Remnants

After coming to terms with her power of empathy and beginning their battle against the Sons of Sheol, Andriana and her fellow Remnants find themselves mired in darker problems.

Official Summary: Jobs has found the Remnants' unbelievable virtual reality in the sky -- could it be the Earth? With the defeat of the Baby, Billy has secured his role as master-programmer and absorbed Mother in the process. If Jobs has really found the Earth, can Billy be convinced to alter the ship's course? Meanwhile, Yago puts his plan in motion to rule the Meanies as their God -- what does this mean for the future safety of the Remnants? How will Yago's ambitions clash with Jobs' search for a new home for the Remnants? Courses will change for the ship, for the Remnants... and the future of humankind. Back-of-Book Summary: Since the destruction of Earth, the Remnants have been stuck out in the universe without a planet to call home. While searching the skies, Jobs stumbles across something that looks vaguely familiar. Could it be part of Earth? Is it inhabitable? If it is, Jobs will have to convince Billy and the others to break the Big Compromise and change the ships course. But not all of the Remnants have home on their minds. Yago has a master plan to rule the Meanies that will put everyone at risk. Will Yago's plan for power keep Earth in the distance? Courses will change -- for Mother, for the Meanies, and for the future of the human race.

Sometimes a wrong turn is the only way home. . . . No Place Like Home tells the unforgettable story of a family bound together by tradition--and the emotional journey of an estranged daughter risking everything for a second chance at life and love.Twenty-one years ago Jewel Sabatino left her childhood behind and never looked back. After a magical taste of fame, she found herself alone with a son to raise and not much else. She survived with the help of Michael, her one true friend. But now Michael is too sick to care for himself, and Jewel has run out of options. She leaves New York for the hills of Colorado, unsure if the family she ran from will welcome her back.For Jewel, coming home is falling back into a world that smells of Italian restaurants and home-baked pies. It is the laughter of sisters preparing for a summer wedding, and the peaceful haven for a treasured soul mate's last days. It also means facing the unforgiving eyes of a father betrayed by his favorite child--and letting go of a son who is ready to become a man. But most of all, it is the love she discovers in her own wary heart when Michael's brother Malachi unexpectedly arrives on her doorstep.Told with breathtaking insight and deep emotion, No Place Like Home is a joyful feast for all the senses, a vibrant bounty of love, and a tender life lesson to be savored long after the last page is turned.From the Hardcover edition.

Er stellt die Regeln auf - sie bricht jede einzelne davon. Noch einmal ganz von vorne beginnen - das ist Allie Harpers sehnlichster Wunsch, als sie für ihr Studium nach Woodshill zieht. Dass sie ausgerechnet in einer WG mit einem überheblichen Bad Boy landet, passt ihr daher gar nicht in den Plan. Kaden White ist zwar unfassbar attraktiv - mit seinen Tattoos und seiner unverschämten Art aber so ziemlich der Letzte, mit dem Allie sich eine Wohnung teilen möchte. Zumal er als allererstes eine Liste von Regeln aufstellt. Die wichtigste: Wir fangen niemals etwas miteinander an! Doch Allie merkt schnell, dass sich hinter Kadens Fassade viel mehr verbirgt als zunächst angenommen. Und je besser sie ihn kennenlernt, desto unmöglicher wird es ihr, das heftige Prickeln zwischen ihnen zu ignorieren ...

Of the Eighty people chosen to escape Earth's destruction, only a handful survived. And those that made the five-hundred-year trip through time have not emerged unscathed. They've landed among the truly bizarre, and it is now time to confront their strange new reality. Despite the enemies they know are out there, Jobs's and Mo'Steel's group venture out to explore, and soon discover what looks like a recreation of the Tower of Babel. Within the tower, they find an alien creature – wounded, but a potential threat nonetheless. Still, they decide to follow it deeper into the tower in an effort to unlock its secrets.

The end of the world. Not something most people think about. Not something we even expect to ever really happen. But what if you found out an asteroid the size of New Jersey were about to collide with the earth? What would you do? It's the year 2011, and that's the question Jobs is asking himself. The question he asked his family.

Official Summary: After what seemed like a lifetime of waiting, the Remnants are back on Earth -- for better or worse. Yago has taken control of Mother and stranded the Remnants along with their ruthless enemies the Riders and Meanies to keep them company. Meanwhile, Jobs discovers that Earth has some ‘remnants’ of its own humans who don’t know any world other than the new Earth. Will the survivors of the Rock help the remaining Remnants? Or does a new enemy lurk on the horizon? Back-of-Book Summary: The Remnants have rediscovered Earth. But it's definitely not the earth they left behind more than 500 years ago. It's not the earth that was almost completely destroyed by an asteroid. Everything that's left is in ruins, and there doesn't seem to be any water or food. Jobs, Mo'Steel, Billy, and the others have to try to find a way to make this wasteland into a home. They don't have a lot of supplies. . . . or time. And there are devastating storms that stir up intense winds -- and horrible dreams. Dreams that are almost real. What the Remnants don't know is there's something beneath the surface of the ravaged planet. Something they never could have imagined. And it could give Jobs and the others the chance they'd been hoping for. The chance to survive.

Herself a biologist, Julie E. Czerneda has earned a reputation in science fiction circles for her ability to create beautifully crafted, imaginative, yet believably realized alien races. In Survival, the first novel in her new series, Species Imperative, she draws upon this talent to build races, characters, and a universe which will draw readers into a magnificent tale of interstellar intrigue, as an Earth scientist is caught up in a terrifying interspecies conflict. Senior co-administrator of the Norcoast Salmon Research Facility, Dr. Mackenzie Connor, Mac to her friends and colleagues, was a trained biologist, whose work had definitely become her life. And working at Norcoast Base, set in an ideal location just where the Tannu River sped down the west side of the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast was the perfect situation for Mac. She and fellow scientist Dr. Emily Mamani were just settling in to monitor this year's salmon runs when their research was interrupted by the unprecedented arrival of Brymn, the first member of the alien race known as the Ohryn to ever set foot on Earth.Brymn was an archaeologist, and much of his research had focused on a region of space known as the Chasm, a part of the universe that was literally dead, all of its worlds empty of any life-forms, though traces existed of the civilizations that must once have flourished in the region. Brymn had sought out Mac because she was a biologist -- a discipline strictly forbidden among his own people -- and he felt that through her expertise she might be able to help him discover what had created the Chasm. But Mac had little interest in alien races and in studies that ranged beyond Earth, and as politely as she was capable of, she tried to make it clear that she was unwilling to abandon her own work.However, the decision was soon taken out of her hands when a mysterious and devastating attack on the Base resulted in the abduction of Emily, and forced Mac to flee for her life with Brymn and the Earth special agents who were escorting him. Suddenly, it appeared that Earth itself might be under attack by the legendary race the Ohryn called the Ro, the beings they thought might be the destructive force behind the Chasm. Cut off from everything and everyone she knew, Mac found herself in grave danger and charged with the responsibility of learning everything she could that might possibly aid Earth in protecting the human race from extinction...