Alamosa Public Library

SUMMARY : A dark past. An impossible journey. The will to survive. How far you would you go for love? Franny Stone is determined to go to the end of the earth, following the last of the Arctic terns on what may be their final migration to Antarctica. As animal populations plummet and commercial fishing faces prohibition, Franny talks her way onto one of the few remaining boats heading south. But as she and the eccentric crew travel further from shore...

"Watching the news, Hanagaki Takemichi learns his junior-high girlfriend Tachibana Hinata has died. A sudden shove sends him 12 years into the past to face the Tokyo Manji Gang that once made his life hell, which is also responsible for Hinata's death in the present. To save Hinata and change the future, Takemichi must rise to the top of Kanto's most sinister delinquent gang! But things aren't so simple when he befriends the gang's leader, Mikey....

"Though Takemichi is convinced he's fixed the timeline by saving Draken, it turns out that Hinata's death in the future was only postponed... and this time he had to watch! His only recourse is to climb the ranks of Toman, and Mikey gives him an ultimatum: Bring Mikey's best friend Baji back from his new gang, Valhalla, the Headless Angel. But the schism between Baji and Toman is deeper than Takemichi could ever have known! Is Mikey's order even possible?"--Publisher...

"The crew of the Serenity is stretched too thin and in unfamiliar territory, but Kaylee has had enough. Despite being at odds with the Jefa, they'll have to turn their attention toward a mutual threat, along with other factions. Meanwhile the Washbot continues to come into his own, as the various groups--our heroes, Earthers, plunderer workers, and others--will also learn how imperfect people can come together to build a community, and a sense of...

"As Wash's life flashes before him, he revisits his most important, never before revealed moments of his life, from growing up on a planet so ravaged by pollution that no star could shine in the sky, to meeting the woman of his dreams in Zoë, who would become his wife and help him create a life beyond his wildest imagination. And in those final moments, Wash will reach out to connect with a surprising someone he never thought possible to meet......

"The Bureau of Balance has located yet another Grand Relic, and this time it's...time? A small mining town called Refuge has been locked away behind an arcane bubble, and somewhere inside it the Temporal Chalice is causing unknown mayhem. Taako, Magnus, and Merle are launched into their investigation, but they've barely had a chance to get their feet under them before the situation literally falls apart. When the town clocktower strikes noon, Refuge...