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1) Djibouti
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Language
English
Description
In a modern-day pirate story, ambitious documentary filmmaker Dara Barr and her right-hand man, Xavier LeBo, a seventy-two-year-old African American seafarer, get more than they bargained for on the Horn of Africa.
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Series
Hector Cross novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
An adventure set in the violent world of modern piracy and terrorism follows the kidnapping of an oil heiress's daughter for a multi-billion-dollar ransom and the efforts of Cross Bow Security head Hector Cross to secure her release.
3) Revenger
Author
Series
Revenger novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Joining the crew of Captain Rackamore-who, in a galaxy that has seen great empires rise and fall, believes there are vast fortunes to be made if you know where to find them-Adrana and Fura Ness, determined to save their family from bankruptcy, soon discover that there might be more waiting for them in space than adventure and fortune"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
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English
Description
The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cuttthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease - or a dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those...
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Series
Books of Babel volume 2
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English
Description
Forced by necessity into a life of piracy, Senlin and his crew struggle to survive aboard their stolen airship. Senlin's search for his lost wife continues, even as her ghost hounds his every step. But the Tower of Babel proves to be as difficult to reenter as it was to escape. While searching for an unguarded port, Senlin encounters the camp of Luc Marat, who seems equal parts bandit and humanitarian. One thing is for certain: his asylum for the...
6) Black flag
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Series
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English
Description
"CIA officer Jake Keller faces stakes that are very high and very personal in the latest electrifying thriller from the author of Rogue Strike. After years of relative calm, piracy has returned to the high sea. But the days of AK-47s and outboard engines are over. The new pirates hit like a SEAL team. Highly trained and using cutting-edge technology, they make sure their victims are never heard from again. Ships and crews are vanishing at a staggering...
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Series
Starship volume 2
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Having busted their commander, Wilson Cole, out of the brig for disobeying orders that would have cost millions of lives, the crew of the starship Theodore Roosevelt find themselves on the run from their own fleet. The plan? Hoist the Jolly Roger! Since Captain Cole is a moral man, he must figure out a way to practice piracy without actually harming anyone-at least, anyone who doesn't have it coming. As he and the Teddy R. stumble their way through...
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Series
Executioner volume 445
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Not all publicity is good publicity. Especially when the fake hijacking of the world's first self-sustaining vessel turns into the real deal. With the ship and its cargo being auctioned off to terrorists, Mack Bolan must rescue the hostages and destroy the vessel before it falls into even more dangerous hands."--back cover.
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Series
Connor Stark novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
C.J. Sumner, the new Ambassador to Yemen, is assigned to negotiate access to the oil fields off the island of Socotra and enlist help countering pirates who are capturing ships at will off the Horn of Africa. Meeting with resistance to her diplomatic overtures, Sumner recruits Connor Stark, a former naval officer turned mercenary who knows the region, as her defense attache. When Stark sets up a meeting with the owner of a Yemeni shipping company...
10) Corsair
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In the early 2020s, two young, genius computer hackers, Elizabeth Santiago and David Schwartz, meet at MIT, where Schwartz is sneaking into classes, and have a brief affair. David is amoral and out for himself, and soon disappears. Elizabeth dreams of technology and space travel and takes a military job after graduating. Nearly ten years later, David is setting himself to become a billionaire by working in the shadows ... and Elizabeth works in intelligence...
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