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Evil has come to a distant land high among the snow-capped mountains of Midkemia, as an exterminating army wearing the colors of the Duke of Olasko razes village after village, slaughtering men, women, and children without mercy. And when the carnage is done, only one survivor remains: a young boy named Kieli. A youth no longer, there is now but one road for him to travel: the path of vengeance. And he will not be alone. Under the tutelage of the...
2) Soldier
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DK
Pub. Date
c2009
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English
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An introduction to soldiers throughout the ages, from Medieval knights to modern troops.
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English
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"In this riveting new novel by the New York Times bestselling author of the Chet and Bernie mystery series, a deeply damaged female soldier home from the war in Afghanistan becomes obsessed with finding a missing girl, gains an unlikely ally in a stray dog, and encounters new perils beyond the combat zone. LeAnne Hogan went to Afghanistan as a rising star in the military, and came back a much lesser person, mentally and physically. Now missing an...
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Soldier son trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Eos
Pub. Date
c2006
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English
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Slowly recovering from a plague that has decimated his Academy fellows, soldier Nevare Burvelle anticipates his brother's impending nuptials, but is forced to enter the realm of Speck magic when his family is infected by the plague.
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"From Fobbit author David Abrams, Brave Deeds is a powerful novel of war, brotherhood, and America. Spanning eight hours, the novel follows a squad of six AWOL soldiers as they attempt to cross war-torn Baghdad on foot to attend the funeral of their leader, Staff Sergeant Rafe Morgan. In an inhospitable landscape, these men recall the most ancient of warriors while portraying a cross section of twenty-first century America--sometimes strong, sometimes...
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Soldier son trilogy volume 1
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EOS
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 38
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English
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Serving his king during a time of realm expansion, nobleman's son Nevare Burvelle finds his promising career compromised by prejudice at the King's Cavalry Academy and the discovery that he is being rendered a pawn by the magical plains folk.
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"While overseas fighting in the Afghan war, U.S. Army soldier Coop--a man haunted by the things he has seen and done in the war--is told that his wife has been killed back home in the States. The ticking of the clock begins as Coop is given a brief leave to attend to his wife's affairs. But while back in New York City, Coop discovers his wife's death was far more suspicious than anyone told him. He decides to go AWOL, using his military training to...
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Roland Ford volume 1
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"From three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestseller T. Jefferson Parker, a stirring new thriller about a private investigator tasked with hunting down a returned soldier broken and made dangerous by his experiences at war"--
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Imager portfolio volume 11
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Tor Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Six years have passed since the failed uprising of the High Holders, and Charyn, the rex's heir, has come of age and wants to learn to be an effective rex after his father. His father disagrees, so Charyn sets out to educate himself. But when privateers attack the rex's ships and threats escalate against the rex and his family, Charyn will realize that no one is safe--for an assassin stalks them all.--
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"Set in contemporary Israel, a new novel, raising questions about inequality, conflict, intensity, war and danger, follows the passionate love affair between Eyal, a young Israeli soldier, and Allie, an academic searching for a place to belong, that ultimately leads to a shocking and tragic betrayal"--
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Waiting to be deployed on a critical mission, elite Marine Raider Matthew Redd stops to help a stranger and wakes up hours later to learn his team was wiped out in an ambush. Unable to remember anything, Redd can't deny the possibility that he's somehow responsible for the information leak that led to the massacre. He's given a deal to avoid a charge of treason, but it means walking away from the Corps and the life he loved. As he faces his loss,...
12) The hot gate
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Troy rising volume 3
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Baen Books
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Tyler Vernon and his troops aboard the gigantic battle station "Troy" face a desperate battle with the forces of galactic tyranny. And the very survival of the Earth and its people is not all that is at stake. The galaxy itself must choose to live free or die--and if the tyrants win this battle, darkness will fall across the galaxy for millennia to come.
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Sixteen-year-old Rowan is about to become one of the famed Leonodai Warriors - the elite shapeshifting fighters who protect the floating city Heliana from the world of Men - but when disaster strikes the city's children, Rowan sets out on her own, risking everything to save her beloved city.
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Discworld volume 29
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English
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War has come to Discworld ... again. And, to no one's great surprise, the conflict centers around the small, arrogantly fundamentalist duchy of Borogravia, which has long prided itself on its unrelenting aggressiveness. A year ago, Polly Perks's brother marched off to battle, and Polly's willing to resort to drastic measures to find him. So she cuts off her hair, dons masculine garb, and -- aided by a well-placed pair of socks -- sets out to join...
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Publisher
B
Pub. Date
enero de 2018.
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Español
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Jose Carlos Somoza regresa al genero del thriller literario de sus mayores exitos con una historia real de un espia espanol en el Norte de Africa en los anos 50. Un conocido escritor recibe de manos de un amigo librero un misterioso manuscrito. Son mas de doscientas paginas, escritas a maquina y fechadas en 1957. El encargo es muy preciso: debe leerlo en menos de 24 horas. Intrigado, el novelista comienza a leer y se encuentra con una historia...
16) Suns will rise
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System Divine volume III
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
Description
Three months after the Patriarche was beheaded, Laterre seems to be flourishing under General Bonnefaçon, but as dangerous rifts threaten the peace, Alouette, Marcellus, and Chatine reunite.
17) The sky weaver
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Iskari volume 3
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English
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Sworn enemies Safire and Eris journey from the port city of Darmoor to the fabled Sky Isles in an effort to track down Asha, the last Namsara.
18) Hullmetal girls
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Aisha Un-Haad, seventeen, and Key Tanaka, eighteen, have risked everything for new lives as mechanically enhanced soldiers, and when an insurrection forces dark secrets to surface, the fate of humanity is in their hands.
19) The black song
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A Raven's Blade novel volume 2
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"A matchless warrior is pitted against a near-God in the second epic installment of the Raven's Blade series. It has long been our lot in life, brother, to do what others can't. Vaelin Al Sorna was known across the realm as the greatest of warriors, but he thought battles were behind him. He was wrong. Prophecy and rumor led him across the sea to find a woman he once loved, and drew him into a war waged by the Darkblade, a man who believes himself...
20) Blind tiger
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Thatcher Hutton, a war-weary soldier on the way back to his cowboy life, jumps from a moving freight train to avoid trouble ... and lands in more than he bargained for"--