Books with title Colony

In the far reaches of space, at a time when Earth is but a vague memory, the survivors of a crashed colony ship must find a way to live on a harsh planet they are ill-equipped to handle. Hidden on this world are other intelligences whose goals and ambitions put them at odds with the 200 rag-tag humans. Kyrah Oaks, a young woman with extraordinary talents, must help her people figure out a way to work with their new and hostile surroundings if any of them are to survive....

In the far reaches of space, at a time when Earth is but a vague memory, the survivors of a crashed colony ship must find a way to live on a harsh planet they are ill-equipped to handle. Hidden on this world are other intelligences whose goals and ambitions put them at odds with the two-hundred rag-tag humans. Kyrah Oaks, a young woman with extraordinary talents, must help her people figure out a way to work with their new and hostile surroundings if any of them are to survive…

From the author of The Fringe comes a riveting new adventure in space.Maggie Barnes is at the end of her rope. She’s young and broke living in New York, and her newspaper job has been taken by robots. When she’s offered a job aboard the first civilian space colony, Maggie thinks it’s her lucky break. For Jonah Wyatt, the Space Force is his last shot at a military career. After years of tracking down the members of a deadly cyberterrorism ring, he was discharged from the army and stuck toning the asses of LA’s elite. Now this disgraced combat specialist is headed to space.At first glance, Elderon seems to be a futuristic utopia: Bots do the laundry, meat comes from a lab, and the latest technology expands the scope of human capability. But as Maggie digs deeper, she realizes that Elderon is not at all what it seems. When she receives a tip from an unknown source, she’ll go undercover to learn the truth and place herself in the crosshairs of an all-out war.

Trust no oneNever go out in the darkAlways have a weaponSixteen-year-old Val lives by these three rules etched on her arm. Her rules and her gun are the only things standing between her and assimilation by hordes of human-looking aliens she calls Raspers.By day, Val gathers supplies. By night, she hides and wishes she could go back in time...before her family died...before the annihilation...before the Raspers began stalking her and demanding she join their collective.But when the Raspers attack in broad daylight, the truth becomes startlingly clear.They're evolving.A fellow survivor crashes into Val's life. Adam's full of charm and promises--like rumors of a safe haven--but there's something wrong. He's survived with no supplies, no weapons...no plans. Time is running out. With the formula for survival shifting around her, Val must decide how many rules she's willing to break to escape the Colony.

Welcome to Sunnydale High, where midterms and peer pressure are the least of your worries. The Stake Your Destiny series returns Buffy Summers and the Scoobies to the glory days of high school. But this time you control the action and accept the full responsibility of being the Slayer. Interactive story lines advance by the choices you make, leading toward more than a dozen possible endings. Do you have what it takes to be the Slayer, or will you fail and summon a successor? Because of the high incidence of death and violence, the Mayor of Sunnydale has invited a woman called Belakane to speak at Sunnydale High School. Her program, "Be the Ultimate You!" builds self-esteem in teenagers. But Belakane is a demon antlike queen, whose test -- and subsequent nurturing of the skills she discovers -- is simply part of ber plot to enlist workers to build her colony, and to find mates to help her populate it. Soon Sunnydale High is full of kids with only one trait each: aggressive Slayer, brainy Willow, helpful Oz...and Belakane has only just begun....

Trust no oneNever go out in the darkAlways have a weaponSixteen-year-old Val lives by these three rules etched on her arm. Her rules and her gun are the only things standing between her and assimilation by hordes of human-looking aliens she calls Raspers.By day, Val gathers supplies. By night, she hides and wishes she could go back in time…before her family died…before the annihilation…before the Raspers began stalking her and demanding she join their collective.But when the Raspers attack in broad daylight, the truth becomes startlingly clear. They’re evolving. A fellow survivor crashes into Val’s life. Adam’s full of charm and promises—like rumors of a safe haven—but there’s something wrong. He’s survived with no supplies, no weapons…no plans. Time is running out. With the formula for survival shifting around her, Val must decide how many rules she’s willing to break to escape the Colony.

Eighteen-year-old Nathan Crane is on an interplanetary mission, heading to colonize Mars with one hundred thousand others aboard the SS Noah in hope of saving humanity. It’s the year 2074, and overpopulation and depletion of basic resources like water and air is rampant, largely due to The Chancellor’s tyrannical world domination and mismanagement. Nathan must leave his ailing father and mother behind in Minneapolis, but believes in the expedition and is willing to work hard to build a world for future humans. But when the reality of the colony crashes through, Nathan is forced to concentrate on saving lives in the present—including his own and those of his new friends. Rishi Sriram’s 'The Colony' takes readers on an adventure that drives home the importance of honor, ethics and responsibility.

