- Adventure stories
- Captivating stories
- Read like Star Wars, Leven Thumps, Lillian Jackson Braun
By James Dashner
YA F DASHNER Mortalit #1
Michael is a skilled internet gamer in a world of advanced technology. When a cyber-terrorist begins to threaten players, Michael is called upon to seek him and his secrets out.
The Last Dragonslayer
By Jasper Fforde
YA F FFORDE Kazam #1
Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs an agency for underemployed magicians in a world where magic is fading away, but when visions of the death of the world's last dragon begin, all signs point to Jennifer--and Big Magic.
Neuromancer
By William Gibson
SCI-FI GIBSON Sprawl #1
Case, a burned out computer whiz, is asked to steal a security code that is locked in the most heavily guarded databank in the solar system.
The Hot Rock
By Donald E. Westlake
MYSTERY WESTLAKE Dortmund #1
"John Dortmunder left prison with the warm words of the warden ringing in his ears and not one chance of going straight. Soon Dortmunder was riding in a stolen Cadillac with venetian blinds, reuniting with old friends and scheming to heist a large emerald belonging to a small African nation. As always, his planning is meticulous. As always, the execution is not. Undaunted, Dortmunder is now chasing the gem by plane, train, and automobile. Because this hot rock has a way of getting stolen--not just once, but again and again and again ... "--P. [4] of cover.
The Expats
By Chris Pavone
F PAVONE
When Dexter Moore, a financial systems security expert in Washington, D.C., receives a lucrative offer to work for a bank in Luxembourg, his wife, Kate, resigns her position as a CIA operative--a job her husband knows nothing about--and vows to recreate herself as a devoted wife and mother to their two boys. But Kate soon discovers that computer geek Dexter has been living a secret life as well, and that he may be a thief being investigated by the FBI and Interpol who's stolen millions of euros in online banking transactions.
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