David Liss
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
On a mission of revenge, and in the guise of English businessman Sebastian Foxx, exiled Sebastião Raposa returns to Lisbon, stalking the ruthless Inquisitor priest Pedro Azinheiro who imprisoned his parents ten years earlier. When a twist of fate turns his carefully laid plans to chaos, he will be forced to choose between surrendering to bloodlust or serving the cause of mercy.
Author
Series
Benjamin Weaver novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
Blackmailed into stealing trade secrets from the ruthless British East India Company of eighteenth-century London, Benjamin Weaver discovers that he has been drawn into a daring conspiracy for which he must infiltrate the company to save his loved ones.
Author
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
English
Description
Thomas's problems are more serious than those of a typical young Victorian gentleman. His elder brother may be sabotaging the family's bank. His childhood friend has died under mysterious circumstances. Far worse, leaves are sprouting on Thomas's skin. Perhaps it is all the fault of the long-rumored "Peculiarities" lurking in London's grey fog? Proper society scoffs at the notion of magic, even as it seeps into their buildings, transfiguring the rich...
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the world's first commodities exchange in Amsterdam, 1659 - a mysterious world of trade populated by schemes and rogues, where deception rules the day, Miguel Lienzo has lost everything in a sudden shift in the sugar markets. He enters into a partnership with a seductive Dutchwoman who pitches the newest commodity: coffee.
10) Randoms
Author
Series
Randoms volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
"A twelve-year-old boy is chosen to join a four-person applicant team to work towards membership in the Confederation of United Planets, and stumbles across conspiracies resembling science fiction he's been a fan of his entire life"--
12) The Spider #15
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Richard Wentworth has been brought low, but the Spider must still protect New York! As a terrible new wave of violence sweeps across the city, the Spider faces a terrible new enemy who will stop at nothing as he seeks his twisted revenge. But how far can the Spider go to save an innocent who may the key to this murderous spree. It's pulp mayhem, Spider style!
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Who has the drive, the intelligence, and the means to destroy the Spider? The Fly, a playboy with all the resources of Richard Wentworth's masked alter-ego! Dedicated to criminal perfection, the Fly targets the outlaw hero and the city itself in the midst of a serial killer's rampage and terrorist attacks! Will the Spider overcome the Fly's machinations and prevent the wholesale slaughter of every police officer in the Big Apple.
14) The Spider #6
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A ruthless crime lord is on the rise. The clock is ticking on a politician's life. Only The Spider stands a chance of stopping the Wingman before he strikes and sends the city spiraling into chaos, but can he do it alone? It's the return of Ronald Jackson, one of the pulp-era Spider's most trusted associates! Get ready for some roof-hopping, gun-toting, vigilante action!
15) The Spider #5
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Anput has New York City and the Spider at her mercy, but she's not done yet. As she unveils her final plot, Wentworth must pay an extraordinarily high price for justice and his life will change forever. Friends will fall and foes will risk everything to escape the clutches of the Spider! From the corridors of power to the skies above the city, it's the thrilling, pulptastic conclusion to the first arc!
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
The Green Hornet and Kato are trapped in the web of the sinister crime lord Demone! The mystery began with three missing women; but the twisted game has only grown more complex - and deadly - as the pair try to reclaim the city from his Machiavellian machinations! And while the vigilante Swashbuckler seems to want to serve as their stalwart ally against villainy - can they truly trust this new masked man? Or is he just another one of Demone's puppets?...
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Britt Reid, the masked crimefighter known as The Green Hornet, and his inseparable ally Kato return in an all-new tale by David Liss (Black Panther, The Spider) and Kewber Baal (Kiss)! If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it could be the deadliest for Central City's staunch defenders! Green Hornet's personal vendetta against organized crime creates a void in Chicago, one filled by two more masked individuals: the vicious Demone and the...
19) The Spider #3
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Lines have been drawn and sides have been chosen, and now the battle begins in earnest. As Anput continues her assault against New York, turning innocent citizens into zombies, the Spider desperately searches for the means to stop her. The truth, however, may lead to the Spider's own past. The stakes will rise beyond belief as the 21st century rebirth of the Spider deals out mayhem and destruction of the most pulptastic kind.
20) The Spider #14
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When The Fly raises the technological stakes, The Spider is bested at his own game. With his network crumbling, his company failing, and his friends helpless, Richard Wentworth faces enemies on all fronts. With fierce battles on New York streets and in skyscraper boardrooms, has The Spider finally met his match?