Spinneret by Timothy Zahn

Imaginative science fiction with political intrigue, aliens, and ancient civilizations.

Recommended age: 16 – 18; Adult

Earth has finally developed space flight and heads off to the nearer stars to find planets to colonize.   Unfortunately, they have all been claimed by several local alien races.   Those races agree to give one planet to earth.   That planet appears to be a planet that no one wants because it is completely void of all metal.    However, things are not as they seem, and to everyone’s surprise, they find traces of ancient alien technology that everyone wants.

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Samurai Rising by Pamela Turner

 An interesting, action-filled biography of Japan’s most famous Samurai warrior.

Recommended age: 14 – 16; 16 – 18; Adult

This is a biography, not a story.   But it is the action-packed true story of a young warrior who wants revenge on the warrior-clan that killed his father.    Afraid of nothing, he beats unbelievable odds, even leading a horse-back charge down a cliff. 

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Maddigan’s Fantasia by Margaret Mahy

An interesting book about a post-apocalyptic world with time travel and some magic.

Recommended age: 14 – 16; 16 – 18; Adult 

Garland is a part of the traveling circus troupe, Maddigan’s Fantasia.   One day, after an attack in which her father dies, Garland meets two boys—one carrying a baby—who are from the future.  The boys are carrying a Talisman that was given to them by their scientist parents.   However, the boys’ evil Uncle Nennog, who can exert some effects in the present, has sent two creatures to pursue them.   It takes all of Garland’s, the boys, and the circus’ ingenuity and steadfastness to defeat Nennog’s time-traveling evil plans.

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