| Ninth City Burning by J. Patrick BlackScience Fiction. Centuries after aliens invade and conquer Earth, humanity is in dire straights -- until it is discovered that certain individuals can wield the force of thelemity against their oppressors, which gives humans a fighting chance to reclaim their world and their freedom. Switching among several first-person narrators, Ninth City Burning combines the military action of Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers, the world-building of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, and the pop-culture references of Ernest Cline's Armada. |
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| The Obelisk Gate by N.K. JemisinSocial SF. In this sequel to the Hugo Award-winning novel The Fifth Season, the world known as Stillness is on the verge of collapse. Essun, who can harness geological forces to physically reshape her surroundings, may be able to prevent the apocalype. However, Essun's priority is searching for her lost daughter, Nassun, who travels with her father -- Essun's ex-husband who murdered their son and attempted to kill Essun for possessing an orogene's abilities. Complex characters, detailed world-building, and thought-provoking meditations on identity and human nature make this book a must-read. |
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| Behind the Throne by K.B. WagersSpace Opera. Since running away from home at age 18, Hailimi "Hail" Bristol has made a name for herself as one of the galaxy's most notorious smugglers. But her gunrunning days are numbered: Hail's sisters have been murdered and her mother, the Empress of the Indranan Empire, has sent two Imperial Trackers, Emmory and Zin, to bring Hail home. Hail may not care about ruling, but she's very interested in learning who's behind the assassinations. Behind the Throne is the opening book in the action-packed, intrigue-filled Indranan Wars series; keep an eye out for the forthcoming sequel, After the Crown. |
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| Invasive by Chuck WendigCyberpunk. Plagued by a future only she can envision, FBI consultant Hannah Stander helps law enforcement with cases involving bleeding-edge technologies -- hackers, bio-weapons, artificial intelligence -- and the threats to national security that these represent. Now she faces her strangest case yet, as Agent Hollis Copper summons her to an unusual crime scene: a lakeside cabin with more than 1000 dead bodies in it. Set in the world of the author's Zer0es, Invasive combines the adrenaline-fueled plots of Michael Crichton's techno-thrillers with the spooky chills of The X-Files. |
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| Foundation by Isaac AsimovClassic SF. This opening installment of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series introduces mathematician Hari Seldon, who develops psychohistory -- a branch of science that uses probability and statistics to forecast future events as they apply to large societies. When his work predicts the collapse of the Galactic Empire and a subsequent Dark Age lasting millennia, Seldon establishes a foundation dedicated to preserving human knowledge and culture until such time as it can be resurrected and a new society established. |
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| Dune by Frank HerbertSpace Opera. Dune and its five original sequels are among the most famous and beloved science fiction novels of all time. They tell the sprawling, epic story of an interstellar empire and its potential messiah, Paul Atreides, who has inherited control of the planet that is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices" and the most valuable substance in the universe. Burgeoning with the complex politics, religion, ecology, and dynastic intrigue of author Frank Herbert's vividly created and comprehensive universe, Dune has been hailed as "an astonishing science fiction phenomenon" (The Washington Post) and "one of the monuments of modern science fiction" (The Chicago Tribune). |
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