flung world, they forged an uneasy alliance—neither remotely aware of what his future held in store. Now, thrust together once more, they find themselves bound again for the planet where they once fought side by side. There they will be doubly challenged—by a test of their allegiance to the Empire . . . and by an enemy that threatens even their combined might. Praise for Thrawn: Alliances&“It&’s a science fiction beach read in the best way, brisk and amusing, with some cool additions to the Star Wars galaxy.&”—Den of Geek &“Like all of Zahn&’s novels set in a galaxy far, far away, it&’s an essential read for anyone looking for an artistically done adventure.&”—CNETThrawn: Treason (Star Wars: Thrawn #3)
Par Timothy Zahn. 2019
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Grand Admiral Thrawn faces the ultimate test of his loyalty to the Empire in this…
epic Star Wars novel from bestselling author Timothy Zahn. &“If I were to serve the Empire, you would command my allegiance.&” Such was the promise Grand Admiral Thrawn made to Emperor Palpatine at their first meeting. Since then, Thrawn has been one of the Empire&’s most effective instruments, pursuing its enemies to the very edges of the known galaxy. But as keen a weapon as Thrawn has become, the Emperor dreams of something far more destructive. Now, as Thrawn&’s TIE defender program is halted in favor of Director Krennic&’s secret Death Star project, he realizes that the balance of power in the Empire is measured by more than just military acumen or tactical efficiency. Even the greatest intellect can hardly compete with the power to annihilate entire planets. As Thrawn works to secure his place in the Imperial hierarchy, his former protégé, Eli Vanto, returns with a dire warning about Thrawn&’s homeworld. Thrawn&’s mastery of strategy must guide him through an impossible choice: duty to the Chiss Ascendancy, or fealty to the Empire he has sworn to serve. Even if the right choice means committing treason.Praise for Thrawn: Treason&“Another excellent addition to the new canon . . . Thrawn: Treason will reward you thoroughly for your time.&”—GeekMom &“If you&’ve ever enjoyed a Thrawn story—whether that was Heir to the Empire and its sequels or Zahn&’s new novels—you&’ll find more of what you enjoy in Treason.&”—Dork Side of the ForceThe Easter Kitty Bunny (DreamWorks Gabby's Dollhouse #4)
Par Official Gabby'S Dollhouse. 2024
When Gabby unboxes an Easter basket with an egg inside, all the Gabby Cats want to know what will hatch.…
But when the egg rolls away, Gabby and Pandy must go on a springtime search through the Dollhouse to find it. Will they find the Easter Kitty Bunny along the way?One Day: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)
Par David Nicholls. 2009
NOW A NETFLIX SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • TWO PEOPLE. ONE DAY. TWENTY YEARS. • What starts as a fleeting…
connection between two strangers soon becomes a deep bond that spans decades. • "[An] instant classic. . . . One of the most ...emotionally riveting love stories you&’ll ever encounter." —People It&’s 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another. Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the same day—July 15th—of each year. They face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. Dex and Em must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself. As the years go by, the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed. "[A] surprisingly deep romance...so thoroughly satisfying." —Entertainment WeeklyThe Market of 100 Fortunes: A Legend of the Five Rings Novel (Legend of the Five Rings)
Par Marie Brennan. 2024
Enthralling fantasy mystery from the world of Legend of the Five Rings as two samurai risk everything to rescue an…
old friend from the clutches of a shadowy tricksterHaving vanquished demons and halted invasions of devious creatures from the Spirit Realms, Asako Sekken and Agasha no Isao Ryotora are finally going to be married. But when a note from their old ally Sayashi arrives unexpectedly, the samurai find themselves dragged into another supernatural mystery. Their investigation leads them to Crane lands and an ancient market ruled by a mysterious being. Now Sekken and Ryotora must use all their wit and charm to save Sayashi from a hundred year bargain before they find themselves embroiled in a conflict with a forgotten deity of unimaginable power.Love From Bluey (Bluey)
Par Suzy Brumm. 2023
Celebrate love with Bluey and Bingo! Based on the award-winning animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+. "Love can be…
found in the strangest of places." It's bedtime! Read a bedtime story with Mum and Bingo about all the ways you can love while Dad tries to get Bluey ready for bed. New York Times BestsellerFlywheel
