Fiction - Action & Adventure

October 1998. Charlie is adrift, tending bar in pre-gentrified, slacker-era Austin, drowning in '90s ennui and quietly wondering if life has anything better to offer. She doesn't believe in dreams-just survival, solitude, and the rare high of cooking a perfect meal. But when she...

A powerful defense contractor, a reluctant intelligence agent, and an ambitious journalist race to contain and control an international crisis that could destroy the world in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. "Dick, I need a war." Nicolas Creel is a man on...

JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE BOOT HILL IS FULL OF MEN WHO PULLED THEIR TRIGGERS WITHOUT AIMING. As hardworking families and ambitious dreamers set down roots across the American West, others swooped down to prey upon them. And after the smoke cleared, those who lived by...

"Berry is a superb writer. His sense of what makes characters tick is extraordinary . . . Short stories don't get any better than these." --People As part of Counterpoint's celebration of beloved American author Wendell Berry comes this reissue of his 1986 classic,...

The Will to Battle is the third book of John W. Campbell Award winner Ada Palmer's Terra Ignota series, a political science fiction epic of extraordinary audacity. The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end. Peace and order are now figments...

From British writer Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows is a children's story focused around four animals as they find themselves in a series of misadventures. The story opens with Mole, who finds himself bored and dares to venture beyond his dusty tunnel....

[STARRED REVIEW] "A triumphant debut novel." --Booklist[STARRED REVIEW] "An absolute must-read." --Kirkus[STARRED REVIEW] "Intricate and intriguing." --Publishers Weekly[STARRED REVIEW] "Complex and haunting." --Library JournalIn this gripping debut novel from acclaimed Nebula, Sturgeon, and Locus Award-winning author Samantha Mills, a disgraced soldier fights to make...

A rags-to-riches deal for single mother LuAnn Tyler is deadlier than she ever could have imagined in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller from David Baldacci. THE DREAMShe is twenty, beautiful, dirt-poor, and hoping for a better life for her infant daughter when...

Author: C. L. WilsonPublisher: Avon BooksPublished: 07/29/2014Pages: 608Binding Type: Mass Market PaperboundWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 6.60h x 4.10w x 1.40dISBN: 9780062018977Review Citation(s): Romantic Times 08/01/2014 pg. 74 - ExcellentPublishers Weekly 06/30/2014About the AuthorWilson, C. L.: - C. L. Wilson wrote her first story at age six,...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The fate of two worlds rests on the shoulders of Vasilisa Petrovna as she contends with forces both mortal and magical in the stirring conclusion to the story that began with The Bear and the Nightingale."A tale both intimate...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The fate of two worlds rests on the shoulders of Vasilisa Petrovna as she contends with forces both mortal and magical in the stirring conclusion to the story that began with The Bear and the Nightingale."A tale both intimate...

The New York Times bestselling finale to the Age of Madness trilogyfinds the world in an unstoppable revolution where heroes have nothing left to lose as darkness and destruction overtake everything. Chaos. Fury. Destruction. The Great Change is upon us . . . Some...

Discover book two of Patrick Rothfuss' #1 New York Times-bestselling epic fantasy series, The Kingkiller Chronicle. "I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss." --Lin-Manuel Miranda DAY TWO: THE WISE MAN'S FEAR "There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm,...

Discover book two of Patrick Rothfuss' #1 New York Times-bestselling epic fantasy series, The Kingkiller Chronicle. "I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss." --Lin-Manuel Miranda DAY TWO: THE WISE MAN'S FEAR "There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm,...

Discover book two of Patrick Rothfuss' #1 New York Times-bestselling epic fantasy series, The Kingkiller Chronicle. "I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss." --Lin-Manuel Miranda DAY TWO: THE WISE MAN'S FEAR "There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm,...

Gods walk among us. They are powerful. They are immortal. They are...bored. Every century, they create a deadly spectacle-the Wishing Game-where mortals compete for the ultimate one wish granted by the gods themselves. But there's a catch. If a participant dies in the game,...

The Wishsong of Shannara is the third volume of the classic series that has become one of the most popular fantasy tales of all time. An ancient evil is stirring, intent on the complete destruction of all life. The Druid Allanon sets out on...

**SECOND EDITION**INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND BEST OF BOOKTOK SELECTION"A romantasy masterpiece." LJ Andrews, Author of Broken Souls and Bone and The Ever King"Charissa Weaks is always a romantasy must-read! I adore Raina's quiet strength and Alexus's brooding intensity. Sure to be the start of an...

From the legendary author and creator of Drizzt Do'Urden comes the next installment in the New York Times bestselling DemonWars fantasy series, about the traitorous invasion by the Xoconai of the eastern realms of Corona. However, the heroes of the last war against their...

New York Times-bestselling Tad Williams' ground-breaking epic fantasy saga of Osten Ard begins an exciting new cycle! - Volume One of The Last King of Osten Ard The Dragonbone Chair, the first volume of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, was published in hardcover in October,...