A collection of some of Jack London's stories are brought together here.
Action and adventure fiction
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Author:London, JackSummary: - Author:Liu, Marjorie M.Summary:
Feared and mistrusted by the very people they have sworn to protect, the X-Men are a band of mutant heroes dedicated to defending humans from those mutants who would use their powers to harm and destroy. Blessed - some would say cursed...
- Author:Keats, IsraelSummary:
In a virtual reality treasure hunt game, a gamer named Gadget is a steampunk pirate looking for her captain's lost treasure-a mysterious mechanical device. If she can find the scattered pieces that make up the device, she'll...
- Author:Wagers, K. B.Summary:
Hail Bristol: former runaway princess, interplanetary gunrunner, Empress of Indrana. When the Empire's closest ally asks her to intervene in a galactic military crisis, she embarks on the highest stakes diplomatic mission Indrana has...
- Author:Coffindaffer, RebeccaSummary:
During a race across the empire's 1,001 planets to find the royal seal and win the throne, Alyssa Farshot's friend was killed. Broken-hearted over her friend's death, Alyssa is hell-bent on revenge.
- Author:Clare, CassandraSummary:
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...
- Author:Zee, GingerSummary:
After surviving a hurricane and rescuing a dog, Helicity Dunlap ends up in the spotlight. But just as she delights in her first ride in a lighter-than-air balloon, a severe dust storm erupts while she is aloft.
- Author:Preston, Douglas J., Child, LincolnSummary:
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...
- Author:Pépin, Pierre-YvesSummary:
Ticket pour l’éternité c’est quinze nouvelles d’aventure écrites à chaud et à bout portant. Des nouvelles qui ont pour théâtre l’océan Indien, Hong Kong, Suez, la jungle congolaise, le désert saharien, la sombre et dense taïga...
- Author:Rode, RebeccaSummary:
In a world where female sailors are executed, Lane's dream of being a ship's captain seems impossible. Sea life is all she knows, and Lane has to hide as a captain's boy to avoid being killed. Then an old pirate enemy...
- Author:Carriger, GailSummary:
Alexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, has settled into domestic bliss. Of course, being Alexia, such bliss involves integrating werewolves into London high society, living in a vampire's second best closet, and coping with a precocious...
- Author:Crichton, MichaelSummary:
TIMELINE opens on the threshold of the 21st century in a world of exploding advances on the frontiers of technology. Information moves instantly, and any moment of the past can be actualized. Historians can enter, literally, life in...
- Author:Hemingway, ErnestSummary:
To Have and Have Not is the dramatic story of Harry Morgan, an honest man who is forced into running contraband between Cuba and Key West as a means of keeping his crumbling family financially afloat. His adventures lead him into the...
- Author:Baird, JeriSummary:
In Puck's Gulch, sixteen-year-olds undergo a dangerous trial known as the Quest. During a time of magic, Fate hands out tokens and omens based on their behavior. Zander trusts Fate. Alexa only trusts herself. Now, Fate has given...
- Author:Twain, MarkSummary:
Tom's plan to become famous involves Huck Finn and his friend Jim in a crusade to the Holy Land by balloon ascension.
- Author:Steinbeck, JohnSummary:
In the shabby district called Tortilla Flat above Monterey, California lives a gang whose exploits compare to those of King Arthur's knights.
- Author:Maclean, HeatherSummary:
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...
- Author:Maas, Sarah J.Summary:
In the next installment of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series, follow Chaol on his sweeping journey to a distant empire.Chaol Westfall has always defined himself by his unwavering loyalty, his strength, and his...
- Author:Jenkins, EmilySummary:
Six stories relate further adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys, as they encounter a fearsome (possible) shark, enjoy a dance party, and deal with rejection by The Girl, who is growing up.
- Author:Slayton, David R.Summary:
When Adam Binder returns to Oklahoma for the funeral of his mysterious aunt, a dark druid begins to prey on his family. It all seems linked to the death of Adam's father long ago, a man who may have survived as a warlock.
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