Winter Adventure

Born of ice. Forged in fire. Only one can wield the fury of winter. War has raged in the West for nearly two decades. The realm of water will never forgive the treachery and betrayal of fire. But a greater immortal evil is returning out of the dark, forcing a brave few to question the true origins of the conflict... In the hinterlands of Glaidde, Eridene Swansea yearns to restore favor with her realm. For she is a half-blood, deemed country scum for her barbarian mother's crimes. Her only hope of redemption is doing the impossible - ending the war. Where she knows little of dinner parties, ...

Each winter the crew at the Shackleton South Pole Research Facility faces nine months of isolation, round-the-clock darkness, and one of the most extreme climates on the planet. For thirty-something mechanical engineer Cass Jennings, Antarctica offers an opportunity to finally escape the guilt of her troubled past and to rebuild her life. But the death of a colleague triggers a series of mysterious incidents that push Cass and the rest of the forty-four-person crew to the limits of their sanity and endurance.

This is how the world ends. Not with a bang, but with many nuclear bombs detonated around the planet. It was no longer a topic of conversation around the dinner table as in years past. Nobody was prepared, including the world's governments. Yet the threat was always real, and the devastation was predictable. The damage was incalculable. Millions died at the points of impact. Nuclear winter spread across the globe. A rapidly cooling climate shocked humanity and all living things...to their death.

DRAGONS LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . Dragons don't build stuff. We break stuff. But my newest castle needs a drawbridge (since I broke the old one . . . oops) And I ain't no engineer. But when I see the curvy engineer who arrives on the scene . . . I'm ready to break stuff again. Break down her walls. Bust through her gates. Take what's mine. Mine forever. Coz last I heard, that's what fate means, right? Drama and madness, fire and heat, action and adventure. Sweetness with a touch of darkness. No cheating. No cliffhangers. And a guaranteed happy ending. This is dragon-love, Annabelle ...

I wait for the signal at crosswalks. I pay my taxes on time. And despite my association with a certain mafia family, I run a clean business providing security for Manhattan's wealthy elite. I don't break the law.

Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award, Indian Creek Chronicles is Pete Fromm's account of seven winter months spent alone in a tent in Idaho guarding salmon eggs and coming face to face with the blunt realities of life as a contemporary mountain man. A gripping story of adventure and a modern-day Walden, this contemporary classic established Fromm as one of the West's premier voices.

Desperate to delay an impending attack by the indigenous people of Xidda, Tau and his queen craft a dangerous plan. If Tau succeeds, the queen will have the time she needs to assemble her forces and launch an all-out assault on her own capital city, where her sister is being propped up as the 'true' Queen of the Omehi. If the city can be taken, if Tsiora can reclaim her throne and reunite her people, then the Omehi might have a chance to survive the coming onslaught.

Following his sister’s trail into the desert of the Kaor, Faron is taken by a band of slavers who intend to sell him off to a powerful merchant of men. When an unexpected opportunity turns to a bloody interrogation, an ancient map resumes the hunt for his sister and the lost city that hides her, leading Faron into a race with men and monsters as the growing Veil descends. Into the certain death of the unknown north, Faron must cross a gate of wolves and winter before time runs out, and Hadria is given to the Spile. And the world is freezing all the while. A Gate of Wolves and Winter, book...

Nero Hunter is tired. He's tired of early mornings chasing down skips. He's tired of Shamu jokes and dealing with idiots. He's tired of being alone. But agreeing to do one little favor for a friend turns the tide and brings Nero face-to-face with his destiny. Felix White is unlucky. When his life is threatened and he's hauled into police custody for safekeeping, the last thing he expects is to meet his fated mate. Especially when his mate is a giant killer whale shifter, who is also his new bodyguard.

All I want is to be part of the elite taskforce that will defeat our enemy, once and for all. The problem? Daryx is the one overseeing the training for the mission. Some days, I’m not sure if I want to stab or kiss him, especially when the silver fox tells me how much he believes in me. That does something to a girl’s ego. Now, we’re fighting to bring down our enemy, but my feelings are getting in the way. Can I do my job if it means sacrificing him? Or will we both perish because my heart chooses him over logic?

