Action and adventure fiction

  • The Olympian affair : The Cinder Spires, book 2

    Creator

    Butcher, Jim

    Abstract

    The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure from the author of the Dresden Files, in this New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships. For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defense and trade. Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war. Everyone knows it's coming.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Non spécifié
  • Whalefall

    Creator

    Kraus, Daniel

    Abstract

    A USA Today bestseller. Named a Best Book of 2023 by Book Riot, Shelf Awareness, and NPR. The Martian meets 127 Hours in this "astoundingly great" (Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author) and scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who's been swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out. Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool's errand—to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Monastery Beach.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Non spécifié
  • First contact : eclipsed evolution: phase 1

    Creator

    Harrison, Kim.

    Abstract

    In the wake of the solar eclipse, a portal between our world and a paranormal realm opens-and a scientist's life will never be the same, in this thrilling serialized adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hollows. Dr. Renee Caisson knows there are worse things than an attractive man in uniform drafting her into a secret government project-especially when Major Jackson makes it clear that he isn't bothered by her questionable past.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Non spécifié
  • The adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi

    Creator

    Chakraborty, Shannon

    Abstract

    Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman's determined quest to seize a final chance at glory - and write her own legend. Amina al-Sirafi should be content.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    HarperAudio

    Non spécifié
  • Hero-Man

    Creator

    Radchenka, Lyndon

    Abstract

    Enter Citiesville, the golden metropolis (no, not that one) guarded by Hero-Man! When Hero-Man uncovers a plot by the Mayor to take advantage of Hero-Man’s protection, his whole world is changed. He’ll need the help of Kid-Lad, Hero-Lass, and all the citizens of Citiesville to help him overcome his greatest himself. Join Hero-Man on his first adventure as he makes you reconsider everything you’ve ever thought about comic books and the world around you.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    At Bay Press

    Non spécifié
  • The secret

    Creator

    Child, Lee.

    Abstract

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher! A string of mysterious deaths. A long-classified mission. A young MP with nothing to lose. 1992. All across the United States respectable, upstanding citizens are showing up dead. These deaths could be accidents, and they don't appear to be connected-until a fatal fall from a high-floor window attracts some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the secretary of defense. All of a sudden he wants an interagency task force to investigate. And he wants Jack Reacher as the army's representative.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Delacorte Press

    Non spécifié
  • The atlas maneuver

    Creator

    Berry, Steve

    Abstract

    From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry comes the latest Cotton Malone adventure, in which Cotton unravels a mystery from World War II involving a legendary lost treasure, worth billions, known as Yamashita's Gold. 1945. In the waning months of World War II, Japan hid vast quantities of gold and other stolen valuables in boobytrapped underground caches all across the Philippines. By 1947 some of that loot was recovered, not by treasure hunters, but by the United States government, which told no one about the find.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Grand Central Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • Cold victory

    Creator

    Marlantes, Karl

    Abstract

    From New York Times bestselling author Karl Marlantes comes a propulsive and sweeping novel in which loyalty, friendship, and love are put to the ultimate test. Helsinki, 1947. Finland teeters between the Soviet Union and the West. Everyone is being watched. A wrong look or a wrong word could end in catastrophe. Natalya Bobrova, from Russia, and Louise Koski, from the United States, are young wives of their country's military attachés.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Ashland

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié