"Sacrifice" is the fifth book in the 9-book "Legacy of the Force" series, a bold new "Star Wars" story arc for fans of the "New Jedi Order" and the franchise's most popular characters: Luke, Han, and Leia. This is the middle book in the series and the second of three hardcovers. The adventure continues, and one of our storylines comes to a crucial and shocking climax. Things come to a head in the galaxy of the Skywalker and Solos when Jacen Solo makes a horrifying decision from which there is no going back. For Luke, Han and Leia, nothing will ever be the same again...

Star Wars: Legacy of the Force V - Sacrifice

Karen Traviss

Literature & Fiction

Arrow Books

Bloodlines

Genre Fiction

Arrow

The Clone Wars are over, but the clone deserters' personal battle against the Empire has only just begun. With death warrants on their heads, and a hated Imperial garrison on Mandalore, Kal Skirata's clan of clone veterans, Mando mercenaries, misfit refugees, and a renegade Jedi find all their worst nightmares have followed them home. The search for a cure for the clones' premature aging grows more desperate, and Etain's son must be protected at all costs. Darman and Niner are still stranded in the Imperial legion, and fight to survive in a very different army. But as Mandalore prepares to resist Palpatine's new order, Skirata is forced to give safe haven to those he hates most, and some he thought were dead. Clan Skirata thinks things can't possibly get any worse - until their ragtag private army faces the reality of fighting the Empire. Their most lethal enemies are now their own brothers.

501st

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

The Covenant has collapsed after a long, brutal war that saw billions slaughtered on Earth and her colonies. For the first time in decades, however, peace finally seems possible. But though the fighting's stopped, the war is far from over: it's just gone underground. The UNSC's feared and secretive Office of Naval Intelligence recruits Kilo-Five, a team of ODSTs, a Spartan, and a diabolical AI to accelerate the Sangheili insurrection. Meanwhile, the Arbiter, the defector turned leader of a broken Covenant, struggles to stave off civil war among his divided people.Across the galaxy, a woman thought to have died on Reach is actually very much alive. Chief scientist Dr. Catherine Halsey broke every law in the book to create the Spartans, and now she's broken some more to save them. Marooned with Chief Mendez and a Spartan team in a Forerunner slipspace bubble hidden in the destroyed planet Onyx, she finds that the shield world has been guarding an ancient secret―a treasure trove of Forerunner technology that will change everything for the UNSC and mankind. As Kilo-Five joins the hunt for Halsey, humanity's violent past begins to catch up with all of them as disgruntled colony Venezia has been biding its time to strike at Earth, and its most dangerous terrorist has an old, painful link with both Halsey and Kilo-Five that will test everyone's loyalty to the limit. Halo: Glasslands by Karen Traviss is thrilling, action-packed science fiction that longtime Halo fans and newcomers alike will enjoy.

Halo Glasslands [Paperback] by Traviss, Karen ( Author )

Tor Books

Welcome to humanity's new war: silent, high stakes, and unseen. This is a life-or-death mission for ONI's black-ops team, Kilo-Five, which is tasked with preventing the ruthless Elites, once the military leaders of the Covenant, from regrouping and threatening humankind again. What began as a routine dirty-tricks operation?keeping the Elites busy with their own insurrection?turns into a desperate bid to extract one member of Kilo-Five from the seething heart of an alien civil war. But troubles never come singly for Kilo-Five. Colonial terrorism is once again surfacing on one of the worlds that survived the war against the Covenant, and the man behind it is much more than just a name to Spartan-010. Meanwhile, the treasure trove of Forerunner technology recovered from the shield world of Onyx is being put to work while a kidnapped Elite plots vengeance on the humans he fears will bring his people to the brink of destruction.

