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When She Woke by Hillary Jordan Name of the Wind by The line between church and state has been eradicated; convicted The riveting first-person narrative of a young man who grows to felons are genetically altered to have their skin match their be the most notorious magician his world has ever seen. crimes—and then released back into the population to survive as best they can. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder. by Every the Intrepid goes on mission, at least one low-ranked Supplementing The Eye of the World by crew member is killed. Ensign Andrew Dahl wants to know why. turns and Ages come and go, leaving memo- ries that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is The Diamond by long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In Set in twenty-first century Shanghai, it is the story of what hap- the Third Age, an Age of , the World and Time them- pens when a state-of-the-art interactive device falls in the hands selves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, of a street urchin named Nell. Her life—and the entire of R may yet fall under the Shadow. humanity—is about to be decoded and reprogrammed… e The Trial by Dies the Fire by S.M. Stirling A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the a ordinary man who wakes up one to find himself accused of a island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered crime he did not commit. all electronic devices and fuels inoperable. What follows is the l

Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin In an alien world inhabit- most terrible global catastrophe in the of the human race- i ants can choose and change their gender. A solitary human arrives to and a Dark Age more universal and complete than could possibly bring them into a burgeoning intergalactic civilization but he must be imagined. t overcome first his own fears and prejudices. Far North by Marcel Theroux y The Summoner by Gail Martin Global warming has decimated civilization, and Makepeace ends The comfortable world of Martris Drayke is shattered when his up becoming a slave. She escapes, teams up with another escaped half-brother, Jared, and Jared’s dark mage, kill the king and seize slave, and the two try to trek back to Makepeace's original home, the throne. Tris flees and discovers that he has the rarest of but tragedy strikes again. gifts, the ability to arbitrate between the living and the dead. On Basilisk Station by David Weber by Anne McCaffrey Honor Harrington has been exiled to Basilisk station and given In the world of Pern, dragons were used to save the human race. Science an antique ship to police the system. The vindictive superior who Centuries later, the threat returns and the dragons are needed sent her there wants her to fail. But he made one mistake; he's once again. made her mad...

The Road by Cormac McCarthy Uglies by Scott Westerfeld A father and his son walk alone through burned America. They In a future dystopian world everyone is turned "Pretty" by ex- have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the law- treme cosmetic surgery upon reaching age 16. But what happens less bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart if you want to rebel against society’s stifling conformity? of scavenged food—and each other. Fiction and

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His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik Forest Grove City Library When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes its pre- cious cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, fate sweeps Capt. Will Laurence from his seafaring life into an uncertain future. Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro Ender’s Game by Sagramanda by Alan Dean Foster The Skolian Empire rules a third of the civilized galaxy. But Earth has been waging war with the Buggers for 100 Scientist Taneer steels from secrets from his employer, a mul- war with the rival empire of the Traders seems imminent. A when and Andrew Wiggin, known as Ender, takes charge of tinational corporation, in order to run away with his desperate attempt must be made to avert total disaster. Earth’s forces. The result of decades of genetic experimenta- “untouchable” lover and they are now being hunted. A fast- tion, Enders will attempt to tilt the battle in Earth’s favor. paced and gripping techno- set in an India just around The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood the corner from today. In the Republic of Gilead, formerly the United States, wom- Kushiel’s series by Jacqueline Carey en are strictly controlled, including their professions This is The series starts with Kushiel’s Dart. Trained from childhood to by the story of a Handmaid, a woman who has been assigned to a life of servitude and espionage, Phedre serves her master, as a Flying home for the funeral of his wife, Shadow meets the reproduce, who recalls the and tells how the chilling courtesan and spy, ferreting out dangerous secrets. When she mysterious Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shad- society came to be. uncovers a treasonous conspiracy, her life takes on a new and ow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm deadly purpose. is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever be the Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood by same... Snowman, is struggling to survive in a world where he may In the 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friends, by Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtu- Crake and Oryx. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on Case was the hottest computer cowboy cruising the infor- al utopia known as the OASIS. But when Wade stumbles upon a journey through a world of powerful genetic engineering mation superhighway until he double-crossed the wrong peo- the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to corporations. ple. Banished from , Case courted death. Until a take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win shadowy conspiracy offered him a chance--and a cure by --for a price... In 23rd century Bangkok, life for many hangs by a thread. Oil Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke has run out; rising seas threatens to engulf the city; genetical- Spaceships appear over all the cities of earth without warning Feed by Mira Grant ly engineered diseases hover on Thailand's borders; and the and soon disease and poverty are eliminated. And then the age The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beat the threat of violence smolders as government ministries vie for of mankind begins. common cold. But in doing so we created something new, power when one girl accidentally triggers a civil war. something terrible that no one could stop. 20 years later, Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey Georgia and Shaun are on the trail of the conspiracy behind Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop Humanity has colonized the solar system. When ice miner Jim the infection. A new Queen, more powerful than any other being is young, and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship they find themselves and very susceptible to influence and corruption. And now, in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that some- Lord of the City by Bryan Lee Gregory three sworn enemies begin a ruthless game of politics and one is willing to kill for… Humanity’s only hope lies in the hands of an unlikely hero. intrigue, magic and betrayal...and the of an entire Scribe Kenton must venture out on an airship into enemy world is at stake.... The by Justin Cronin territory to find the one resource that will allow civilization to 6 year old Amy was imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind continue. But the vicious Bladesmen have other ideas... Furies of Calderon by Jim Bitcher a government experiment. Years later, the experiment goes For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against nightmarishly wrong and Amy is that only one who has the Wool by Hugh Howey the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, power to save the ruined world. In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant using their bond with the furies - elementals of earth, air, fire, silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and water, and metal. But now the succession is in question and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick women live in a society full of regulations they believe are war looms on the horizon… Life has become a tenuous existence for those who have stayed meant to protect them. Sheriff Holston, who has unwavering- behind after the war and exodus to other planets. Bounty ly upheld the silo’s rules for years, unexpectedly breaks the Hunter, Rick Deckard finds himself battling with empathy for The by greatest taboo of all: He asks to go outside. This classic tells the story of humanity’s attempts to colonize the supposed lifeless beings—especially when he must team up and the resistance encountered from the , who with one to achieve his goal. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro imprisoned the earliest settlers. All children should believe they are special. But the students Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde of Hailsham, an elite school in the English countryside, are so Welcome to Chromatacia, where the societal hierarchy is strict- Sword of Shannara by special that visitors shun them, and only by rumor and the Naïve Shea discovers his birth-right and destiny. To save his ly regulated by one's limited color perception. In Eddie Russet quest to move up, he discovers that the apparent peace of his occasional fleeting remark by a teacher do they discover their world he must leave all he knows behind. unconventional origins and strange destiny. world is as much an illusion as color itself, Eddie finds he must

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler reckon with the cruel regime behind this gaily painted façade. The Children of Men by P.D. James When unattended environmental and economic crises lead to 1632 by Eric Flint The human race has become infertile, and the last generation social chaos, not even gated communities are safe. What be- to be born is now adult. Civilization itself is crumbling as gins as a flight for survival soon leads to something much When a cosmic accident transports a West Virginia community back in time and to 17th-century Thuringia, the citizens suicide and despair become commonplace. A band of unlikely more: a startling vision of human destiny... and the birth of a revolutionaries come together, and they might hold the key to new faith. find themselves thrust into the midst of a war where they acci- dentally begin the American Revolution before its time. survival for the human race.