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Stranger: A Novel
By David Bergen. 2016
Íso, a young Guatemalan woman working at a fertility clinic, becomes the secret lover of the resident American doctor, Eric…
Mann. But Dr. Mann decides to return to the US, and before Íso can tell Dr. Mann that she is pregnant, he is gone. After the birth of her daughter, the baby is taken from her. The director of the clinic informs Íso that her child is in America. Determined to reclaim her stolen daughter, Íso makes her way north through Mexico, eventually crossing illegally into a United States divided into military zones. Travelling without documentation, and with little money, Íso descends into a world full of danger. In a place of shifting boundaries, Íso must determine who she can trust and how much, aware that she might lose her daughter forever. 2016.Strangers among us: tales of the underdogs and outcasts (Laksa anthology series: speculative fiction)
By Susan Forest, Lucas K Law. 2016
Nineteen science fiction and fantasy authors tackle the division between mental health and mental illness; how the interplay between our…
minds' quirks and the diverse societies and cultures we live in can set us apart, or must be concealed, or become unlikely strengths. 2016.Strange attractors: Volume Two of the 'The Chaos Chronicles' (Chaos chronicles. #2.)
By Jeffrey A Carver. 1995
In "Neptune Crossing", John Bandicut saved the Earth from a comet but lost his alien friend Charlie in the process.…
Now John awakens to find himself stranded in an artificial structure, Shipworld, with two humanoids and a new alien friend, IK, who wants John for a new mission. 1996, c1995.Strata
By Terry Pratchett. 1994
The excavation showed that the fossilised plesioseur had been holding a placard which read, 'End nuclear testing now'. That was…
nothing unusual. But then came a discovery of something that did intrigue Kin Arad. A flat earth was something new. Originally published in 1981. 1994.Skin (The X-Files ; #[6])
By Ben Mezrich. 2015
When medical students accidentally take skin from the wrong donor, an elderly professor becomes the city's most wanted fugitive. Agents…
Fox Mulder and Dana Scully track the skin that was grafted onto the professor--a trail that leads from the morgue to the jungles of Thailand. 2015.Space unicorn blues
By T. J Berry. 2018
A misfit crew race across the galaxy to prevent the genocide of magical creatures, in this unique science fiction debut.…
Having magical powers makes you less than human, a resource to be exploited. Half-unicorn Gary Cobalt is sick of slavery, captivity, and his horn being ground down to power faster-than-light travel. When he's finally free, all he wants is to run away in his ancestors' stone ship. Instead, Captain Jenny Perata steals the ship out from under him, so she can make an urgent delivery. But Jenny held him captive for a decade, and then Gary murdered her best friend... who was also the wife of her co-pilot, Cowboy Jim. What could possibly go right? 2018.Smoke eaters (Sci-Fi audio)
By Sean Grigsby. 2018
When dragons rise from the earth, firefighters are humanity's last line of defence, in this wild near-future fantasy. Firefighter Cole…
Brannigan is on the verge of retirement after 30 years on the job, and a decade fighting dragons. But during his final fire call, he discovers he's immune to dragon smoke. It's such a rare power that he's immediately conscripted into the elite dragon-fighting force known as the Smoke Eaters. Retirement cancelled, Brannigan is re-assigned as a lowly rookie, chafing under his superiors. So when he discovers a plot to take over the city's government, he takes matters into his own hands. With hundreds of innocent civilians in the crosshairs, it's up to Brannigan and his fellow Smoke Eaters to repel the dragon menace. 2018.Side life: a novel
By Steve Toutonghi. 2018
Vin, a down-on-his-luck young tech entrepreneur forced out of the software company he started, takes a job house-sitting an ultra-modern…
Seattle mansion whose owner has gone missing. There he discovers a secret basement lab with an array of computers and three large, smooth caskets. Inside one he finds a woman in a state of suspended animation. There is also a dog-eared notebook filled with circuit diagrams, beautiful and intricate drawings of body parts, and pages of code. When Vin decides to climb into one of the caskets to see what happens, his reality begins to unravel, and he finds himself on a terrifying journey that asks fundamental questions about reality, free will, and the meaning of a human life. 2018.Star of danger (Darkover series. #15.)
By Marion Zimmer Bradley. 2017
A novel from the Darkover series, about a man on his first mission to the planet. What he encounters when…
he leaves the space station is to determine the fate of every Terran stranded there. Sequel to "City of sorcery", followed by "The winds of Darkover". 2017.Spacejackers
By Huw Powell. 2014
As a baby, Jake Cutler was separated from his family and left on the planet Remota, deep in the seventh…
solar system. Eleven years later, Jake carries a secret within himself that could change the entire universe. Jake must discover the truth about his past before he is hunted down and caught by ruthless space pirates. Grades 4-7. 2014.Starbound (The lightship chronicles. #2.)
