Meet Stellar - an urban crime-fighter who tackles injustice with swift and decisive action, carrying the burden of freeing society from oppression, fighting for the weak and wounded. She is brave. She is beautiful. She is just a comic book character…or at least she was. Macy Davis is an athletic high school student with an eye for Patrick Newell, the young artist who created Stellar. When Macy's best friend, Keri Cartwright, discovers Patrick's...

From Hugo Award finalist and bestselling author David VanDyke.When an enormous and potent alien ship appears in the colony system of Gliese 370, EarthFleet's Marines must investigate. What they find within will change the course of humanity's future yet again, as they face Desolator. The risks are high and so is the price in blood - and the payoff: new technology far ahead of their own, which may provide the key to fight the alien Meme Empire.

This title introduces the American aerospace company, SpaceX, what it has accomplished and what it plans to do in the future! Cool photos complete the book. This title is at a Level 3 and is written specifically for transitional readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.

Earth and her solar system are under continuous attack by an empire of a thousand worlds. The enemy's living ships spread inexorably from star to star, reproducing along the way. The only thing standing in their way are the men and women of EarthFleet and their Fleet Marine brothers- and sisters-in-arms.But soon, EarthFleet will launch its own counterattack, a desperate bid to conquer an enemy star system and turn the tide of war. Leading the assault...

Growing up in the shadow of one of Terra's champions was a comfortable place to be. Padana was the third child of the Empress Amanda Tyrell of the Haldis Imperium, and she was a very requested bride. Being a class zero like her mother, Padana has nothing to offer the next generation. Any child she bears will breed true to the father. This attracts a certain type of suitor who has every interest in her position as princess and none as her descendant...

From bestselling author David VanDyke. After barely fending off the insectoid Scourge, Admiral Absen frantically prepares for another attack while dealing with politics and treachery from within, even as Specter pursues his own hidden agenda. Can Earth Fleet save humanity once more, and will a bold counterstrike by an elite force of AI-equipped ships buy time, or merely invite disaster?

This title looks into the famous space missions that NASA is known for, like Apollo 11, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Mars rovers. Amazing historical photographs from NASA's archives complete this book. This title is at a Level 3 and is written specifically for transitional readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.

Something lurks in the crust of a mysterious planet.An interstellar mining crew of five cognioids onboard a sentient ship journey across the galaxy with a mission to obtain resources. Instead, part of the team ends up trapped in a planet, encountering something that humankind had almost given up searching for. Content warning: Contains mild language and mentions of suicide

War is on the horizon. Verity is still reeling from the bombshell her father dropped on her and the heavy loss of her close friend. Knox may now be in custody, but she knows it's only a matter of time before he tries something else. Knox would be happy to wait for Verity to come to him, but with Eiz'm intent on violently colonizing Earth, he needs to convince the humans to trust him so they can all survive. Can he and Verity put aside their differences...

Als die Trümmer des "Schwarzen Mondes" auf den Planeten Erde stürzten, ließen sie Kontinente auseinanderbrechen und überfluteten sie mit den tosenden Ozeanen. Dunkelheit senkte sich auf unsere Welt herab. Eruptionen feindlicher Energie von jenseits des Randes verdrehten die Gesetze der physikalischen Welt und erschufen neue Lebensformen, die nun kurz davor sind, den Planeten zu übernehmen. Die wenigen verbliebenen Überreste der Menschheit kämpfen...