Results for "Wallace" in Action & Adventure

"You'll fall deeply in love with this enchanting and cozy book, so much so that you’ll want to return to it every fall just to experience it again!"—New York Times bestselling author Breanne Randall An enchantingly warm and funny novel about family, love lost and found, discovering who you...

Wallace wasn’t sure why he’d answered Jonas’s call to discuss setting up a unit akin to Terk’s remarkable team. Perhaps it was curiosity or something more. But, as soon as he lands in England, he’s thrust into a crisis. One of the MI6 research applicants has vanished, and Jonas fears the worst. Then Wallace hears her name …

Nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award An investigator must solve a brutal murder on a claustrophobic space station in this tense science fiction thriller from the author of Salvation Day. Hester Marley used to have a plan for her life. But when a catastrophic attack left her injured, indebted...

Anne Wallace es la mejor pianista del mundo, pero también es una mujer excéntrica e impredecible. Famosa por su inteligencia sublime y por su gusto por lo ancestral, toca un piano especialmente fabricado para ella, con todas las teclas negras. A menudo lo hace bajo la lluvia, en esas tardes de tormenta que azotan los acantilados de la costa vasca que hay cerca de su casa.

Gerald Warbow wants nothing more than to enjoy, as his grey hairs grow, to enjoy his life as a landowner, father and grandfather but King Edward 1st needs his master archer and even though the Scots had been defeated at Dunbar, Warbow and his men go off to Flanders to fight the French. When Sir...

Join the Librarian as he does his best to make the post-apocalyptic world a better place by protecting the weak, fighting injustice, squaring off against a group of former renaissance fair workers who have established a kingdom in the Rocky Mountains, and so on. Can one man make a difference in the face of such murderous cannibals and super smart bears? Probably not.

As Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union reach their zenith, a chilling discovery within the US Navy sends shockwaves through the corridors of power. A mole, deeply embedded within the ranks, threatens not just the delicate balance of global power, but the very fabric of world peace. Tasked with the critical mission of drawing out the traitor, two submarines embark on a journey of tactical warcraft. 

Desperate for a break after losing his job, Cash and his materialistic girlfriend, Lin, escape to a cabin in the misty Pacific Northwest. But when Lin’s jewelry goes missing, they awaken the wrath of an ancient, greedy Goblin. Now, Cash and his friends must capture the creature and baptize it in holy water before the curse devours them all.

Oberst Morris Black hat nicht den besten Ruf in der Finanzwelt. Black ist das, was man heute eine "Heuschrecke" nennen würde. Er kauft Unternehmen preiswert auf und verkauft sie gewinnbringend weiter. Allerdings kommen immer wieder dabei, zufällig, wie es zunächst den Anschein hat, seine Geschäftspartner ums Leben, sobald sie hinter seine Machenschaften kommen und sich ihm in den Weg stellen.  Ganz gleich, ob es sich um Entführer, Erpresser, Mörder, korrupte Politiker, Ärzte oder Geschäftsleute handelt.

Junge Mädchen verschwinden aus Londons Heimen und tauchen später bei stadtbekannten Kriminellen auf. Pommeroy und seine Verlobte Gloria gehen diesen mysteriösen Vorfällen nach und kommen einem Geheimbund auf die Spur.

Raised from birth to be a force for justice, Damian Stockwell has spent his entire life honing his body, mind, and fists to combat the evils of the world. He travels the globe on a quest to confront those evils and punch them in the face. At his disposal are a vast fortune, an endless array of gadgets and an army of friends including Bertrand, his loyal and lethal valet.

A DEA agent investigating the Asian drug trade stumbles upon a deadly plot. A Navy SEAL team is tasked with finding stolen Russian nuclear weapons in east Asia. And a young Naval Academy midshipman becomes trapped aboard a hijacked submarine. Together, this unlikely American team must battle radical terrorists and criminal drug syndicates in the deadliest waters on Earth.

In the not-so-distant future, resources are scarce and land is disappearing. This global crisis has created the largest population migration in history as desperate people look for new homes. Meanwhile, powerful governments close their gates, hiring a ruthless organization called HighTower to lock down the borders.

Lieutenant Dan Welko of Seattle PD is a no-nonsense, highly respected detective. He brings his own kind of justice to his city and it works well. He has the drug gangs and organized crime following his rules, if they want to do business. Till a new team of serial killers come to town testing Dan and his resources. One an apprentice, the other the mentor who believes they are the next Ripper. With his two oldest friends at his side he must survive attacks at every turn all while having the woman of his dreams tear all his walls down.

John Carter had Barsoom. Antarius Thurgood got Altair. Stranded on an uncivilized world, Captain Thurgood finds himself alone against an entire planet filled with savage beasts and deadly denizens. To top it all off, the Hama are coming for him. Now, he must find a way to unite a people, conquer...

Lincoln Caster owes everything he has to the Trash Planet recycling plant that hired him, allowing him to lead an uneventful life for a change. When he’s asked to plan a heist from a less than savory rival factory, he wonders if his checkered past is the only reason he got the job. That is, until he realizes the priceless item he’s been asked to steal will save a top-secret generation ship full of cryopreserved humans…and freakishly intelligent cats.

The Book of All Power by Edgar Wallace is set in London at the beginning, and then the action moves to Russia. The story covers the period from 1910 to 1919 during which the Russian Revolution takes place and this results in drastic changes to Russian society. This book could be described as a romantic adventure story and the main characters are a weird assortment - Malcolm Hay, a young Englishman, a beautiful Grand Duchess of the Russian Aristocracy, a Russian general, a Jewish bookbinder, and an American sharp shooter.

What would you do if other realities existed, and one just tore into your realm to steal the most precious resource we have, us? When Dan Welko's wife disappears, he does what he's been trained to do. He links up with friends and fights a guerrilla war against the albino invaders. A long the way he befriends one of the invaders, an abhorrent, and trusts him to find and save his wife.

With Dan’s daughter Amira to keep him planted firmly in the light, and his best friends by his side, he makes alliances with former foes from Russia and China. Dan, Nikolai, and Zhao design plans to go after and stop Ridder once and for all. Brian has been promoted to general of Special Operations and sends his troops across the USA with new Russian and Chinese warriors embedded with Aces and the other teams.

Dance teacher Wil Tango, adopted by a cat who needs to make use of his opposable thumbs, knows all too well the primary rule of their arrangement: never reveal the cat is a genius. Their clever scheme to win all the jackpots on Gizem Station works until a bigwig gets suspicious, and he finds himself stuffed in a stasis box and shipped to Garbage Planet. At least he’s got the cat for company.