Title search results
Showing 61 - 80 of 25462 items
Traitor: 6
By Duncan Falconer. 2010
After a surveillance mission in Sevastopol goes badly wrong, Stratton finds himself doing penance at MI16, the government's clandestine organisation…
that creates weapons equipment for special forces and the secret service. But Sevastopol has started something. In the North Sea a team of hijackers take over the giant Morpheus oil platform. They are demanding two billion dollars. Inside twenty-four hours. Or the bodies will start falling. With the SBS overstretched and its surveillance team locked down, there is only one option: Stratton and a team of unproven operatives from MI16. Stratton knows he has to redeem himself and he also has his own agenda. One of the men on the rig is an old friend. And Stratton intends to save him. But one of Stratton's team is not what they appear to be. A traitor. With a deadly agenda of their own. And Morpheus is just the beginning. This is the incendiary sixth thriller in the Stratton series by the UK's leading ex-SF professional.Undersea Prison
By Duncan Falconer. 2008
After the British military lose an officer to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, a desperate race begins to find his killers.…
Little do the assailants know that the precious information they have stolen could bring down the entire network of Western intelligence in the Mid-East. But then one of them is captured by US troops and flown to the States for interrogation. And so begins a nail-biting, claustrophobic and explosive thriller that will ultimately lead British operative John Stratton to the Styx penitentiary, America's undersea prison. How do you break in to a jail a hundred metres below the ocean? Can Stratton get the information back without the US discovering him? And is everyone in the prison really who they seem to be? With its labyrinthine narrative and authentic detail, its CIA plots and White House agents, this fourth thriller in the Stratton series will catapult Duncan Falconer right into the top tier.Raid on Vulcanus (Bionicle Adventures #11)
By Greg Farshtey. 2009
Girl Underwater
By Claire Kells. 2015
An adventurous debut novel that cross cuts between a competitive college swimmer’s harrowing days in the Rocky Mountains after a…
major airline disaster and her recovery supported by the two men who love her—only one of whom knows what really happened in the wilderness. Nineteen-year-old Avery Delacorte loves the water. Growing up in Brookline, Massachusetts, she took swim lessons at her community pool and captained the local team; in high school, she raced across bays and sprawling North American lakes. Now a sophomore on her university’s nationally ranked team, she struggles under the weight of new expectations but life is otherwise pretty good. Perfect, really.That all changes when Avery’s red-eye home for Thanksgiving makes a ditch landing in a mountain lake in the Colorado Rockies. She is one of only five survivors, which includes three little boys and Colin Shea, who happens to be her teammate. Colin is also the only person in Avery’s college life who challenged her to swim her own events, to be her own person—something she refused to do. Instead she’s avoided him since the first day of freshman year. But now, faced with sub-zero temperatures, minimal supplies, and the dangers of a forbidding nowhere, Avery and Colin must rely on each other in ways they never could’ve imagined.In the wilderness, the concept of survival is clear-cut. Simple. In the real world, it’s anything but.Truth (Chasing Yesterday, Book Three)
By Robin Wasserman. 2007
J.D. can't run from her past any longer. She knows the truth now: that she's dangerous, a weapon. If she…
can't learn to control her powers, there's no telling what or who she'll destroy next. To finally unlock the secrets in her mind, she will have to return to the Institute that created her. But returning to the Institute won't be easy. Almost nobody goes in and no one ever gets out.The Final Battle (Bionicle Legends #11)
By Greg Farshtey. 2008
When this final battle is over, everything in the BIONICLE universe will have changed forever. The Toa Nuva face off…
against the Brotherhood of Makuta in a final battle to awaken the Great Spirit Mata Nui.The Letter For The King
By Laura Watkinson, Tonke Dragt. 2008
SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESA young messenger. A secret mission. A kingdom in peril.It is the dead of…
