science fiction

"The city is overrun by adorable fluffy disease vectors that used to be human ... and they want cuddles! Now, with Tsutsumi's allergies as a cat detector, Kunagi is striving to keep his small band of survivors from going feline. But when a peculiar white kitty with a large jewel produces an earsplitting screech, all the cats in the city converge on their location! When their cat energy merges into a massive mystical cat beast, will Kunagi be able to draw it away?"--Page [4] of cover.

"The world has fallen under the long shadow of a cat apocalypse. Mankind has beenoverwhelmed by the power of their fearsome floof, turning into cats one after another. Those few survivors who remain live in a world on the precipice of total collapse. In a new age where cats are everything, is there any future for left of mankind?! The absurd tale of kitty-cat Armageddon continues!"--Page [4] of cover.

"Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from stories, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. As her feelings toward him transform from hostility to a firey passion, the threats against the faerie lands grow. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose Tamlin forever"--.

The government has banned all screen time and decreed reading traditional print materials obligatory. Faced with this tyranny, the Zappers stage a revolt. These young rebels, devotees of the Digital Age, spread a virus that erases the printed word as soon as it is read. Only Allis isable to identify the virus's inventor and discover an antidote.

In a world without white people, what does it mean to be Black? One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of water. A year later, Charlie Brunton is a Black man living in an entirely new world. Having served time in prison for a wrongful conviction, he?s now a professor of electric and solar power systems at Howard University when he receives a call from someone he wasn?t even sure existed: his daughter Sidney, a nineteen-year-old left behind by her white mother and step-family. Traumatized by the event, and terrified of the outside world, Sidney has spent a year in isolation in Wisconsin. Desperate for help, she turns to the father she never met, a man she has always resented. Sidney and Charlie meet for the first time as they embark on a journey across a truly ?post-racial? America in search for answers. But neither of them are prepared for this new world and how they see themselves in it. Heading south toward what is now called the Kingdom of Alabama, everything Charlie and Sidney thought they knew about themselves, and the world, will be turned upside down. Brimming with heart and humor, Cebo Campbell?s astonishing debut novel is about the power of community and connection, about healing and self-actualization, and a reckoning with what it means to be Black in America, in both their world and ours.

"At Archwell Academy, everyone knows that membership in the Lilies Society is the best way to secure your ticket to a successful future. But like many secret societies, there is a dark truth buried beenath the facade--sometimes Lilies disappear. When four Archwell students find themselves trapped in a mysterious time loop following a new pledge's disappearance, they discover that every one of them holds a clue that will unlock the secret of the Lilies. But they each have a secret of their own . . . something they would do anything to hide. Rory is an expert in the art of backstabbing. Blythe is not above getting the information she needs . . . by any means necessary. Veronica has seen a little too much for her own good. And Drew knows more about Charlotte's disappearance than they're letting on. There's no escaping the time loop until the truth is revealed: about Charlotte's disapperance, about each other . . . and about the Lilies"--.

In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

"After two hundred long years apart, Kirito has finally been reunited with Ronie and Tiese, as well as Alice's younger sister, Selka! But Kirito's face is not the one they're most shocked to see. . . Commander Eolyne Herlentz of the Integrity Pilothood bears a striking resemblance to Eugeo, a likeness that deals a heavy blow to the hearts of the reawakened women. But before they can process their emotions, the call to arms sounds once more. Protectors new and old of the Underworld will have to fight side by side to repel this fresh threat! And not to be outdone, the party back in Unital Ring reaches the second tier and launches into their next major encounter!"--Back cover.

Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?.

"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, a teen discovers a stowaway on his spaceship designed to seek out new energy sources"--Provided by publisher.