adventure fiction

A girl who has been held in an experimental medical facility to remove the memories that gave her post-traumatic stress disorder begins to recover her memory after fleeing mercenaries sent to eliminate her.

After years of brutal training for what she thinks is the noble purpose of becoming a Seeker, Quin Kincaid, fifteen, learns that she will be using the ancient artifacts and sacred knowledge as an assassin.

L?zaro, a Salamanca town crier, relates the story of his struggle out of poverty, beginning with his widowed mother who apprenticed him to a cunning, blind beggar, and leading to his efforts at outwitting a variety of disreputable masters before getting married to the mistress of a local churchman. Contains audio CD.

"Luka Kane has spent 736 days wrongfully imprisoned inside the Loop awaiting his execution. Each day is the same. Each day is torturous. But things are starting to change. Whispers of war are circulating. Strange things are happening to the prisoners. And the warden delivers a message: Luka, you have to get out... Now Luka must decide whether breaking out of the Loop is his only way to survive, especially if there's any chance of saving the ones he loves. But the population on the outside may be far more terrifying than anything he could have imaged. And in order to save his family, he'll have to discover who is responsible for the chaos that has been inflicted upon the world"--Dust jacket.

"Gratuity Tucci and her alien friend, J.Lo, journey to New Boovworld, one of Saturn's moons, to clear J.Lo's name after a string of misunderstandings"--Provided by publisher.

Fourteen-year-old acrobat, Dessa Redd and the circus strongman, Fisk, are recruited by Topper, the circus juggler, for the job of robbing the royal treasury of Kingsbridge, which sets off a series of adventures around the world in order to find Dessa's twin brother, who was kidnapped when they were young.

Contains two episodes in which Dora and her friends set out to rescue Map after a bird flies off with him, and Map becomes a superhero.

Iron Man must gather a new team of Avengers to save his friends, Captain America, Thor and Hulk from the evil robot, Ultron. He meets Black Widow, Hawkeye, Scarlett Witch, Quicksilver, Falcon and Vision. This new band of heroes must defeat Ultron.

On Halloween night, the Gotham City Police Department hosts a haunted house to raise money. As guests arrive to "face their greatest fear, " Commissioner Gordon notices a menacing face in the crowd. It's the dark criminal Scarecrow. He has arrived to unleash his fear toxin and turn this spooky evening into a night of terror.

While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.