The War of the Ember (Guardians of Ga'hoole, Book 15)

By Kathryn Lasky

The strange, maniacal blue owl known as the Striga has been rousted from the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. Nyra, leader of the vicious Pure Ones, is either dead or laying low in some distant land,leaving the tree finally at peace. As if fed by an invisible spring, learning and the lively arts flourish at the great tree and spread throughout the owl kingdoms.

But unbeknowst to the Guardians, in a long-empty cave deep in the Northern Kingdoms two ruthless villains join forces to conjure an ancient evil, an evil that will do their bidding and wreak havoc on the world.

 

Stormchild

The story of Tim Blackburn's search for his missing daughter, Nicole, who disappeared in the company of Caspar von Rellsteb, an environmental activist, who believes the only way to save the planet is through ruthless force. The author also wrote "Crackdown", "Wildtrack" and "Sea Lord".

The Golden Keel

Mussolini's missing treasure - worth three million pounds - lies hidden in Italy. A group of adventurers set sail to track down the treasure and smuggle it out, encountering many enemies along the route, including murderous ex-partisans, ruthless beauties and menacing smugglers, all of whom will stop at nothing for a chance to hijack the fortune.

Stormchild by Bernard Cornwell

The story of Tim Blackburn's search for his missing daughter, Nicole, who disappeared in the company of Caspar von Rellsteb, an environmental activist, who believes the only way to save the planet is through ruthless force.

'Your unquestioning obedience. You will be my man.' Such is Manfred's demand when he offers Rod Ironsides the general managership of the Sonder Ditch gold mine.

For Rod, ambitious and hard-living but totally gripped by the life of the mine, it is the chance of a lifetime. Manfred Steyner is neurotic and ruthless, a compulsive gambler who treats people as counters in a private game and his beautiful, frustrated wife Terry as a social prop and source of cash.