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Codename Quicksilver 6: End Game
By Allan Jones. 2013
Zak and his fellow Project 17 agents are undercover in Greece, working to bring down the boss of an international…
terrorist organization known as World Serpent. The sixth in this gripping new series. Perfect for young fans of 24.Codename Quicksilver 2: The Tyrant King
By Allan Jones. 2012
Zak's training is cut short when he is sent on his first mission. The King of Montevisto and his family…
have been threatened and the secret services believe the attack will take place on the family's forthcoming visit to the UK. It's vital that the trip goes smoothly and Zak is in charge of protecting the king's son. He soon finds he needs all his training and talents to outwit the enemy and save lives. A gripping new thriller in this fast-paced series. Perfect for young fans of 24.Ghosts of the Forest: Book 2
By Steve Backshall. 2013
From the DEADLY 60 TV presenter and BAFTA AWARD winner Steve Backshall, comes the second novel in THE FALCON CHRONICLES…
series, GHOSTS OF THE FOREST. Catch up with Saker and Sinter as they reunite to save endangered orang utans in this vivid adventure story.Saker and Sinter are travelling in Asia. Sinter is nursing in the shanties of Ho Chi Minh city. Saker is with the peace-loving Penan helping them protect the orang utans and save their own forest homes, as unscrupulous loggers wreak destruction. But they are being watched. And hunted. The Prophet has not forgiven their betrayal. Escaping the Clan takes Saker and Sinter on a deadly, dangerous journey through Vietnam, over the South China Sea back to Borneo. Deep in the jungle, they're reunited on their most daredevil and audacious mission yet, to save the endangered orang utans before they become ghosts of the forest. Beware the wooden bullet.Steve Backshall is the hugely popular and fearless presenter of the BBC kids' series DEADLY 60 and LIVE AND DEADLY as well as star of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing 2014.Silent Threat (Executioner #380)
By Don Pendleton, Phil Elmore. 2010
When several German CEOs become victims in deadly accidents and their strategic companies are suddenly bought out, red flags are…
raised in US intelligence circles. All signs indicate that the buyouts are being orchestrated by the head of a powerful cult and he's planning a terrorist attack. But getting to the cult leader and ending the threat proves to be challenging--especially when an army of zealous followers bristling with weapons are prepared to die for the cause. Mack Bolan is determined to infiltrate the group and destroy the organization before they unleash their plan of destruction. The cult leader may believe he can bring death, but there is only one Executioner.Codename Quicksilver 3: Burning Sky
By Allan Jones. 2012
Zak is sent on a mission to the US, but the plan goes horribly awry for Zak and his fellow…
agents when their plane is hijacked. A harrowing flight turns into a desperate bid for survival. Zak is stranded on a desert island and can't tell friend from foe. The third in this gripping new series. Perfect for young fans of 24.The Bad Tuesdays: Book Two
By Benjamin J. Myers. 2009
Time is running out. Chess and her brothers, Box and Splinter, are caught in a bitter struggle between two ruthless…
organizations. Now they face a terrifying choice - carry out a dangerous mission for the Committee, or try to outrun the evil Twisted Symmetry alone. Chess wants to take the mission. But it could prove fatal. And it will lead the Tuesdays into the heart of the very organization that is hunting them . . .The Bad Tuesdays: Book One (Bad Tuesdays Ser. #Vol. 1)
By Benjamin J. Myers. 2009
Children everywhere are disappearing.Orphan, Chess Tuesday, and her brothers, Box and Splinter, don't want to be next. But they are…
being tracked by two powerful enemy organizations, each intent on destroying the other . . . Who is good and who is evil?Why do both sides need the Tuesdays?And can anyone escape the hunters?Chess, Box and Splinter are about to embark on a terrifying mission to find out.Death Run (Executioner #378)
By Don Pendleton, Darwin Holmstrom. 2010
For a group of fundamentalist extremists, stealing a shipment of weapons-grade plutonium from Pakistan was almost too easy. Now they…
have everything they need to construct a terrifying weapon on U.S. soil. They believe their plans are virtually undetectable but Mack Bolan is on their trail. When the Executioner tracks the stolen plutonium he uncovers a brutal network hiding behind the scenes of the professional motorcycle-racing circuit. The world of professional motorcycle racing is fast and dangerous and comes complete with corrupt oil companies, al Qaeda ties and murder. The race has already started, and only the winner will survive.Julie and Me and Michael Owen Makes Three
By Alan Gibbons. 2001
For Terry Payne, life is not much fun. His parents are splitting up, and he's fallen desperately in love with…
the gorgeous new girl at school, who doesn't even know he exists. To top it all off, his beloved football team - the mighty Man U - are on a losing streak.As Terry sees Man U lose to Liverpool, watches in horror as arch-rival and school golden boy showers the beautiful Julie with attention, and discovers the object of his affections is ... a Liverpool fan, he starts to think that things can't get much worse.After all, it's a close contest in Life versus Football - and there can only be one winner. Can't there?Hilarious and heart-warming, this is a touching story about the ups and downs of life, love, and more importantly, football, from award-winning author, Alan Gibbons.Wilds of the Wolf: Book 3 (The falcon Chronicles Ser.)
