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2) Lone wolf
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Once a black book government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the program, went deep underground, and reinvented himself as someone who will go anywhere, and risk everything to help the truly desperate who have nowhere else to turn. Since then, Evan has fought international crime syndicates and drug cartels, faced down the most powerful people in the world and even brought down a President. Struggling with an unexpected personal crisis,...
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2004.
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English
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“Combine equal parts of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series and Chine Miéville’s Perdido Street Station, throw in a dash of Aubrey BeardsleyandJ.K. Huysmans, and you’ll get some idea of this disturbing, decadent first novel.”—Publishers Weekly
Gwynn and Raule are rebels on the run, with little in common except being on the losing side of a hard-fought war. Gwynn is a gunslinger from the...
Gwynn and Raule are rebels on the run, with little in common except being on the losing side of a hard-fought war. Gwynn is a gunslinger from the...
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In this "impressively detailed and gripping . . . first-rate sea story," a naval officer trapped aboard a storm-tossed freighter battles a drug cartel. (Kirkus Reviews)
During a routine naval patrol off the coast of Peru, a US Navy destroyer encounters an abandoned freighter. With a tropical storm kicking up, Lieutenant Daniel Blake and a boarding party plan a quick search of the vessel. But once on board the ship, the young naval officer discovers...
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Elemental Assassin volume 13
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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One important lesson I've learned in the assassination business is that to be the best you have to roll with the punches. Now that I'm queen of Ashland's underworld by default, not by choice, a lot more punches are being thrown my way. But I suppose that's the price of victory for taking down some of the underworld's top dogs. Good thing I have my Ice and Stone magic to help me survive my volatile new position. Just when I think things are finally...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"With the help of CIA operative David Slaton, America has shaken off a series of high-tech attacks. Then, just as the threat seems to have receded, the most brazen strike of all: Marine One is brought down in the heart of the capital. The president survives the crash, but is clinging to life by a thread. Once again, Slaton gets the call. With limitless backing from the CIA, the agency's most lethal assassin is dispatched halfway around the world....
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Within minutes of reconnecting with her high school boyfriend, CSI Ellie Mathers survives two attempts on her life. Liam Colton insists on staying by her side until he knows she’s safe, and Ellie doesn’t push him away. Is it because she wants his help figuring out if her long-lost childhood best friend wants her dead? Or because the bad boy she broke up with has grown into an upstanding—and extremely sexy—man?
9) Rip tide
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Oceans of time volume 02
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English
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After narrowly escaping arrest, Luciana Betarrini hurtles back to medieval Italy. Once there, she and her brother, Domenico, must decide how far they’ll go to be part of the family, and if they’re willing to risk their lives to hunt down an assassin. Meanwhile, Lady Tiliani Forelli’s family has disappeared in enemy territory. Fearing for their lives—and secretly hoping to cross paths with the Fiorentini she loves—Tiliani goes to Firenze...
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After testifying against her brother's murderer, Hope Miller thought she'd be safe in witness protection--until she's attacked by an assassin at her new safe house. Now her identity and location are in the hands of a vicious drug cartel, and only US marshal Andrew Lewis can protect her. But stopping the crime ring could prove lethal for them both.
11) The hunted
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OPSIG Team Black volume 1
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English
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How well do you really know the person you love? How far would you go to find out? If there were one person in the world Dr. Lauren Chambers was sure she could rely on, it was her beloved husband, Michael. Recovering from an agoraphobic depression and prone to episodes of blinding anxiety, Lauren is a gifted psychologist for whom her husband's love and support mean everything. So when Michael suddenly and mysteriously vanishes, Lauren once again...
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United States of Japan volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Seattle 2019. After a severe injury, ace mecha designer and pilot Reiko Morikawa is recruited to a secret organization plotting a revolt against the corrupt governor (and Nazi sympathizer) of the United States of Japan. When their plan to save the USJ from itself goes awry, the mission is only saved from failure because the governor is killed by an assassin known as Bloody Mary. But the assassin isn't satisfied with just the governor. Bishop Wakana...
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Agent Seventeen, the most infamous hit man in the world, has quit. But whoever wants to become Assassin Eighteen must track him down and kill him first. So when a bullet hits the glass inches from his face, he knows who fired it--doesn't he? It turns out that the sniper isn't the hardened killer he was expecting. It's Mireille--a mysterious silent child abandoned in the woods with instructions to pull the trigger. Reuniting with his spiky lover, Kat,...
14) Mistaken target
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"The isolated island retreat was the last place anyone would look for former socialite Samantha James. Yet danger finds her anyway--accidentally. The assassin who breaks into her room does not realize that she and Diego Cruz--his real target--switched cabins. But it doen't matter that she is not who he came to attack. She has seen his face so she is his new target. Blaming himself for her situation, Diego will do anything to keep Samantha safe. After...
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John Lago volume 03
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English
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"Professional assassin John Lago faces off against his deadliest adversary yet--his wife. At the end of The Intern's Handbook, John tracks down his nemesis Alice but instead of putting a bullet in her head, he puts a ring on her finger and marries her. Together, they execute a hostile takeover of Human Resources, Inc., the "placement agency" that trains young assassins to infiltrate corporations disguised as interns and knock off high profile targets....
16) Venture below
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Venture volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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The king of Hollow is dead. When the news of his murder is spread to his kingdom, no one knows why he was killed. For decades King Dravin ruled with wisdom, kindness and peace. A death this brutal was seemingly unprovoked. Queen Seraphina, his wife, now sits on the throne. With someone so sinister and evil ruling the kingdom, the only chance of finding the truth is in the hands of their 22 year-old daughter, Princess Adelaide. Facing anything it...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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"Billie, Mary Alice, Helen y Natalie han trabajado durante cuatro décadas para el Museo, una exclusiva red de asesinos. Sin embargo, ahora las consideran «de la vieja escuela» y, como la tecnología importa más que la inteligencia, ya nadie valora su talento. Cuando las invitan a un crucero para celebrar su jubilación, estas no tardan en darse cuenta de que se han convertido en objetivo de la Junta del Museo, que ha ordenado eliminarlas. Es así...
18) Covert Christmas
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"A man has been shot and left for dead on Echo Mountain, and Search and Rescue K-9 handler Breanna McBride wants answers. With no memory, all the injured man can recall is that his first name is Scott, and that someone wants him silenced. Scott knows better than to depend on strangers, yet he finds himself falling for his captivating protector. And although Breanna won't rest until she helps him piece together the rest of his past, she vows to ignore...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Join the beloved cast of the best-selling series Spy x Family as they embark on five exciting adventures! In this book of Spy x Family original prose stories, Anya attempts to make friends with her target Damian during an Eden Academy camping trip, Yuri spends his day off babysitting his niece, and Franky seeks Loid's help in winning the heart of a blind opera singer. Then, when the family sits for a portrait painting, Yor is terrified that her secret...
20) A vicious game
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Halfling saga volume 03
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English
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"With her enemies closing in, Keera and her fellow rebels must rally after a devastating defeat, but her discovery of new powers gives them a fighting chance"--
""It seems fate has dealt me the same hand again. I know how to play it." A new king is on the throne and the rebellion lies in ruins. Keera spends her days drinking and her nights avoiding the strange dreams that have haunted her since she returned from the capital. Keera's family in Myrelinth...
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