409 Results in the "Science Fiction" category


    • Never Let Me Go Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In Nev­er Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishig­uro weaves a haunt­ing and intro­spec­tive tale set in an alter­nate-real­i­ty ​1990s Eng­land, where ​Kathy H.​, a ​car­er, reflects on her child­hood at ​Hail­sham, an idyl­lic yet unset­tling board­ing school. As Kathy reunites with her for­mer class­mates ​Ruth​ and ​Tom­my, she con­fronts the dark truth about their exis­tence: they are ​clones, cre­at­ed sole­ly to pro­vide ​organ dona­tions​ for “nor­mal”…
    • The Obelisk Gate Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Obelisk Gate con­tin­ues N.K. Jemisin’s Hugo Award-win­ning Bro­ken Earth tril­o­gy, plung­ing read­ers deep­er into a world rav­aged by apoc­a­lyp­tic cli­mate dis­as­ters. As the Fifth Season—a cat­a­stroph­ic cli­mate event—unfolds, the sto­ry fol­lows: ​Essun, a griev­ing moth­er and pow­er­ful oro­gene, who seeks refuge in the under­ground comm of Castri­ma while hunt­ing her daughter’s kid­nap­per. ​Nas­sun, Essun’s miss­ing daugh­ter, whose emerg­ing pow­ers draw her into a dan­ger­ous fac­tion with…
      Dystopian • Fantasy • Fiction • Science Fiction
    • The Stone Sky Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Stone Sky is the explo­sive, Hugo Award-win­ning con­clu­sion to N.K. Jemisin’s ground­break­ing Bro­ken Earth trilogy—the first series in his­to­ry to win three con­sec­u­tive Hugo Awards for Best Nov­el. As the Fifth Season’s apoc­a­lyp­tic dev­as­ta­tion reach­es its peak, the sto­ry con­verges on two women whose choic­es will deter­mine the fate of the Still­ness: ​Essun, the oro­gene moth­er turned rev­o­lu­tion­ary, who must wield the pow­er of the Obelisk…
      Dystopian • Fantasy • Fiction • Science Fiction
    • Story

      Insurgent

      Insurgent Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin “One choice can trans­form you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has con­se­quences, and as unrest surges in the fac­tions all around her, Tris Pri­or must con­tin­ue try­ing to save those she loves—and herself—while grap­pling with haunt­ing ques­tions of grief and for­give­ness, iden­ti­ty and loy­al­ty, pol­i­tics and love.” ​Tris Pri­or’s jour­ney con­tin­ues​ in this sec­ond install­ment of the Diver­gent series, where she faces even greater…
    • 1986 — Orson Scott Card — Ender’s Game Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Ender’s Game is a ground­break­ing sci­ence fic­tion nov­el that fol­lows ​Andrew “Ender” Wig­gin, a bril­liant child recruit­ed into ​Bat­tle School, an orbital mil­i­tary acad­e­my where gift­ed chil­dren are trained to com­mand Earth­’s defens­es against an alien race called the ​Formics​ (or “Bug­gers”). Under the ruth­less tute­lage of ​Colonel Graff, Ender excels in sim­u­lat­ed war games, mas­ter­ing strat­e­gy and leadership—but at a dev­as­tat­ing psy­cho­log­i­cal cost. As…
    • Four: A Divergent Collection Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin “Fans of the Diver­gent series will devour this col­lec­tion of four pre­quel sto­ries told from Tobias Eaton’s (Four) per­spec­tive. Dis­cov­er how he became the enig­mat­ic Daunt­less leader—his ini­ti­a­tion, fears, and the choic­es that shaped his iden­ti­ty before meet­ing Tris Pri­or.” This book delves into ​Four’s back­sto­ry, reveal­ing his tran­si­tion from the ​Abne­ga­tion fac­tion​ to ​Daunt­less, his strug­gles with author­i­ty, and his com­plex rela­tion­ship with…
    • The Scorch Trials Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In The Scorch Tri­als, the sec­ond install­ment of the Maze Run­ner series, ​Thomas​ and his fel­low Gladers emerge from the dead­ly Maze—only to face an even dead­lier chal­lenge. Thrust into a des­o­late waste­land known as the ​Scorch, they must cross a ​sun-blast­ed, dis­ease-rav­aged​ land­scape to reach a promised safe haven with­in ​two weeks. But the ​Scorch​ hides hor­rors worse than the Maze: ​Cranks, zom­bie-like vic­tims of the…
    • Roth, Veronica — Divergent 01 — Divergent Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin “In Beat­rice Pri­or’s dystopi­an Chica­go, soci­ety is divid­ed into five fac­tions, each ded­i­cat­ed to the cul­ti­va­tion of a par­tic­u­lar virtue—Candor (hon­esty), Abne­ga­tion (self­less­ness), Daunt­less (brav­ery), Ami­ty (peace), and Eru­dite (intel­li­gence). On her Choos­ing Day, Beat­rice must decide between stay­ing with her fam­i­ly or embrac­ing her true self. But her choice shocks everyone—including her­self.” ​Tris Pri­or​ dis­cov­ers she is ​Diver­gent—some­one who doesn’t fit into any…
    • The Maze Runner Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin In The Maze Run­ner, ​Thomas​ wakes up in a mys­te­ri­ous met­al ele­va­tor with no mem­o­ry of his past, arriv­ing in the ​Glade—a seclud­ed clear­ing sur­round­ed by tow­er­ing stone walls. The Glade is home to a group of teenage boys who have formed a frag­ile soci­ety, sur­viv­ing while trapped in the cen­ter of a dead­ly, ever-chang­ing ​Maze. Every day, the ​Run­ners​ risk their lives nav­i­gat­ing the…
    • Story

      Allegiant

      Allegiant Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin “The fac­tion-based soci­ety has col­lapsed into chaos, and Tris Pri­or must ven­ture beyond the walls of Chica­go to uncov­er the shock­ing truth about her world. What she dis­cov­ers will chal­lenge every­thing she believed about human­i­ty, sac­ri­fice, and love—forcing her to make an impos­si­ble choice that could change the future for­ev­er.” ​Tris and Four​ leave the ruins of Chica­go to explore the ​out­side world, where…
    Note