Kevin J. Anderson
Author
Series
Dune novels. Legends of Dune volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 37
Description
It has been fifty-six years since the events of the author's The machine crusade and following the death of Serena Butler, the bloodiest decades of the Jihad take place. At last, the war that has lasted many lifetimes will be decided in the apocalyptic Battle of Corrin.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 37
Description
"At last Shaddam sits on the Golden Lion Throne, his precarious position as ruler of the Known Universe dependent on producing a male heir. But his leadership is further threatened by the ambitious Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, whose insatiable thirst for dominance leads him to plot against some of the most powerful forces in the Imperium... His primary targets: House Atreides and the mysterious Bene Gesserit Sisterhood. The Sisterhood are unaware of...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 43
Description
"The crusade against thinking robots has ground on for years; the human worlds grow weary of war, of the bloody, inconclusive swing from victory to defeat. The fearsome cymeks, led by Agamemnon, hatch new plots to regain their lost power from Omnius"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Dune novels. Legends of Dune volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 34
Description
A Dune prequel portrays the "Butlerian jihad" against technology, a background story vital to the Dune universe.
Author
Series
Dune novels. Heroes of Dune volume 2
Formats
Description
This tale from Herbert's son and Anderson follows Jessica, the mother of galactic emperor Paul Atreides, as she returns to the desert planet Dune for her son's funeral. Paul's suicide after his mistress's childbed death leaves his sister, the insane and brutal Alia, as regent for his twin children. Alia releases Princess Irulan, Paul's wife and biographer, from house arrest on the condition that she present Paul as a god, even as Bronso of Ix circulates...
6) Ruins
Author
Series
Description
Mulder and Scully fly to the Yucatan jungle to investigate a missing team of archaelogists. Their exploration leads to a strange electronic signal coming from beneath ancient ruins -- a signal aimed upward, at the stars
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 36
Description
Capturing all the complexity and grand themes of the original "Dune, " this prequel weaves a new tapestry of terrible betrayal, grand passions, and momentous destiny into a saga that expands the tale written by Frank Herbert more than 30 years ago.
Author
Series
Dune novels. Prelude to Dune volume 1
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 32
Description
In this prequel to DUNE, Emperor Shaddam IV intends to gain absolute power by using Ixian slaves to create a synthetic form of melange, but Duke Leto Atreides has a bold plan to save them.
11) Vengewar
Author
Series
Wake the dragon novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Two continents at war: the Three Kingdoms and Ishara have been in conflict for a thousand years. But when an outside threat arises-the reawakening of a powerful ancient race that wants to remake the world-the two warring nations must somehow set aside generations of hatred to form an alliance against a far more deadly enemy. Book one awakened the great dragon, and set the kingdoms at each other's throats. In book two, Vengewar, bitter rivalry and...
12) Kill zone
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Power duo Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason team up in Kill Zone , a perilous disaster thriller for the modern age. Deep within a mountain in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a Cold War-era nuclear weapons storage facility is being used to covertly receive more than 100,000 tons of nuclear waste stored across the US. Only Department of Energy employee, Adonia, and a few others including a war hero, a senator, and an environmental activist, are allowed access...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Formats
Description
"Dune, Frank Herbert's epic science-fiction masterpiece set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar society, tells the story of Paul Atreides as he and his family accept control of the desert planet Arrakis. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism, and politics, Dune is a powerful, fantastical tale that takes an unprecedented look into our universe, and is transformed by the graphic novel format. In the first...
Author
Series
Shamble & Die Investigations volume 4
Shamble and Die Investigations volume 4
Dan Shamble zombie P.I volume 4
Shamble and Die Investigations volume 4
Dan Shamble zombie P.I volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
There's something fishy going on in the Unnatural Quarter. Bodies are floating face-down, the plumbing is backing up, and something smells rotten, even to a zombie detective like Dan Shamble. Diving into the slimy underbelly of a diabolical plot, Dan comes face-to-tentacles with an amphibious villain named Ah'Chulhu. With his snap-happy gang of gator-guys Ah'Chulhu wreaks havoc beneath the streets. Dan Shamble is running out of time before the whole...
Author
Series
Saga of seven suns volume 5
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
"In the fifth book of The Saga of Seven Suns, a climactic battle begins between the Ildiran Solar Navy, the Earth Defense Forces, the Roamers, green priests, Klikiss robots, and hydrogue warglobes--a fury that will destroy many and change the landscape of the Spiral Arm forever"--Provided by publisher.
16) Metal swarm
Author
Series
Saga of seven suns volume 6
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Description
While the Earth is overrun by swarms of ancient robots built by the not-so-extinct Klikiss race, King Peter breaks away from the resistance-crushing forces of the Hansa's brutal Chairman in order to forge independent colonies.
17) Scattered Suns
Author
Series
Saga of seven suns volume 4
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Chairman Basil Wenceslas deteriorates into irrational tyranny in the face of his powerlessness against an alien foe that threatens the Spiral Arm civilizations, while Ildiran leader Jora'h struggles with impending civil war.
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Callista trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[1995]
Description
If the Hutt Durga is able to create a powerful new death-weapon called Darksaber, then the forces of darkness may again rule over the Universe.
Author
Series
Saga of seven suns volume 7
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
The conclusion to the Saga of Seven Suns series features a final stand in an epic clash against galactic civilizations that pits the factions of humanity against one another.