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Series
The last human ; 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In a post-war world where robots and humans coexist, XR_935 and Emma strive to maintain a fragile peace, but tensions rise as a group of humans resists reconciliation, raising the threat of potential upheaval and the end of their harmonious society.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Klarke Ascher has a singular goal: to become an Ascenditure, a member of the kingdom's elite climbing team who scale the treacherous peaks of Miter's Backbone in search of an elusive medicine to treat the lung sickness that ails the populace. However, in a kingdom governed by centuries of tradition, where women are legally bound to home and hearth, owned by the men they are forced to marry, the Ascenditures have always been male. As the strongest...
Author
Series
Publisher
CamCat Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Marcus Aimond, untrained tag-along aboard humanity's first intergalactic exploratory commerce vessel, has a singular mission: sell off-brand misprinted merchandise. When the rookie and his crew encounter the Nerelkor, a frog-like civilization, he is thrust head-first into an alien civil war. The opposing factions, Rejault and Dinasc, are stuck in an ill-fated feud driven by deep-rooted ineptitude. To avoid the planet’s total annihilation and establish...
5) Sabotage
Author
Publisher
Oliver-Heber Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"My name is Nick Gautier and I was born to end the world. Or so I thought. For years, I believed my destiny was beyond my control. But the Fates love to play with folks and I seem to be their favorite punchline. Just when my crew and I thought we were done with the Apocalypse, the Fates had dragged back for another round. Now, we have to stop the Powers-That-Be and my future son or the ones I love and cherish will become memories. It’s a demon-eat-demon...
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Three generations grapple with the ultimate consequences of a world warmed by climate change until a tyrannical scientist’s stratospheric shield encases Earth in a perpetual, oppressive fog, leaving their descendants to fight for the lost sky and their future.
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Series
Library of America ; 379
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"This seventh volume in the definitive Library of America edition of Ursula K. Le Guin's work presents five novels that showcase her literary range. In the Locus Award-winning The Lathe of Heaven (1971), justifiably one of Le Guin's best-known works, George Orr begins have effective dreams: dreams that change reality itself. But when he turns to the sleep researcher William Haber for help, Haber sees an opportunity to use Orr's dreams for his own...
Author
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The Water Wars have scrambled the world. Flood refugees are on the run. Disrupters and the nostalgia militia roam the roads wreaking havoc. Invisible Darknet Lords troll the Internet, solidifying their power, while Cinnamon, her three Circus-Bots, and two dogs work with a community of farmers, Motor Fairies, and Wheel-Wizards to provide housing, health care, and education for flood refugees. As Cinnamon confronts threats from the Darknet Lords and...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Sam Wilson is Captain America! Join him as he takes up the legacy of Captain America's shield and fights as the new Sentinel of Liberty against enemies of peace and justice! Learn to read and join in the action as this brave hero and his allies save the world!"--
13) A-DO 2
Author
Series
A-DO ; 2
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A brash young woman and a boy with a mysterious arm search for answers while evading military assassins in this dystopian sci-fi action manga, perfect for fans of Akira and Sakamoto Days.Following a wave of immigration, Japan has became a volatile mix of people and cultures, rocked by the protests of xenophobic extremists unhappy with the new status quo. A brash, job-hopping young woman named Riko is driving her scooter through one such protest when...
14) A-DO: 1
Author
Series
A-DO ; 1
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Following a wave of immigration, Japan has became a volatile mix of people and cultures, rocked by the protests of xenophobic extremists unhappy with the new status quo. A brash, job-hopping young woman named Riko is driving her scooter through one such protest when she sees a boy about to get run over by a truck. Riko just manages to shove him out of the way, and, in the hours that follow, she finds herself looking after the boy, named Eito. Riko...
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Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Anarchy in the Spider-Verse! Hobie Brown is the head-spiked Spider-Punk--all set to protect Earth-138 with his ax in hand and his chaotic band of punk rockin' heroes backing him! But even though the Norman Osborn of Hobie's dimension is dead, will the chaos he created be too much for Spider-Punk and gang to handle? What secrets lie under the community center that Spidey and his crew call home base? And why is Taskmaster crashing the party to stomp...
Author
Series
Chobits ; 01
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
After moving from the countryside into the big city, poor college student Hideki Motosuwa finds himself down on his luck. All he wants is a good job, a girlfriend, and his very own "persocom"--The latest and greatest in humanoid computer technology. Hideki's luck changes one night when he finds Chi - an adorable, but seemingly broken, persocom thrown out in a pile of trash. After taking her home, Hideki discovers that Chi is more responsibility than...
Author
Series
Gachiakuta ; 1
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Rudo lives in the slums of a floating town, where the poor scrape by under the shadow of the rich, who live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. Then one day, he's falsely accused of murder, and his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment-exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and if Rudo wants to have any...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In panicked whispers, the word spreads: The Sleep has returned. Eight years ago, a sleeping sickness that fed on traumatic memories threatened human civilization. Only a two-person team, diving into the stricken patient's mind, could cure it, and at great risk. The most skilled of these "divers" was Rune Winter, codename King, the only one who could cure the Sleep while leaving the patient's mind intact. Now the sickness is back, and this new strain...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Eight years have passed since the sickness known as 'the Sleep' ended millions of lives. Now, after a dangerous procedure that involves diving into patients' memories has ended the pandemic, Petty Officer Adam Garfield wakes up in a hospital to find a bomb has taken one of his legs. But Adam's plan to retire from U.S. Navy service and cash in his pension to goof around with his younger siblings is shattered when he receives secret word that the sleeping...
Author
Series
Gin Tama ; 4
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone desperately attempts to get some R & R this time! Our cute and invincible warrior Kagura spirits a genuine princess out of the confines of her castle to shop for candy, gamble her riches, and fish for kappa (water spirits)--all while dodging a troop of elite police. But rest looks to be in the stars when Kagura wins an outer-space trip for three. Unfortunately, her relaxing vacation with her pals is continually interrupted by dognappers,...
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