night. Sixteen-year-old Tiuri must spend hours locked in a chapel in silent contemplation if he is to be knighted the next day. But, as he waits by the light of a flickering candle, he hears a knock at the door and a voice desperately asking for help. A secret letter must be delivered to King Unauwen across the GreatMountains - a letter upon which the fate of the entire kingdom depends. Tiuri has a vital role to play, one that might cost him his knighthood.Tiuri's journey will take him through dark, menacing forests, across treacherous rivers, to sinister castles and strange cities. He will encounter evil enemies who would kill to get the letter, but also the best of friends in the most unexpected places. He must trust no one.He must keep his true identity secret.Above all, he must never reveal what is in the letter... The Letter for the King is the thrilling story of one boy's battle against evil, set in an enchanted world of chivalry, courage and true friendship.Goose on the Loose (Animal Ark #14)
By Ben M. Baglio. 1996
When Penny Hapwell goes away for the weekend, Mandy and James are happy to look after her pet goose. But…
then Gussie disappears, and Mandy and James are off on a wild goose chase to get her back.Herbert's Wormhole: The Rise and Fall of El Solo Libre
By Peter Nelson, Rohitash Rao. 2012
Preacher's Hellstorm (Preacher/The First Mountain Man #23)
By William W. Johnstone, J. A. Johnstone. 2016
THE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURYFor the sake of the son he never knew, Preacher goes on the…
warpath.Long ago, the legendary trapper known as Preacher took shelter with the Absaroka, and fell in love with a girl called Bird in the Tree. Twenty years later, he rescues a woman and her son from an ambush by the hated Blackfoot. The woman is Birdie, and the valiant young warrior is Hawk That Soars--Preacher's son. Now the greatest fighter on the frontier is about to go to war, to protect a family he never knew he had.Led by the vicious war chief Tall Bull, the Blackfoot are trying to wipe out the Absaroka. Hopelessly outnumbered by vicious warriors, Preacher and his son launch a war that will stain the Rocky Mountain snow with Blackfoot blood.Also Available in AudiobookThe Explorers (Dinotopia Series)
By Scott Ciencin. 2001
Out of Control
By Sarah Alderson. 2009
A girl looking to escape her past in New York City only to end up on the run from a…
dangerous conspiracy in this sizzling, high-stakes novel.When seventeen-year-old Liva came to New York City, all she wanted was to escape the painful memories of her past and finally find a fresh start. Her hopes for a new future were dashed the moment she became the sole witness to a brutal murder. When she's taken into police custody--supposedly for her own protection--she realizes something isn't right, but it's too late. Soon, bullets start flying, and Liva realizes that she is not just a witness, but the target--and she needs to escape before it's too late.With the help of a sexy car thief that she met at the station, Liva manages to get away from the massacre unharmed, but now the two of them are alone in New York, trying to outrun and outwit the two killers who will stop at nothing to find them. Liva and Jay are living on the edge, but when you're on the edge, there's a long way to fall.Polars on the Path (Animal Ark #37)
By Ben M. Baglio. 2002
Bloodfire
By James Axler. 2003
NUCLEAR LEGACYLife in twenty-second-century America is an odyssey of pain and death. Savagely transformed by atomic fallout, what remains of…
humanity endures an internecine war against those who thrive on chaos and bloodshed. A legend in a violent land, Ryan Cawdor lives and fights by his own rules as he and his companions traverse the grim world of Deathlands. For as long as the future remains out of reach, survival means living long enough to face a new day.CITY OF THE DEADHearing a rumor that the Trader, his old teacher and friend, is still alive, Ryan and his warrior group struggle across the treacherous Texas desert to find the truth. But an enemy with a score to settle is in hot pursuit-and so is the elusive Trader. The preDark city of Sonora-preserved for a century in the salt and sand of the nukescape-becomes the staging ground for a showdown between mortal enemies, where the scales of revenge and death will be balanced with brutal finality. In the Deathlands, the only law is lawlessness.The Enchanted Star
By Antonia Romagnoli, Daniela Portelli. 2016
Stella's mum needs help. And the only one that can help her, is Stella herself.... but how? This is an…
exciting journey, an emotional adventure, where a lot of extraordinary characters come into life. Will Stella succeed in facing her greatest fears and help her mother? This is an incredible story, about a little girl who has a strong will power who won't stop at anything, only to help her mother.Imagine