Par Eric Wilson, Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick. 2008
From the makers of Overcomer and Fireproof comes a novel that asks: what&’s the most important thing in your life? Jay Austin did what it…
took to get ahead and make the quick sell at work. Problem was—the more successful he was, the more he traded what really mattered. His integrity. His relationship with his wife. His time with his son.He was chasing things that had no eternal significance. It wasn&’t until God slowly unraveled everything that he saw how empty his life had become.Now it will take a courageous heart and a saving grace for Jay to finally turn his drive into a desire for a more authentic life with God as well as with his wife and son.In a world filled with cheap imitations that distract us from God&’s higher plans, Flywheel is a powerful parable for all who hunger to live an authentic life. Full-length inspirational contemporary readNovelization of the Kendrick brothers&’ film FlywheelIncludes bonus materials and discussion questions for book clubsGuild Wars: Sea of Sorrows (GuildWars)
Par Ree Soesbee. 2013
An original novel based on Guild Wars—the award-winning epic fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game!Death Sails the Seas . .…
.The lost kingdom of Orr lies beneath the ocean waves, an entire civilization swallowed by an ancient cataclysm. For centuries, it has lain dormant in the depths, its ancient secrets lost. Until now.The Elder Dragon Zhaitan has risen. In its wake, the drowned kingdom of Orr is reborn—and another is destroyed. The city of Lion’s Arch, for generations a cornerstone of civilization in Tyria, is brutally swept beneath the waves, leaving nothing but ruins. Among the survivors is Cobiah Marriner, a human sailor shipwrecked by the tsunami and stranded at sea. When he is rescued by a ferocious charr, Cobiah knows that he’s been plunged into a world forever changed.Now, Zhaitan’s undead servants dominate the sea, destroying port after port and slaughtering anything in their path. In the midst of ruin, Cobiah vows to see Lion’s Arch rebuilt. Amid the storm of the dragon’s rising, Cobiah must become a hero to his crew and an admiral to the pirate fleet, and face the ghosts of his past. Only then will he master the Sea of Sorrows and crush the armada of Orr.Serenity (Serenity Ser.)
Par Keith R. DeCandido. 2005
Five hundred years in the future, Captain Mal Reynolds, a hardened war veteran (on the losing side), ekes out a…
living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, Serenity. He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family -- squabbling, insubordinate, and undyingly loyal. When Mal takes on two new passengers -- a young doctor named Simon and his unstable, telepathic sister, River -- he gets much more than he bargained for. The pair are fugitives from a coalition that dominates the universe with unlimited wealth and power -- and that will stop at nothing to control River and her abilities. The crew of mercenaries, used to skimming the outskirts of the galaxy unnoticed, soon find themselves caught between the unstoppable military force of the Universal Alliance and the cannibalistic fury of the Reavers, savages who roam the very edge of space. Caught up in the fight to stay alive, they don't yet realize that their greatest danger may be on board Serenity herself....Guild Wars: Edge of Destiny (GuildWars)
Par J. Robert King. 2011
Destiny Called - They Answered In the dark recesses of Tyria, elder dragons have awoken from millennial slumbers. First came…
Primordus, which stirred in the Depths forcing the asura to flee to the surface. Half a century later, Jormag awoke and drove the norn from the frozen climes of the Northern Shiverpeaks, corrupting sons and brothers along the way. A generation later, Zhaitan arose in a cataclysmic event that reshaped a continent and flooded the capital of the human nation of Kryta. The races of Tyria stand on the edge of destiny. Heroes have battled against dragon minions, only to be corrupted into service of the enemy. Armies have marched on the dragons and been swep aside. The dwarves sacrificed their entire race to defeat a single dragon champion. The age of mortals may soon be over. This is a time for heroes. While the races of Tyria stand apart, six heroic individuals will come together to fight for their people: Eir, the norn huntress with the soul of an artist; Snaff, the asuran genius, and his ambitious assistant Zojja; Rytlock, the ferocious charr warrior in exile; Caithe, a deadly sylvari with deep secrets; and Logan, the valiant human guardian dealing with divided loyalties. Together they become Destiny’s Edge. Together they answer the call. But will it be enough?Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon (GuildWars)
Par Matt Forbeck, Jeff Grubb. 2010
