Action and adventure fiction

  • Danger down the Nile

    Creator

    Patterson, James

    Grabenstein, Chris

    Grabenstein, Chris

    Abstract

    Bick Kidd and his globe-trotting siblings set out to rescue their kidnapped mother from some nasty pirates. Their journey that takes them down the Nile River, where they must navigate everything from Egyptian pyramids to wet-and-wild jungles in order to save the day.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Despicable me : the junior novel

    Creator

    Auerbach, Annie

    Abstract

    Gru is a wannabe master villain who plans to steal the moon. Unfortunately for Gru, another villain named Vector wants to steal his glory. Gru adopts three orphaned girls to become secret weapons in his plot to one-up Vector. But the world's greatest villain has finally met his greatest challenge, for the girls see something else in Gru: a potential dad.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Buried heart

    Creator

    Elliott, Kate

    Abstract

    Jessamy is the crux of a revolution forged by the Commoner class hoping to overthrow their longtime Patron overlords. But enemies from foreign lands have attacked the kingdom, and Jes must find a way to unite the Commoners and Patrons to defend their home and all the people she loves. Will her status as a prominent champion athlete be enough to bring together those who have despised one another since long before her birth?

    Audience
    General**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Ararat

    Creator

    Golden, Christopher

    Abstract

    After mountain climbers discover an ancient, buried ship on Mount Ararat, a team of scholars, archaeologists, and filmmakers make it inside the ark, where they find an ugly, misshapen cadaver with horns. A massive blizzard blows in, trapping them inside--but they are not alone.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Audio

    Not specified
  • Thunderhead

    Creator

    Preston, Douglas J.

    Child, Lincoln

    Abstract

    On an abandoned Santa Fe ranch a young archaeologist finds a letter written sixteen years earlier yet, mysteriously, mailed only recently. In it her father, long believed dead, hints at a lost city of gold that will make him famous--and rich. Now Nora Kelly is leading an expedition into a harsh, remote corner of Utah's canyon country. Searching for her father and his discovery, Nora begins to unravel one of archaeology's greatest mysteries.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Power game

    Creator

    Feehan, Christine

    Abstract

    When radical terrorists take hostages in Indonesia, Captain Ezekiel Fortunes is called to lead the rescue team. Part of a classified government experiment, Zeke is a super soldier with enhanced abilities. He can see better, run faster, disappear when necessary, and hunt the enemy along any terrain. There are those in the world willing to do anything for power like that. A formidable spy genetically engineered to hide in plain sight, Bellisia rarely meets a man who doesn't want to control her or kill her. But Zeke's different.

    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, Md.

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Not specified
  • Flintlock : a time for vultures

    Creator

    Johnstone, William W.

    Abstract

    Across the West, bad men know his name. The deadliest bounty hunter on the frontier, Flintlock is armed with his grandfather's ancient Hawken muzzleloader, ready to put the blast on the face of injustice. As William and J.A. Johnstone's acclaimed saga continues, Flintlock will discover an evil too terrifying and deadly to even name. The stench of death hangs over Happyville. When Flintlock rides into town, he sees windows caked in dust, food rotting on tables, and a forgotten corpse hanging at the gallows.

    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, Md.

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Not specified
  • Age of myth

    Creator

    Sullivan, Michael J.

    Abstract

    Michael J. Sullivan's trailblazing career began with the breakout success of his Riyria series: full-bodied, spellbinding fantasy adventures whose imaginative scope and sympathetic characters won a devoted readership and comparisons to fantasy masters Brandon Sanderson, Scott Lynch, and Tolkien himself. Now, Sullivan's stunning hardcover debut, Age of Myth, inaugurates an original five-book series--and one of fantasy's finest next-generation storytellers continues to break new ground.

    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, Md.

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Not specified
  • The western star

    Creator

    Johnson, Craig

    Abstract

    The thirteenth novel in Craig Johnson's beloved New York Times bestselling Longmire series, the basis for the hit Netflix series Longmire Sheriff Walt Longmire is enjoying a celebratory beer after a weapons certification at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy when a younger sheriff confronts him with a photograph of twenty-five armed men standing in front of a Challenger steam locomotive.

    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, Md.

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Not specified
  • Dry bones : a Longmire mystery

    Creator

    Johnson, Craig

    Abstract

    When Jen, the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found surfaces in Sherriff Walt Longmire's jurisdiction, it appears to be a windfall for the High Plains Dinosaur Museum- until Danny Lone Elk, the Cheyenne rancher on whose property the remains were discovered, turns up dead, floating face down in a turtle pond. With millions of dollars at stake, a number of groups step forward to claim her, including Danny's family, the tribe, and the federal government.

    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, Md.

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Recorded Books

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Not specified