Christopher Paolini
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Series
Publisher
Tor
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Description
During a routine survey mission on an uncolonised planet, xenobiologist Kira Navarez finds an alien relic that thrusts her into the wonders and nightmares of first contact. Epic space battles for the fate of humanity take her to the farthest reaches of the galaxy and, in the process, transform not only her - but the entire course of history.
2) Eragon
Author
Series
Inheritance Cycle volume 1
Publisher
RHCP Digital
Pub. Date
2009
Description
One boy . . . One dragon . . . A world of adventure. When Eragon finds a polished stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Overnight his simple life is shattered and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic and power....
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2023
Description
'Fractal Noise' is the prequel to the space opera 'To Sleep in a Sea of Stars'. On the planet Talos VII, twenty-three years before the events of 'To Sleep in a Sea of Stars', an anomaly is detected - a vast circular pit, with dimensions so perfect that it could only have been the result of conscious design. So a small team is assembled to learn more - perhaps even who built the hole and why. Their mission will take them on a hazardous trek to the...