Virtual Sabotage is a novel by Julie Hyzy. "Don’t believe everything you think. Kenna Ward is a “lifeguard for
the brain,” an envoy for Virtu-Tech, the preeminent virtual reality
provider whose implants allow consumers to experience exhilarating
imagined adventures—all while remaining perfectly safe. Most of the time, that is. In
the rare instance when a participant mistakes an overwhelming situation
as real, it's up to Ward to enter their scenario and pull them back to
reality. But when Ward’s partner goes rogue and the system begins
responding in odd and dangerous ways, she delves deeper, uncovering a
sinister conspiracy to dominate not only the virtual reality world, but
the real one as well. Ward must stop this devastating attack before
there are no more independent minds left to control." (from Amazon.com)
Jack Jetstark's Intergalactic Freakshow is a novel by Jennifer Lee Rossman. "Jack Jetstark travels the universe to seek out the descendants of
superpowered freaks created long ago by VesCorp scientists. The
vibrations encoded in a particular song transform the members of Jack’s
crew into a firebreather and an angel, a wildman and telepathic
conjoined triplets, so they hide the truth of who they really are with
the theatrics of a carnival. The song plays every night through
the receptor Jack carries with them, but when one night it has a
different ending and their temporary powers become permanent, Jack
believes the change is a signal from the woman who sent him on this
quest in the first place. He and his freaks must navigate a universe at
war to protect the love of his life. But does the ruler of VesCorp really need protecting?" (from Amazon.com)
Uncompromising Honor is the 19th Honor Harrington novel by author David Weber."The Solarian League's navy counts its superdreadnoughts by the
thousands. Not even its own government knows how enormous its economy
truly is. And for hundreds of years, the League has borne the banner of
human civilization, been the ideal to which humanity aspires in its
diaspora across the galaxy. But the bureaucrats known as the
"Mandarins," who rule today's League, are not the men and women who
founded it so long ago. They are corrupt, venal, accountable to no one .
. . and they've decided the upstart Star Kingdom of Manticore must be
destroyed. Honor Harrington has worn the Star Kingdom's uniform
for half a century and served her monarch and her people well. In the
course of those years, the woman the newsies call the Salamander has
grown from a tactically brilliant but politically naïve junior officer
to supreme fleet command and a seat on the highest military and
political councils of the Grand Alliance. Honor knows the Grand Alliance must find a victory that doesn't require
incursions deep into Solarian space, doesn't leave a legacy of
bottomless hatred, and the strategy she supports has been working.But
the Mandarins have embraced a desperate new strategy, and in pursuit of
that strategy, the SLN has committed atrocities such as the galaxy has
not known in a thousand years. The League have violated its own Eridani
Edict against mass civilian casualties, violated the Deneb Accords
prohibition on war crimes. And they have finally killed too many of the people Honor Harrington loves. Hers is the voice of caution and compromise no longer, and the galaxy is about to see something it has never imagined. The Salamander is coming for the Solarian League, and Hell is coming in her wake." (from Amazon.com)
Alliance Rising is a novel from C. J. Cherryh and Jane S. Fancher. "For years, the stations of the Hinder Stars, those old stations closest
to Sol, have lagged behind the great megastations of the Beyond, like
Pell and Cyteen. But new opportunities and fears arise when Alpha
station receives news of an incoming ship with no identification. The
denizens of Alpha wait anxiously for news about the outsiders, each with
their own suspicions about the ship and its origins. Ross and Fallon, crew members of the
Galway, believe the unidentified ship belongs to Pell and has come to investigate another massive ship docked at Alpha,
The Rights of Man. Though
Rights is under the command of the Earth Company, it is not quite perfected--and its true purpose is shrouded in mystery. James Robert Neihart, captain of
Finity's End--a huge faster-than-light ship flown by one of the Merchanter Families--has heard whispers of
The Rights of Man
and wonders at its design and purpose, especially as Sol struggles to
rival the progress of the Farther Stars. Now docked at Alpha, he must
convince the crews that there is more to
The Rights of Man than meets the eye. Because the reasons behind the creation of
The Rights of Man, and its true plans, could change everything--not just for Sol, but for the Hinder Stars and the Beyond itself." (from Amazon.com)
The City in the Middle of the Night is a novel by Charlie Jane Anders. "January is a dying planet--divided between a permanently frozen
darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine on the other.
Humanity clings to life, spread across two archaic cities built in the
sliver of habitable dusk. But life inside the cities is just as dangerous as the uninhabitable wastelands outside. Sophie,
a student and reluctant revolutionary, is supposed to be dead, after
being exiled into the night. Saved only by forming an unusual bond with
the enigmatic beasts who roam the ice, Sophie vows to stay hidden from
the world, hoping she can heal.But fate has other plans--and Sophie's ensuing odyssey and the ragtag family she finds will change the entire world." (from Amazon.com)
