adventure fiction

A surprise attack at sea sends Cucumber into the Ripple Kingdom, where a giant squid monster known as Splashmaster holds Almond and Sir Carrot captive. Cucumber will need the help of Princess Nautilus to save the day this time.

As one of the most feared students in Magisterium, Callum Hunt has been imprisoned and interrogated to reveal Constantine's plans and how Constantine lives on within him, information that Call doesn't know until he is broken out of prison.

Dessa, Topper and Fisk, still searching for Dessa's missing twin brother, find themselves in a mess after Dessa accidently rescues a prince.

While waiting for Dessa, Topper, and Fisk to emerge from a healing community where he is sure they have taken shelter, Captain Drake remembers his early days as a member of the King's Dragons and the web of intrigue that his younger, more idealistic, self was drawn into, and wonders if the key to catching the three thieves could lie in his own dark past.

A young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.

Over a century after the ash blood plague, Liliath, one of the greatest angel magic practitioners to have ever lived, awakens with the intention to summon her former lover Palleniel, the archangel of Ystara. And Liliath will do anything necessary to accomplish this task--even murder and seduce her way into the queen's court. She gathers four unique beings who will play an important role in the summoning, but the four resist Liliath's devious machinations.

Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his individualistic grandmother on an expedition to find the humanoid Beast in the Amazon, and experiences ancient wonders and a supernatural world as he tries to avert disaster for the Indians.

An adaptation of Jose Zorilla's nineteenth-century drama in which Seville awaits the results of a contest between Don Juan Tenorio and Don Luis de Mejia to determine who is the superior swordsman and seducer of women. Includes comprehension questions and an audio CD.

"Selina Kyle's coming-of-age-story as she claws her way to the top of Gotham City's criminal underbelly and becomes Catwoman"--Provided by publisher.

"Violet's in her element. Cosplay at the ready, she can't wait to feel part of her favorite fandom: The Gallows Dance,a mega book and movie franchise that she and her friends know EVERY WORD of (canon and fanfic included).But at Comic Con, a freak accident transports Violet and her friends into the story for real. And in just the first five minutes, theycause the death of the heroine, and get taken prisoner by the rebel group she was supposed to lead to victory. It's up to Violet to take her place, and play out the plot the way it was written. But stories have a life of their own, and when you change the script in one place, the rest gets revised too . . ."--Amazon.com.