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Revenant gun (Machineries of Empire. #3.)
By Yoon Ha Lee. 2018
When Shuos Jedao wakes up for the first time, several things go wrong. His few memories tell him that he's…
a seventeen-year-old cadet--but his body belongs to a man decades older. Hexarch Nirai Kujen orders Jedao to reconquer the fractured hexarchate on his behalf even though Jedao has no memory of ever being a soldier, let alone a general. Surely a knack for video games doesn't qualify you to take charge of an army? Soon Jedao learns the situation is even worse. The Kel soldiers under his command may be compelled to obey him, but they hate him thanks to a massacre he can't remember committing. Kujen's friendliness can't hide the fact that he's a tyrant. And what's worse, Jedao and Kujen are being hunted by an enemy who knows more about Jedao and his crimes than he does himself... 2018.Revelation space (S. F. Masterworks Ser.)
By Alastair Reynolds. 2008
Nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin. For the human colonists now settling the Amarantin homeworld Resurgam,…
it's of little more than academic interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden, almost perfect Amarantin city and a colossal statue of a winged Amarantin. For scientist Dan Sylveste, it's more than intellectual curiosity - and he will stop at nothing to get at the truth, even if the truth costs him everything. But the Amarantin were wiped out for a reason, and that danger is closer and greater than even Sylveste imagines. Followed by "Chasm City" (DC38587). 2008, c2000.Rendezvous with Rama (Rama ; #1)
By Arthur C Clarke. 1973
In the year 2130, a mysterious and apparently unoccupied alien spaceship, Rama, enters our solar system. The first product of…
an alien civilization to be encountered by humans, it reveals a world of technological marvels and an unparalleled artificial ecology. But what is its purpose? Followed by "Rama II" (DC15105). 1973. (Rama ; 1)Redeemed (Missing. #8.)
By Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2015
Jonah was able to save all of time from collapsing but in doing so gained a twin brother, Jordan, who…
must learn what has happened and do his own part to save time - and his parents. Sequel to "Revealed". For junior and senior high readers. 2015.Red rising (Red Rising Trilogy #Bk. 1)
By Pierce Brown. 2014
A tale set in a bleak future society torn by class divisions follows the experiences of secret revolutionary Darrow, who…
after witnessing his wife's execution by an oppressive government, joins a revolutionary cell and attempts to infiltrate an elite military academy. 2014.Red Mars (Mars trilogy. #1.)
By Kim Stanley Robinson. 2000
For centuries, the red planet has enticed the people of Earth. Now an international group of scientists has colonized Mars.…
Leaving Earth forever, these 100 people have traveled nine months to reach their new home. This is the remarkable story of the world they create. Followed by "Green Mars". 2000.Red Wolf
By Jennifer Dance. 2014
Life is changing for Canada's Anishnaabek Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory. In the late 1800s,…
both Native people and wolves are being forced from the land. Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is befriended by a boy named Red Wolf. But under the Indian Act, Red Wolf is forced to attend a residential school far from the life he knows, and the wolf is alone once more. Courage, love and fate reunite the pair, and they embark on a perilous journey home. But with winter closing in, will Red Wolf and Crooked Ear survive? And if they do, what will they find? For junior high readers. 2014.Red Stick (White Indian series. #26.)
By Donald Clayton Porter. 1994
As Tecumseh rises up in the West, Little Hawk, son of the White Indian, ponders taking up arms against the…
British. Meanwhile Gao, the White Indian's courageous nephew, marries and vows revenge on the soldiers who scorned him. Sequel to "War Clouds"; followed by "Creek Thunder". Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1994.Red star rising (Dragonriders of Pern.)
