Showing results for title "The Dragon" in Action & Adventure

The world as we know it is at risk. My enemy, Drakon, plans to take all the world’s magic for himself, and he’s close to succeeding. Worse, he’ll kill the last living dragons to do it. Then the world will be at his mercy. According to fate, it’s up to me to stop him. Fortunately, I know what Drakon plans. He needs the Stone of Synnaroe for his spell, so I have to beat him to it. It’s a race against time, and I need to get there first.

While Kanvar searches for his grandfather, Kumar Raza faces a savage Great White dragon that attacks his village. With no armor and only a fishing spear, Raza fights the white dragon but is mortally wounded in the battle. Raza's young son, Denali, must find a way to save his father and bring him safely out of the frozen wasteland. Lost in a blizzard, hunted by a pack of wolves, followed by a Great White dragon hatchling, Denali must use all his wit and skill to survive.

What if your mistake costs your loved ones their lives? What if your mistake brings an entire kingdom to an end? Dragon Rider, Everleigh returns home to Glouslow for a family visit. She longs to share with her family the adventures of being one of the queen's guardians, especially learning archery from the best in the land: Phaelen. But when a band of rogue dragons attacks the palace at Vulgaard and the surrounding farmlands of Glouslow, Everleigh must return to duty and protect the kingdom at all costs. It's what she vowed to do when she became a dragon rider. But if she leaves, her family...

War has come to Whiskey Gulch. Alan Smith (aka Rat) exists at the edge of society. He has lived on the streets since he was a young boy and owes his survival to a refuge for discarded children in Whiskey Gulch run by an outlaw motorcycle club. As an adult, Rat lives within two realms, that of an outlaw biker and as a competitor in the violent world of underground martial arts. His history has isolated him and continues to push him toward the life of a criminal, and yet his greatest desire is to escape his fate and find normalcy in an everyday life. After a car accident causes a near-death ...

It was supposed to be just another routine training exercise. At least, that’s what the captain and crew of the USS John S. McCain believed up until a hypersonic missile hit their ship and sunk her in the icy waters of the South China Sea. When James Chase left Delta Force over a decade before, he had believed his days of fighting terrorism - both domestic and abroad - were over. Yet now, facing the very real risk of global conflict, he has found himself once more in the middle of the fray. This time, however, the stakes are so much higher.

In the aftermath of the Ritual of Night, everything has changed. The Eight Immortals have catastrophically failed to stop Kihrin’s enemies, who are moving forward with their plans to free Vol Karoth, the King of Demons. Kihrin has his own ideas about how to fight back, but even if he’s willing to sacrifice everything for victory, the cost may prove too high for his allies. Now they face a choice: can they save the world while saving Kihrin, too? Or will they be forced to watch as he becomes the very evil they had all sworn to destroy?

Ex-Rider Keiko "Kei" Springs was living with her adopted daughter Becky away from her previous life of crime. Unfortunately, the past is not easy to escape and her sadistic former sensei, Snake, gives her an ultimatum: perform eight tasks for him or die. The final mission before her freedom is nearly impossible, though. Snake wants her to take down a luxury resort where the super-rich are implanted with their heart's desires, only to be brainwashed into serial killers for blackmail potential.

The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America's western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. In much of the country, it is still illegal to espouse evolution. Against this backdrop two monomaniacal paleontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving, and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars.

Ayden Dracre, the youngest son in a family of notorious sorcerers, has always respected dragons. That might change when he learns the history of the Sjau. Unfortunately, he is about to face an adversary not even the dragons can destroy, and this time, there is more than Ayden's life at risk. When the future of Caldaca is on the line, the Sjau will have to set aside their differences to save magic. Merlin's powers of divination continue to grow, but will it be enough to defeat his greatest enemy yet?

When a mysterious evil force known only as the Voice begins to take control of the local mobs in the coast city of Strikersport, two new heroes appear on the scene. Their origin, the neighborhood streets of Chinatown. The masked Tiger and Dragon wield both science and magic in their battle to combat the forces of darkness. Soon, several of the city's prominent citizens become players in this cataclysmic war. These include players from a wealthy family with roots to Strikersport history, a rookie cop, and a crusading newspaper editor.

