hostages

"Cosmoe's been taken hostage by space pirate Rani, the same pirate who seized him years earlier, beginning his life in space. As memories of Cosmoe's and Humphree's first days of the Neon Weiner unfold, the danger right now is big-time bad... Just when Cosmoe was getting the hang of this hero thing, he loses the one part of him he can't imagine succeeding without"--Provided by publisher.

"Greta was her country's crown princess, and also its hostage, destined to be the first casualty in an inevitable war. But when the war came, it broke all the rules, and Greta forged a different past. She is no longer princess. No longer hostage. No longer human. Greta Stuart has become an AI."--Provided by publisher.

"It's a new day in the Empire. With Tyrus on the throne and Nemesis at his side, they can find a new way forward--one without hiding or scheming or bloodshed. They can form a galaxy where science and information is shared with everyone and not just the elite. But having power isn't the same as keeping it, and change isn't always welcome. There are those who have no intention of letting this teenage Emperor and Nemesis, who's considered a mere killing machine, rule without a fight. In order to protect Tyrus, Nemesis must prove her humanity to the Empire. But if this means she and Tyrus must do inhuman things, is the fight worth the cost of winning?"--Dust jacket flap.

"In the middle of the night in 1997, Doctors Without Borders administrator Christophe Andr?e was kidnapped by armed men and taken away to an unknown destination in the Caucasus region. For three months, Andr?e was kept handcuffed in solitary confinement, with little to survive on and almost no contact with the outside world. Close to twenty years later, award-winning cartoonist Guy Delisle ... recounts Andr?e's harrowing experience in Hostage, a book that attests to the power of one man's determination in the face of a hopeless situation."--Provided by publisher.

"Shy, introverted Phaet Theta has gone from being a top student to an interplanetary fugitive to the reluctant but fierce leader of a revolution. With the Earthbound on their side, she and her friends finally have a chance at toppling the evil leaders who've held the Moon captive for decades. But as the death tolls rise, the cost of the war weighs heavily on Phaet, even as she's forced to lead her siblings and Wes, the love of her life, into terrible danger. Phaet started this war because she lost someone she loved. Will she have to lose another to end it?"--Provided by publisher.

This is a fictionalized story based on the amazing real life experiences of Miriam Moss, a fifteen year old English school girl who was held hostage on a plane hijacked by the Palestinian Liberation Front in 1970.

Charlotte survived four long years as a prisoner in the attic of her kidnapper, but when she escapes, she is haunted by the girl who is still being held captive, but nobody believes really exists.

Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager and the galaxy's most deadly weapon, who masquerades as Sidonia, a senator's daughter, and becomes a hostage of the galactic court.

When seventeen-year-old Charlotte Lang's father is taken hostage while reporting on the aftermath of an earthquake in Ukraine, Charlotte, a photographer most comfortable observing life, and her mother, a reserved Russian immigrant who expresses caring through pastries, must repair their strained relationship and find a way to rescue Charlotte's dad.

For his new assignment Connor's been posted to a luxury yacht. His mission: to protect the twin daughters of an Australian media-mogul. It's a watertight operation, more a vacation than a dangerous duty--until the unthinkable happens. Far out at sea, heavily-armed pirates hired by enemies of the twins' father launch a high-powered attack against the yacht in an act fueled by greed and a desire for vengeance. It's up to Connor to push back the pirates and stop them from reaping destruction.