space colonies

Jyn and her team take a final stand to get the Death Star plans to the Rebellion.

Although she lost her father in an explosion, Jyn was able to retrieve reports vital to the Rebellion.

On a mission to save her father, Jyn learns some startling truths.

When Saw's base is targeted by the Empire, Jyn and her friends must race to flee the planet.

Jyn has a run-in with a blind monk while trying to contact Saw.

All looks lost for the galaxy when the Empire's new super-weapon is discovered: any insurgency will quickly be thwarted by the devastating new Death Star.

"Mankind will not get to fight for its destiny. They must sing. A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented by the remnants of civilization. Something to cheer up everyone who was left. Something to celebrate having escaped total annihilation by the skin of one's teeth, if indeed one has skin. Or teeth. Something to bring the shattered worlds together in the spirit of peace, unity, understanding, and the most powerful of all social bonds: excluding others. Once every cycle, the great galactic civilizations gather for Galactivision--part gladiatorial contest, part beauty pageant, part concert extravaganza, and part, a very large, but very subtle part, continuation of the wars of the past. Thus, a fragile peace has held. This year, a bizarre and unsightly species has looked up from its muddy planet-bound cradle and noticed the enormous universe blaring on around it: humanity . . ."--Provided by publisher.

Fifth-graders Zoe, Jaden, and Caleb and the rest of the Hubble Middle School S.M.A.R.T.S. club are participating in a Mars colony simulation sponsored by a private company, but when their equipment starts malfunctioning the kids suspect sabotage--and their chief suspect is Barrett and the rival Mad Scientists from the Edison Middle School.

"Christopher, Elena, and the other survivors of the attack on their space colony know two things: their victory over the Landers will be short-lived and a new wave of attacks is imminent"--Provided by publisher.

"In the Universal Century year 0079, the space colony known as Side 3 proclaims independence as the Principality of Zeon and declares war on the Earth Federation. One year later, they are locked in a fierce battle for the Thunderbolt Sector, an area of space scarred by the wreckage of destroyed colonies. Into this maelstrom of destruction go two veteran Mobile Suit pilots: the deadly Zeon sniper Daryl Lorenz, and Federation ace Io Fleming. It's the beginning of a rivalry that can end only when one of them is destroyed. The lightning-streaked debris fields are about to become the stage for an epic duel where death is the only true winner"--Back cover.