250 years ago, Ascalon burned . . . Desperate to defend his land from advancing hordes of bestial charr, King…
Adelbern summoned the all-powerful Foefire to repel the invaders. But magic can be a double-edged sword—the Foefire burned both charr and human alike. While the charr corpses smoldered, the slain Ascalonians arose again, transformed by their king’s rage into ghostly protectors and charged with guarding the realm . . . forever. The once mighty kingdom became a haunted shadow of its former glory.Centuries later, the descendants of Ascalon, exiled to the nation of Kryta, are besieged on all sides. To save humankind, Queen Jennah seeks to negotiate a treaty with the hated charr. But one obstacle remains. The charr legions won’t sign the truce until their most prized possession, the Claw of the Khan-Ur,is returned from the ruins of fallen Ascalon.Now a mismatched band of adventurers, each plagued by ghosts of their own, sets forth into a haunted, war-torn land to retrieve the Claw. Without the artifact, there is no hope for peace between human and charr—but the undead king who rules Ascalon won’t give it up easily, and not everyone wants peace!The Intruder: The Intruder (Roswell High #5)
Par Melinda Metz. 2000
Love...too late?Michael: He's being held in a secret compound. But he's concerned less for himself than his friends. Max. Maria.…
Liz. Alex. And Isabel. He's got to get out before he's forced to betray the Roswell residents whom Sheriff Valenti is dying to capture. And once Sheriff Valenti has the information he wants, he won't be needing Michael anymore. Isabel: She used to think of Michael as a brother. But now that he's been captured, she seems to be the only one able to hear his every thought, feel his every emotion, share his dreams. Could this special bond between them mean they're meant to be together? Time is running out for Isabel to know for sure...Halo: Epitaph (Halo #32)
Par Kelly Gay. 2024
An original novel set in the Halo universe—based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!Stripped of armor, might,…
and memory, the legendary Forerunner warrior known as the Didact was torn from the physical world following his destructive confrontation with the Master Chief and sent reeling into the mysterious depths of a seemingly endless desert wasteland. This once powerful and terrifying figure is now a shadow of his former self—gaunt, broken, desiccated, and alone. But this wasteland is not as barren as it seems. A blue light glints from a thin spire in the far distance… Thus begins the Didact&’s great journey—the final fate of one of the galaxy&’s most enigmatic and pivotal figures.The Rebel: The Rebel (Roswell High #8)
Par Melinda Metz. 2000
In book eight of the Roswell High series, Michael's dreams of finding his family are threatened when his brother, Trevor,…
has questionable motives.Blood brothers...Michael has finally found the one thing he always yearned for -- family. When his brother Trevor arrives in Roswell, Michael will do anything to please him. But soon Trevor's loyalties come into question -- and Michael is caught in the cross fire.Maria's little brother has disappeared and she knows the kidnappers are trying to get to her and her friends. Devastated and guilt-ridden, Maria turns to Michael for help. But will he be there for her, or has Michael himself become the enemy?The Watcher: The Watcher (Roswell High #4)
Par Melinda Metz. 1999
Life will never be the same...Max is dying. No one wants to believe it, but he knows it's true. And…
as the end grows closer, he can only think of one thing: Who will protect Liz if he's not here?Liz can't stand watching Max suffer. She's determined to find some way -- any way -- to save him. But the only way to help Max is to risk her own life. Is she willing to die for the one she loves?The Gemini Agent (Star Trek: Starfleet Academy)
Par Rick Barba. 2012
In The Gemini Agent, as first-year final exams week kicks off, several incident reports with serious allegations against James T.…
Kirk end up on the Commandant of Midshipmen’s desk. None of the allegations are true, of course… or are they? Kirk is being plagued by mysterious blackout periods, so he finds the allegations difficult to refute. During these blackout periods, he has no recollection of what he did, save for some very disturbing and disjointed memories. Kirk needs his friends, Bones and Uhura to help prove his innocence. Who is targeting Kirk, and why is he being targeted? And how far are they willing to go? Someone close to Kirk holds the answers to all of these questions, but can he put the pieces together before it’s too late?The Assassination Game (Star Trek: Starfleet Academy)
Par Alan Gratz. 2010
When a terrorist attack rocks Starfleet Academy, it’s clear someone has a very serious—and very deadly—secret agenda.The rules are simple:…
