Rating: 4/5
433 pages
2011
Publisher: Del Rey
Source: Library ebook
Description:
Eight months after the
Battle of Yavin, the Rebellion is in desperate need of a new base. So
when Governor Ferrouz of Candoras Sector proposes an alliance, offering
the Rebels sanctuary in return for protection against the alien warlord
Nuso Esva, Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie are sent to evaluate the deal.
Mara
Jade, the Emperor’s Hand, is also heading for Candoras, along with the
five renegade stormtroopers known as the Hand of Judgment. Their
mission: to punish Ferrouz’s treason and smash the Rebels for good.
But in this treacherous game of betrayals within betrayals, a wild card is waiting to be played. (from Goodreads)
Rating: 4.5/5
446 pages
2002
Publisher: Roc
Source: My collection
Description:
Ever since his
girlfriend left town to deal with her newly acquired taste for blood,
Harry Dresden has been down and out in Chicago. He can't pay his rent.
He's alienating his friends. He can't even recall the last time he took a
shower.
The only professional wizard in the phone book has become a desperate man.
And
just when it seems things can't get any worse, in saunters the Winter
Queen of Faerie. She has an offer Harry can't refuse if he wants to free
himself of the supernatural hold his faerie godmother has over him--and
hopefully end his run of bad luck. All he has to do is find out who
murdered the Summer Queen's right-hand man, the Summer Knight, and clear
the Winter Queen's name.
It seems simple enough, but Harry knows
better than to get caught in the middle of faerie politics. Until he
finds out that the fate of the entire world rests on his solving this
case. No pressure or anything... (from the back cover)
Rating: 4.5/5
250 pages
1986
Publisher: Baen
Source: Barnes & Noble
Description:
In her first trial by
fire, Cordelia Naismith captained a throwaway ship of the Betan
Expeditionary Force on a mission to destroy an enemy armada. Discovering
deception within deception, treachery within treachery, she was forced
into a separate peace with her chief opponent, Lord Aral Vorkosigan - he
who was called "The Butcher of Komarr" - and would consequently become
an outcast on her own planet and the Lady Vorkosigan on his. (from the back cover)
Rating: 4/5
393 pages
2005
Publisher: Signet
Source: library ebook
Description:
In the shadows of the
night in Caldwell, New York, there's a deadly turf war going on between
vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret band of brothers like
no other-six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Yet none of them
relishes killing more than Wrath, the leader of The Black Dagger
Brotherhood.
The only purebred vampire left on earth, Wrath
has a score to settle with the slayers who murdered his parents
centuries ago. But, when one of his most trusted fighters is
killed-leaving his half-breed daughter unaware of his existence or her
fate-Wrath must usher her into the world of the undead-a world of
sensuality beyond her wildest dreams. (from Goodreads)
Rating: 4.5/5
403 pages
1991
Publisher: Bantam
Source: Library ebook
Description:
Five years after the
Death Star was destroyed and Darth Vader and the Emperor were defeated,
the galaxy is struggling to heal the wounds of war, Princess Leia and
Han Solo are married and expecting twins, and Luke Skywalker has become
the first in a long-awaited line of new Jedi Knights.
But
thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperor’s warlords—the
brilliant and deadly Grand Admiral Thrawn—has taken command of the
shattered Imperial fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the
fragile heart of the New Republic. For this dark warrior has made two
vital discoveries that could destroy everything the courageous men and
women of the Rebel Alliance fought so hard to create.
The
explosive confrontation that results is a towering epic of action,
invention, mystery, and spectacle on a galactic scale—in short, a story
worthy of the name Star Wars. (from Goodreads)
Rating: 3/5
435 pages
2011
Publisher: Roc
Source: Library book
Description:
Anne Bishop's "darkly
fascinating" (SF Site) Black Jewel novels have enthralled readers and
critics alike with their mixture of fantasy, intrigue, and romance. Now
in Twilight's Dawn, Bishop returns to the Blood realm with four all-new captivating novellas. (From Goodreads)
Rating: 4.5/5
352 pages
1971
Publisher: Del Rey
Source: Kindle ebook
Description:
Another Turn, and the
deadly silver Threads began falling again. So the bold dragonriders took
to the air once more and their magnificent flying dragons swirled and
swooped, belching flames that destroyed the shimmering strands before
they reach the ground.
But F'lar knew he had to find a better way
to protect his beloved Pern,and he had to find it before the rebellious
Oldtimers could breed anymore dissent... before his brother F'nor would
be foolhardy enough to launch another suicide mission... and before those
dratted fire-lizards could stir up any more trouble! (from
Goodreads)
