Adventure / action fiction
Xlibris DoberMan and Friends
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£14.37
AuthorHouse Wildcatting
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£24.22
AuthorHouse Shee
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£20.42
AuthorHouse Alazon
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£26.59
iUniverse The Family
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£18.52
Hodder & Stoughton Hells Bells
Book SynopsisSamuel Johnson - with a little help from his dachshund Boswell and a very unlucky demon named Nurd - has sent the demons back to Hell. But the diabolical Mrs Abernathy is not one to take defeat lying down.When she reopens the portal and sucks Samuel and Boswell down into the underworld, she brings an ice-cream van full of dwarfs as well. And two policemen. Can this eccentric gang defeat the forces of Evil? And is there life after Hell for Nurd?Trade ReviewA demonic, darkly comic tale . . . satisfyingly peppered with science, history and amusing footnotes on everything from St Thomas Aquinas to quantum theory, and will go down well with readers of Eoin Colfer and Lemony Snicket. * Daily Telegraph *Brilliant. I loved every word of it. John has found a voice that compares favourably with Stephen King and Monty Python which is not an easy trick. -- Eoin ColferDestined to be another runaway success appealing to both young adults and their parents alike. * Sunday Independent *
£9.49
Pan Macmillan Dark State
Dark State is the second book in a thrilling series - set in the same world as Charles Stross' Merchant Princes series. This book follows Empire Games.The time for peace is ending . . . In the near future, one America is experiencing its first technological revolution - whilst in a parallel world, the United States is a hi-tech police state. But both timelines are poised for conflict. Miriam Burgeson’s America is heading for civil war. However, a high profile defection might avert this crisis, if only Miriam and her agents can arrange it in time. And Rita Douglas, rival US spy, arrives during this turmoil.Rita’s world is rocked when she realizes Miriam is her birth mother, changing her own mission irrevocably. Then her United States discovers yet another parallel earth, and the remains of an advanced society. Something destroyed that civilization, Rita’s people are about to rouse it - and two worlds will face
£12.34
Canongate Books The Doomsday Show
Book SynopsisIn this action-packed environmental thriller from the internationally bestselling author of Final Theory, a good-hearted climate activist must stop terrorists from assassinating the worst fossil-fuel tycoons.Five climate criminals. One assassination plot. One man caught in the middle.It''s Climate Emergency Week in New York City. Thousands of environmentalists are protesting against the ongoing destruction of the planet. Also here are the five fossil-fuel tycoons and reactionary politicians who were labeled ''The Worst Climate Criminals'' by Max Mirsky, former editor of the Journal of Climatology. When Number Five on the list mysteriously dies as Max confronts him, quickly followed by Number Four, Max becomes the FBI''s prime suspect. Things then go from bad to worse when his daughter is kidnapped. Max can''t sit back and wait for the FBI to solve the case. He must rescue his daughter and discover who the real assassins are
£999.99
AuthorHouse Pirates That Is Who We Be
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£10.31
AuthorHouse The Redemption of the Realms
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£12.88
Simon & Schuster The Big Scam
Book SynopsisInside a nondescript cinder-block building in Manhattan, beyond the misleading sign that reads Global Fish and the attractive plainclothes FBI employee at the reception desk, Special Agent Nick Vanko is running a surprisingly successful undercover operation. His bosses consider him a hard case and the members of his squad a bunch of self-destructive freaks with disciplinary problems. But despite the regular investigations by internal affairs, the squad is capable of doing real Bureau work. They''ve been chipping away at the Brooklyn mob, where their prime target, the don''s anointed capo, Mike Parisi, is in the middle of a bitter power struggle with underboss Danny DiMiglia. DiMiglia is ruthless and unimaginative, but Parisi is smarter, and when Manny, one of his crew, finds twenty grand and a page from a hand-drawn map in his father''s abandoned safe deposit box, Parisi realizes he''s got the means to bring DiMiglia down. But first they have to retrieve the other half of the map, and
£12.59
AuthorHouse We Cant Do That
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£12.88
AuthorHouse Quilt of Heroes
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£15.99
AuthorHouse I Sought Adventure But It Found Me
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£11.94
Abbott Press Wanderlust
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£16.14
FriesenPress Confessions Of A Golden Dragon
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£18.52
iUniverse Sleeping Gods
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£15.95
AuthorHouse Wizard King
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£12.19
Xlibris Blue Skies Green Hell
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£14.00
Xlibris Hodge Podge Adventure Stories and More
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£21.85
AuthorHouse Brothers In The Storm
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£11.61
AuthorHouse Different Strokes
Book SynopsisIn this third book and final one in a trilogy, the gods send different groups of emissaries down to earth to see what man was doing with himself. This ranged from colonization through watching gages and festivals to observing churches and schools amongst others. The idea was to see how man governed himself as well as others and how he had been living in a way that is not consistent with expectations, ethics and morality. In other words they had come to observe and report on the social aspects of human existence. The had observed many funny things that might make the reader laugh aloud!
