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81) The big dark sky
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Drawn to a Montana homestead and to a strange childhood companion she'd long forgotten, Joanna Chase and others converge on this remote ranch where a madman lurks with a vision to save the future through murder, forcing them all to come together to save themselves--and humanity." --
Author
Series
Black Stiletto ; 2
Publisher
Oceanview Pub
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Martin Talbot is stunned when he discovers several hidden volumes of his elderly mother's diaries which tell of her adventures as the Black Stiletto, an underground heroine who operated in the late 1950s in New York City, taking on communist spies, the Mafia, and common crooks, and he must find some way to keep her safe when an old enemy surfaces from the past.
Author
Series
Beyonders ; 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Jason Walker is transported to a strange world called Lyrian, where he joins Rachel, who was also drawn there from our world, and a few rebels, to piece together the Word that can destroy the malicious wizard emperor, Surroth.
Author
Language
English
Description
George and Harold are usually responsible kids -- whenever anything bad happens, George and Harold are usually responsible! This time, their latest prank backfires, and they accidentally invent an army of terrifying talking toilets. Luckily, they know a superhero with enough snap in his waistband to save the day! This looks like another job for the amazing Captain Underpants!--
85) Spear
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A spellbinding and subversive queer recasting of Arthurian myth by the legendary author of Hild The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. She grows up in the wild, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake come to her on the spring breeze, and when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she knows that her future lies at his court. And so, brimming with magic and eager to test her strength, she...
89) The coward
Author
Series
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Ten years have passed, Kell lives a quiet farmer's life, while stories about his heroism are told in every tavern across the length and breadth of the land. But now a new terror has arisen in the north...For the second time, Kell is called upon to take up his famous sword, Slayer, and battle the forces of darkness. But he has a terrible secret that nobody knows. He's not a hero - he was just lucky"--
90) Atalanta
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the beloved, bestselling author of Elektra and Ariadne, a reimagining of the myth of Atalanta, a fierce huntress raised by bears and the only woman in the world's most famous band of heroes, the Argonauts. Princess, Warrior, Lover, Hero. When Princess Atalanta is born, a daughter rather than the son her parents hoped for, she is left on a mountainside to die. But even then, she is a survivor. Raised by a mother bear under the protective eye...
91) Enemy spy
Author
Series
Shredderman ; 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Nolan witnesses a serious crime, he realizes he may not be able to hide behind his Shredderman identity this time.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Marcella Riggins needs no one. Flush from her brush with death, she's finally gained the control she's always sought--and will use her new-found power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. She'll do whatever it takes, collecting her own sidekicks, and leveraging the two most infamous EOs, Victor Vale and Eli Ever, against each other. With Marcella's rise, new enmities create opportunity--and the stage of Merit City will once again be set for a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A primordial world with every species of dinosaur, large and small. And humans, who were brought to this world on the whim of the gods. Knights ride into battle on Triceratops; their heroes lead them on T-Rexes. Karyl Bogomirskiy is one such hero. Once, he held power. Betrayed by those closest to him, he was resurrected by the Fae, magical beings native to the world, who seek to use him in their eternal battle against alien gods. Karyl just wants...
94) Michel Strogoff
Author
Publisher
Hachette
Pub. Date
[1947]
Language
Français
Description
The Czar must get a message from Moscow to his brother the Arch Duke who is currently on the other side of Russia in the city of Irkutsk. He calls upon his best courier, Captain Michel Strogoff, to secretly get the message across the Siberian frontier, which is currently being invaded by the Tartars, led by the Emir of Bokhara. The Czar warns Michael about the treachery of a Russian traitor named Ivan Ogareff, who is assisting with the invasion. During...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Nationally bestselling author of Daughters of Sparta Claire Heywood returns with an imaginative and female-centered reinterpretation of the myth of the great hero Perseus, told through the voices of three women who are sidelined in the traditional version - his mother Danae, his trophy Medusa, and his wife Andromeda - but whose viewpoints reveal a man who is not, in fact, a hero at all"--
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Wally West, a.k.a. the Flash, is just settling into the anonymity of his new secret identity when he discovers a letter from his predecessor, Barry Allen, that reveals a dark decision that haunted his life. Plus, Wally, with some support from Nightwing, tangles with Gorilla Grodd.
Series
Batman ; 2
Publisher
DC Comics
Language
English
Description
Collects twelve Batman stories that have defined the Batman legend for over seventy years.