Han Solo and Chewbacca the Wookiee team-up for an all-new adventure in this thrilling upper middle grade novel. Set between Star Wars: A New Hope and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the story follows everyone's favorite pair of smugglers as they fly the Millennium Falcon on a top-secret mission for the Rebellion. Hidden in the story are also hints and clues about the upcoming film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, making this a must-listen for fans old and new!
Still recovering from traumas both physical and emotional, Jad Bell is tasked with bringing in the Uzbek, principal organizer of the terrorist attack that nearly cost Bell his ex-wife and daughter. But the Uzbek's just the beginning: his employer, the Architect, has already set in motion another, even more devastating attack.
At the center of it all are two women under deep cover. One, as beautiful as she is deadly, has just been dispatched on American soil to execute the Architect's deadly plans. The other is an American just emerging from a complex web of lies, whose intel may be the only hope Bell has to stop the assault before it begins. But after years of pretending to be somebody else, can she be trusted?
For the visitors to Wilsonville, the largest theme park in the world, the day began with a smile. By the end, they wonder-will they be able to escape with their lives?
Retired Delta Force operator, Master Sergeant Jonathan "Jad" Bell, is Wilsonville's lead undercover security officer. The threat begins with the announcement of a hidden dirty bomb, but quickly becomes something far, far worse.
Trained since the age of seventeen to save innocent victims from impossible hostage situations, Jad scrambles to assess the threat and protect the visitors. He will come face to face with a villain whose training matches his in every way-and presents a threat Jad may not be able to stop.
It’s a new beginning for bodyguard Atticus Kodiak. Dead to the world, no longer hunted, he has lived with his common-law wife Alena for more than a year in a small town in the Republic of Georgia. But when their new neighbors are brutally murdered, leaving behind their son, it falls to Atticus to rescue him. To do so, he must enter a web that takes him from Russia to Istanbul and that stretches from Dubai to Las Vegas. But what troubles Atticus the most is that Alena—once one of the world’s most dangerous assassins and a woman who fears nothing—is clearly terrified of what he’s uncovered. And as Atticus gets closer to learning why, the closer he gets to destroying the life they have made, and each other.
“Fans who have come to expect a nonstop thrill ride with a topical angle won't be disappointed.”--Publishers Weekly
For the first time in his life, professional bodyguard Atticus Kodiak is laying low—with Alena Cizkova, aka Drama, once the world’s premier assassin and now the target of assassination herself. Atticus and Alena are wounded, alone, and on the run from what they’ve done, what they haven’t done and what they’ll need to do to survive. From Eastern Europe to Geneva to the Montana wilderness, they’re being hunted across the world by someone more powerful than the mob, the FBI, or the CIA—and if they don’t guess who it is and how to stop him, they’re history.
“Rucka expertly blends intense shoot-’em-up scenes with biting political commentary as Atticus and Alena uncover just how high the conspiracy reaches within the U.S. government. Kodiak fans who’ve waited a long time for this installment will find it exceeds all expectations.”--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Just in time for the multi-million dollar launch of Perfect Dark Zero, the much-anticipated prequel to the award-winning and multi-million selling game, Perfect Dark®. The Game and Platform Perfect Dark Zero is a prequel to the smash hit Perfect Dark, which sold millions of copies worldwide.
Created by Rare exclusively to launch Microsoft's next-generation gaming console, Xbox 360TM, Perfect Dark Zero reintroduces heroine Joanna Dark as she is plunged into a maelstrom of laser-quick combat and global conspiracy in the near-future world of 2020. Much like Haloserved as the key launch title for the original Xbox, Perfect Dark Zero is the flagship title for the new console-one that takes advantage of the raw power of Xbox 360. The Audiobook Perfect Dark: Initial Vector launches a line of three novels that take readers into a shadowy, mysterious new world where sprawling global hypercorporations vie for control and power.
The audiobook adaptations will take listeners deep into the Perfect Dark setting, building upon the game's rich mythos, action and intrigue. Millions of Perfect Dark fans will want to listen to these audiobooks to find out more about Joanna Dark, the perfect agent, and her experiences as she pieces together the threads of conspiracy that bind the fate of the world to her own.
When Greg Rucka's first novel, Keeper, was published, readers were immediately fascinated by its hero. Alert and skilled, bodyguard Atticus Kodiak could protect his clients from almost any danger, but he sometimes fell prey to his own emotions. This combination of toughness and vulnerability attracted even more fans in Finder. Now, in Smoker, Atticus is about to meet his most elusive foe. The job sounds straight enough: test the security of the crew protecting a key witness in a landmark case against a tobacco company. All Atticus has to do is make sure there are no holes in their surveillance. But one of the ten most dangerous contract killers in the world is training his sights on both the witness and Atticus. Greg Rucka cranks up the suspense as the boundary between hunter and target begins to blur. Spiced with the latest technological tools of the security trade, zinging with split-second decisions, Smoker is enhanced by narrator George Wilson's superb dramatic performance.
In the tradition of Mickey Spillane, Greg Rucka creates stories of suspense and danger set in a dark and violent world. Like Keeper , his first Atticus Kodiac novel, Rucka keeps the pace and the surprises in Finder coming at breakneck speed. During his last job as bodyguard, Atticus lost his best friend. Now, as bouncer in a rough New York nightclub called The Strap, trouble has found him again. At the bar, Atticus sees the 15-year-old daughter of a ruthless Colonel he guarded in the Army. Soon, Atticus is hired by the Colonel to protect his daughter from an ex-wife. Atticus discovers, however, that he has really been pitted against rogue assassins. And the stakes are much higher than the daughter's life.
Through bursts of gunfire and brutal ambushes, Atticus struggles to keep his promise to protect the girl. George Wilson's agile narration propels the listener toward Finder's explosive conclusion.
Intense, fast-paced, and as timely as today's front page, Keeper is a tantalizing glimpse into the life-and-death world of professional bodyguards. Atticus Kodiak-cunning, resourceful, and tough as nails-is trapped in a race against time in this riveting, realistic look at the abortion rights battlefield. Narrator John Randolph Jones fully captures the passion and terror on both sides of this explosive issue with stirring conviction.
