May 15, 2013
New Arrivals · Adventure Fiction
These titles were recently added to the collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
Three lives of Tomomi Ishikawa
May 13, 2013
Constable, Benjamin, 1968-
New York : Gallery Books, 2013.
320
Cinnamon and gunpowder
May 7, 2013
Brown, Eli, 1975-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
272
In 1819, kidnapped chef Owen Wedgwood transforms meager shipboard supplies into sumptuous meals at the behest of his kidnapper, pirate queen Mad Hannah Mabbot, while she pushes her exhausted crew to track down a deadly privateer.
Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour bookstore
May 1, 2013
Sloan, Robin, 1979-
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2012.
383 pages ; 23 cm
After a layoff during the Great Recession sidelines his tech career, Clay Jannon takes a job at the titular bookstore in San Francisco, and soon realizes that the establishment is a facade for a strange secret.
Red templar
April 24, 2013
Christopher, Paul, 1949-
New York : Signet, c2012.
389 p. ; 19 cm.
"A Signet book."
When he is approached by a man who knows the location of the legendary Aos, companion to his own prized Templar sword, retired Army Ranger and historian John Holliday embarks on a new adventure that takes him deep into the dark heart of Russia and face-to-face with an ancient Templar Order.
The Templar legion
April 24, 2013
Christopher, Paul, 1949-
New York : Signet, c2011.
386 p. ; 19 cm.
"A Signet book."
Retired Army Ranger Lt. Col. John Holliday is swept into an adventure as deadly as it is secretive when an archaeologist friend makes a bizarre find in Ethiopia. But when he follows a trail of clues through the chaotic and lawless horn of Africa, he finds himself hunted as he comes closer to a priceless treasure that can only be found by those who can solve a riddle from the past.
Headed for trouble
April 17, 2013
Brockmann, Suzanne.
New York : Ballantine Books, 2013.
xxvi, 338 p. ; 18 cm.
"A Troubleshooters/Navy SEAL Team 16 anthology"
This mass market original collection is filled with never-before-released short stories and novellas featuring the beloved characters from Suzanne Brockmann's wildly successful Troubleshooters series. Packed with pulse-pounding tales about everyone's favorite special ops team, this suspenseful collection is a must for fans of the New York Times bestselling series, and is also the perfect introduction for newcomers. Tough-as-nails Troubleshooters operative Sam Starrett learns the agony of loving someone in danger--and the hell of waiting on the home front--as his wife, Alyssa, hurtles into a foreign hotspot that's about to boil over. Navy SEAL Frank O'Leary's ill-fated holiday reunion with his older brother takes a turn for the better--when a chance encounter on a rainy New Orleans street gives Frank a reason to be thankful after all. In a maze of tunnels deep beneath a military base in Germany, Jules Cassidy, Alyssa Locke, and their comrades in arms match wits with terrorists on a mission with explosive consequences. Plus more never-before-released adventures featuring Jenk, Izzy, Gillman, Lopez, Kenny, Savannah, and other members of SEAL Team 16--along with Suzanne Brockmann's exclusive interviews with her beloved characters.
The barbed crown : an Ethan Gage adventure
April 10, 2013
Dietrich, William, 1951-
New York : Harper, c2013.
348 p. : map ; 24 cm.
To make Napoleon pay for kidnapping his son and nearly killing his wife, spy, adventurer and treasure hunter Ethan Gage, after his plot to sabotage Napoleon's coronation is foiled, flees to England where he and a group of brilliant renegades devise a daring plan as the French set sail for invasion.
Time to kill
April 10, 2013
Coughlin, Jack, 1966-
299 pages ; 25 cm.
When the Sphinx is blown up by terrorists who also launch attacks on an Iranian soccer team and a vessel in the Red Sea, Kyle Swanson and his Trident team uncover an extremist plot to provoke war between Egypt and Iran to upset the balance of international power.
Promise of blood
March 27, 2013
McClellan, Brian, 1986-
New York : Orbit, 2013.
548 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
"Field Marshal Tamas' coup against his king sent corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brought bread to the starving. But it also provoked war with the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics, and greedy scrambling for money and power by Tamas's supposed allies: the Church, workers unions, and mercenary forces. Stretched to his limit, Tamas is relying heavily on his few remaining powder mages, including the embittered Taniel, a brilliant marksman who also happens to be his estranged son, and Adamat, a retired police inspector whose loyalty is being tested by blackmail. Now, as attacks batter them from within and without, the credulous are whispering about omens of death and destruction. Just old peasant legends about the gods waking to walk the earth. No modern educated man believes that sort of thing. But they should.."-- Provided by publisher.
Blood makes noise
March 27, 2013
Widen, Gregory.
Las Vegas, NV : Thomas & Mercer, c2013.
406 p. : 1 port. ; 21 cm.
"Based on a little-known yet fascinating true story."--Cover, P.[4]
"On a summer's night in 1955, CIA agent Michael Suslov is summoned to a secret vault in the heart of Buenos Aires. His mission: transport the corpse of Eva Peron to a new hiding place in the wake of her husband's fall from power. But before Michael can comply, everything goes tragically, horribly wrong. Sixteen years later, Michael Suslov is a ghost of a man, an ex-government agent living off the radar-- and the only soul alive who knows where Evita is buried. When an old friend from Argentine Military Intelligence appeals to him for help bringing the body home, Michael agrees, hoping this final mission will quiet the demons from his past. But he's not the only one on a recovery mission: two rogue CIA agents are tracking him, desperate to unearth Evita before Michael does-- and to claim the secret millions they believe she took to her grave" -- p. [4] of cover.