By Anne McCaffrey. 1997
Also published as "Dragonseye". For two hundred years there had been peace on Pern, but now the signs were ominous.…
Violent winter storms and erupting volcanoes heralded the coming of the second Pass of Thread. 1997.Red shift
By Alan Garner. 1973
A disturbing exploration of the inevitability of life. Under Orion's stars, bluesilver visions torment Tom, Macey and Thomas as they…
struggle with age-old forces. Distanced from each other in time, and isolated from those they live among, they are yet inextricably bound together by the sacred power of the moon's axe and each seek their own refuge at Mow Cop. Can those they love so intensely keep them clinging to reality? Or is the future evermore destined to reflect the past? For junior high readers. 1973.Reclamation
By Sarah Zettel. 1996
Eric Born fled years ago from the Realm of the Nameless Powers and now works for the Vitae. When the…
Vitae kidnap Arla Stone from the Realm, Eric realizes they are planning to take over the planet. Eric knows he must rescue Arla so they can save their homeland. 1996.Red Dwarf: infinity welcomes careful drivers
By Grant Naylor. 1989
When Lister got drunk, he really got drunk. After celebrating his birthday with a Monopoly-board pub crawl around London, he…
came to in a burger bar on one of Saturn's moons, wearing a lady's pink hat and a pair of yellow fishing waders, with no money and a passport in the name of Emily Berkenstein. Joining the Space Corps seemed a good idea. Red Dwarf was bound for earth, but it never made it, leaving Lister as the last remaining member of the human race with only a dead man, a senile computer and a highly evolved cat for company. 1989.Rebel mechanics
By Shanna Swendson. 2015
In 1888 New York City, sixteen-year-old governess Verity Newton agrees to become a spy, whatever the risk, after learning that…
the man for whom she has feelings sympathizes with rebels developing non-magical sources of power, via steam engines, in hopes of gaining freedom from British rule. For junior and senior high readers. 2015.Ravenous (Ravening series. #1.)
By Erica Stevens. 2018
When Bethany finds herself suddenly alone in a world that was alive only moments before, she flees into the streets…
of her town in search of her family. Panicked by the immobile people surrounding her, she is almost captured by the monsters hunting her until Cade steps in. Dark and distant, most people at Bethany's school are wary of Cade yet oddly fascinated by him. Bethany and he had been close as children, but it has been years since she's had any real contact with him. Followed by "Taken over". For senior high readers. 2018.Ravensong: a novel
By Lee Maracle. 1993
Rash
By Pete Hautman. 2006
In a future society that has decided it would "rather be safe than free," sixteen-year-old Bo's anger control problems land…
him in a tundra jail where he survives with the help of his running skills and an artificial intelligence program named Bork. Junior and Senior High. National Book Award. 2006.Rankin inlet: A Novel
By Mara Feeney. 2009
Raising the stones
By Sheri S Tepper. 1990
Conflict between the sexes lies beneath the surface of this science fiction novel. Tepper portrays a mother who is sought…
by a world of grim misogynists, and her son who is torn between loyalty to his mother and heroic visions linked to a male-dominated world. 1990.Queen of the struggle (Memory thief. #2.)
By Nik Korpon. 2018
When freedom is brutally withheld, the people have no choice but to rise up. Overthrowing the tyrannical Tathadann government should…
have been cause for celebration. But as Eitan City announces its independence, soldiers from the northern province of Vargmannskjor storm the ceremony and annex the city. The cruelties of the Tathadann soon pale beside their new rulers' atrocities. Henraek finds himself resettled in the north, in a city where the people seem happy and well. until its labor camps and enslaved spirits come to light. The rebellion must begin anew, in Eitan City and throughout Vargmannskjor, and now the stakes are higher than ever. Sequel to "The rebellion's last traitor". 2018.Pulse point
By Colleen Nelson, Nancy Chappell-Pollack. 2018
In Kaia's world, setting foot Outside can be deadly. The safety of the City has kept humans alive as the…
climate destroys the world; floods, famine, one disaster after another has kept people living in fear. But the City has found a way to survive sustainably: it is run by the energy generated by its Citizens. In the City, energy is the new currency and when someone can no longer produce enough, they are killed. Kaia is a Citizen, one of the few deemed genetically perfect enough to live under the protective dome of the City. The Prims, those who were not granted entry, fight for survival on the Mountain. But when Kaia discovers her mother is alive and living as a Prim, she escapes the safety of the City to find her and learns the truth about the Prims and the sinister world she left behind. For senior high readers. 2018.