Action and adventure fiction

  • A court of wings and ruin

    Creator

    Maas, Sarah J.

    Abstract

    Looming war threatens all Feyre holds dear in the third volume of the #1 New York Times bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses series.Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit-and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well.As war bears down upon them all, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords-and hunt for allies in unexpected places.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Bloomsbury

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  • Crown of souls

    Creator

    Kendig, Ronie

    Abstract

    "Kendig has out done herself."-RT Book Reviews on Conspiracy of Silence Six months after stopping a deadly plague, Cole "Tox" Russell and his team are enjoying a little rest. That peace is short-lived when a sniper shot hits Tox. The enemy is discovered to be one of their own, a rogue Special Forces team operator. Alec King is perhaps the only person as skilled as Tox, and he's out for justice. Furious with orders that got his men killed, he intends to make those responsible pay. And he insists Tox join him, believing they are the same breed of soldier.

    Publisher (Source)

    Minneapolis, Minn

    Bethany House

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  • The day the angels fell

    Creator

    Smucker, Shawn

    Abstract

    It was the summer of storms and strays and strangers. The summer that lightning struck the big oak tree in the front yard. The summer his mother died in a tragic accident. As he recalls the tumultuous events that launched a surprising journey, Samuel can still hardly believe it all happened. After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Samuel Chambers would do anything to turn back time.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Grand Rapids, Mich

    Revell

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  • Aluta

    Creator

    Badoe, Adwoa

    Abstract

    For eighteen-year-old Charlotte, university life is better than she'd ever dreamed-a sophisticated and generous roommate, the camaraderie of dorm living, parties, clubs and boyfriends. Most of all, Charlotte is exposed to new ideas, and in 1981 Ghana, this may be the most exciting - and most dangerous-adventure of all. At first Charlotte basks in her wonderful new freedom, especially being out of the watchful eye of her controlling and opinionated father.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Groundwood Books

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  • Toward a secret sky

    Creator

    Maclean, Heather

    Abstract

    Toward a Secret Sky by New York Times bestselling author Heather Maclean is a new breed of YA novel: an intelligent adventure-quest crossed with a sweeping, forbidden love story. A mix of reality and possibility, this fast-paced thriller will appeal to fans of Stephenie Meyer and Dan Brown as it leads the reader on a breathless flight through the highlands of Scotland, the secret city under London, and history itself.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Grand Rapids, Mich

    Zondervan

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  • Pretty fierce

    Creator

    Scott, Kieran

    Abstract

    An action-packed, edge-of-your-seat novel about a teen who, when backed into a corner, fights back, from the author of What Waits in the Woods Kaia has been on the run her whole life. The daughter of professional assassins, she knows danger-and she'll do anything to survive. After her parents vanished during a job gone bad, Kaia's spent the last year in hiding, trying to blend in as an ordinary teenager, and there's no one who makes her feel more normal, more special, than her boyfriend, Oliver.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Naperville, Ill.

    Sourcebooks Fire

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  • Lost luggage

    Creator

    Thomas, Wendall

    Abstract

    Cyd Redondo, a young, third-generation Brooklyn travel agent who specializes in senior citizens, has never ventured farther than New Jersey. Yet even Jersey proves risky when her Travel Agents' Convention fling, Roger Claymore, leaves her weak in the knees-and everywhere else-then sneaks out of her Atlantic City hotel room at three a.m. Back in Brooklyn, when she reads about smugglers stopped at JFK with skinks in their socks or monkeys down their pants, she never imagines she will join their ranks.

    Publisher (Source)

    Scottsdale, Ariz

    Poisoned Pen Press

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  • The callsign

    Creator

    Taylor, Brad

    Abstract

    In the first ever short story by Retired Delta Force officer Brad Taylor, the stakes couldn' t be higher as operator Pike Logan goes after the first Taskforce target leading a team he can' t fully trust. Commissioned at the highest level of the U.S. government, and designed to operate outside the bounds of U.S. law, a new counter-terrorist unit known as the Taskforce has just been formed, but not fully tested. Until now.

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  • Black flag

    Creator

    Taylor, Brad

    Abstract

    In retired Delta Force officer Brad Taylor' s latest adrenaline-fueled short story, Pike Logan and his fellow Taskforce operators face a team of ruthless modern-day pirates with a devious plan that leaves them fighting for their very survival. On leave after a particularly critical and dangerous mission with the Taskforce-- a top secret counterterrorist unit that operates outside the bounds of US law-- operators Knuckles and Brett have joined Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill in Charleston, South Carolina.

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  • Ghost ship

    Creator

    Cussler, Clive

    Abstract

    The dazzling new novel in the #1 New York Times -bestselling series from Clive Cussler, the grand master of adventure. When Kurt Austin is injured attempting to rescue the passengers and crew from a sinking yacht, he wakes with fragmented and conflicted memories. Did he see an old friend and her children drown, or was the yacht abandoned when he came aboard' For reasons he cannot explain, Kurt doesn' t trust either version of his recollection.

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