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Author
Publisher
Open Road Integrated Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Colonists on Mars fight to prevent their own extinction in “a suspenseful genre-bending combination of straight SF and mystery” (Booklist, starred review).
Doomed by overpopulation, irreversible environmental degradation, and never-ending war, Earth has become a fetid swamp. For many, Mars represents humankind’s last hope. In six tightly clustered towers on the red planet’s surface, the colonists who have...
Doomed by overpopulation, irreversible environmental degradation, and never-ending war, Earth has become a fetid swamp. For many, Mars represents humankind’s last hope. In six tightly clustered towers on the red planet’s surface, the colonists who have...
2) Femlandia
Author
Language
English
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Description
"A chilling look into an alternate near future where a woman and her daughter seek refuge in a women-only colony, only to find that the safe haven they were hoping for is the most dangerous place they could be. Miranda Reynolds always thought she would rather die than live in Femlandia. But that was before the country sank into total economic collapse and her husband walked out in the harshest, most permanent way, leaving her and her sixteen-year-old...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Meet Tony: insatiably curious, deeply compassionate, with a unique perspective on every scene he encounters. Kidnapped and transported to the New World after traveling from the British East India Company's outpost on the Coromandel Coast to the teeming streets of London, young Tony finds himself in Jamestown, Virginia, where he and his fellow indentured servants--boys like himself, men from Africa, a mad woman from London--must work the tobacco plantations....
4) The company
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Hoping for a better life, five war veterans colonize an abandoned island. They take with them everything they could possibly need: food, clothes, tools, weapons, even wives. But an unanticipated discovery shatters their dream and replaces it with a very different one. The colonists feel sure that their friendship will keep them together. Only then do they begin to realize that they've brought with them rather more than they bargained for.
Author
Publisher
Soft Skull Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A group of survivors arrive in Virginia from the demolished Manhattan, planning to establish an outpost, find oil, and exploit the Indians controlling the area. Plans go awry however in both violent and humorous manners. At the heart of the story is Pocahontas, who speaks Valley Girl, Ebonics, Old English, and Algonquin, sometimes all in the same sentence. And she pursues a heated romance with settler Johnny Rolfe via text messaging, instant messaging,...
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Series
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A ship full of colonists arrive on a seemingly hospitable planet, only to discover that it harbors a terrifying secret. Soon the settlers find themselves caught up in a desperate battle for survival against the fae, a natural force with the power to prey upon the human mind itself, bringing a person's greatest fears and darkest nightmares to life."--
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Español
Description
"1498. En pocos años, Santo Domingo se convierte en una espectacular urbe que crece inmersa en un bullicio constante. A su puerto llegan aventureros de toda Europa atraídos por las promesas de abundancia y, por primera vez, ha atracado un barco repleto de mujeres. Muchas han cruzado el océano para reunirse con sus maridos, casarse con conquistadores o forjar una nueva vida. Pero en esa expedición también viaja Jimena, quien ha embarcado con un...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Director Rawling and three other scientists are trapped by a cave-in. Just as Tyce sanders starts a rescue mission, rebels take over the science station. They threaten to kill their hostages, one at a time, until their demands are met-and time's running out. If Tyce can't stop the rebels soon, the trapped scientists will run out of air. And everyone under the dome will die.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A devious plot threatens to overtake the spaceship Moon Racer as Tyce, Ashley, and the crew near the end of their six-month journey from Mars to eart. Who's the rebel mastermind?. Could it be one of the six other people on board?. In a race against time Tyce must find out or the Moon Racer and everyone aboard is doomed to crash into the sun!.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A Secret Institute holds 23 kids prisoner, an evil part of the Terrataker's plot to take over the world. Their first target is the Governors' Summit in New York, only two days away. Tyce and Ashley must find a way to save the governors and the world from war!. .
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A Military Prison in the wild Florida Everglades holds Tyce, his dad, and Ashley hostage. With only six days left to rescue the kids at the secret Institute, they must find a way out. But who can they trust with Terrataker infiltrators everywhere?. And how will they get back in time to save Tyce's dad?. .
13) Worlds apart
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
In 1670, soon after arriving in the Carolinas with a group of colonists from England, fifteen-year-old Christopher West befriends a young Sewee Indian, Asha-po, and learns some hard lessons about survival, slavery, and friendship.
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