£12.60
Headline Publishing Group The Royal Bodyguard
Book SynopsisLet Lindsay Emory whisk you away on another romantic, glamorous and royal adventure in The Royal Bodyguard!Filled with all the intrigue, romance and mystery that made readers fall in love with The Royal Runaway, this is perfect for fans of The Princess Diaries and The Royal We with a splash of James Bond and The Bourne Identity. Now optioned for film!When Princess Caroline of Drieden of the Royal House Laurent eloped with a race car driver, she forfeited her royal title and her family. Now a widow and exiled from Drieden, Caroline is working as a journalist, writing exposes under a pen name. When, one day, she catches sight of her sister Thea''s ex-fiancé, she''s stunned - Christian is supposed to be dead. Here could be the scoop of the century. But Caroline''s plans to uncover Christian''s deception are foiled by the arrival of Hugh Konnor - her
£9.49
Headline Publishing Group Lies Damned Lies and History
Book SynopsisThe seventh book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary''s series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won''t be able to resist Jodi Taylor.Rules are meant to be broken, aren''t they?''I''ve done some stupid things in my time. I''ve been reckless. I''ve broken a few rules. But never before have I ruined so many lives or left such a trail of destruction behind me.''Max has never been one for rules. They tend to happen to other people.But this time she''s gone too far. And everyone at St Mary''s is paying the price.With the History Department disintegrating around her and grounded until the end of time, how can she ever put things right? Readers love Jodi Taylor: ''Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista MadeTrade ReviewTakes readers on a carnival ride through laughter and tears with a bit of time travel thrown in for spice * Publishers Weekly Starred Review *A true page-turner * SF Revu *I've never seen time travel handled this way. I like it * Wethenerdy.com *[An] appealing cast of characters... [with] with plenty of humour, lots of action, and even a touch of romance * Library Journal *
£9.49
Read Books The Treasure of Tartary
£9.36
iUniverse The Village Squires Tales of Mayhem and Revenge
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£19.00
Amazon Publishing King of Thieves
Book SynopsisThe world of the bestselling Odyssey One series grows in this new stand-alone adventure, as Earth's survivors face devastating new challenges in the wake of an alien conflict. Battered and mourning tremendous losses, the once fractious peoples of enemy nations must work together to rebuild their shattered worldand prevent the possibility of their attackers' return. What they don't know is that a new, deadlier enemy unlike anything they've ever faced will usher in the dawn of another war. Captain Morgan Passer commands the Rogue Class destroyer Autolycus, charged with an interstellar recon mission to detect traces of the repelled enemy while gathering information for the fortification of Earth's defenses. What the expedition finds instead is a deeply disturbing mystery: a discovery that redefines everything they thought they knew about Earth's place in the galaxyand reveals deadly new horrors. Former enemies unite for their own survival, and Passer and his intrepid crew seek answers t
£8.54
Outskirts Press Salty Dog
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£11.35
Outskirts Press The Secret of the Bramble Bush House
Book SynopsisEdgemere pond was a wonderful place for meeting friends. Two young girls spend the summer in the country with their grandparents and explore the mysteries of the natural-and the supernatural-world. As they seek adventure through their imaginary games of childhood innocence, they encounter young visitors from another planet. Soon, the intergalactic children learn so much about their differences, but more importantly, they come to realize that children everywhere are much the same with wild imaginations, whimsy, and a love for family. Join them for the journey of a lifetime as these young people share the mystical and powerful secret of the Bramble Bush House. Their experiences will fill their summer with wonder, but most of all, the memories they create will last forever.
