Greg Bear
43) Halo: primordium
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In the wake of apparent self-destruction of the Forerunner empire, two humans--Chakas and Riser--are like flotsam washed up on very strange shores indeed. Captured by the Master Builder, misplaced during a furious battle in space, they now find themselves on an inverted world where horizons rise into the sky, and where humans of all kinds are trapped in a perilous cycle of horror and neglect. For they have become both research animals and strategic...
44) Halo: Cryptum
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting is a young rebellious Forerunner who seeks out the marvelous artifacts left behind by the Precursors --long-vanished superbeings of unknowable power and intent -- an act that forces his father's hand and forever changes Bornstellar's destiny ... and the fate of the entire galaxy.
45) Halo: Silentium
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Author
Series
Darwin series volume 2
Publisher
Ballantine
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
These compelling visions of post-apocalyptic societies and dystopian worlds include short stories by some of the most acclaimed authors of our time. Among the noteworthy contributors and their works are Stephen King's "The End of the Whole Mess," "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury, and Arthur C. Clarke's "No Morning After." The first-ever apocalyptic fantasy about global warming, "The End of the World," appears here, in translation from Eugene Mouton's...
Series
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1241, warriors try to stop the Mongols from invading Europe; in the nineteenth century, a group of martial artists provide a language expert with lost manuscripts to translate that chronicle their ancestors' thirteenth century battles.