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Fire and Blood : 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones: A Targaryen History [downloadable audio]
by Martin, George R. R.
What it is: The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work by the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO's Game of Thrones . With all the fire and fury fans have come to expect from internationally bestselling author George R. R. Martin , this is the first volume of the definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.
What's in it: Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen--the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria--took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.
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A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
What it's about: The kingdom of the royal Stark family faces its ultimate challenge in the onset of a generation-long winter, the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters, the emergence of the Neverborn demons, and the arrival of barbarian hordes.
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Days gone bye : Days Gone Bye
by Robert Kirkman
What it's about: Police officer Rick Grimes is shot on the job and wakes up a month later to find that the world that he knows is gone. Zombies have taken over and are killing and eating those who are still alive. He sets out toward Atlanta in the hope that his family isstill alive and endures many horrors along the way.
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Nightflyers
by George R. R Martin
What it's about: An illustrated edition of the classic novella is set in a seemingly haunted spaceship, where a telepath and a genetically enhanced outcast risk their lives to protect their scientific expedition from a malevolent being.
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Elevation
by Stephen King
What it's about: (Castle Rock) A timely, upbeat tale about the power of finding common ground, written by the award-winning author of Mr. Mercedes, traces the story of a man whose mysterious affliction unites a small community.
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3001 : the final odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
What is it: The conclusion of the classic series that began with 2001: A Space Odyssey explains what really happened to Dave Bowman, who reentered the Discovery to incapacitate the psychotic computer Hal, and speculates about the future relationship between human and machine.
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Beacon 23
by Hugh Howey
From the publisher: For centuries, men and women have manned lighthouses to ensure the safe passage of ships. It is a lonely job, and a thankless one for the most part. Until something goes wrong. Until a ship is in distress. In the twenty-third century, this job has movedinto outer space. A network of beacons allows ships to travel across the Milky Way at many times the speed of light. These beacons are built to be robust. They never break down. They never fail. At least, they aren't supposed to.
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Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
What it's about: A band of psychologists, under the leadership of psychohistorian Hari Seldon, plant a colony to encourage art, science, and technology in the declining Galactic Empire and to preserve the accumulated knowledge of humankind. Reader's Guide available.
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The passage : a novel
by Justin Cronin
What it's about: Rendered a latest test subject in a covert government experiment, abandoned six-year-old Amy is rescued by an FBI agent who hides them in the Oregon hills, from which she emerges a century later to save the human race from a terrifying virus. By the award-winning author of Mary and O'Neil.
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The war of the worlds
by Harry Miller
What's in it: In graphic novel format, retells the Wells classic about an ordinary man's recounting of a Martian invasion of Earth, and provides discussion topics and biographical information on Wells.
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Y, the last man. Book two
by Brian K Vaughan
What it's about: Yorick Brown embarks on a transcontinental journey to find his girlfriend, and continues his search for answers about why he is the last man left alive on Earth.
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Ready player one
by Ernest Cline
What it's about: Immersing himself in a mid-21st-century technological virtual utopia to escape an ugly real world of famine, poverty and disease, Wade Watts joins an increasingly violent effort to solve a series of puzzles by the virtual world's super-wealthy creator, who has promised that the winner will be his heir.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Central Mississippi Regional Library System
100 Tamberline Street
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
601-825-0100
http://www.cmrls.lib.ms.us
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