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Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Off the coast of Brazil, a team of scientists discovers a horror like no other, an island where all life has been eradicated, consumed and possessed by a species beyond imagination. Before they can report their discovery, a mysterious agency attacks the group, killing them all, save one, an entomologist, an expert on venomous creatures, Professor Ken Matsui from Cornell University. Strangest of all, this inexplicable threat traces back to a terrifying...
Author
Series
Sigma Force volume 16
Language
English
Description
"It begins in Africa . . .A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them plants and animals has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading from a cursed site in the jungle known to...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill are enjoying a sunny vacation down under when they get disturbing news: their friend and colleague Clifford Delmonty is in serious trouble. While working as a contractor at an Australian F-35 facility, the former Taskforce member—callsign Dunkin—saw something he shouldn’t have, and now he’s on the run from Chinese agents. Pike and Jennifer soon discover that Dunkin’s attackers are a dangerous link to a much...
4) Split second
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Two retired Secret Service agents have each had similar experiences losing presidential candidates while assigned to protect them. As the discredited agents enter a maze of lies, secrets, and deadly coincidences, they uncover a shocking truth: that the separate acts of violence that shattered their lives were really a long time in the making--and are a long way from over.
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Series
Wings of Fire volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The WINGS OF FIRE saga continues with a thrilling underwater adventure -- and a mystery that will change everything!
The lost heir to the SeaWing throne is going home at last.She can't believe it's finally happening. Tsunami and her fellow dragonets of destiny are journeying under the water to the great SeaWing Kingdom. Stolen as an egg from the royal hatchery, Tsunami is eager to meet her future subjects and reunite with her mother, Queen Coral.But...
6) Timeless
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperVoyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"At long last, New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore returns with one of fantasy's most beloved and enduring icons, the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden, in an all-new trilogy full of swordplay, danger, and imaginative thrills, Centuries ago, in the city of Menzoberranzan, the City of Spiders, the City of Drow, nestled deep in the unmerciful Underdark of Toril, a young weapon master earned a reputation far above his station or that of his poor...
7) Foul play
Author
Series
A Stone Barrington novel volume 59
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the latest action-packed thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington faces down a persistent rival"--
Stone Barrington is nearing his New York City abode when he stumbles into trouble. As it turns out, a new client is in danger--and with both business and the safety of the city at stake, Stone has no choice but to get involved.
New York City. A new client is in danger, and with both business and the safety...
9) The Marksman
Publisher
Open Road
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jim is a former Marine who lives a solitary life as a rancher along the Arizona-Mexican border. But his peaceful existence soon comes crashing down when he tries to protect a boy on the run from members of a vicious cartel.
10) Nobody
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hutch Mansell is an underestimated and overlooked dad and husband, taking life's indignities on the chin and never pushing back. A nobody. When two thieves break into his suburban home one night, Hutch declines to defend himself or his family, hoping to prevent serious violence. His teenage son, Blake, is disappointed in him and his wife, Becca, seems to pull only further away. The aftermath of the incident strikes a match to Hutch's long-simmering...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Number one New York Times best-selling author and Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark never falters to thrill her readers and keep them on the edge of their seats. The Washington Post calls her "a born storyteller." When they graduate from college, best friends Erin and Darcy move to New York to pursue their careers. But then Erin goes missing after placing a personal ad in a magazine. Now Darcy fears that she may be next.
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English
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"Jane Hawk--fiction's most relentless, resourceful, stunning new heroine--continues her battle against a murderous conspiracy in the riveting sequel to The Silent Corner. "No time to delay. Do what you were born to do. Fame will be yours when you do this." These are the words that ring in the mind of mild-mannered, beloved schoolteacher Cora Gundersun--just before she takes her own life, and many others', in a shocking act of carnage. When the...
13) Remote control
Author
Publisher
A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
159 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From here on in she would be known as Sankofa--a name that meant nothing to anyone but her, the only tie to her family and her past. Her touch is death, and with a glance a town can fall. And she walks-alone, except for her fox companion-searching for the object that came from the sky and gave itself to her when the meteors fell and when she was yet unchanged; searching for answers. But is there...
Author
Series
A Nick Flynn novel volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this sequel to Dale Brown's New York Times bestselling Arctic Storm Rising, former U.S. Air Force officer Nick Flynn is caught up in a shadow war against allied Russia and Iran--a duo wielding a terrifying new weapon. Nick Flynn is back in action, and he has a new employer--a shadowy intelligence outfit whose roots go back to the very beginning of the Cold War. But his first mission for them almost becomes his last. While meeting with a high-ranking...
15) House of spies
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Series
Language
English
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Four months after the deadliest attack on the American homeland since 9/11, terrorists leave a trail of carnage through London's glittering West End. The attack is a brilliant feat of planning and secrecy, but with one loose thread. The thread leads Gabriel Allon and his team of operatives to the south of France and to the gilded doorstep of Jean-Luc Martel and Olivia Watson. A beautiful former British fashion model, Olivia pretends not to know that...
16) 2012
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A geophysical team investigating the effect radiation from other solar systems has on the Earth learns that the core of the Earth is heating up and warns the President of the United States. While the leaders of the world race to build 'arks' to escape the impending doom, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc all over the world. Includes commentary, alternate ending, deleted scenes, featurette, and music video.
Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
482 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.
But when she’s tracked down by the obscenely wealthy mother of a former crewman, she’s offered...
Author
Series
Stone Barrington novel volume 60
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After a dangerous adventure has him traveling up and down the coast, Stone Barrington is looking forward to some down time at his Manhattan abode. But when an acquaintance alerts him to a hinky plot being hatched across the city, he finds himself eager to pursue justice. After the mastermind behind it all proves more evasive than anyone was expecting, Stone sets out on an international chase to places he's never gone before. With the help of old...
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 149 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality.
"A deeply satisfying tale of pathos and wit that manages to credibly link dozens of characters, multiple...
20) Quicksilver
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Language
English
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"Quinn Quicksilver was born a mystery--abandoned at three days old on a desert highway in Arizona. Raised in an orphanage, never knowing his parents, Quinn had a happy if unexceptional life. Until the day of 'strange magnetism.' It compelled him to drive out to the middle of nowhere. It helped him find a coin worth a lot of money. And it practically saved his life when two government agents showed up in the diner in pursuit of him. Now Quinn is on...