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"It's just another day of high school for Zack Lightman. He's daydreaming through another boring math class, with just one more month to go until graduation and freedom--if he can make it that long without getting suspended again. Then he glances out his classroom window and spots the flying saucer. At first, Zack thinks he's going crazy. A minute later, he's sure of it. Because the UFO he's staring at is straight out of the videogame he plays every...

"Them is the first book to examine the intent of otherworldly visitors from the perspectives civilian and military witnesses."--

After five years of battling invaders, human civilization prepares a strike to drive the aliens from the Earth. But the Clan-Lord of the Sten has learned from the defeats human have dealt him, and has his own battle plan. When he squares off against Major Michael O'Neal, the only winner will be Satan himself. . .

Television sitcom about a family who befriends a cantankerous alien creature named Alf, who landed on their roof one night.

Some secrets carry the weight of the world. Rose McKenzie may be far from Earth with no way back, but she's made a powerful ally--a fellow prisoner with whom she's formed a strong bond. Sazo's an artificial intelligence. He's saved her from captivity and torture, but he's also put her in the middle of a conflict, leaving Rose with her loyalties divided. Captain Dav Jallan doesn't know why he and his crew have stumbled across an almost legendary Class...

A monumental work--accompanied as a genuine masterpiece -- L. Ron Hubbard's 1.2-million-word--ten-volume MISSION EARTH dekalogy brilliantly blends science fiction and action/adventure on a vast interstellar scale with stinging satire--in the literary tradition of Voltaire, Swift and Orwell--on the world's foibles and fancies. Each volume, in turn, became a New York Times and then an international best seller. MISSION EARTH has already sold more than...

In a final showdown that he never saw coming, Ben wrestles with an unexpected twist of fate. But first Gwen takes the team to a dimension of magic where they are forced to rely on her old enemy Charmcaster to survive. Then, Kevin volunteers to return to the Null Void prison to settle an old score. Finally, Ben gets angry when Gwen recruits Darkstar to help them defeat the most surprising enemy of all in a last stand they can't bring themselves to...

"An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options. In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders, the fleet captain has sent for a diplomatic envoy. Now Mahit Dzmare and Three Seagrass - still reeling from the recent upheaval in the Empire - face the impossible task of trying to communicate with a hostile entity....

The lines. The soul of every ship. It was once thought there were only ten, but that was before an alien vessel appeared at the edge of spacebefore Ean Lambert heard more lines singing. Eans ways of communicating with lines is strange. But his abilities make him a valuable toolor weaponto command. Captain Selma Kari Wang has lost everythingher ship, her crew, her legs. But the New Alliance of Worlds is not done with her yet. After they rebuild her...

Moscow finds itself on the brink of destruction after a mysterious spaceship crash-lands in the center of the city. While the government seeks to find out what the ship2s passengers want and how to protect the local population, the rest of the residents break into conflicting factions. When a young woman finds herself tom between her seemingly normal life and the alluring promise offered by one of the all-too-human extraterrestrials, the fate of the...