£8.95
Wildside Press Buccaneers Blade
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£8.99
Wildside Press The Pipes Are Calling
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£9.49
Archway Publishing Circus Girl
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£22.75
Archway Publishing West of Cayuga
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£23.70
Baen Books Tyger Burning
Book SynopsisMaung is used to being hunted. As the last "dream warrior," a Burmese military unit whose brains are more machine than grey matter, everyone wants him deadpunished for the multiple atrocities his unit committed during war.But when an alien race makes its presence known on Earth and threatens to annihilate mankind, it gives Maung a chance to escape. Maung abandons his family on Earth to hide in the farthest reaches of the Solar System. There he finds love, his fellow Burmese countrymen exiled to labor on a prison asteroid, and the horrors of a war long since finished.Maung also discovers a secret weapon system - one lost for almost a generation and which may help his people redeem themselves while at the same time saving the human race. War will come. But with Maung''s discoveries and 100 years to prepare, maybe the Earth can be ready...About T.C. McCarthy:"McCarthy perfectly catches the attitudes of veterans among themselves and toward civilianslaymen, betterwhen they get back to the World."David Drake''''Compelling . . . Recalling the work of Remarque, Willi Heinrich, and especially Michael Herr, McCarthy''s delirious narrative avoids cliche and raises intriguing questions about what it means to be human.''''Publishers Weekly(starred review) onGermline"It''s not just good . . .it''s the mil-sf book I wish I could send back in time to beat out Forever War for a Hugo. I never would have guessed McCarthy was an analyst . . . Iwas sure he''d been on the pointy end for a long time."Ernest Lilley, SF Revu''''The highly detailed, brutal depiction of futuristic warfare brilliantly complements the intimate narrative, which examines the insanity of war and those personally affected by it. Breathtaking and heartrending, this is the future of military science fiction.''''Publishers Weekly(starred review)"A well written novel that makes you consider the costs of war in very personal terms."SF Signal
£999.99
Baen Books River of Night
Book SynopsisTom Smith used to be somebody. Now he's just another refugee, fleeing the smoking ruinsof civilization. Well, maybe not just another refugee. Late of the Bank of the Americas where he used to be the global managing director for Security, Tom and his fellow survivors watched New York City burn. His plan to the save New York long enough to find a cure for the zombie virus hadn't survived the bloody scrimmage between angry cops, cunning gangsters, and rapacious City officials. Now only millions of infected humans, driven mad by the high infectious tailored rabies virus, inhabited the city. But Tom and some trusted allies were able to stay one step ahead and escaped offshore. Now they're holed up in a safe house in coastal Virginia and it's time to breakout. Between him and his objective, one of the bank's prepared evacuation camps in the Cumberland Valley, are hundreds of miles of clogged roads, burnt-out towns and howling mobs of infected humans who know only hunger. He must corral his motley team, complete with middle-schoolers, to navigate the treacherous landscape. And yet he feels his odds are good. But there's always someone smarter. And they like things just the way they are. Without a fat checkbook and the team of hired spec-ops mercenaries it used to bring, how will Tom Smith fend off entrepreneurial marauders, a brilliant sociopath or two and a kill-count hungry member of the E-4 mafia?And if he pulls it off, no one is sure how they will they re-start civilization. But Tom Smith has the spark of an idea. AboutBlack Tide Rising:. . . an entertaining batch of . . . action-packed tales. Certainly, fans of Ringo's particular brand of action-adventure will be pleased.Booklist"This anthology broadens Ringo'sBlack Tide world, serving up doses of humanity amid the ravenous afflicted. Comedy has a place in this harsh reality, and these stories stir adventure and emotion at a frantic clip throughout. Zombie fiction fans will be thrilled."Library JournalAbout the Black Tide Rising Series:Not only has Ringo found a mostly unexplored corner of the zombie landscape, he's using the zombie frame to tackle a broader theme: the collapse and rebirth of civilization. The zombie scenes are exciting, sure, but its the human story that keeps us involved. A fine series.BooklistAboutUnder a Graveyard Sky:Ringo combines humor and horror in this strong series debut, the thinking reader's zombie novel.Publishers WeeklyAbout John Ringo:[Ringo's work is] peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse.Library Journal. . . Explosive. . . . fans. . .will appreciate Ringo's lively narrative and flavorful characters.Publishers Weekly. . .practically impossible not to read in one sitting . . . exceedingly impressive . . . executed with skill, verve, and wit.BooklistCrackerjack storytelling.StarlogBLACK TIDE RISING SERIES:Under a Graveyard SkyTo Sail a Darkling SeaIslands of Rage and HopeStrands of SorrowBlack Tide RisingThe Valley of Shadows
