Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World. Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everyt…
"Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his gri…
Retells the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo. This extraordinary voyage into the depths of the unknown aboard the legendary submarine nautilus commanded by brilliant, tragic Captain Nemo explores both the limitless possibilities of science and twist…
In the years since the Event, the Republic of Nantucket has done its best to recreate the better ideas of the modern age. But the evils of its time resurface in the person of William Walker, renegade Coast Guard officer, who is busy building an empire for himself based on conquest by technology. When Walker reaches Greece and recruits several of their greater kinglets to his cause, the people o…
The first novel in the internationally bestselling *Hunger Games* series by Suzanne Collins! In the ruins of what was once North America lies the nation of Panem, where a shining Capitol rules over twelve districts. Each year, the Capitol demands that each district send one boy and one girl, aged twelve to eighteen, to participate in the Hunger Games—a televised fight to the death. Six…
Thomas thought escaping the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers, but WICKED isn’t done with them yet. Phase Two has begun: *The Scorch Trials*. Now, the Gladers have just two weeks to make it across the Scorch—a vast, desolate wasteland ravaged by heat and destruction. But WICKED has stacked the odds against them, altering the rules once again to ensure their struggle is even…
WICKED has stolen everything from Thomas: his life, his memories, and now his only friends—the Gladers. But after one final, harrowing test, it’s finally over. The trials are complete. What WICKED doesn’t realize is that Thomas remembers far more than they ever suspected. And the truth he’s uncovered is enough to make him question everything they’ve told him. Thomas has already …
After devastating solar flares strike the Earth, intense heat, toxic radiation, and widespread flooding decimate much of the human population. The survivors are left to rebuild in small, makeshift communities in the mountains, struggling to hunt for food and stay alive. For Mark and his friends, survival is already a daily battle—until a new threat emerges. A deadly virus begins to spread…
When an unexpected asteroid threatens Earth, a space shuttle is dispatched to alter its course and prevent disaster. But when three crew members venture to the asteroid's surface, they are suddenly trapped as it veers off course, hurling them across light years to a mysterious planet. Stranded on an unfamiliar world, the explorers must embark on a perilous archaeological journey to uncover the …
For Dr. David Beck, the loss has been devastating. Every day for the past eight years, he has been trapped in the nightmare of that fateful night—the gleaming lake, the pale moonlight, the piercing screams—the night his wife, Elizabeth, was taken. The last night he saw her alive. Everyone tells him it’s time to move on, to let go of the past. But for David Beck, closure is an illusion.…
Since John Bandicut thwarted Earth's destruction from a comet in *Neptune Crossing* and saved Shipworld from the boojum in *Strange Attractors*, his life has been a relentless series of battles against chaos. Barely escaping Shipworld’s grasp, Bandicut and his eclectic crew of aliens find themselves stranded on a distant ocean world, struggling to survive beneath its crushing depths. But t…
When it comes to sleuthing, she's not horsing around... When full-time vet and part-time sleuth Jessica Popper is asked to treat a billionaire's ailing horse, she gets a deadly glimpse into the lifestyles of the rich and felonious…. Murder gallops after Jessie when an emergency call sends the traveling vet to a posh Long Island estate with her one-eyed Dalmatian, Lou, and her tailless W…
The planet Jijo is forbidden to settlers, its ecology protected by guardians of the Five Galaxies. But over the centuries it has been resettled, populated by refugees of six intelligent races. Together they have woven a new society in the wilderness, drawn together by their fear of Judgment Day, when the Five Galaxies will discover their illegal colony. Then a strange starship arrives on Jijo. …
“[A] mysterious survival saga that passionate fans describe as a fusion of Lord of the Flies [and] The Hunger Games” (Entertainment Weekly) When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone. Outside the towering stone walls that surround them is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the o…
Sparks are igniting. Flames are spreading. And the Capitol wants revenge. Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy di…