Action and adventure fiction

  • Celtic empire : Dirk Pitt, book 25

    Creator

    Cussler, Dirk

    Cussler, Clive

    Abstract

    Clive Cussler, "The Grand Master of Adventure," sends his intrepid heroes Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino on their wildest, boldest mission into the ancient world, unlocking extraordinary secrets and solving hideous crimes. Another fabulous read from the most beloved series from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. The murders of a team of United Nations scientists in El Salvador. A deadly collision in the waterways off the city of Detroit. An attack by tomb raiders on an archaeological site along the banks of the Nile. Is there a link between these violent events?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Books on Tape

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Not specified
  • MaddAddam : MaddAddam, book 3

    Creator

    Atwood, Margaret

    Abstract

    Months after the Waterless Flood pandemic has wiped out most of humanity, Toby and Ren have rescued their friend Amanda from the vicious Painballers. They return to the MaddAddamite cob house, which is being fortified against man and giant Pigoon alike. Accompanying them are the Crakers, the gentle, quasihuman species engineered by the brilliant but deceased Crake. While their reluctant prophet, Jimmy--Crake's one-time friend--recovers from a debilitating fever, it's left to Toby to narrate the Craker theology, with Crake as Creator.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Books on Tape

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Not specified
  • A king's privateer : Alan Lewrie, book 4

    Creator

    Lambdin, Dewey

    Abstract

    Alan Lewrie heads for Macao, Canton, and the South China Sea. There, battles on land and sea await him, as he faces thousands of savages led by their decadent French masters.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Newport Beach, CA

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Books on Tape

    [Distributed by] OneClick Digital

    Not specified
  • The city of brass : The daevabad trilogy, book 1

    Creator

    Chakraborty, S. A.

    Abstract

    Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S.A. Chakraborty-an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts. Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, she's a con woman of unsurpassed talent.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    [Prince Frederick, Md.]

    Harper Audio

    [Distributed by] RBdigital

    Not specified
  • The call of the rift flight

    Creator

    Waller, Jae

    McArthur, Sera-Lys

    Abstract

    A rebellious heroine faces a colonial world coming unstitched in Jae Waller's stunning debut fantasy. Seventeen-year-old Kateiko doesn't want to be Rin anymore - not if it means sacrificing lives to protect the dead. Her only way out is to join another tribe, a one-way trek through the coastal rainforest. Killing a colonial soldier in the woods isn't part of the plan. Neither is spending the winter with Tiernan, an immigrant who keeps a sword with his carpentry tools. His log cabin leaks and his stories about other worlds raise more questions than they answer.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    ECW Press

    Not specified
  • Oath of office : Jack Ryan universe, book 27

    Creator

    Cameron, Marc

    Abstract

    Marine officer. CIA analyst. President. Jack Ryan has devoted his life to protecting the United States. What if this time, he can't' President Ryan and the Campus return in the latest entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Freedom may have finally arrived in Iran. As protests break out across the country, the media rejoices over the so-called Persian Spring. Western leaders are ecstatic. Members of Congress and the Cabinet clamor to back the rebels. Only President Jack Ryan remains wary. Meanwhile, he has plenty to handle at home.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Not specified
  • The land I lost : Ghosts of the shadow market, book 7

    Creator

    Clare, Cassandra

    Abstract

    Alec Lightwood, partner of the High Warlock of Brooklyn and father of a warlock child, visits Buenos Aires in the aftermath of the Dark War. When he arrives, he is not welcomed by the Shadowhunters there. He believes it is because of his companion Lily, the head of the New York vampire clan, until a Shadowhunter orphan confides a dark secret to him under cover of the Shadow Market.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • Through blood, through fire : Ghosts of the shadow market, book 8

    Creator

    Clare, Cassandra

    Abstract

    Jem Carstairs and Tessa Gray are finally united after waiting over a century to be together, but they become aware a dark threat is looming over a child of the Shadow Market: a lost Herondale, from a line of Herondales who have used the Market to hide from their fellow Nephilim. Now is the time for the lost Herondale to be discovered. Jem and Tessa have to find him before his enemies can.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • No traveller returns

    Creator

    L'Amour, Louis

    Abstract

    Louis L'Amour's long-lost first novel, faithfully completed by his son, takes readers on a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas. Fate is a ship. As the shadows of World War II gather, the SS Lichenfield is westbound across the Pacific carrying eighty thousand barrels of highly explosive naphtha. The cargo alone makes the journey perilous, with the entire crew aware that one careless moment could lead to disaster. But yet another sort of peril haunts the Lichenfield. Even beyond their day-to-day existence, the lives of the crew are mysteriously intertwined.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Not specified
  • Desperate measures : Stone Barrington, book 47

    Creator

    Woods, Stuart

    Abstract

    Stone Barrington faces down danger on New York's mean streets in the latest thriller from perennial fan favorite Stuart Woods. Upon returning to the states from a European jaunt, Stone Barrington makes the acquaintance of a stunning woman who seems like she could be an ideal candidate to meet some of his professional'and personal'needs. Before long, though, Stone is put to the task of protecting his new hire when New York City is rocked by a series of disturbing crimes, and it looks as if she might be the next target.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Books on Tape

    Not specified