Books like 'The Iron Man'
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La misión de Rox by Laura Gallego García
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRox ha partido a la región del oeste, devastada por los monstruos, en busca de una aldea perdida habitada por Guardianes. Mientras una riada de supervivientes acude a la Ciudadela en busca de un refugio seguro, tras sus muros florece un nuevo movimiento filosófico, la Senda del Manantial, cuyo líder predica el fin del mundo conocido… para bien o para mal...Categorized as:
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Carpe Jugulum: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA play based on Terry Pratchett's Carpe... -
That Promise by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat happens to childhood promises when you grow up?Growing up, Devaney Diamond and Chase Mackenzie promised to go to college together. But it’s been two years since the summer that changed everything between them, and their friendship hasn’t recovered... -
Niebo ze stali. Opowieści z meekhańskiego pogranicza by Robert M. Wegner
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWozy wygnanych niegdyś koczowników stanęły u stóp gór, które oddzielają ich od upragnionej wolności. Losy Szóstej Kompanii Górskiej Straży, dziewczyn z wolnego czaardanu i małej dziewczynki z rodu Verdanno zaczynają się splatać… Zanim na niebie o barwie stali wzejdzie słońce, wyżyna spłynie krwią.„Niebo ze stali... -
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The Land of Stories Collection 5 Book Set (The Land of Stories, #1-5) by Chris Colfer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDive into the first five hardcover volumes in the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories with this beautiful gift set.Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about... -
Banishment by T.M. Nielsen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe final book in the Heku Series brings some peace within the factions and within the palace. Chevalier and Emily have reconciled and come to a silent agreement that will benefit not only their own family, but the Equites. Things are looking calmer until someone begins attacking women in the nearby mortal city.Fighting over land in Europe, the Equites and Encala find themselves again at odds... -
Lumpu by Tere Liye
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYes! Akhirnya, Raib, Seli, dan Ali kembali bertualang. Kalian sudah kangen dengan trio ini? Misi mereka adalah menyelamatkan Miss Selena, guru matematika mereka. Tapi, apakah semua berjalan mudah? Siapa yang bersedia membantu mereka? Kali ini, si genius Ali memutuskan meminta bantuan dari sosok yang tidak terduga, karena musuh dari musuh adalah teman...Categorized as:
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Selena by Tere Liye
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Selena" dan "Nebula" adalah buku ke-8 dan ke-9 yang menceritakan siapa orangtua Raib dalam serial petualangan dunia paralel. Dua buku ini sebaiknya dibaca berurutan. Kedua buku ini juga bercerita tentang Akademi Bayangan Tingkat Tinggi, sekolah terbaik di seluruh Klan Bulan. Tentang persahabatan tiga mahasiswa, yang diam-diam memiliki rencana bertualang ke tempat-tempat jauh...Categorized as:
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Vânătoarea by Lavinia Călina
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContinuarea romanului „Ultimul avanpost”Pentru fosta prinţesă Diane, viaţa a luat o întorsătură neaşteptată. Ajunsă la Avanpost şi implicată activ în misiuni aproape imposibile pentru oricine altcineva, dar nu şi pentru Subiecţi, ea află că diferenţele dintre persoanele care conduc grupul de rebeli şi cei din structura despotică a Regatului României par să nu fie atât de mari... -
Proud Pada by S.G. Blaise
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLilla is on her next mission as a Sybil,when she must travel to the Pada world following the trail of a ruthless murderer.Navigating deadly politics turns increasingly difficult,when the Teryn emperor goes missing.Now the Teryn empire is heading towards civil war,and Lilla must uncover who is behind the conspiracy before it's too late.Unfortunately her success depends on the Proud Pada... -
A Gallery of Mothers by J.S. Latshaw
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe highly anticipated sequel to The Threat Below.Unearth OurselvesMountaintop, the last known refuge of humanity, faces a new cataclysm, and only exiled Icelyn Brathius can stop it. But to do so, she must give up all she loves and journey to an accursed, legendary tower in the middle of an unforgiving desert... -
Return To The Bear by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn the thrilling third book in the Bear Valley Shifters saga, Joanna is trying to survive in a clan of battle-hardened bear shifters, where the alpha wants her for his own.When Brody Bannister, Benson Riker's most trusted councilman, accuses her clan of holding Hannah Michaels hostage in their camp, Joanna must decide where her loyalty lies... -