She planned to start the new year safe and alone. Fate — and one infuriating man — had other ideas. Nora likes control. Schedules. Safety. But when she’s talked into a spontaneous trip to a secluded ski lodge for New Year’s Eve, everything starts to shift — especially when Dylan shows up. Reckless, magnetic, and maddeningly charming, he’s the living embodiment of everything she’s never let herself want. Thrown together on the snowy slopes, Nora and Dylan find themselves drawn into a legend about a lone wolf said to roam the mountains — wild, untethered, and searching. The ...

Far from the savage remnants of humanity, Henry and his family have managed to survive the grip of desolate, perpetual winter on a vast tundra that was once an ocean teeming with life. When the family is discovered, their peaceful existence is shattered and their lives changed forever. Henry’s siblings are kidnapped, leaving him alone in the ruins of their home. Broken, altered, and tormented by all that has befallen him, he is driven to wreak vengeance upon those who assume him dead...by any means necessary.

His new life in Chicago consists of performing autopsies and eating chips while watching old detective series. Until…He's suddenly standing in front of me. Leather jacket, washed-out jeans, jet black hair. His deep, green eyes are so intense on me I can barely breathe. It's in his crooked smile, bold flirting, and confident—borderline conceited—behavior that I get lost.

Kurt Jensen has had enough. Tired of being under his brother's thumb and having the one person he wanted push him away, Kurt knew it was time to leave. California was supposed to be the new start he craved and needed, but one wrong turn brought everything crashing down around him, literally. Leelee Perez messed up any chance she had with Kurt by pushing him away and has regretted it since. Kurt had been Leelee's knight in shining armor a year ago, saving not only her, but also the small family she clung to.

Powerless. Abandoned. Without hope. After her friend betrayed her and left her to die on a frozen, unfinished magical world, Jak must survive. Trapped on the frozen planet of Illadar, she must unlearn all she knows about magic and leadership, and replace it with pure instinct to keep living. Not only does the barren wasteland threaten to freeze her and her armies to death, not only is there no way to find food, not only are scouts disappearing mysteriously, but there's only one cave and seven thousand people to house. Tensions are about to rise.

She wants no husband. He wants no wife. Jailed for crimes unbecoming a lady, Marie yearns for liberty even as she refuses the one choice that will set her free: An arranged marriage with a frontier stranger. Then a brawny ex-soldier offers a more dangerous proposal. Spend one winter as his wife in name only, and come spring he will set her free…

When Rick Lamplugh reports for work at the historic Lamar Buffalo Ranch on New Year's Eve, he has one goal: to learn as much as possible about the ecology of the Lamar Valley and how wolves fit in. He has three frigid months to explore on skis and snowshoes, to observe with all his senses, and to listen to and talk with experts. Lamplugh's story takes you with him as he watches winter-hungry elk and bison migrate to the Lamar Valley to graze. Wolves, coyotes, and mountain lions stalk the grazers while eagles, ravens, and magpies wait to scavenge.

In this expansive, rich, and deeply tragic portrait of a German family from 1899 to 1945, Len Deighton brilliantly weaves a portrait of the fortunes of two sons, and a nation, over half a century.

We are warriors! Jack and Annie have met knights, pirates, ninjas, and Vikings, but they have never met the most fearsome warriors of all: Roman soldiers. When the magic tree house whisks them back to the early AD 100s, Jack and Annie find themselves in a Roman camp. Their mission: Be like a warrior. That is easier said than done! The Roman soldiers are much scarier in person - and suspicious of strangers. Then, a mysterious man riding a black horse gives Jack and Annie some advice to help them on their mission.

For new girl Darrell Rivers, there are friends to be made, pranks to be played and fun to be had at Malory Towers in Enid Blyton's best-loved boarding school series. In audiobook nine, Susan's in charge of the winter concert, but new teacher Miss Tallant won't let her make any decisions. When Miss interferes in a midnight feast, the girls realise that there's a spy in their midst. Expect more drama at Malory Towers!