The spark of an old war is rekindled. Reckless wizards believe that they should rule the human realms. They threaten a world that is shared by older races (Elves and Dwarves). The Elders remain poised to destroy the threat that is Humanity. Jo Lee Validad could end this war before it starts and placate the elder races. But even the Great One, Anaxiunara cannot find him. Her lover is abducted. She is beside herself with grief. Who would tempt the wrath of one so powerful as she?

Months after the defeat of the Beast in Ardmore, Henry Morgan faces the looming threat of a second dragon hidden in the ruins of Manhattan. Plots and schemes put in motion by a secret cabal unravel and Marcus—the Union Forest scientist that was key to Henry’s success in Ireland—is missing. With another dragon so close to home, Henry only has a few days to figure out his newfound power and find Marcus. The two of them must discover and destroy the dragon before the cabal can use its power to bring an Elder God into being... and likely destroy the world in the process.

An escaped rebel leader bent on recapturing his throne. A looming invasion from the Empire of the West. Dressed as a boy, Jackie sets out on her dragon to recapture one and halt the other, Before these two forces can destroy her homeland. Only her strength, courage, and Friendships she’s made can stop the approaching chaos. She doubts they will be enough.

A young Viking boy named Tryggvi is exploring an island off of the southern coast of Iceland when he stumbles upon an unusual stone. Left forgotten for most of his life, the stone sat in solitude...and waited. Centuries later, a dragon is awoken from a long slumber and terrorizes the people of Maine and New Hampshire. Only the determination and resolve of a young man can save the people and put an end to the mythical tyrant. But will he be strong enough to take down the beast?

The last of her clan of assassins, the Violet Dragon burns with rage, and she'll stop at nothing until her sisters' deaths are avenged. A reckoning is coming to those responsible for the heinous act against her family. And with the help of an American CIA operative, she’ll get her chance. Together, the unlikely duo will not only solve who murdered the people she cared about, but they’ll also discover who's been buying and selling women for profit throughout Southeast Asia.

At odds with Smoke's diabolical brother, Specks, Sid and company battle to protect the only weapon they have left, a jump drive that will lead them to a source of unknown powers and the secret of the Knights of Nigil.

Deception, Dreams, Or Death? Kat must choose before it’s too late! Who can she trust when everything begins to unravel? Kat suspects a sinister plot that might involve her dead sister when Silas threatens Kat’s reputation and her career prospects. But a twist of fate sends Kat and her friends outside the safety of the domes. And straight into the plans of her enemy. Following her sister’s final footsteps, Kat searches for clues to the past to unlock their future. Too bad not everybody wants her to succeed. With time running out from their sabotaged air supply, Kat wields her sword to ...

Having pulled off an impossible heist, Jonathan wants nothing more than to relax and take a few simple jobs as a distraction. But nothing is ever simple for the Dragon. When friends go missing, an old enemy returns, demanding Jonathan take a job even more dangerous than the last. If he refuses, new friends will suffer, but if he takes the job, Heziah may gain a power to overthrow the Society itself.

There are two ways of looking at Aissa's story. She's the miracle girl who escaped the raiders. Or she's the cursed child who called the Bull King's ship to the island. The firstborn daughter of a priestess is cast out as a baby, and after raiders kill her adopted family, she is abandoned at the gates of the Great Hall, anonymous and mute. Called No-Name, the cursed child, she is raised a slave, and not until she is 12 does she learn her name is Aissa: the dragonfly.

The people have spoken. The dragons must die. Will ignorance destroy everything the dragons’ magic has created? Leah, rider of the last queen dragon, Aaliyah, would do anything to open the lines of communication with the people of Heliok. But the time for negotiations have ended and war is edging ever closer. And when the smell of blood reaches her queen, they know it’s time to retreat, but she doesn’t count on the number of people who have turned against them. Troyer will stop at nothing to purge his planet of the leaching dragons. Furious over having to tithe his hard-earned crops ...