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AuthorHouse Era uma vez no Mindelo
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£17.42
Bottom of the Hill Publishing The Best of Galaxy Volume Five
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£13.29
Word Alive Press The Loss
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£17.24
Liferich The Insurance Man
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£24.26
Trafford Publishing The Legend of Bucky the Beaver
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£14.20
Globe Pequot Press The Power and the Glory
Book SynopsisThe Power and the Glory is the third novel in the historical, nautical fiction series from William C. Hammond. It follows in the wake of A Matter of Honor and For Love of Country, and features the adventures of the seafaring Cutler family of Hingham, Massachusetts and an ever expanding cast of characters. Set during the Quasi-War against the French Republic during the late 1790''s, The Power and the Glory offers the reader a stirring and authentic look at the birth of the modern United States Navy during the Age of Fighting Sail. Whether confronting French pirates off the coast of Nantucket or heavily armed French frigates in the Caribbean, Capt. Thomas Truxtun, Capt. Silas Talbot, Lt. Richard Cutler and other early naval heroes --most real, some fictional -- personify the best of American honor and courage. Beyond electrifying sea battles and the challenge to French colonial rule in Haiti and in the French West Indies, The Power and the Glory provid
£11.99
Globe Pequot Press Boat Troop
Book SynopsisWithin two weeks of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, four men of Boat Troop, B Squadron, 22 SAS, are on the islands too. It is the mission of these four men to gather vital intelligence without being detected by Argentine patrols. The rest of B Squadron are tasked with a suicide mission—an attack on the Argentine airbase in the mainland. In charge is a man unafraid to risk the lives of his men in search of greater personal glory.
£14.24
Globe Pequot Press An Ill Wind
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£14.24
Globe Pequot Press The Last Roman Triumph
Book SynopsisSixth-century Byzantium: The Emperor Justinian is determined to reunite the whole of the Roman Empire and his best general, Flavius Belisarius, is poised to invade Italy. Flavius and his men march north unopposed until the local senators of Naples refuse to surrender and a bloody assault ensues. Rome, hearing of the fate of Naples, yields the city to Flavius, but before long the Goths arrive and stage a brutal attack which Flavius's army only just survives.Besieged and mired in a cesspit of corruption, Byzantium''s greatest general must navigate a world rife with deceit and brutality where only the most cutthroat survive.
£18.04
Simon & Schuster Star Trek Discovery Fear Itself
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£999.99
Xlibris The Magic Book of Answers
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£9.95
Amazon Publishing Gone to Sea in a Bucket
Book SynopsisLike all young men of a certain age, Harry Gilmour had his own notion of how a naval battle should be. This wasn’t it. Norway, 1940: Sub Lieutenant Harry Gilmour’s first encounter with battleship action is not the adventure he had hoped for. Faced with a thankless task and ill equipped to handle it, Gilmour’s inexperience leads to a damning allegation. His future hangs in the balance. But then Lieutenant Peter Dumaresq steps in to offer him a lifeline—an advanced navigation course that will take him aboard a crack submarine, HMS Pelorus, under the command of a Royal Navy hero. Faced with a possible court martial, Harry chooses life underwater. Once aboard, however, Harry is confronted for the first time by the full horror of submarine warfare. If he can just overcome his fears, it will be the making of him. Because survival itself is the challenge now. For Harry and the rest of the crew, the next depth charge could be the one that sinks them.
£8.54
Amazon Publishing Ask No Mercy
Book SynopsisGlobal intrigue, espionage, and mystery from a thrilling new international voice. Max Anger is a man on the edge. The former fighter in an elite band of special-ops soldiers in Sweden, Anger is haunted by battle scars, a childhood spent in the Stockholm archipelago, and his own mysterious family past. Now behind a desk at Vektor, a think tank conducting research on Russia, he’s met his match—and fallen in love—with fierce fellow operative Pashie Kovalenko. Like all of Vektor, she’s set her sights on the tenuous future of her country. When Pashie goes missing in Saint Petersburg, Anger rushes headlong into a volatile Russia, where a new president is about to be elected in the midst of a technological revolution. At the movement’s heart is a start-up Pashie had been investigating, one surrounded by rumors of organized crime and corruption. But the truth is more shocking than Anger could have ever expected. Now time is running out for Pashie. Racing through a storm of violence and deception, Anger gets ever closer to a sensational secret—and to the Russian madman with dreams of restoring one of the cruelest regimes in the history of the world.
£8.54
