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1) Lone wolf
Author
Series
The Orphan X novels volume 9
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Once a black book government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the program, went deep underground, and reinvented himself as someone who will go anywhere, and risk everything to help the truly desperate who have nowhere else to turn. Since then, Evan has fought international crime syndicates and drug cartels, faced down the most powerful people in the world and even brought down a President. Struggling with an unexpected personal crisis,...
2) Hero
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First Mysterious Press edition.
Physical Desc
273 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
After stopping a robbery at the Beverly Hills home of her client, a security guard to the stars is celebrated in the media as a local hero, but also draws the attention of the crime kingpin behind the burglaries.
Author
Series
Assassin's Creed Dynasty volume 5
Publisher
TOKYOPOP Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First TokyoPop Printing ;
Physical Desc
305 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the 14th year of the Tianbao Era (CE 755)... An Lushan, a military governor with ties to the Order of the Ancients, leads his elite corps to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and the ill-prepared Tang empire falters under the threat. The two capitals Luoyang and Chang'an fall and China falls under the oppression of the cruel An Lushan.
As the Tang Dynasty starts to crumble, Li E, a shady assassin trained by the Hidden Ones in the far West, teams...
Author
Series
Assassin's Creed Dynasty volume 4
Publisher
TOKYOPOP Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First TokyoPop Printing ;
Physical Desc
194 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the 14th year of the Tianbao Era (CE 755)... An Lushan, a military governor with ties to the Order of the Ancients, leads his elite corps to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and the ill-prepared Tang empire falters under the threat. The two capitals Luoyang and Chang'an fall and China falls under the oppression of the cruel An Lushan.
As the Tang Dynasty starts to crumble, Li E, a shady assassin trained by the Hidden Ones in the far West, teams...
Author
Series
A Jack Ryan novel volume 23
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xi, 449 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"For a century, the Panama Canal has served as the path between the seas. Control of this vital waterway is the difference between free trade and chaos in world markets. So when Panamanian President Rafael Botero asks for a show of support against the socialist opposition, his old friend President Jack Ryan can't turn down an invitation to visit the country, but what seems like an ordinary opportunity to preach the values of democracy quickly turns...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
460 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
London, 1593. Sixteen-year-old Will Hughes is busy working on Shakespeare's stage, stuffing his corsets with straw and pretending to be someone else. Offstage, he's playing a part too. The son of traitors, Will is desperate to keep his identity secret--or else risk being killed int the bloody queen's imperial schemes. All he wants is to lie low until he earns enough coin to return to his family.
But when his mentor, the famous playwright Christopher...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The story begins with a young orphan running for his life. Lucky for him he runs into Samir, a portly huckster whose silver tongue saves the boy. Samir names him Monkey, and claims him as his new servant. But Monkey, a strict and devout soul, is horrified to discover that his new master is a liar whose dealings have angered every village he's ever passed through.
The villagers have hired a collection of murderers, including a Viking berserker, a...
Author
Series
Spy x Family volume Vol. 7
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Shonen Jump edition.
Physical Desc
unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"As Donovan Desmond is about to share a rare family moment with his son Damian, Twilight cuts in to meet his target face-to-face for the first time. Can Twilight find some way to endear himself to the inscrutable Donovan?"--
Author
Series
Spy x Family volume Vol. 6
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Shonen Jump edition.
Physical Desc
unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twilight and Nightfall enter an underground tennis tournament, hoping for an opportunity to obtain an intelligence document that threatens to bring the world to the brink of war! But will their mission be compromised by Nightfall’s secret crush on Twilight?!"--
10) Chainsaw man: 7
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Shonen Jump manga edition.
Physical Desc
198 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Denji’s gotten too famous! After a news program broadcasts Chainsaw Man’s heroics, the whole world now wants in on the action! Can Denji’s new protection detail keep him safe from all the talented assassins that have assembled in Japan to take him down?!"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Assassin's Creed Dynasty volume 3
Publisher
TOKYOPOP Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First TokyoPop Printing ;
Physical Desc
174 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the 14th year of the Tianbao Era (CE 755)... An Lushan, a military governor with ties to the Order of the Ancients, leads his elite corps to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and the ill-prepared Tang empire falters under the threat. The two capitals Luoyang and Chang'an fall and China falls under the oppression of the cruel An Lushan.
As the Tang Dynasty starts to crumble, Li E, a shady assassin trained by the Hidden Ones in the far West, teams...
Author
Series
Assassin's Creed Dynasty volume 1
Publisher
TOKYOPOP Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First TokyoPop Printing ;
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the 14th year of the Tianbao Era (CE 755)... An Lushan, a military governor with ties to the Order of the Ancients, leads his elite corps to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and the ill-prepared Tang empire falters under the threat. The two capitals Luoyang and Chang'an fall and China falls under the oppression of the cruel An Lushan.
As the Tang Dynasty starts to crumble, Li E, a shady assassin trained by the Hidden Ones in the far West, teams...
Author
Series
Assassin's Creed Dynasty volume 2
Publisher
TOKYOPOP Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First TokyoPop Printing ;
Physical Desc
201 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the 14th year of the Tianbao Era (CE 755)... An Lushan, a military governor with ties to the Order of the Ancients, leads his elite corps to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and the ill-prepared Tang empire falters under the threat. The two capitals Luoyang and Chang'an fall and China falls under the oppression of the cruel An Lushan.
As the Tang Dynasty starts to crumble, Li E, a shady assassin trained by the Hidden Ones in the far West, teams...
14) A Drop of Venom
Author
Publisher
Hyperion, an imprint of Buena Vista Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition ;
Physical Desc
393 pages : 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Manisha is no stranger to monsters--she's been running from them for years, from beasts who roam the jungle to the King's army, who forced her people, the naga, to scatter to the ends of the earth. You might think that the kingdom's famed holy temples atop the floating mountains, where Manisha is now a priestess, would be safe--but you would be wrong.
Seventeen-year-old Pratyush is a famed slayer of monsters, one of the King's most...
Author
Series
Spy x Family volume Vol. 11
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Shonen Jump edition.
Physical Desc
201 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate assignment--to get married and have a kid--he may finally be in over his head!
Threatened by Yor's relationship with Melinda Desmond, Anya gets serious about her own friendship scheme. On the way to a museum field trip, however, she and her class become the target of activists looking to free...
Author
Series
Spy x Family volume Vol. 9
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Shonen Jump edition.
Physical Desc
201 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate assignment--to get married and have a kid--he may finally be in over his head!
Yor's on assignment and finds herself up against a gang of assassins on board a luxury cruiser. Meanwhile, Loud and Anya each discover that bombs have been planted throughout the ship! Will their best efforts be...
Author
Series
Spy x Family volume Vol. 10
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Shonen Jump edition.
Physical Desc
201 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate assignment--to get married and have a kid--he may finally be in over his head!
As a child ----- lived an unremarkable life with his parents, playing war games with his friends and quarreling with his father. It never occurred to young ----- that the life he'd taken for granted might one day...
Author
Series
Spy x Family volume Vol. 1
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Shonen Jump edition.
Physical Desc
139 pages, 68 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn't know is that the wife he's chosen is an assassin and the child he's adopted is a telepath"--