By Mark Haysom. 2015
The party of the sixties is over and what's left is the hangover. It's 1973 - a time of riots,…
picket lines and unemployment. But it's also a time when you can imagine the stars. Enter the Bird family...Baxter - the first Bird to go to university. It's fresher's week and a new beginning. Except that his troubled past has followed him right into the lecture hall.Christie - haunted by what's gone before and held back by heartbreak. But with her son succeeding against the odds perhaps now it's her turn to follow her dreams? Truman - an absent father and husband for ten years, he now decides he's owed a second chance. And to help him on his way he's found a golden key that will open every door. Or so he believes.In a story of laughter and tears, Haysom takes us on one family's journey to achieve their dreams. And shows us that, stronger than every lie and secret in every family, is the love that lies within - and the ability to imagine...High Heat
By Philippa Grey-Gerou. 2014
Re-Release: (Hearts Afire: September, 09/07/09)When chef Roman Geary meets heart-throb firefighter Jacob Niemczyk, he's willing to give love a chance.…
But this new-found romance may burn out before it even gets started as Roman struggles to accept Jacob's high-risk career. Philippa Grey-Gerou stirs up a sizzling love story in her contemporary romance High Heat, book 2 of the Some Like It Hot Collection.With a flourishing catering business and an acclaimed restaurant to his name, chef Roman Geary had finally made it. Until his dreams go up in smoke, literally, when a fire devastates his kitchen. He finds a temporary home at the catering hall of the local fire company, putting him in close quarters with the attractive firefighter Jacob Niemczyk, who proves himself as adept in the kitchen as he is at fighting fires.While Roman is skilled in the kitchen, he finds romance a bit trickier, but the two find their way into each other's arms despite missteps and inconvenient interruptions. Their relationship looks to be off to a smoking start until a massive fire makes Roman question how willing he is to risk his heart to a man who constantly risks his life.They say that if you can't stand the heat, you should stay out of the kitchen. But when food is your life and your heart is on the line, sometimes it's the safest place to be.Content Notes: Hot, Anal Play, Anal Intercourse, Contemporary, GLBT, M/M, Uniformed HeroesTale of the Toa (Bionicle Chronicles #1)
By Catherine Hapka. 2007
The Chemo Kid
By Robert Lipsyte. 1992
When the drugs that he takes as part of his chemotherapy suddenly transform him from wimp into superhero, sixteen-year-old Fred…
and his friends plot to rid the town of its most lethal environmental hazard, toxic waste in the water supply.Find 'em Hot, Leave 'em Wet
By Jade Morrison. 2014
Re-Release: (Hearts Afire: March, 3/4/2009)Who knew responding to a 911 call could lead to so much passion and danger? When…
firefighters and officers begin mysteriously dying, it's up to Logan Wylde and Madison Rose to solve the mystery, before they become the next victims. Relive the passion in this re-release of Jade Morrison's Find 'em Hot, Leave 'em Wet, part of the Some Like It Hot Collection.Find 'em Hot, Leave 'em Wet is a contemporary suspense novella about firefighter Logan Wylde and police officer Madison Rose. Sparks fly when they meet during an insignificant kitchen fire at criminal Jimmy Dawson's town house. Taking advantage of the opportunity that Dawson's out of town, and his housekeeper fled the scene after dialing 911, the cops arrive along with the fire department to do a quick unwarranted search of the premises. But Jimmy is a careful man, and the search reveals nothing suspicious. However, after the fire, cops and firefighters begin mysteriously dying.For unknown reasons, Dawson is taking out those who responded to the 911 call. After Logan's apartment is burned by a Molotov cocktail, he and Madison join together to find what Dawson is looking for, and why it's important enough to kill for.The attraction between Logan and Madison is instant. From the moment they literally run into each other at Dawson's townhouse, to the heated, and intimately personal, tour of the fire station where Logan works, they can't seem to keep their hands off one another. Despite the danger they find themselves in, the real danger comes from within. Because, when a fire burns this hot, there's only one way to quench it.Content Notes: Hot, Contemporary, Uniformed Heroes, Suspense