military cadets

"Sharing a love of ships and an admiration for the Empire, childhood friends Thane Kyrell and Ciena Ree enroll in the Imperial Academy in hopes of realizing their dream of joining the fleet. The more they learn however, the more their loyalties--to the Empire and to each other--are put to the test. Will Thane and Ciena's friendship--or even they themselves--survive the trials ahead?"--Back cover.

"Once a year, giant robots from outer space come to Earth and bond with young cadets from the elite Sky Corps Academy to defend the world from the terrifying aliens known as the Sharg. It's a great honor to be chosen, but this year . . . well, the wrong kid was picked"--OCLC.

The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is assailed on all sides. Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable, while the Commandant capitalizes on his madness to bolster her own power... the lives of all those in the Empire hang in the balance. Far to the east, Laia of Serra knows the fate of the world lies in stopping the Nightbringer. But while hunting for a way to bring him down, Laia drawn into a battle she never thought she'd have to fight. And in the land between the living and the dead, Elias Veturius has given up his freedom to serve as Soul Catcher. He has vowed himself to an ancient power that will stop at nothing to ensure Elias's devotion-- even at the cost of his humanity.

Commissario Brunetti runs up against a wall of silence when he sets out to investigate the apparent suicide of a young man, the son of a prominent doctor, found hanged in Venice's elite military academy.

Chronicles the events surrounding the court-martial of Johnson Whittaker, an African-American cadet at West Point Military Academy in the 1880s.

James T. Kirk, Leonard "Bones" McCoy, and other students at Starfleet Academy, are having fun playing the assassination game, a type of tag in which the game ends when there is only one player left, but a series of explosions on campus alerts them that someone is playing with serious intent.

Kirk is determined to find out what is allowing the other cadets to manage the Academy's challenges and schedules so easily, especially when Kirk's new girlfriend is one of the ones who seems better suited to life at the Academy.

Jim Kirk is prepared for the physical and mental demands of Starfleet Academy, but not for the underhanded tactics some cadets will use to ensure their own success, so when his best friend McCoy becomes a suspect in a misconduct investigation, Kirk is determined to clear McCoy's name.

A modern-day resetting of the story on which the opera "Carmen" was based in which four teens tell of half-gypsy Carmen, who believes she will become a famous singer, military cadet Ryan's passion for her, and their best friends' efforts to protect them both.

Nancy Mace chronicles the experiences she had as one of the first woman allowed to attend The Citadel and discusses how the male students reacted to her presence.