The devil, with wings
March 20, 2013
Hubbard, L. Ron (La Fayette Ron), 1911-1986.
Hollywood, CA : Galaxy Press, c2013.
xi, 129 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
"Originally published in the November 1937 issue of Five-novels monthly"--P. [4] of cover.
He lies in wait: a man hunted by many, feared by all and controlled by none--if, indeed, he is a man at all. Meet the Devil with Wings. From Shanghai to Vladivostok, the mere sight of this black-garbed white creature has caused heart failure among the soldiers of the Rising Sun. Now the brooding specter who stalks the borders and skies of 1930s China has launched a personal invasion against the Japanese. Yet standing in his way is a beautiful and vengeful young woman who believes the Devil murdered her brother. Not only must this solitary avenger clear his name, he must get the woman out of the country alive, if only he can stop her from killing him first--Publisher's description.
Blood's pride
March 20, 2013
Manieri, Evie.
New York : Tor, 2013, c2012.
ix, 516 p. ; 25 cm.
Originally published: Great Britain : Jo Fletcher Books, 2012.
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Two decades after being forced into slavery by seafaring Norlander invaders, a small faction of Shadari rebels hires the infamous mercenary Mongrel to assist their uprising, unaware that her ties to the region render her a volatile ally with an agenda of her own.
Secrets from the past
February 21, 2013
Bradford, Barbara Taylor, 1933-
479 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
The Mongol objective
February 21, 2013
Sakmyster, David.
[United States] : Variance LLC, c2011.
311 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
"After a mystical Egyptian artifact is stolen by a renegade member of the Morpheus Initiative, Caleb Crow and his team of psychics must use all their abilities to prevent the release of its catastrophic power. But first, they must survive the defenses of a subterranean mausoleum belonging to the world's greatest conqueror, Genghis Kahn"--P. [4] of cover.
The Pharos objective
February 21, 2013
Sakmyster, David.
[Cabot, Ark.] : Deviation Books, c2010.
461 p. ; 18 cm.
"Driven by visions of his dead father, Professor Caleb Crowe reluctantly joins the Morpheus Initiative, a team of remote-viewing archaeologists determined to locate the remains of the seventh Wonder of the Ancient World--the Pharos Lighthouse--beneath which the legendary treasure of Alexander the Great is rumored to be hidden. Crowe's quest spans two thousand years of visionary history that connects the ashes of Herculaneum and the lost Library of Alexandria with a secret government program and ancient society called The Keepers. To discover a threshold guarded by deadly traps and forgotten prophecies is one thing, but facing the truth about himself is something else altogether" --Cover, p. 4.
The Cydonia objective
February 21, 2013
Sakmyster, David.
[United States] : Hive Collective, c2012.
325 p. ; 23 cm.
"In this pulse-pounding, mind-expanding conclusion to the Morpheus Initiative trilogy, psychic Caleb Crowe must locate the ancient Spear of Destiny, the one item with sufficient power to destroy the Emerald Tablet, before those who stole it can unlock its power and use it to eradicate all life on the planet"--P. [4] of cover.
Trinity rising
February 1, 2013
Cooper, Elspeth.
488 pages ; 25 cm.
"A Tom Doherty Associates Book."
The Office of Mercy
February 1, 2013
Djanikian, Ariel.
New York : Viking, 2013.
304 p. ; 24 cm.
Living in an underground, utopian settlement in a post-apocalyptic world, Natasha Wiley is hired to join a special team to venture Outside for the first time and finds her allegiances to tested in the face of shattering truths.
Stravaganza : city of swords
January 25, 2013
Hoffman, Mary, 1945-
New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.
356 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Sequel to: Stravaganza, city of ships.
Map on front lining page.
When desperately unhappy Laura, who secretly performs self-mutilation, finds her talisman and transports to Fortezza, a parallel world that resembles the Italian Renaissance city-state of Lucca, she faces battles on the field and of the heart.
Naming the bones
January 22, 2013
Welsh, Louise, 1965-
New York : Felony & Mayhem Press, 2011.
370 p. ; 20 cm.
"A Felony & Mayhem mystery."--T.p. verso.
SOME SECRETS ARE BEST LEFT BURIED - Knee-deep in the mud of an ancient burial ground, a winter storm raging around him, and at least one person intent on his death: how did Murray Watson end up here? His quiet life in university libraries researching the lives of writers seems a world away, and yet it is because of the mysterious writer, Archie Lunan, dead for thirty years, that Murray now finds himself scrabbling in the dirt on the remote island of Lismore. Loaded with Welsh's trademark wit, insight and gothic charisma, this adventure novel weaves the lives of Murray and Archie together in a tale of literature, obsession and dark magic.
A sentimental traitor
January 9, 2013
Dobbs, Michael, 1948-
London ; New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
393 p. ; 20 cm.
"The new Harry Jones thriller"--Cover.
A missile tears a passenger plane from the skies over London. Everyone on board is killed, including thirty-seven exceptional children. Who could have killed them, and why?
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