Alan Dean Foster
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Set years after Return of the Jedi, this stunning new action-packed adventure rockets us back into the world of Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, and Luke Skywalker, while introducing a host of exciting new characters. Darth Vader may have been redeemed and the Emperor vanquished, but peace can be fleeting, and evil does not easily relent. Yet the simple belief in good can still empower ordinary individuals to rise and meet the greatest...
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Spellsinger volume 6
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When his magical multistring duar snaps in half, Jon-Tom the spellsinger sets out on a journey that will take him all the way back to... America. Jon-Tom has been trapped in a strange land of talking owls and wizarding turtles for a year now, his sole consolation that in this universe his musical abilities have inadvertently made him something of a sorcerer. But when an encounter with some burglars leads to him snapping the magical duar that channels...
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Thirteen science fiction tales by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Icerigger Trilogy and To the Vanishing Point.
From fighting giant bugs to defeating an interstellar empire without firing a shot; from scientific idiot savants toying with the universe to how the robots will really win the robot apocalypse, these thirteen flavorful tales are guaranteed to entertain, amuse, awe, and maybe even enlighten. Includes the first appearance...
4) Oshenerth
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An epic fantasy that takes place entirely underwater. In this adventure under the sea, Oshenerth: Blue Magic, New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster (Alien, Star Wars: Force Awakens) uses his extensive knowledge and experience from diving and traveling to bring to life the mysterious world of reef dwellers under the sea in an imaginative, fascinating new epic fantasy that takes place entirely underwater. Best friends Chachel and Glint,...
5) Stuart
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Not your average furry tale.
Meet Jen Jensen, a total girlboss in the real estate game and die-hard dog lover. But there's one thing Jen can't seem to figure out: her love life. When Arthur, her wealthy boyfriend, fails to propose and instead drops the bomb of yet another business trip, Jen's heart is shattered. Drowning her sorrows in a bottle of Merlot, Jen drunkenly wishes to meet a guy as loyal as her dog Stuart.
In a crazy twist, her...
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An adrenaline-fueled travel memoir of life in the wild among the planet's most ferocious and fascinating predators Over the last forty years, bestselling science-fiction writer Alan Dean Foster has journeyed around the globe to encounter nature's most fearsome creatures. His travels have taken him into the heart of the Amazon rain forest on the trail of deadly tangarana ants, on an elephant ride across the sweeping green plains of central India in...
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Spellsinger volume 4
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In his continuing quest to find his way back to his own world, Jon-Tom the spellsinger must face off against a magician with sinister intentions Far to the south of the peaceful Bellwoods, where Jon-Tom the spellsinger continues trying to master the art of turning music into magic, a sinister force has awakened: a magician with great ambition and unheard-of power. He summons lightning to do his bidding, commands an army of faceless flying demons,...
8) Cyber Way
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The New York Times–bestselling author creates "a fascinating amalgam of sf/detective fiction and Native American lore" (Library Journal).
A wealthy industrialist and folk art collector is murdered in his home and left beneath where a painting had been hanging. But theft is not the motive. The artwork-a Navajo sandpainting-has been completed pulverized. And no blood was found at the scene.
Assigned to the case is bulldog detective Vernon...
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Ridley Scott's ALIEN: COVENANT ist die langerwartete Fortsetzung der Alien-Saga.
Auf dem Weg zu einem weit entfernten Planeten am anderen Ende der Galaxie entdeckt die Crew des Kolonisierungsraumschiffs Covenant einen Planeten, den sie für ein unentdecktes Paradies halten. Doch der vermeintliche Garten Eden entpuppt sich schnell als dunkle und gefährliche Welt. Als die Crew sich daraufhin einer entsetzlichen Bedrohung jenseits ihres Vorstellungsvermögens...
10) Cachalot
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Humanx Commonwealth volume 2
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From a #1 New York Times–bestselling author, a sci-fi fantasy set on an aquatic planet, where cetaceans are thriving and humans dying at an alarming rate.
Welcome to Cachalot, a planet made almost entirely of water, an ocean refuge for Earth's marine mammals, rescued from near extinction at the hands of humans thousands of years ago. Free from predators and human impact, the whales thrive in their new home, growing in size and intelligence. Everything...
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What is a life well-lived? What decisions will you make to have a meaningful life? What kind of stories will you leave behind? Recommended by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, and Foreword Reviews (starred review). Travel with twenty-three speculative fiction authors through the seasons of life to capture the memories, identities, and moments of stepping through the portal of change, as they cope with their own journeys...
12) Luana
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On April 15, 1960, a plane crashed in the untamed African jungle. The Survivor - a young girl!
Raised by fierce cats, Luana grows up to be as savage as her jungle habitat. And now she watches the winding overgrown paths for hapless humans on safari... On April 15, 1960, a plane crashed in the untamed African jungle. The Survivor - a young girl!
Alan Dean Foster's work to date includes excursions into hard science-fiction, fantasy, horror, detective,...