Top 10 Los Gatos Library Sci-Fi Books

1. The wise man's fear, Patrick Rothfuss      

The Wise Man's Fear continues the mesmerizing slow reveal of the story of Kvothe the Bloodless, an orphaned actor who became a fearsome hero before banishing himself to a tiny town in the middle of Newarre. (amazon)

2. The face of Apollo, Fred Saberhagen

Ancient Greece has many heroes. Young Jeremy Redthorn, seemingly doomed to virtual slavery as a farm laborer, doesn't think of himself as one. But when he risks his life for a beautiful, wounded stranger, he soon finds himself on a perilous mission. (amazon)

3. The elfstones of Shannara, Terry Brooks

Ancient Evil threatens the Elves: The ancient tree created by long-lost Elven magic, is dying. When Wil Ohmsford is summoned to guard the Amberle on a perilous quest to gather a new seed for a new tree, he is faced with the Reaper, the most fearsome of all Demons. And Wil is without power to control them....Sequel to: The sword of Shannara. (amazon)

4. Germline, T.C. McCarthy

While covering a subterranean war under Kazakhstan, reporter Oscar Wendell discovers that the germline soldiers--genetically engineered super-soldiers--are more than weapons, and that playing with the human genome has deadly consequences.

5. Coyote destiny, Allen M. Steele

The unexpected arrival of a ship from Earth after their long isolation from their home world leaves the inhabitants of Coyote both hopeful and wary. The lone passenger brings news-both good and bad. (amazon)

6. A feast for crows, George R. R. Martin

The uneasy peace that exists following the death of Robb Stark is threatened by new plots, intrigues, and alliances that once again will plunge the Seven Kingdoms back into all-out war for control of the Iron Throne.

7. Reamde, Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Anathem, returns to the terrain of his groundbreaking novels Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, and Cryptonomicon to deliver a high-intensity, high-stakes, action-packed adventure thriller in which a tech entrepreneur gets caught in the very real crossfire of his own online war game.

8. The host, Stephenie Meyer

A member of a species that takes over the minds of human bodies, Wanderer is unable to disregard her host's love for a man in hiding, a situation that forces both possessor and host to become unwilling allies.             

9. The blade itself, Joe Abercrombie

Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian - leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies.

10. The sky people, S. M. Stirling

In 1988, with the Cold War raging, Marc Vitrac is assigned to Jamestown, the U.S.-Commonwealth base on Venus, and discovers a perilous world swarming with lost races of people, where he confronts a secret that could threaten the human race.