Showing results for "Firebird" in Action & Adventure

Forty-one years ago the renowned physicist Chris Robin vanished. Before his disappearance, his fringe-science theories about the existence of endless alternate universes had earned him both admirers and enemies. Alex Benedict and Chase Kolpath discover that Robin had several interstellar yachts flown far outside the planetary system, where they too vanished. And following Robin's trail into the unknown puts Benedict and Kolpath in danger.

Fletcher and Scoop are Apprentice Adventurers from the ancient establishment of Blotting's Academy on Fullstop Island, the place where all story characters are trained. The trouble is, they can't remember how they got there. It's the first day of term, but the two apprentices soon realize something is wrong. Things are going missing, including their own memories, and Scoop has the unsettling feeling that something is creeping in the shadows. As the children search for answers, they become entangled with the life of the Storyteller, the island's creator and king.

Meet Jael Quinlan, Melbourne's renegade exorcist, determined to battle the darkness lurking in the shadows. Guided by Uriel, the formidable Archangel of the North, Jael faces demons unlike any she's encountered before—each eager for an impending apocalypse that they are sure they are going to win this time.

Two years have passed since Aramis and Søren last battled alongside Anya in Russia, yet their duty to recover all of the elves' stolen relics continues. When Aramis gets a lead on a book of magic, he and Søren decide to investigate and find more than they bargained for - dark elf females who have no idea the power they wield. All Asta wants to do is study the strange book she inherited from her mother and hang out with her cousin Tyra. The last thing she wants is to help the arrogant Dr. Søren Madsen with his research until she learns he's hunting a book suspiciously like hers.