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Author
Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 11
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES • The inspiration for season two of the hit streaming series Reacher!
“Electrifying . . . this series [is] utterly addictive.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
From a helicopter high above the California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night. On the streets of Portland, Jack Reacher is pulled out of his...
“Electrifying . . . this series [is] utterly addictive.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
From a helicopter high above the California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night. On the streets of Portland, Jack Reacher is pulled out of his...
Author
Series
Dark star trilogy (Marlon James) volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: 'He has a nose,' people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard. As Tracker follows...
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 10
Language
English
Description
Jack Reacher comes to the aid of Edward Lane, the head of an illegal soldiers-for-hire operation, who enlists Reacher's assistance to find and stop a kidnapper who has abducted Lane's wife and child.
4) Snakewood
Author
Language
English
Description
A band of mercenaries, who once, for the right price, decimated their enemies through cunning, alchemical brews and cold steel, find themselves being hunted down and eliminated one-by-one as their genius leader goes into hiding.
Author
Series
KGI novels volume 10
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Guy Hancock, who has been both an opponent and ally to the KGI team, finds his commitment to his mission challenged by the only woman who has managed to touch his heart -- the female prisoner he has been hired to guard.
6) Storm born
Author
Series
Dark swan volume 1
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Eugenie Markham, a powerful shaman and mercenary, is hired to find a teenager taken to the Otherworld, she uncovers dark secrets about her past that could destroy the world.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 60
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero as he attempts to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm where he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist.
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Formats
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the mate of the Beast Lord, Curran, former mercenary Kate Daniels has more responsibilities than it seems possible to juggle. Not only is she still struggling to keep her investigative business afloat, she must now deal with the affairs of the pack, including preparing her people for attack from Roland, a cruel ancient being with god-like powers. Since Kate's connection to Roland has come out into the open, no one is safe -- especially those closest...
10) Skeleton Coast
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
11) Dark watch
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
To pull off their latest mission, Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must survive a devastating new weapon unleashed in thirteenth-century China ... a daring rescue in the snowbound mountains along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border ... a woman gone missing in the jungles of northern Thailand and Myanmar ... for Cabrillo and company, all of these events will come together -- leading to the greatest threat against US security that the country has ever...
Author
Series
Dez Limerick novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
In this sequel to the highly praised The Gatekeeper, Dez Limerick, one of the best new thriller heroes returns.
Author
Series
Aftershock novels (Andrew H. Vachss) volume 3
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When a calculating predator threatens his loved ones, mercenary soldier Dell attempts to track down a killer who possesses an uncanny talent for disguise.
16) Highland wolf
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In all her daydreams about her wedding day, Lady Claray MacFarlane never once imagined being dragged to the altar by her greedy uncle and forced to marry a man she didn't know. But that's what happened, or would have, had a Highland warrior not snatched her up at the last minute and ridden off with her in his arms... They call him the Wolf. The mercenary's courage and prowess in battle are known throughout the Highlands, and with his handsome face...
Author
Series
Aftershock novels (Andrew H. Vachss) volume 1
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Retiring to a seacoast village after a life in various war zones, French Foreign Legion-trained mercenary Dell and military nurse Dolly foster local teens before the shooting of a popular boy reveals a brutal rite of passage imposed on vulnerable girls.
18) The free
Author
Publisher
Orbit Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
After overthrowing the oppressive monarchy in the Hommetic Kingdom, a mercenary, Yulan, takes on one last contract before setting down his weapons forever.
19) The silent sea
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 7
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Cabrillo, chasing the remnants of a crashed satellite in the Argentine jungle, stumbles upon a shocking revelation that leads him in search of an ancient Chinese expedition--and a curse that seems to have survived for more than five hundred years.
Author
Series
Dragonback volume 2
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Jack, who is the human host in a symbiotic relationship with a dragon warrior named Draycos, joins a mercenary outfit to uncover those behind a vast conspiracy to wipe out Draycos's race.
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