When Will Burrows and his friend Chester embark on a quest to find Will's archaeologist father, who has inexplicably disappeared, they are led to a labyrinthine world underneath London, full of sinister inhabitants with evil intentions...
Action and adventure fiction
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Author:Gordon, Roderick, Williams, BrianSummary: - Author:Harelkin Bishop, MarySummary:
Fourteen-year-old Andrea once again travels back in time to uncover the secrets of an unsuspecting theft ring in the mysterious tunnels of Moose Jaw this time with her brother in tow.
Andrea would like to forget all about her...
- Author:Harelkin Bishop, MarySummary:
In this new thriller in the exciting "Moose Jaw Adventure" series from best-selling writer Mary Harelkin Bishop, Andrea Talbot takes an unwilling third trip to the spooky tunnels under Moose Jaw and uncovers the exploitation of Chinese...
- Author:Harelkin Bishop, MarySummary:
Andrea Talbot and her brother Tony take one more trip through time - to find their grandfather's long-lost notebook and to help keep the Ku Klux Klan from taking root in Moose Jaw.
Andrea and Tony have no plans for another trip...
- Author:Woods, StuartSummary:
In the electrifying new thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington finds himself pitted against both man and nature. Stone Barrington and several friends are vacationing in Florida when an extreme...
- Author:Holm, Jennifer L.Summary:
Life isn't like the movies, and 11-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After all, it's 1935, and jobs and money and sometimes even...
- Author:Radio ArchivesSummary:
Volume 4 of the Dangerous Assignment radio series! Yeah, danger is my assignment. I get sent to a lot of places I can't even pronounce. They all spell the same thing, though. Trouble." In this opening line heard on various...
- Author:Hanson, Ed, Doman, Mary KateSummary:
These traditional reads are brimming with spirited characters and positive values—but with a little extra excitement and bite, so hold on to your hats! Written expressly for the middle grade struggling reader, the series does not...
- Author:Melville, HermanSummary:
Six months on a whaler with a cruel captain and no land in sight is too much for Tom. When the vessel cruises into the primitive Marquesas, he and his friend jump ship. They plan to hide out with a peaceful tribe, but instead, they...
- Author:Conrad, JosephSummary:
The Nan-Shan was on her way from the southward to the treaty port of Fuchau with cargo 200 Chinese coolies on board. Observing the steady fall of the barometer, Captain acWhirr thought: There's some durty weather knocking about. But...
- Author:Rohmer, RichardSummary:
Ultimatum 2 is an action-packed, fast-moving saga. The American president is fed up with the hundreds of millions of dollars given to Russia to clean up high-level nuclear waste. His solution is to give the Russians an ultimatum: do...
- Author:Dahl, RoaldSummary:
M. Hoppy, un gentil monsieur à la retraite, nourrit un grand amour pour sa voisine de l'étage inférieur Mme Silver. Mais, malheureusement, celle-ci déverse toute son affection sur Alfred... sa tortue. M. Hoppy imagine un...
- Author:Braswell, LizSummary:
What if Wonderland was in peril and Alice was very, very late? Alice is on a mission to stop the Queen of Hearts' tyranny and to find her place in both worlds. But will she able to do so before the End of Time?
- Author:Perry, S. D.Summary:
In this novelized adaptation of the hit video game franchise, street-smart Nathan Drake and his wisecracking partner Victor "Sully" Sullivan embark on a dangerous pursuit of the greatest treasure never found.
- Author:Penney, StefSummary:
Flora Mackie first crossed the Arctic Circle at the age of twelve. In 1889, the whaler's daughter from Dundee - dubbed by the press "The Snow Queen" - sets out to become a scientist and explorer. She struggles to be taken seriously but...
- Author:DeWitt, PatrickSummary:
On the The Scotiabank Giller Prize 2015 Longlist. A love story, an adventure story, a fable without a moral, and an ink-black comedy of manners. Lucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in the hamlet of Bury. Friendless and loveless...
- Author:Rollins, JamesSummary:
James Rollins presents a collection of twelve stories that dig a little deeper into his creative stomping grounds and open vistas into new landscapes and characters.
- Author:Busiek, KurtSummary:
In the spirit of the popular Marvel comic book, this exciting new anthology has over a dozen original tales that span the career of the amazing Spider-Man. Stan Lee, Spidey's co-creator, and Kurt Busiek, the award-winning writer of...
- Author:Crouch, BlakeSummary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "If Michael Crichton had written a superhero novel, it would look a lot like Upgrade ."- The New York Times Book Review "You don't so much sympathize with the main character as live inside his skin."-DIANA...
- Author:Bland, Douglas L.Summary:
A surprise attack on the nation’s military bases and power stations sends the Armed Forces scrambling. When impoverished, disheartened, poorly educated, but well-armed aboriginal young people find a modern revolutionary leader, they...
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