Catalog Search Results
1) Alive
Author
Series
Generations trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Waking up in a mysterious enclosed space with no memory of their identities, a group of teenagers uncover evidence of a long-past war and the horrifying realities of their confinement.
Author
Series
A court of thorns and roses volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from stories, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. As her feelings toward him transform from hostility to a firey passion, the threats against the faerie lands grow. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose Tamlin forever"--
4) Above
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Abducted and locked in an abandoned missile silo by a mad survivalist, a Kansas teen endures loneliness and despair while struggling to raise a baby in isolation before escaping into a world more changed than she anticipated.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Sayers Wayte has everything: popularity, good looks, perfect grades--there's nothing Sayers' family money can't buy. Until he's kidnapped by a man who tells him the privileged life he's been living is based on a lie. Trapped in a windowless room, without knowing why he's been taken or how long the man plans to keep him shut away, Sayers faces a terrifying new reality. To survive, he must forget the world he once knew, and play the...
6) Alight
Author
Series
Generations trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 424 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In Alive, Scott Sigler introduced readers to an unforgettable young heroine and a mysterious new world reminiscent of those of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Red Rising. Now he expands his singular vision in the next thrilling novel of this powerful sci-fi adventure series"--
7) Alone
Author
Series
Generations trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 539 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The third and final installment in the dystopian adventure trilogy featuring a compelling young female heroine. ... At last, our heroes get to the bottom of the confounding mystery of their own existence. At the same time, they must contend with the fact that if they can't defend the planet [that] their bodies were engineered to inhabit, they'll be forced to flee -- in hopes that some corner of the far-flung universe will prove hospitable." --
8) Without you
Author
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 383 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"When 17-year-old Eva goes missing at sea, everyone presumes that she drowned. Her parents' relationship is falling apart, undermined by guilt and grief. But her younger sister, Faith, refuses to consider a life without Eva; she's determined to find her sister and bring her home alive. Close to the shore looms the shape of an island -- out of bounds, mysterious, and dotted with windowless concrete huts. What nobody knows is that inside one of the...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Unflinching and plainspoken, Tessa Swan is not your typical 18th-century woman. Born and bred on the western Virginia frontier along with her five brothers, she is a force to be reckoned with. Quiet and courageous, Clay Tygart is not your typical 18th-century man. Raised by Lenape Indians, he returns a hero from the French and Indian War to the fort that bears his name, bringing with him Tessa's long-lost friend, Keturah, a redeemed Indian captive...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First North American Edition.
Physical Desc
297 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
It's July 1940, and eleven-year-old Lydia has just run away from life as a child evacuee in Wales. She arrives in her English village, gas mask in tow, only to find it abandoned. Her family's house is shuttered and empty, the windows covered by black-out blinds--but Lydia settles in, determined to wait there until they return. Late that night he comes: a wounded soldier, gun in hand, heralding a full-blown German invasion. There are, the man explains,...
Author
Publisher
Daw Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
387 pages : illustrations , maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sergeant Corrie Welling--the young constabulary officer from Maradaine--has been abducted and confined on a ship bound for distant shores, where her captors have nefarious plans for her. With fortune and ingenuity, Corrie escapes, but finds herself stuck in a sprawling metropolis on the other side of the world: The Mocassa. The Mocassa is a test unlike anything Corrie has ever faced. She doesn't speak the language, doesn't know the culture, and is...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A man flying first class discovers a puma in the lavatory. A new coach of a small-town Oklahoma high school football team installs an offense comprised of only one, very special, play. A man explains to the police why he told the employee of his local bodega that his colleague looked like the lead singer of Depeche Mode, a statement that may or may not have led in some way to a violent crime. A college professor discusses with his friend his difficulties...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic edition.
Physical Desc
439 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On a deserted road in Calabria, Greek aid worker Anastasia Cristakos is driving alone to visit one of the new refugee centers funded by billionaire Denis Hisami, whom she has recently married. She slows down to greet two African migrants she recognizes. Too late she realizes they are not her friends. This is an ambush. She manages a desperate phone call to Hisami before her Mafia kidnappers silence her with a powerful drug. Hours later she wakes...
Author
Language
English
Description
Six months on a whaler with a cruel captain and no land in sight is too much for Tom. When the vessel cruises into the primitive Marquesas, he and his friend jump ship. They plan to hide out with a peaceful tribe, but instead, they stumble into the encampment of the man-eating Typees. The fierce savages treat them with
Interlibrary loan through ILLiad
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Knox County Public Library can be requested from other libraries to be delivered to your pickup location.
Suggest a purchase
If it is too new for interlibrary loan (6 months), you can place a suggestion with us. Suggest a Purchase