Science Fiction Books – New Releases September 18th – 24th

This book promises that it has everything you wanted to know about Master Chief and the Halo Universe. Learn about the origins of the Spartan program and detailed information about all the characters, vehicles, locations, and weapons. Technical drawings, tons of amazing images, and everything Halo within your reach.

Thomm Coney leads a group of explorers out of the solar system for the first time in search of a planet to replace a dying Earth. 2000 years in the future and mankind is still plagued by selfish political agendas and terrorists. Add to that a volatile star drive and good, old fashioned greed and it’s a wonder that Thomm’s crew even made it this far.

Amazon has made this title one of the Best Books of the Month so you know it has to be good. An online virus  brings together a Chinese hacker, a Russian Mobster, a Hungarian software programmer, an African beauty queen, a wealthy CEO, an MMORP, and tons of guns for a straight up techno-thriller novel. Amazon says that the author’s breakneck narrative makes the 1000 pages fly by. I can not wait for this one.

The crew of the Enterprise is sent to save a planet on the brink of environmental collapse when the alien survivors respond in pain and anger, crippling the ship with an emotional onslaught.  Worf and one of his oldest friends are accused of murder and must find a way to clear their names. Let’s be serious for a second, Pocket Books. You publish books based on one of the best loved, most iconic science fiction series in history, and, with less than a week before the latest story hits shelves, you still don’t know what the cover looks like? REALLY?  We have to put up this lame, generic placeholder instead of an actual book cover. NOT COOL POCKET BOOKS!

Mass Effect fans will want to pick this up as the origin story of the Illusive Man is revealed. Created by the people that brought you Star Wars: Knight Errant, and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2. I wish I had more to say but DH is giving me nothing. So, we all know that the Illusive Man is just a blatant rip-off of The X-Files’ Cigarette Smoking Man, right?

This YA book is an exciting blend of science fiction and romance. Sydney Elaine is being hunted by an intergalactic bounty hunter. This bounty hunter doesn’t fly around in a ship called the Slave 1 though. His name is William Derry and he has been sent  by his father to destroy the Star-children in order to stop a huge galactic evil AND restore honor to his family. But mostly to stop the huge galactic evil, I’m sure.  But is Sydney really evil or is William just a part of a manipulative regime?

IDW has been “remastering” old Doctor Who comics for a while now. This time they collect a number of tales focusing on Sylvester McCoy’s portrayal of the Seventh Doctor featuring the reptilian Ice Warrior race of beings, among others. On a side note, WTF Amazon? Why give customers the option to filter out graphic novels in your Advance Search system if it’s not going to work? Ugh, I need an aspirin. I think I’m coming down with something.  Moving on to the next book. Man, I hope it’s not another vampire book…

…DANG IT! Well, at least the vampires in this title seem to be bad guys. Mixing high adventure, steampunk, and alternative history, The Rift Walker series returns with a good amount of romance and heroism in this second book of the Vampire Empire tale. Princess Adele’s empire is on the brink of war with the vampire clans of the north. She disagrees with her allies’ strategy of all out genocide and abandons her duties to run off with a mysterious stranger in order to investigate her new found mystical powers.

In this YA novel, a couple of evil extraterrestrials are plotting to turn all the children in the world into an unstoppable army through videogames and Daniel X takes it upon himself to put an end to it. Since brainwashing kids with gaming consoles isn’t evil enough, they also run an endangered species hunting club. It’s up to Daniel X to convince the aliens’ rebel son to stand up to his parents.