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Series
Oregon files volume 7
Language
English
Description
Juan Cabrillo and the Oregon crew's search for missing NASA technology leads to a globe-trotting adventure in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.
On December 7, 1941, five brothers exploring a shaft on a small island off the coast of Washington state make an exciting discovery, only to be interrupted by news of Pearl Harbor. In the present, Cabrillo, chasing the remnants of a crashed satellite...
On December 7, 1941, five brothers exploring a shaft on a small island off the coast of Washington state make an exciting discovery, only to be interrupted by news of Pearl Harbor. In the present, Cabrillo, chasing the remnants of a crashed satellite...
2) Bloody rose
Author
Series
Band novels (Nicholas Eames) volume 2
Language
English
Description
A band of fabled mercenaries tour a wild fantasy landscape, battling monsters in arenas in front of thousands of adoring fans. But, a secret and dangerous gig ushers them to the frozen north, and the band is never one to waste a shot at glory.
Live fast, die young.
Tam Hashford is tired of working at her local pub, slinging drinks for world-famous mercenaries and listening to the bards sing of adventure and glory in the world beyond...
Live fast, die young.
Tam Hashford is tired of working at her local pub, slinging drinks for world-famous mercenaries and listening to the bards sing of adventure and glory in the world beyond...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A trio of mismatched mercenaries is hired by a young woman to evaluate the safety of a boy who may have been taken against his will to a New Mexico backwoods settlement, where the mercenaries encounter paranoia, mistrust, and insanity in the shadow of a monolithic idol.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The rascally Thomas of Hookton, aka Le Batard, and his band of not-so-merry mercenaries are bidden by the Earl of Northhampton to unearth the lost sword of Saint Peter in this recreation of the Battle of the Poitiers in 1356 wherein a severely outnumbered English army defeats the French and captures the Poitiers and French King John II.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four female mercenaries, known as the Boneless Mercies, are weary of roaming Vorseland. Ignored and forgotten until they are needed for mercy killings, they decide to seek glory by going after a legendary monster in this reimagining of Beowulf.
7) Wolfsbane
Author
Series
Sianim volume 2
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shapeshifting mercenary Aralorn leads a dangerous existence. Now she must return home, for her noble father, the Lyon of Lambshold, has passed away. But when Aralorn and her companion Wolf arrive, they find he's not dead but ensorcelled by the ae'Magi, who are using him as a conduit to destroy Aralorn and Wolf. She must overcome this mysterious mist or fall to the blackest of magic.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"They call him the Wolf. The mercenary's courage and prowess in battle are known throughout the Highlands, and with his handsome face and black-as-sin hair, he is as intelligent and deadly as the wolf he was named for ... But the Wolf is also Claray's betrothed. Thought to have been killed as a child, he's been in hiding all these years. Now he's determined to earn enough coin to rebuild his home, reclaim his birthright, and honor his marriage contract...
Author
Series
Hanger's horsemen volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ex-cavalry officer Matthew Hanger leads a band of mercenaries who defend the innocent, but when one of them nearly dies, they seek out help from Dr. Josephine Burkett. When Josephine's brother is abducted and she is caught in the crossfire, Matthew may have to sacrifice everything to save her"--
10) Fortune's pawn
Author
Series
Paradox volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When professional mercenary Deviana Morris took the security guard job aboard the Glorious Fool, all she wanted was a fast route into the Devastators -- the elite league of armored fighters entrusted with the most important duty on her home planet of Paradox. But this security job isn't just twelve-hour patrols, armor-polishing, and whiskey. The supposedly-cursed Captain Caldswell keeps sending Devi and her partner into unimaginably dangerous situations....
Author
Series
Band novels (Nicholas Eames) volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best -- the meanest, dirtiest, most feared crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk - or a combination of the three. Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help. His daughter Rose is trapped in a city besieged by an enemy one hundred thousand strong and hungry for blood. Rescuing Rose is the...
12) Condor's fury
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"On a NUMA training mission in the Caribbean, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala catch a distress call from a nearby freighter. Leaping into action, they locate a damaged vessel and a dead captain. While searching for clues, Kurt and Joe are ambushed by crew members who seem terrified and disoriented. The trawler they were hauling has vanished, taken--the men say--by baffling lights that circled the ship. Kurt and Joe deduce that the men are suffering from...
Author
Series
A Ben Blackshaw novel volume 1
Publisher
Telemachus Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
v, 337 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
16) Snakewood
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 413 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A band of mercenaries, who once, for the right price, decimated their enemies through cunning, alchemical brews and cold steel, find themselves being hunted down and eliminated one-by-one as their genius leader goes into hiding.
Author
Series
Clyde Barr novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Survivalist adventurer and soldier of fortune Clyde Barr, recently released from an unjust prison term, uses his lethal skills to rescue his abducted sister from a meth kingpin who would control the drug trade throughout the Western United States.
18) Sign Wave
Author
Series
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
253 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a calculating predator threatens his loved ones, mercenary soldier Dell attempts to track down a killer who possesses an uncanny talent for disguise.
19) Shadow war
Author
Series
Tom Locke novels volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Elite American mercenary Tom Locke navigates perilous obstacles and deadly enemies throughout a secret mission to save a businessman's family in Eastern Europe.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A Man at Arms is a Western set in Jerusalem and the Sinai desert in the first century AD, a few years after the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. The villains are the Romans. They're in pursuit of a courier bearing an incendiary letter from Paul the Apostle. For agents of Rome, this letter represents an existential threat that will propagate a new faith and a new form of resistance among those who suffer under the heel of the Roman Empire. The Romans...
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