HALO: The Thursday War

Pan Macmillan Uk

Pub Date: 2014-01-30 Language: English Publisher:. Pan Macmillan UK Wars end But hatred. guilt. and devotion can endure beyond the grave With the Covenant War over. the Office of Naval Intelligence faces old grievances rising again to threaten. Earth. The angry. bitter colonies. still with scores to settle from the insurrection put on hold for thirty years. now want justice-and so does a man whose life was torn apart by ONI when his daughter was abducted for the SPARTAN-II program . Black ops squad Kilo-Five find their loyalties tested beyond breaking point when the father of their Spartan comrade. still searching for the truth about her disappearance. prepares to glass Earths cities to get an answer. How far will Kilo-Five go to stop him And will he be able to live with the truth when he finds it The painful answer lies with a man long dead. and a conscience that still surv...

Halo: Mortal Dictata

For the first time, fans of the blockbuster Gears of War video games get an in-depth look at Delta Squadâ€™s toughest fightersâ€“soldierâ€™s soldier Marcus Fenix and rock-solid Dominic Santiagoâ€“as well as a detailed account of the pivotal battle of the Pendulum Wars.As kids, the three of them were inseparable; as soldiers, they were torn apart. Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago fought alongside Domâ€™s elder brother Carlos at Aspho Fields in the epic battle that changed the course of the Pendulum Wars. Thereâ€™s a new war to fight now, a war for mankindâ€™s very survival. But while the last human stronghold on Sera braces itself for another onslaught from the Locust Horde, ghosts come back to haunt Marcus and Dom. For Marcusâ€“decorated war hero, convicted traitorâ€“the return of an old comrade threatens to dredge up an agonizing secret heâ€™s sworn to keep.As the beleaguered Gears of the Coalition of Ordered Governments take a last stand to save mankind from extermination, the harrowing decisions made at Aspho Fields have to be re-lived and made again. Marcus and Dom can take anything the Locust Horde throws at themâ€“but will their friendship survive the truth about Carlos Santiago?

Gears of War: Aspho Fields

Contemporary

Del Rey

When the bestselling video game Gears of War was released in late 2006, it quickly became the fastest selling original Xbox title ever, and has since gone on to sell more than five million copies, received more than fifty industry awards, and has garnered high praise from critics and fans alike. And the first novel in the series was released at the end of 2008, to coincide with the release of the second Gears of War video game.  With this terrific track record to build on, this is the third tie-in novel  to be based on the Gears of War franchise. The massive Gears of War fan-base will be eager to see more in this series of original novels.

Coalition's End

Science & Math

Orbit

Product DescriptionMarcus Fenix. War hero. Decorated Gear. Loyal son. Traitor. As the Locust Horde advances into one of humanity's last bastions, Marcus does the unthinkable: he defies Colonel Hoffman's orders and abandons his post in the middle of the battle in a bid to rescue his father, weapons scientist Dr Adam Fenix. As the Coalition struggles to defend Sera's surviving humans from the invading 'grubs', Marcus faces a court martial - and a possible death penalty. In the Slab, there are no rules and no mercy. Marcus must learn to survive in an institution populated by the most dangerous dregs of society.Meanwhile, COG scientists continue the race against time to find a weapon to defeat the Locust - but there's another traitor - one of the most trusted men in the COG, who knew the Locust existed long before the creatures erupted from their underground warrens. Worse, there's an even bigger threat emerging: a life-form called the Lambent, which drove the Locust to the surface and that will eventually destroy all life on Sera.As the Locust infiltrate deeper into COG territory, the Slab is in danger of being overrun. All the prisoners are released . . . except Marcus. The Locust close in while Dom Santiago mounts a last-ditch rescue bid to free the one man who can save humanity.About the AuthorKaren Traviss is now a full-time novelist, but has spent much of her working life as a journalist. Previous jobs include advertising copywriter, police media liaison officer, journalism lecturer and public relations manager. Originally from Portsmouth, Karen now lives in Devizes, Wiltshire

Slab

Excellent, collector quality book in pristine condition.

Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines

Lucas Books

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