In many of the warmer parts of the world there live complex colonies of termites or ‘white ants’ as they are also known. These ancient creatures have been around for countless millions of years and have evolved to thrive in some of the most inhospitable regions on earth. They are social creatures and have a distinct caste system and division of labour. Their methods of communication are intricate, and at the heart of these communities is the queen.Some larger ‘termitaria’ can reach heights of thirty feet and have been thriving underground ‘cities’ for hundreds of years. These colonies are under constant attack and form a food source for birds, reptiles, insects, animals and humans. Their populations run into millions, working ceaselessly to support the community as a whole.This is the story of one such colony, which has survived for centuries, perfectly adapted to the environment. It is a story of constant war, endless predation, and sacrifice without thought of personal safety. It is a world that has often been regarded as the ‘perfect society’ and one of which we still are attempting to understand.The queen lay in a specially constructed ‘royal chamber’ and never moved her massive body. She measured three inches from head to tail, and two and a half inches of her length was abdomen. Her huge body was a pale creamy colour with several darker bands on her side. Her thorax and head were a dark brown almost black colour and she moved her antennae continuously seeking the information that came into her chamber by the constant stream of workers and the pheromones that they produced.Receiving a warning message in the form of pheromones emitted by workers on the foraging tunnels, the huge soldier termite lumbered quickly to respond. Frantically he ran along the length of the underground tunnels to the surface entrance, passing hundreds of workers along the way. These workers reinforced the message he had received with more information. There was a minor attack in progress on one of the shelter tubes that was under construction, and soldiers were required to defend the work in progress.This book runs to 10700 words or about 43 kindle pages

From the author of The Fringe comes a riveting new adventure in space.Maggie Barnes is at the end of her rope. She’s young and broke living in New York, and her newspaper job has been taken by robots. When she’s offered a job aboard the first civilian space colony, Maggie thinks it’s her lucky break. For Jonah Wyatt, the Space Force is his last shot at a military career. After years of tracking down the members of a deadly cyberterrorism ring, he was discharged from the army and stuck toning the asses of LA’s elite. Now this disgraced combat specialist is headed to space.At first glance, Elderon seems to be a futuristic utopia: Bots do the laundry, meat comes from a lab, and the latest technology expands the scope of human capability. But as Maggie digs deeper, she realizes that Elderon is not at all what it seems. When she receives a tip from an unknown source, she’ll go undercover to learn the truth and place herself in the crosshairs of an all-out war.

Welcome to Sunnydale High, where midterms and peer pressure are the least of your worries. The Stake Your Destiny series returns Buffy Summers and the Scoobies to the glory days of high school. But this time you control the action and accept the full responsibility of being the Slayer. Interactive story lines advance by the choices you make, leading toward more than a dozen possible endings. Do you have what it takes to be the Slayer, or will you fail and summon a successor? Because of the high incidence of death and violence, the Mayor of Sunnydale has invited a woman called Belakane to speak at Sunnydale High School. Her program, "Be the Ultimate You!" builds self-esteem in teenagers. But Belakane is a demon antlike queen, whose test -- and subsequent nurturing of the skills she discovers -- is simply part of ber plot to enlist workers to build her colony, and to find mates to help her populate it. Soon Sunnydale High is full of kids with only one trait each: aggressive Slayer, brainy Willow, helpful Oz...and Belakane has only just begun....

Eighteen-year-old Nathan Crane is on an interplanetary mission, heading to colonize Mars with one hundred thousand others aboard the SS Noah in hope of saving humanity. It’s the year 2074, and overpopulation and depletion of basic resources like water and air is rampant, largely due to The Chancellor’s tyrannical world domination and mismanagement. Nathan must leave his ailing father and mother behind in Minneapolis, but believes in the expedition and is willing to work hard to build a world for future humans. But when the reality of the colony crashes through, Nathan is forced to concentrate on saving lives in the present—including his own and those of his new friends. Rishi Sriram’s 'The Colony' takes readers on an adventure that drives home the importance of honor, ethics and responsibility.

After so much speculation and wondering, it finally happened, the financial markets spiraling out of control until the circuit breaker algorithms stepped in, governments collapsing in paroxysms of martial law and riots, the entire banking system failing, the Apocalypse unleashing its Biblical calamities over the entire planet.Eventually the survivors learned to band together in arks, working hard to provide a new prosperity and stability for themselves and their families, providing a new but uneasy peace between neighbors.THE COLONY, presenting Stormie Roberts, a young woman who is deadly accurate with the bow. She grew up in the post-Apocalyptic world and now her fellow Initiates are about to take their rites into adulthood. But what Stormie doesn't know is that the Elder, the legendary founder of the Colony, has a special task in mind for her.