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• Origin

  Brown, Dan, 1964-

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  The master cryptographer is back, this time on the guest list of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao where he'll bear witness to a grand unveiling that will change humanity forever. When chaos erupts, Langdon makes a run for it alongside the museum's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne in The Bourne Legacy

  a Novel

  Lustbader, Eric Van, 1946-

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  In his first instalment of the smash hit series created by Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lastbader hits the bullseye by delivering in all the key areas for high octane, intricately plotted spy thriller action. Framed for the murder of two colleagues,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Odyssey

  Rollins, James, pseud., 1961-

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  Sigma Force is back for #15 with more action-packed pages full of nail-biting suspense and exotic international settings. We descend into a world of gods and monsters - ancient artifacts, once thought the legends of myth, are being unearthed. When…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Three Secret Cities

  Reilly, Matthew, 1974-

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  Jack is on the hunt for three cities of legend before the greatest hunters in history catch him. His previous actions have sent kingdoms into turmoil and Jack must move quick to avert disaster. Non-stop action and plenty of twists and turns makes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The New Girl

  Silva, Daniel, 1960-

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  The future of the Middle East hangs in the balance and centres around the brutal abduction of a school girl. Her princely Saudi father is suspected of killing a journalist – is this retaliation?... or something just made to look like it? The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dragon Teeth

  Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008,

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  This author behind 'Jurassic Park' wrote some truly engaging adventure stories and this is no exception. It’s 1876 and the race is on! Archaeologists are hell-bent of retrieving the big haul of dinosaur fossils in the wild west, and they’ll stop at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Deceivers

  a John Wells Novel

  Berenson, Alex, 1973-

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  Political intrigue, international action, and cloak and dagger cold-war style. John Wells is off to Colombia. There's been an incident in Dallas and it's pretty clear to Wells that it's not the work of terrorists like the perpetrators are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Swimmer

  Zander, Joakim, 1975-

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  First in the 'Klara Walldeen' series, Klara is working as a political aide in Brussels when she accidentally discovers a secret so dangerous it launches her into an action packed game of cat-and-mouse across the European continent. There's only one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tribune of Rome

  Fabbri, Robert, 1961-

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  An action-packed Roman military saga adventure, it’s 26AD and Vespasian is a young man with his sights set firmly on glory under the service of Rome. But Rome is a shell of its former self. Its leadership is fractured and many political heads are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Assassin's Apprentice

  Hobb, Robin, pseud., 1952-

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  An origin story of sorts, Robin Hobb shows us what it takes to turn an unwanted royal bastard into a seasoned and deadly assassin. Rich in intrigue, friendship and tragedy, this book starts at a simmer but doesn’t take long to really heat up.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Long Ships

  Bengtsson, Frans Gunnar, 1894-1954

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  If you like the Viking sagas the this is a must-read, it's THE classic story of the young man, dishonoured and betrayed, setting off on a life of travel, adventure, slavery, battles and fighting, until he makes his way back to reclaim his homelands.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Revenant

  Punke, Michael, 1964-

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  A fictionalised account of revenge journey of Hugh Glass. Working as a guide in the wilds of the North American fur trade he's mauled by a bear and left for dead by a pair of men with only money on their minds. Remarkably he survives and as he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Net Force. Dark Web

  Preisler, Jerome

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  With the dawn of the digital age the number one threat to national security is now in cyberspace, so to protect the country the recently sworn-in US president launches a new top-secret organisation as the best line of defense: Net Force. Before the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost World

  Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008

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  The sequel to one of the all-time classics 'Jurassic Park', this book see's the return to a world of dinosaurs running amok and hapless humans trying to survive. This time however we are on a different island owned by Ingen, the same corporation…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Celtic Empire

  Cussler, Clive, 1931-2020

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  Another rollickin' good Clive Cussler classic adventure! The master of the genre is on form here, with a massive mixing pot of exotic locales, tasty plot points and of course, danger! A United Nations team murdered in El Salvador, a deadly crash in…Read moreRead more of this annotation