By Steve Backshall. 2014
Deadly TV presenter Steve Backshall joins Anthony Horowitz and Charlie Higson writing the best adventure fiction with his third adventure…
in the gripping Falcon Chronicles, filled with intrigue, adventure, exotic wildlife and dramatic locations. Saker and Sinter escape by the skin of their teeth when their plan to sabotage a billionaire businessman plundering 'black gold' (natural oil and gas) and hunting wolves in the remote Yamal peninsula in North West Siberia goes disastrously wrong. But they escape one kind of peril only to find themselves in an even more terrifying situation. Separated by blizzards and avalanches, lost in a breathtakingly beautiful but deadly frozen Arctic wilderness, suffering from frostbite and hunger, listening to the wolves howl and the packs draw closer, it seems that this time they cannot possibly live to tell their tale...The Last Crusaders: Blood Red Sea
By William Napier. 2013
Two unlikely English heroes are swept up in an epic and bloody sea battle that will change history. PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED…
AS CLASH OF EMPIRES: THE RED SEA.1571. Chained to a slave galley in the heart of the Mediterranean, it seems that English adventurers Ingoldsby and Hodge might have finally run out of luck. But as former Knights of St John, they've survived worse, and while the men around them drop dead at their oars, they're determined to escape. By a miracle of fate, they find their way back to dry land and freedom - but unable to return home. With the Ottoman Empire set on strangling the crusading Christian power before it can take root, hostilities between East and West - Muslim and Christian - are vicious and deadly. And as the sun rises on one day in October, five hours of bloodshed will change the course of history. Once again, the two Englishmen find themselves living on borrowed time...PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS CLASH OF EMPIRES: THE RED SEAThe Dragonling (The Dragonling #1)
By Jackie French Koller, Judith Mitchell. 2000
A boy and a baby dragon forge an unlikely friendship in this first book in the fantastical Dragonling chapter book…
series!Darek can’t wait for his first Dragonquest. Then he can be just like his older brother, Clep, the hero who brought down a Great Blue, the largest and fiercest dragon of all. Darek goes to admire the kill—and finds a dragonling peeking out of the giant dragon’s pouch. Scared but curious, he feeds the hungry baby and makes an unlikely friend. But to save the helpless Dragonling he must now venture into the fearsome Valley of the Dragons, risking his life to return his friend to his own fire-breathing kind.A Dragon in the Family: The Dragonling; A Dragon In The Family; Dragon Quest; Dragons Of Krad (The Dragonling #2)
By Jackie French Koller, Judith Mitchell. 2018
Darek and Zantor work to convince everyone that dragons and humans can get along in this second book in the…
fantastical Dragonling chapter book series!Ever since Darek saved Zantor the dragonling, they’ve been inseparable. Darek is the only family Zantor has ever known. But now Darek is bringing Zantor home from the Valley of the Dragons, and the villagers are up in arms! He and his brother Clep are called traitors. Their best friends are turning against them. Even Darek’s father has been threatened for allowing the enemy in their midst. How can Darek prove that dragons are good neighbors to the villagers?The Regional Office Is Under Attack!: A Novel
By Manuel Gonzales. 2016
In a world beset by amassing forces of darkness, one organization--the Regional Office--and its coterie of super-powered female assassins protects…
the globe from annihilation. At its helm, the mysterious Oyemi and her oracles seek out new recruits and root out evil plots. Then a prophecy suggests that someone from inside might bring about its downfall. And now, the Regional Office is under attack. Recruited by a defector from within, Rose is a young assassin leading the attack, eager to stretch into her powers and prove herself on her first mission. Defending the Regional Office is Sarah--who may or may not have a mechanical arm--fiercely devoted to the organization that took her in as a young woman in the wake of her mother's sudden disappearance. On the day that the Regional Office is attacked, Rose's and Sarah's stories will overlap, their lives will collide, and the world as they know it just might end. Weaving in a brilliantly conceived mythology, fantastical magical powers, teenage crushes, and kinetic fight scenes, The Regional Office Is Under Attack! is a seismically entertaining debut novel about revenge and allegiance and love. Winner of the 2017 Alex Award (10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences)Marked (An Alex Verus Novel #9)
