survival

"An apostle of the false god Ehit descends upon the Liberators, prepared to inflict death and destruction without mercy. The Liberators came to the desert to recruit Naiz, the wielder of ancient spacial magics, but his refusal leaves them alone against an overwhelming foe. Do Oscar and Miledi have what it takes to survive the ruthless onslaught of a divine emissary?"--Amazon.

"Spurred on by the dark secrets of her past, the bubbly Miledi Reisen invited Oscar Orcus to join her quest to upend the order of the entire world. Hoping to protect his beloved family, Oscar refused -- but when dark forces answering to the Holy Church threaten the livelihood of his younger siblings, his decision quickly changes. Confronted with the atrocities of the Holy Knights, it's time for Oscar to reveal his true power! Spellfire and brimstone erupt as zealots battle heretics. The strongest synergist emerges from obscurity!"--Back cover.

"Long before any child of Earth came to the world of Tortus, the Liberators fought their own war: a struggle against the gods themselves. Oscar Orcus was never the type to seek out that kind of conflict. He lives a simple life as a magical craftsman. But when the powerful magician Miledi Reisen barges into his life, he's swept up into the tides of history. When the two of them meet, sparks fly that will set the whole world ablaze!"--Back cover.

When Brian Robeson goes to visit his dad in Canada, the last thing he expects is that his plane will crash and he'll be stranded in the wilderness. In this nonfiction companion to the popular novel, you'll learn about the author's harrowing real-life experiences that are the basis of the novel.

When a wildfire in the Idaho wilderness threatens their fishing trip, two feuding friend groups must put aside their differences and work together to get to safety.

"Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families' camp in a boat accident, Nate is still haunted by nightmares. He'd been planning to make the treacherous trek to the remote campsite with a friend--his first time in winter without his survival-savvy father. But when his friend gets grounded, Nate secretly decides to brave the trip solo in a journey that's half pilgrimage, half desperate hope he will find his missing friend when no one else could. What he doesn't expect to find is the door to the cabin flung open and the camp occupied by strangers: three men he's horrified to realize have escaped from a maximum-security prison. Snowed in by a blizzard and with no cell signal, Nate is confronted with troubling memories of Dodge and a stunning family secret, and realizes that his survival now depends on his wits as much as his wilderness skills. As things spiral out of control, Nate finds himself dealing with questions even bigger than who gets to leave the camp alive"--Provided by publisher.

"A daring rescue . . . survival story for ages 10 to 14. . . . After a family trip turned disastrous when their truck broke down in the middle of an old logging road in Oregon, Francie is now back in British Columbia. People try to make things as 'normal' as possible for her, but they don't understand that trying to be normal in your old life that's exploded is the worst feeling in the world. Luckily for Francie, the wilderness is still soothing, and an opportunity to attend the Green Mountain Academy, a tiny boarding school perched on the side of a mountain, seems perfect. It's a new start, with new friends and a chance at a new family. But when a winter storm hits, knocking out all the power, news that a small plane has gone missing unsettles Francie. Knowing that the chance of survival in the middle of a wild nighttime snowstorm diminishes over time, Francie is compelled to leave the cozy school and set out into the icy cold, swirling snowstorm"--Provided by publisher.

On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers; small for his age Hideki does not really want to kill anyone, he just wants to find his family, and his struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will change his life forever.

After the sea levels rise and the world ends, Martha and other survivors are stuck on a giant killer jellyfish, drifting off shore--if boredom does not kill them, maybe their escape attempts will.

"When Allie Castillo wakes up after a terrible car accident, with head injuries and zero recollection of who she is or what happened...As Allie learns about her notorious past, she grows to dislike who she was pre-accident. She's determined to change, determined not to repeat the same mistakes. But when her life is put in jeopardy once more, Allie realizes that her only chance at survival is to remember who she used to be"--Provided by publisher.