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Corsair

Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul · 437 pages

For five novels, Clive Cussler has brought readers into the world of the Oregon, a seemingly dilapidated ship packed with sophisticated equipment, and captained by the rakish, one-legged Juan Cabrillo. And now the Oregon and its crew face their biggest challenge yet. Ex-CIA ship captain Juan Cabrillo leads the crew of the Oregon on a quest to save a kidnapped politician in this adventure serie

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The Emperor's Revenge

Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison · 464 pages

"Juan Cabrillo and the Oregon crew face their toughest challenge yet when a violent bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation accounts. To get the money back, Juan joins forces with an old friend from his days in the CIA to track down a rogue hacker and a ruthless former Ukrainian naval officer"-- When a violent bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corpora

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The King's Gold

Arturo Perez-Reverte

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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

Shannon Chakraborty · 307 pages

"A thrilling, transportative adventure that is everything promised–Chakraborty's storytelling is fantasy at its best." -- R.F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and The Poppy War "An exhilarating, propulsive adventure, stitched from the threads of real history, Amina’s adventures are the reason to read fantasy." -- Ava Reid, internationally bestselling author of Juniper & Thorn

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Deep Six

Clive Cussler · 470 pages

A deadly tide of poison flows into ocean waters. A ghost ship drifts across the empty northern Pacific. A luxury Soviet liner blazes into a funeral pyre. The Presidential yacht cruises the Potomac night—and the President disappears without a trace. Dirk Pitt takes on a sinister Asian shipping empire in an intercontinental duel of nerves. In his most dangerous, fast-paced adventure, he fights to

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Dead Six

Larry Correia, Mike Kupari · 725 pages

Michael Valentine, veteran and former member of an elite private military company, has been recruited by the government to conduct a secret counter-terror operation in the Persian Gulf nation of Zubara. The unit is called Dead Six. Their mission is to take the fight to the enemy and not get caught. Lorenzo, assassin and thief extraordinaire, is being blackmailed by the world's most vicious crime l

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Those in Peril

Wilbur Smith · 385 pages

An adventure set in the violent world of modern piracy and terrorism follows the kidnapping of an oil heiress's daughter for a multi-billion-dollar ransom and the efforts of Cross Bow Security head Hector Cross to secure her release.

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Odessa Sea

Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler · 486 pages

"Over the years, Dirk Pitt has always had a knack for finding trouble. This time, it has found him. The extraordinary new novel from the grand master of adventure and #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Pitt, the director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, is on the Black Sea, helping to locate a lost Ottoman shipwreck, when he responds to an urgent Mayday - "Under attack!" - from a n

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PRIMAL Unleashed

Jack Silkstone · 401 pages

In Afghanistan, 1989, a Spetsnaz platoon fought Afghan warriors in order to protect a secret. Present day: one of those former Spetsnaz soldiers survived, thrived, and is now willing to unearth and sell the secret he had once help protect to the highest bidder. PRIMAL, the elite special ops team who keeps justice in the balance, must stop the Ukranian soldier-turned-arms dealer before he unleashes

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The Whale Road

Robert Low · 376 pages

A band of brothers, known as the Oathsworn, committed only to each other, feared by many, rises again.

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The Gilded Seal

James Twining · 438 pages

When former art thief Tom Kirk hears of the murder of a friend, he abandons his enquiry into the theft of a priceless da Vinci and turns his attention to the murder, only to find himself once again crossing paths with FBI agent Jennifer Browne, who is investigating a possible art fraud.

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Savage Son: A Thriller

Jack Carr · 432 pages

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Goldfinger

Ian Fleming · 318 pages

A friendly game of two-handed canasta turns out to be thoroughly crooked. And a beautiful girl ends up dead. In Bond's first encounter with Auric Goldfinger - the world's cleverest, cruellest criminal, useful lessons are learned.

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Meg

Steve Alten · 361 pages

From book jacket: On a top-secret dive into the Pacific Ocean's deepest canyon, Jonas Taylor found himself face-to-face with the largest and most ferocious predator in the history of the animal kingdom. The sole survivor of the mission, Taylor is haunted by what he's sure he saw but still can't prove exists--Carcharodon megalodon, the massive mother of the great white shark. The average prehisto

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River of Teeth

Sarah Gailey · 176 pages

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Atlantis

David Gibbins · 480 pages

From an extraordinary discovery in a remote desert oasis to a desperate race against time in the ocean depths, a team of adventurers is about to find the truth behind the most baffling legend in history. The hunt is on for...Marine archaeologist Jack Howard has stumbled upon the keys to an ancient puzzle. With a crack team of scientific experts and ex--Special Forces commandos, he is heading for

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The Ice Limit

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child · 491 pages

The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. At four thousand tons, this treasure seems impossible to move. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have this incredible find for his new museum. Stocking a cargo ship with the finest scientists and engineers, he builds a flawless

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Pacific Vortex!

Clive Cussler, Michael Pritchard · 270 pages

Fully armed and with all hands on board, the nuclear submarine Starbuck sailed into the calm Pacific Ocean for sea trials - and vanished. No wreckage, no signals, no survivors: nothing ... until ace maritime troubleshooter, Dirk Pitt, finds a single, chilling clue in the shark-torn surf off Hawaii - the log of the Starbuck.'Do not search for us, it can only end in vain ...' A crazed journal of mad

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The Thief

Clive Cussler, Justin Scott · 412 pages

On the ocean liner Mauritania, two European scientists with a dramatic new invention are barely rescued from abduction by the Van Dorn Detective Agency's intrepid chief investigator, Isaac Bell. Unfortunately, they are not so lucky the second time. The thugs attack again-and this time one of the scientists dies. What are they holding that is so precious? Only something that will revolutionize busi

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Killfile

Christopher Farnsworth · 371 pages

John Smith has a special gift that seems more like a curse: he can access other peoples thoughts. He hears the the songs stuck in their heads, their most private traumas and fears, the painful memories they can’t let go. The CIA honed his skills until he was one of their most powerful operatives, but Smith fled the Agency and now works as a private consultant, trying to keep the dark potentials of

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The Arctic Incident

Eoin Colfer · 304 pages

Auf geheimen Wegen gelangt Meisterverbrecher Artemis Fowl in das eisige Murmansk, wo er seinen Vater vermutet, der sich in der Gewalt einer skrupellosen Erpresserbande befinden soll. Doch Artemis hat ungewöhnliche Verbündete auf seiner Seite und natürlich auch schon einen Plan im Kopf. Einen gefährlichen Plan.

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When Eight Bells Toll

Alistair MacLean · 384 pages

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White Jade

Alex Lukeman · 248 pages

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The Thieves Of Heaven

Richard Doetsch · 464 pages

The most closely Guarded treasure on Earth.An explosive ancient secret.A breakneck journey into the heart of the Vatican.In a small, heavily fortified room just north of the Sistine Chapel, a master thief is about to strike. All he needs is an instant--to steal the most important treasure in the Vatican museum: two antique keys--one gold, one silver--that protect the secret of salvation....But a

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