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2021., Tom Doherty Associates Book Call No: Fic Neu Edition: First Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Take them to the stars Volume: 1Summary Note: Always run, never fight. Preserve the knowledge. Survive at all cost. Take them to the stars. Over 99 identical generations, Mia's family has shaped human history to push them to the stars, making brutal, wrenching choices and sacrificing countless lives. Her turn comes at the dawn of the age of rocketry. Her mission: to lure Wernher Von Braun away from the Nazi party and into the American rocket program, and secure the future of the space race. But Mia's family is not the only group pushing the levers of history: an even more ruthless enemy lurks behind the scenes. A darkly satirical first contact thriller, as seen through the eyes of the women who make progress possible and the men who are determined to stop them.
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[2018]., Adult, Del Rey Call No: QWF Fic Neu Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Themis files Volume: Book threeSummary Note: "In her childhood, Rose Franklin accidentally discovered a giant metal hand buried beneath the ground outside Deadwood, South Dakota. As an adult, Dr. Rose Franklin led the team that uncovered the rest of the body parts which together form Themis: a powerful robot of mysterious alien origin. She, along with linguist Vincent, pilot Kara, and the unnamed Interviewer, protected the Earth from geopolitical conflict and alien invasion alike. Now, after nearly ten years on another world, Rose returns to find her old alliances forfeit and the planet in shambles. And she must pick up the pieces of the Earth Defense Corps as her own friends turn against each other"--From publisher.
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[2016], Adult, Del Rey Call No: QWF Fic Neu Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Themis files Volume: bk. 1Summary Note: "17 years ago: A girl in South Dakota falls through the earth, then wakes up dozens of feet below ground on the palm of what seems to be a giant metal hand. Today: She is a top-level physicist leading a team of people to understand exactly what that hand is, where it came from, and what it portends for humanity. A swift and spellbinding tale told almost exclusively through transcriptions of interviews conducted by a mysterious and unnamed character, this is a unique debut that describes a hunt for truth, power, and giant body parts."--Publisher.
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2019., Tom Doherty Associates Call No: QWF Fic Neu Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Idir is sitting the British Citizenship Test. He wants his family to belong. Twenty-five questions to determine the worth of a life. Twenty-five chances to impress. When the test takes an unexpected and tragic turn, Idir is handed the power of life and death. But, how do you value another person's life when all you have is multiple choice? .
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2017., Adult, Del Rey Call No: QWF Fic Neu Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Themis files Volume: bk. 2Summary Note: "26 years ago: A girl in South Dakota falls through the earth, then wakes up dozens of feet below ground on the palm of what seems to be a giant metal hand. 9 years ago: She is a top-level physicist leading a team of people to understand exactly what that hand is, where it came from, and what it portends for humanity. Today: with the remainder of the giant robot found and assembled, every question answered about the mysterious contraption raises two more. But the team behind the greatest discovery of the last millennium might be out of time when a second robot suddenly appears, looming over downtown London."--From publisher.
