Action and adventure fiction

  • Kubo and the two strings : the junior novel

    Creator

    Chesterfield, Sadie

    Abstract

    Kubo sets out on a thrilling quest to find three pieces of legendary armor that might be the only thing that can stop the Moon King. With the help of his shamisen--a magical musical instrument--Kubo must battle gods and monsters to unlock the secret of his legacy, reunite his family, and fulfill his heroic destiny.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Non spécifié
  • Robinson Crusoe

    Creator

    Defoe, Daniel

    Abstract

    Robinson Crusoe is the classic tale about one man's lust for adventure. Crusoe leaves his parents and hometown for the open sea in the year 1651. But the ocean can be unforgiving and Crusoe, unfortunately, learns this the hard way. Through a series of wild events he ends up shipwrecked on a shore in South America, being forced to salvage what he can in order to survive. Overcoming his despair, Crusoe begins a new life on this island searching for meaning and eventually finding redemption.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Holland, Ohio

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Non spécifié
  • Private Berlin

    Creator

    Patterson, James

    Sullivan, Mark T.

    Abstract

    At Private Berlin, agent Chris Schneider has disappeared. Chris had taken a secretive personal leave and hadn't spoken to anyone from the office in days. The Private team retraces his footsteps to the cases he was investigating before his disappearance: a billionaire suspected of cheating on his wife, a world famous soccer player accused of throwing games, and the owner of a seedy nightclub. They were the last people to see Chris, and they're all suspects. And someone is lying.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Non spécifié
  • Half the blood of Brooklyn : Joe Pitt, book 3

    Creator

    Huston, Charlie

    Abstract

    Manhattan's vampire ecosystem is fragile, with too many bloodsuckers feeding on the same supply. So undead strong-arm Joe Pitt heads to the outer boroughs to keep an Orthodox danger at bay.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • Even : David Trevellyan, book 1

    Creator

    Grant, Andrew

    Abstract

    Set up for a murder by the NYPD, Royal Navy intelligence operative David Trevellyan must act alone to clear his name. With no idea who's a friend and who's a foe, he penetrates deep into a huge international conspiracy.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Non spécifié
  • When the curtain rises

    Creator

    Muller, Rachel

    Abstract

    Chloe McBride has some reservations about accepting her elderly great-aunts' invitation to spend part of the summer with them in Little Venice, but her initial reluctance is outweighed by her curiosity about the mysterious key that came with her aunts' note. She's also anxious to put the humiliating memory of a disastrous piano recital as far behind her as possible. Chloe's great-aunts tell her the legend of her great-grandfather, Dante Magnus, an ambitious magician who vanished without a trace almost a century earlier, and Chloe begins to search for clues to his disappearance.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Caching in

    Creator

    Butcher, Kristin

    Abstract

    Eric and Chris are avid geocachers who stumble into a very strange search for a series of geocaches. At first they are merely curious, but as the stakes rise and the challenges become more trying, the boys get truly hooked. Convinced they are indeed on the trail of treasure, they become consumed with the search, and though their quest tests their strength, intelligence, courage and even their friendship, they don't give up.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Jungle land

    Creator

    Walters, Eric

    Abstract

    DJ is always thrilled to spend time with his grandfather, a person he idolizes. When his grandfather announces that he's going to take all of his grandsons on individual adventures, it seems only fair that DJ, as the oldest grandchild, will get his adventure first. An adventure that sees his grandfather at the controls of a small plane as the two fly to Central America for a week. But when someone tries to kidnap him, DJ must flee through the jungle and down a crocodile-infested river, pursued by armed gunmen.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • The seven sequels bundle

    Creator

    Orca Book Publishers

    Abstract

    The bestselling Seven (the series) continues with The Seven Sequels! All seven authors from the original series will return October 1, 2014 with a second set of seven novels. Eric Walters, John Wilson, Ted Staunton, Richard Scrimger, Norah McClintock, Sigmund Brouwer and Shane Peacock bring their signature writing styles to a series of adventures that take readers from the cobblestones of Cambridge to the beaches of Uruguay.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Tagged

    Creator

    Walters, Eric

    Abstract

    The city is cracking down on graffiti and guerilla art. Between that and cutbacks to the local art gallery it seems like nothing is safe. But Oswald, masquerading as a graffiti artist known as The Wiz, is fighting back, by painting elaborate murals in public places and planting art in the galleries, and then by taking on the mayor himself. As the fight escalates and the stakes become higher, Oswald gets in deeper than he meant to and needs to rely on his friends to get him out of his latest mess.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié