January 2017 list by Holly Whistler
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The Vor Game
by Lois McMaster Bujold
Miles Vorkosigan has shaken the High Command of his home planet Barrayar to the core and has been sent to the other side of the galaxy as a result. There Miles runs into his old pals, the Dendarii Free Mercenaries. And a good thing, too, because it turns out that Miles's childhood chum—Emperor Gregor to you and me—has been the victim of foul play, and only Miles can save him. In fact, Miles knows he must save Gregor. Because if he doesn't, then the only person who could become emperor is Miles himself, which is, for Miles, a fate worse than death!
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Invasion
by Luke Rhinehart
The lives of Billy Morton and his family are turned upside down when a super-intelligent furry alien named Louis follows him home, hacks into government computer networks, and creates worldwide mayhem
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Pirate Utopia
by Bruce Sterling
At the end of the Great War, the Futurists, a group of utopian pirate warriors, rampage through Europe with the help of a sinister American to establish world domination
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The Four Thousand, The Eight Hundred
by Greg Egan
Camille is desperate to escape her home on colonized asteroid Vesta, journeying through space in a small cocoon pod covertly and precariously attached to a cargo ship. Anna is a newly appointed port director on asteroid Ceres, intrigued by the causes that have led so-called riders like Camille to show up at her post in search of asylum.
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Totem
by Darin Bradley
Once the capital of a global empire, Aer is now only a global protectorate. One of the eight wonders of the ancient world, Aer is a cradle of civilization, preserved by international aid and foreign interest, primarily Worldview, an international media network. Worldview has wired Aer so thoroughly that subscribers around the world can interact with every facet of daily life in the ancient city. Pinhole lenses and mobile cameras and embedded microphones export the challenges, dramas, and simple joys of Aeri life to those whose donations keep it alive. Because, without them, the Aeri will die.
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The Waterdancer's World
by L. Timmel Duchamp
Humans have been struggling to live on Frogmore for almost five centuries, adapting themselves to punishing gravity and the deadly mistflowers that dominate its ecology. Financier Inez Gauthier, patron of the arts and daughter of the general commanding the planet’s occupation forces, dreams of eliminating the mistflowers that make exploitation of the planet’s natural wealth so difficult and impede her father's efforts to crush the native insurgency.
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StarCraft: Evolution
by Timothy Zahn
Set in the universe of the popular video game, an official tie-in novel describes how the sudden restoration of the mysterious zerg planet re-ignites hostility between the protoss and the terrans and could change the fate of the galaxy.
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