Freelance flyer Jack Nelson makes a living peddling his talents to the highest bidder...and now he has a chance to pull off the heist of a lifetime. There are millions in sunken treasure for the taking in a go-for-broke caper tailor-...
Adventure stories
- Author:Higgins, JackSummary:
- Author:HIGGINS, JackSummary:
It's a trip that agent Paul Chavasse will never forget. His destination: the isolated republic of Albania on the Adriatic coast, at a time when the regime is at its most repressive and the people live in daily fear of the secret...
- Author:MONSARRAT, NicholasSummary:
Six great events from Malta's past, and six selected days from World War Two, are woven into an absorbing story of courage and peril for her people, especially Father Salvatore.
- Author:King, WesleySummary:
In 2156, when Jonah awakens on the Fantastic Flying Squirrel, he is informed that he is one of 200 children being trained as The Incredible Space Raiders, whose mission is to destroy the Entirely Evil Things of the Dark Zone, but there...
- Author:CLANCY, TomSummary:
A Russian atomic missile submarine captain defects with his boat to the West. Both Navies chase it - one to capture it, the other to destroy it.
- Author:FOLLETT, KenSummary:
The Governor of California has received a terrorist threat, signed by the radical offshoot of a legitimate environmental pressure group demanding a freeze on the building of a new power plant on the West coast.If not met, the group...
- Author:CORRIS, PeterSummary:
John Gulliver, fly-by-night publisher, leaves Britain for Australia with his family, in 1910. Aboard ship catastrophe strikes and they are scattered with a famous painting their only link.
- Author:COWLEY, JoySummary:
The pirate Griselda is mean and nasty. She is so mean that the Mayor of Crossbones has devised an evil plan to hold the annual pirates' treasure hunt a month early while she is still sailing the high seas. Griselda has got wind of...
- Author:Garis, LilianSummary:
- Author:BAGLEY, DesmondSummary:
A story about a highly organised gang whose business is to 'spring' long-term prisoners who can afford their price.
- Author:SMITH, WilburSummary:
For Harry Fletcher, life on St Mary's Island is good. He has a fine boat and a long list of rich clients eager to charter it for the big game fishing of the Mozambique Channel. He has a home amongst the palms above a white coral...
- Author:Moriarty, JaclynSummary:
Bronte Mettlestone is ten years old when her parents are killed by pirates. This does not bother her particularly: her parents ran away to have adventures when she was a baby. She has been raised by her Aunt Isabelle, with assistance...
- Author:HIGGINS, JackSummary:
The story of a daring attempt to kidnap Winston Churchill from a Norfolk country house in 1943.
- Author:LEATHER, StephenSummary:
An ex-SAS man is used as the sacrificial bait to trap the world's most successful contract killer. By the author of The birthday girl.
- Author:Blakemore, Megan FrazerSummary:
Five friends leave their community and embark on an adventure that will change their lives forever in this fascinating utopian saga. Mori and her friends Julia, Benji, and Theo have never seen the world beyond the walls of their utopian...
- Author:SMITH, WilburSummary:
An action story of a group of mercenaries who set out to relieve a mining town in the heart of the African jungle.
- Author:Moers, WalterSummary:
In this third tale of Zamonia, Optimus Yarnspinner sets off to track down a mysterious author in Bookholm. Once there he faces cold-blooded book hunters, cyclopean Fearsome Booklings, sharp-toothed Animatomes, and the Shadow King.
- Author:Lawrence, IainSummary:
Bad luck continues to follow Tom Tin and his mates as they find themselves aboard a formerly abandoned ship, are taught to be sailors by two black-hearted castaways they rescue, and sail to a Caribbean island where they make important...
- Author:LUDLUM, RobertSummary:
Lt. Colonel Jon Smith, currently working as a medical researcher, is contacted by a Russian colleague with an urgent request - that they meet in Venice in ten days. When they meet, however, his colleague is killed
- Author:ASHTON, RichardSummary:
In the attic of 27 Fairview Avenue sits an old captain's sea chest, secured with a large padlock. The chest fascinates young Ben Westerly, and he and his friends determine to open it, sure they will find fabulous treasure within...