Timothy Zahn
1) Angelmass
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 25
Description
The Pax Comitus, rulers of Earth, send a spy into the heart of the Empyrean colonies to investigate the mysterious "angels," particles emitted by a nearby black hole, which the Empyreans use to ensure the ethical behavior of their officials.
2) Greater good
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Thrawn ascendancy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
When a mysterious enemy strikes at the very foundation of the Ascendancy by widening the rifts between the Nine Ruling Families and Forty Great Houses, Thrawn and his allies must decide what matters most--the security of their family or the survival of the Ascendancy itself.
Author
Series
A Chronicle of the Sibyl's War volume 1
Description
Nicole Lee's life is going nowhere. No family, no money, and stuck in a relationship with a thug named Bungie. But, after one of Bungie's "deals" goes south, he and Nicole are whisked away by a mysterious moth-like humanoid to a strange ship called the Fyrantha.
Once aboard, life on the ship seems too good to be true. All she has to do is work on one of the ship's many maintenance crews. However, she learned long ago that nothing comes without a...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 21
Description
One of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of the Galactic Empire, Grand Admiral Thrawn is also one of the most captivating characters in the Star Wars universe, from his introduction in bestselling author Timothy Zahn's classic Heir to the Empire, through his continuing adventures in Dark Force Rising,The Last Command, and beyond. But Thrawn's origins and the story of his rise in the Imperial ranks have remained mysterious. Now,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Beyond the edge of the galaxy lies the Unknown Regions: chaotic, uncharted, and near impassable, with hidden secrets and dangers in equal measure. And nestled within its swirling chaos is the Ascendancy, home to the enigmatic Chiss and the Nine Ruling Families that lead them. The peace of the Ascendancy, a beacon of calm and stability, is shattered after a daring attack on the Chiss capital that leaves no trace of the enemy. Baffled, the Ascendancy...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
If I were to serve the Empire, you would command my allegiance.? Such was the promise Grand Admiral Thrawn made to Emperor Palpatine at their first meeting. Since then, Thrawn has been one of the Empire?s most effective instruments, pursuing its enemies to the very edges of the known galaxy. But as keen a weapon as Thrawn has become, the Emperor dreams of something far more destructive. Now, as Thrawn's TIE defender program is halted in favor of Director...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Description
'I have sensed a disturbance in the Force.'Ominous words under any circumstances, but all the more so when uttered by Emperor Palpatine. On Batuu, at the edges of the Unknown Regions, a threat to the Empire is taking root - its existence little more than a glimmer, its consequences as yet unknowable. But it is troubling enough to the Imperial leader to warrant investigation by his most powerful agents: ruthless enforcer Lord Darth Vader and brilliant...
8) Knight
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"A legend of Space Opera is back with the second book in the Sibyl's War Nicole Hammond was just trying to survive on the streets of Philidelphia, then she andher partner Bungie were abducted by a race of mysterious moth-like aliens andtaken to a strange ship called the Fyrantha. Now she is a Sibyl, a special human that has the ability to communicate with the aliens and their ship, and no one is happy. Competing factions control different parts of...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019
Description
-- Praise for Thrawn: Treason “Another excellent addition to the new canon . . . Thrawn: Treason “If you’ve ever enjoyed a Thrawn story—whether that was Heir to the Empire and its sequels or Zahn’s new novels—you’ll find more of what you enjoy in Treason.”—Dork Side of the Force
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Thrawn trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 21
Description
"The dying Empire's most cunning and ruthless warlord, Grand Admiral Thrawn, has taken command of the remnants of the Imperial Fleet and launched a massive campaign aimed at the New Republic's destruction. Meanwhile, Han Solo and Lando Calrissian race against time to find proof of treason inside the highest Republic Council--only to discover instead a ghostly fleet of warships that could bring doom to their friends and victory to their enemies. Yet...
11) The last command
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Thrawn trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 23
Description
Five years after the events of Return to the Jedi, the fragile New Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn and his army of clone soldiers.
Author
Series
Dragonback volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Falsely accused of stealing from the powerful corporation, Braxton Universis, orphaned fourteen-year-old Jack, accompanied by his "virtual" Uncle Virge, flees to a remote planet where he meets and develops a mutually beneficial relationship with the dragon warrior, Draycos.
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. Outbound flight volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19
Description
Before the onset of the Clone Wars, a group of explorers consisting of six Jedi Masters, twelve Jedi Knights, and a fifty-thousand-member crew set out aboard a state-of-the-art starship on a mission to search for intelligent life outside the known galaxy.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 17
Description
When the Quadrail transportation system that connects the galaxy's worlds is threatened by a dangerous military force and a race of addictive coral producers, unemployed investigator Compton is enlisted to prevent the system's takeover.
16) The Icarus plot
Author
Series
Icarus saga volume 1
Description
"There wasn't much money to be made as a Trailblazer, searching out new worlds for possible development. Still, it was safer than the bounty hunter career that had cost Gregory Roarke his left arm six years ago. And thanks to his Kadolian partner Selene's ultrasensitive sense of smell, they occasionally discovered a medically promising seed or spore they could sell under the table. It was a quiet life, uneventful and mostly legal. Until Roarke was...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 27
Description
After engaging in bloody warfare against each other, two alien races-the Greens and the Grays-take refuge on Earth, both believing their home and their enemy destroyed. For seventy-five years, they have been passing as humans, living peacefully-until each side discovers the other has survived. Now, in order to avoid another destructive conflict, these extraterrestrial rivals have united and agreed that a sacrifice must be made ...
On a dark and cold...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Description
"Frank Compton used to be an agent for the security forces of Earth, but that was a piece of cake compared to what he's had to deal with working for the aliens who run the Quadrail, an interstellar transportation system connecting a dozen civilizations across the galaxy. He's been trying to end the domination of an alien lifeform called the Modhri. This enormously powerful creature wants to rule the galaxy by controlling the thoughts of all its citizens....
19) The third lynx
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 16
Description
Former government agent Frank Compton races to stop the Modhri, an ancient, telepathically linked intelligence that has possessed unwitting hosts, but his quest is threatened by a secret agent who suspects him of murder.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Frank Compton of Earth, aided by the enigmatic woman Bayta, has fought on the front lines, using every bit of his human ingenuity and secret agent skills to outwit the Modhri, a group intelligence that would control the minds of every sentient being it can touch.