Draw a target. Track him down and “kill” him with a spork. Take your victim’s target for your own. Oh, and make sure the player with your name doesn’t get to you first. No safe zones. No time-outs. The game ends when only one player remains. James T. Kirk is playing for fun. Leonard “Bones” McCoy is playing to get closer to a girl. But when a series of terrorist attacks rock the usually placid Starfleet Academy campus, it becomes clear that somebody is playing the game for real. Is it one of the visiting Varkolak, on Earth to attend an intergalactic medical conference? Or could it be a member of a super-secret society at the Academy dedicated to taking care of threats to the Federation, no matter what rules they have to break to do it? Find out in The Assassination Game, the fourth installment in Spotlight’s exciting series for teens.The Delta Anomaly (Star Trek: Starfleet Academy)
Par Rick Barba. 2012
The year is 2250, and it has been six months since James Kirk joined Starfleet Academy. A rebellious young man,…
Kirk is used to doing things his way--and whenever he feels like it. However, the Academy is changing him little by little, showing him how to transform his headstrong attitude and ambition into qualities that make him a leader. Kirk's behavior often brings him to clash with another Starfleet Academy member, a half-Vulcan, half-human named Spock. This book series will delve into the lives and relationships of Kirk and the other recruits at the Academy, their training, their missions, and their romances. In The Delta Anomaly, a shocking San Francisco crime shakes up Starfleet Academy, entangling Kirk, McCoy, Uhura, and Spock…. and turns out to have chilling intergalactic implications.The Wire: Truth Be Told
Par Rafael Alvarez. 2009
Welcome to the critically acclaimed HBO drama series The Wire, hailed as "the best show on television, period" by the…
San Francisco Chronicle.The New York Times calls it "a vital part of the television landscape...unvarnished realism." Time declares that The Wire, "like its underfunded, workaday cops, just plugged away until it outshone everything else on TV."The Wire stands not only as riveting drama but also as a sociopolitical treatise with ambitions beyond any television serial. The failure of the drug war, the betrayal of the working class, the bureaucratization of the culture and the cost to individual dignity -- such are the themes of the drama's first two seasons. And with every new episode of season three and beyond, another layer of modern urban life will be revealed. Gritty, densely layered, and realistic, The Wire is series television at its very best, told from the point of view of the Baltimore police, their targets, and many of those caught in the middle.Rafael Alvarez -- a reporter, essayist, and staff writer for the show -- brings the reader inside, detailing many of the real-life incidents and personalities that have inspired the show's storylines and characters, providing the reader with insights into the city of Baltimore -- itself an undeniable character in the series. Packed with photographs and featuring an introduction by series creator and executive producer David Simon, as well as essays by acclaimed authors George Pelecanos, Laura Lippman, and Anthony Walton, here is an invaluable resource for both fans of the show and viewers who have yet to discover The Wire.Hollywood has long used the cop drama to excite and entertain, and Hollywood has always dictated the terms. But The Wire is filmed entirely in Baltimore, conceived by Baltimoreans, and written by rust-belt journalists and novelists intimately familiar with the urban landscape. It's as close as television has yet come to allowing an American city to tell its own tale.Halo: Point of Light (Halo #28)
Par Kelly Gay. 2021
An original full-length novel set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!…
August 2558. Rion Forge was once defined by her relentless quest for hope amidst the refuse and wreckage of a post-Covenant War galaxy—years spent searching for family as much as fortune. But that was before Rion and the crew of her salvager ship Ace of Spades encountered a powerful yet tragic being who forever altered their lives. This remnant from eons past, when the Forerunners once thrived, brought with it a revelation of ancient machinations and a shocking, brutal history. Unfortunately, the Ace crew also made dire enemies of the Office of Naval Intelligence in the process, with the constant threat of capture and incarceration a very real possibility. Now with tensions mounting and ONI forces closing in, Rion and her companions commit to this being&’s very personal mission, unlocking untold secrets and even deadlier threats that have been hidden away for centuries from an unsuspecting universe....