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"It's been twenty years since 9/11, two decades since the United States was attacked on home soil and set out to make the guilty pay with their lives. In the shadows, the enemy has been patient - learning, and adapting. And the enemy is ready to strike again. A new president offers hope to a country weary of conflict. He's a young, popular, self-made visionary . . . but he's also a man with a secret. Halfway across the globe a regional superpower...
2) Sundown
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Sky King Ranch volume 3
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English
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"Former Delta Operative Colt Kingston knows when someone is lying. He may not know the truth, but he sure doesn't trust Tae, the mysterious woman his family rescued from an Alaskan blizzard. Behind those beautiful blue eyes, Colt can tell there is a troubled -- and smart -- woman. A few of her stories prove true -- they found the crashed plane and the dead body inside. Still, her tale of survival seems too incredible to believe . . . until the thugs...
3) War hawk
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Tucker Wayne novels volume 2
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English
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"The second in an exciting Sigma Force spin off series featuring rogue agent Tucker Wayne and his military working dog Kane from the new collaboration of New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Grant Blackwood"-- Provided by publisher.
4) Rage
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"From New York Times Bestselling author (creator of the Netflix series V Wars), Jonathan Maberry comes the first in a brand new series featuring Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International. A small island off the coast of Korea is torn apart by a bioweapon that drives everyone-men, women, and children-insane with murderous rage. The people behind the attack want Korea reunified or destroyed. No middle ground. No mercy. Soon Japan, China, and the United...
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James Bond volume 25
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
6) After death
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"Michael Mace, head of security at a top-secret research facility, opens his eyes in a makeshift morgue twenty-four hours following an event in which everyone perished--including him and his best friend, Shelby Shrewsberry. Having awakened with an extraordinary ability unlike anything he--or anyone else--has ever imagined, Michael is capable of being as elusive as a ghost. He sets out to honor his late friend by helping Nina Dozier and her son, John,...
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Putnam
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[1982]
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English
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A car bomb explodes on a crowded Dublin street...and an American scientist whose wife and children are killed plots a revenge so total that it staggers the imagination. Molecular biologist John Roe O'Neill unleashes a synthesized plague that kills only women. Unstoppable, selective and invariably fatal, it spells the doom of all humankind.
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Fast and Furious volume 9
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2019.
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English
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Ever since hulking lawman Hobbs, a loyal agent of America's Diplomatic Security Service, and lawless outcast Shaw, a former British military elite operative, first faced off, the duo have swapped smack talk and body blows as they've tried to take each other down. But when anarchist Brixton gains control of an insidious bio-threat that could alter humanity forever, these two sworn enemies will have to partner up to bring down the only guy who might...
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Course of empire volume 1
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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'Responding to rumors of a disease outbreak, an American spy discovers thousands dead in Tibet as the result of a Chinese weapons test based on genetic traits in the first novel in a new techno-thriller series.' --wordery.com.
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Lucent Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Throughout history, armies have used various kinds of germs to cripple their enemies. International treaties currently outlaw the use of biological weapons, but this does not necessarily mean that none are being developed. Through informative text, augmented by detailed infographics and sidebars, readers learn about the history of biological warfare and ways it can be avoided in the future. Annotated quotes from experts on this topic and discussion...
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Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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"Ten years ago, disaster struck the remote town of Indigo Falls. A horrific event drove the residents underground, into shelters that keep them safe from the danger on the surface. No one speaks about what happened that fateful day, but even the youngest still remember the fear and, most of all, the searing pain when sunlight touched their skin. Now, a handful of families inhabit this bunker together, guided by a charismatic leader named Dr. Imogen...
13) The demon crown
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Off the coast of Brazil, a team of scientists discovers a horror like no other, an island where all life has been eradicated, consumed and possessed by a species beyond imagination. Before they can report their discovery, a mysterious agency attacks the group, killing them all, save one, an entomologist, an expert on venomous creatures, Professor Ken Matsui from Cornell University. Strangest of all, this inexplicable threat traces back to a terrifying...
14) Chill factor
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Warner Bros. Pictures
Pub. Date
[1999]
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English
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If a new biological chemical weapon is exposed to temperatures over 50 degrees Fahrenheit, it'll do something very bad. Arlo and Tim are forced to team up with each other and try to make sure that doesn't happen, and that it doesn't get stolen by a terrorist.
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When Dr. Lou Welcome fills in for his boss at a national conference in Atlanta, he brings along his best friend, Cap Duncan. An accident turns tragic when Cap injures his leg. Surgeons save the leg, but the open wound becomes a breeding ground for a deadly microbial invader. Hundreds of miles away, a teenaged girl is fighting against the same bacteria. The germ is resistant to any known antibiotic, and the government scientist tasked with finding...
16) Anthrax Island
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John Tyler volume 1
Publisher
Canelo US
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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In 1942, in growing desperation at the progress of World War II, the UK government approved biological weapons tests on British soil. Their aim: to perfect an anthrax weapon destined for Germany. They succeeded. Although the attack was never launched, the testing ground was left lethally contaminated. It became known as Anthrax Island. Government scientists have returned to Gruinard Island, the Scottish isle contaminated by World War II-era anthrax...
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Janitors of the post-apocalypse volume 1
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DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"The Krakau came to Earth to invite humanity into a growing alliance of sentient species. But they hadn't counted on a mutated plague wiping out half the human population, turning the rest into shambling, near-unstoppable animals, and basically destroying human civilization. You know, your standard apocalypse. The Krakau's first impulse was to turn around and go home. (After all, it's hard to have diplomatic relations with mindless savages who eat...
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"After a rough mission in Rome involving the discovery of a devastating bioweapon, Company spy Ben Calix returns to Paris to find his perfectly ordered world has collapsed. A sniper attack. An ambush. A call for help that brings French SWAT forces down on his head. Ben is out. This is a severance - reserved for incompetents and traitors. Searching for answers and anticipating a coming attack, Ben and a woman swept up in his misfortunes must find the...
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Thea Paris novels volume 2
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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International kidnap-and-ransom expert Thea Paris is escorting two former child soldiers from Kanzi, Africa, to London when their plane is hijacked. As the plane heads for somewhere in the remote Libyan desert, Thea has to figure out how to take back control of the plane without endangering their lives. Behind the skyjacking is a former nemesis, a Sicilian mobster, who after tense negotiations finds himself with Thea at his beck and call. Revealing...
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A Dr. Lou Welcome novel volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Attending a national conference in Atlanta with Welcome, Duncan injures his leg while running. Surgeons manage to save the leg, but the open wound is the perfect breeding ground for a deadly microbial invader committed to eating him alive from the inside out. The germ is resistant to any known antibiotic-- and the government scientist tasked with finding a cure has been kidnapped. A shadowy group known as One Hundred Neighbors has infiltrated our...