By Benedict Jacka. 2018
Mage Alex Verus is hanging on by a thread in the ninth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author…
of Burned When Mage Alex Verus ends up with a position on the Light Council no one is happy least of all him But Alex is starting to realize that if he wants to protect his friends he ll need to become a power player himself His first order of business is to track down dangerous magical items unleashed into the world by Dark Mages But when the Council decides they need his help in negotiating with the perpetrators Alex will have to use all his cunning and magic to strike a deal--and stop the rising tension between the Council the Dark Mages and the adept community from turning into a bloodbathCodename Quicksilver 1: In the Zone
By Allan Jones. 2012
When Zak Archer accidentally witnesses a murder he immediately finds himself in the firing line. Now some very dangerous people…
want him dead and he is on the run. Luckily, running is something Zak is good at. In fact, when he's 'in the zone' he can run faster, jump further and fly higher than should be humanly possible. But will those skills be enough to save him? What exactly is the truth behind his friend's death? And in a world of spies, secrets and lies - who can he trust? The first in this gripping new series. Perfect for young fans of 24.The Last Crusaders: The Great Siege
By William Napier. 2011
The siege of Malta: A brutal combat. A test of courage. A battle that will change history. Previously published as…
CLASH OF EMPIRES: THE GREAT SIEGE. 1565: a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean stands gatekeeper between East and West. It is about to become the scene for one of the most powerful stories of bravery, battle and bloodlust: the siege of Malta. Formed in the Holy Land in the 11th century, a small band of knights had long sought a home. Driven from their lands by Ottoman might, they came to rest in Malta from where they watched the Turks and corsairs raid the Spanish empire. As word came from Constantinople that Malta was in the sights of the Ottoman Empire, all of Europe watched a force of over 30,000 men besieged the island - peopled by 500 knights and a few thousand local soldiers. On that small rock an epic struggle will be played out - the story of individual men, warriors and slaves, but also the story of two worlds colliding.Brandenburg
By Henry Porter. 2010
November 1989. The fall of the Berlin Wall. One man is caught between East and West...The Stasi was among the…
most sophisticated intelligence organisations in the world, but by the end of the 1980s the Orwellian state of East Germany was collapsing around it. The special squads of armed officers, the torture chambers in the Stasi jail, the hundreds of thousands of informers could do nothing to prevent the rebellion that saw the fall of the Berlin Wall.It is in the context of these last few paranoid weeks of the Communist world, when a population that had been oppressed for nearly sixty years found the will to rise up, that this outstanding thriller is set. Its hero is Dr Rudolf Rosenharte, an academic from Dresden and agent for MI6; his controller is Robert Harland, from A SPY'S LIFE and EMPIRE STATE.When Rosenharte's security is compromised he is faced with a stark choice: to defect to the West, leaving his beloved family to the mercies of the Stasi, or return to East Germany to carry out a dangerous assignment under the Stasi's suspicious eye...The Gemini Contenders
By Robert Ludlum. 1973
Dead of night. Salonika, Greece, December 1939. A clandestine order of monks embarks on a desperate mission: to transport a…
mysterious vault to a hiding place high in the Italian Alps. Its sinister contents, concealed fro centuries, could rip apart the Christian world. Now, as the Nazi threat marches inexorably closer, good men and evil will be drawn into a violent and deadly hunt, sparking a relentless struggle that could forever change the world as we know it. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity.Beast Quest: Quarg the Stone Dragon
By Adam Blade. 2017
Battle Beasts and fight Evil with Tom and Elenna in the bestselling adventure series for boys and girls aged 7…
and up!Evil Wizard Jezrin plans to drink from the Well of Power, whose waters would make him undefeatable. He must be stopped! But with the dragon Quarg under the sorcerer's command, can Tom and Elenna escape being turned to stone?There are FOUR thrilling adventures to collect in this series - don't miss out! Quarg the Stone Dragon; Korvax the Sea Dragon; Vetrix the Poison Dragon and Strytor the Skeleton Dragon