By Dave Bara. 2016
The Lightship H.M.S. Impulse is gone, sacrificed in a battle against First Empire ships. And though the fragile galactic alliance…
has survived the unexpected invasion, the Union forces might not prove victorious against a full onslaught by this legendary enemy. For Peter Cochrane, serving as an officer aboard his world's flagship, H.M.S. Starbound is a dream come true. Tasked with investigating a mysterious space station in a rediscovered star system, Peter and Starbound face a surprise attack by unknown forces and suffer terrible losses. But there is no time to grieve or even regroup as Peter is thrust into a new crisis, a potential civil war on the Union world of Carinthia. Caught between his rank in the navy and his status as a royal heir, Peter is put on trial for the loss of Impulse, used as a political pawn as Carinthia stands on the brink of a devastating conflict. Peter escapes but faces the prospect of interstellar war when he learns of a possible alliance between the First Empire and Carinthia, a coalition which could tear the Union apart. Sequel to "Impulse", followed by "Defiant". 2016.Spliced
By Jon McGoran. 2017
Sixteen-year-old Jimi knows people change, but nothing could prepare her for what's about to happen to her best friend, Del.…
Del is obsessed with becoming a chimera: a person who pays back-alley geneticists, known as "genies," to illegally splice animal genes into their own. The resulting physical changes have scared lawmakers into drafting legislation declaring chimeras officially nonpersons, so when Del goes missing, Jimi is desperate to find him before he alters himself forever. As she tries to save him, Jimi must face down unscrupulous people and risk her own life, all while knowing that if getting spliced is the choice Del has made, it means he's leaving her behind forever. For senior high readers. 2017.Spiral (Tunnels. #5.)
By Roderick Gordon, Brian James Williams. 2012
The outer crust is under attack by the subterranean Styx who are turning ordinary humans into walking bombs and incubators…
for their eggs, and only Will Burrows and his band of retired commandos stand in their way - but the Styx also have problems of their own. Sequel to "Closer”. Junior High. 2012.Starbound (Mars series. #2.)
By Joe W Haldeman. 2010
Haldeman tells the tale of Carmen Dula's six-year journey through space to the home of The Others, where she represents…
Earth, in hopes of forging a peace accord. But due to Relativity, 50 Earth years have passed since Carmen left. And while humans have been busy constructing an enormous flotilla of warships, The Others possess power and technology far beyond anything Earth can imagine. Sequel to "Marsbound", followed by "Earthbound". 2010.Spaceman blues: A Love Song
By Brian Francis Slattery. 2008
After Manuel Rodrigo de Guzman Gonzalez disappears, his lover Wendell Apogee searches through New York City's "Darktown" to find him.…
Along the way, he encounters everything from black market dealers to alien assassins. 2008.Starcross: a stirring adventure of spies, time travel and curious hats (Larklight. #2.)
By Philip Reeve. 2008
Young Arthur Mumby, his sister Myrtle, and their mother accept an invitation to take a holiday at an up-and-coming resort…
in the asteroid belt, where they become involved in a dastardly plot involving spies, time travel, and mind-altering clothing. Sequel to "Larklight", followed by "Mothstorm". Junior High. 2008.Skyfall (Saga of the Skolian Empire. #9.)
By Catherine Asaro. 2017
Eldrinson Valdoria is a bard and leader on the planet Skyfall, a world with a culture considered primitive by the…
starflung civilization of the Imperialate. As adept with a sword as he is with a ballad, he is also an undiscovered telepath of great power. Roca Skolia, a former dancer, is now the Councilor for Foreign Affairs in the Imperialate's governing Assembly and heir to the Ruby Pharaoh of the Skolian Imperialate. Caught in a political struggle with her warlord son, she ends up stranded on Skyfall and missing a meeting of the Assembly to vote on humanity's first interstellar war. Though trapped, she finds herself drawn to Eldrinson, whose thoughts are as clear as the words he cannot write. As their attraction deepens into a love that the laws of both their peoples forbid, the flames of war ignite among the stars. Sequel to "The moon's shadow", followed by "Schism". 2017.Spherical harmonic (Saga of the Skolian Empire. #7.)
By Catherine Asaro. 2016
Separated for decades by circumstance and political machinations, the Ruby Dynasty, hereditary rulers of the Skolian Empire, struggle to bring…
together the tattered remnants of their family in the shadow of a disastrous interstellar war. Too many have died, others are presumed lost, yet they must move quickly if they are to resume their rightful place as rulers of Skolia. Sequel to "The quantum rose", followed by "The moon's shadow". 2016.Stargate
By Pauline Gedge. 1982
A universe ruled by immortal sun gods is threatened by dark forces. The struggle that engulfs them imperils the harmony…
of their worlds as they are confronted by incomprehensible evil. Winner of the Jean Boujassy Award. Nominated for the 1985 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. c1982.State of fear: a novel
By Michael Crichton. 2005
In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor. In the jungles of Malaysia, a…
mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications. In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters of New Guinea. And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means. 2005.