とある魔術の禁書目録 20 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA certain unlikely hero...October 18-World War III has begun. As the flames of conflict between Academy City and Russia spread further, the rest of the world suddenly finds itself pulled into the fight... -
Bad Things by Tamara Thorne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe house has been in his family for generations. But it really belongs to them…The Piper clan emigrated from Scotland and founded the town of Santo Verde, California. The Gothic Victorian estate built there has housed the family for generations, and has also become home to an ancient evil forever linked to the Piper name…As a boy, Rick Piper discovered he had “the sight... -
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Conan the Destroyer by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first in a new series of Conan reprints! Conan the Barbarian is one of the most famed figures in fantasy fiction. With the success of the new film starring Jason Momoa and Ron Perlman, the time is right to revisit Robert E. Howard's classic stories... -
無職転生 ~ 12 [Youth Period - Begaritto Continent Chapter] by Rifujin na Magonote
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Cent millions d'années et un jour by Jean-Baptiste Andrea
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings‘On the mountain, the only monsters are the ones you take with you.’Summer 1954. Stan has been hunting for fossils since the age of six. Now, having made a career out of studying the remains of tiny lifeforms, he hears a story he cannot forget: the skeleton of a huge creature, a veritable dragon, lies deep in an Alpine glacier. And he is determined to find it...Categorized as:
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The Quest for Cush by Charles R. Saunders
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt begins with the reunion of Imaro and his kidnapped lover Tanisha, who has been taken to the ruined City of Madness. With the help of their new found friend Pomphis, a Pygmay from the eastern forests of Nyumbani, they learn of the sorcerous forces that may have been behind the dark wizard that destroyed Imaro's youth... -
Curvy Girl and the Mountain Man Dragon by Zoey Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne look at those dangerous curves and my dragon knows - Kim is mine to claim, to mark, to devour.I meet her when she climbs up my mountain searching for proof of a monster. A sinfully curvy small-town goddess with bedroom eyes and a body that makes my inner beast roar with need... -
Assassins of Alamut: A Novel of Persia and Palestine in the Time of the Crusades by James Boschert
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Epic Novel of Persia and Palestine in the Time of the Crusades The Assassins of Alamut is a riveting tale, painted on the vast canvas of life in Palestine and Persia during the 12th century. On one hand, it's a tale of the crusades-as told from the Islamic side-where Shi'a and Sunni are as intent on killing Ismaili Muslims as they are crusaders... -
King Kong by Christopher Golden, Merian C. Cooper
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe official novelization of the Universal Pictures remake of the 1933 classic by three-time Academy Award(-winning director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings*), starring Adrien Brody, Naomi Watts, and Jack Black, scheduled for release on December 14. Original... -
The Darke Crusade by Joe Dever
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis bestselling role-playing series has sold more than seven million copies worldwide. The loathsome Magnaarn wants to use the Doomstone of Darke to conquer the good people of Lencia. Lone Wolf, Kai Grand Master of Sommerlund, refuses to let Magnaarn prevail. But the only way Lone Wolf can prevent his evil plan is to find the Doomstone first. . . . Illustrated... -
The Phantom City by Kenneth Robeson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArabian thieves led by the diabolically clever Molallet set one fiendish trap after another for Doc Savage and his mighty five... -
War of the Wilted by Amber Mitchell
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLike flowers denied water, people are wilting under the emperor's tyranny.Rose will not rest until the Gardener is dead. But there are bigger battles to fight, and Rayce—leader of the rebellion and the only man Rose has ever loved—believes their best chance at winning the war is to join forces with her sworn enemy.Saving innocent people is more important than her quest for revenge... -
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Break The Ice by Tea Ravine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen it Raines it Pours but this might be a freezing rain.He’s the hot shot hockey player with the looks and reputation that opens every door in our world. What I did not expect was the pack he’s hiding along with his rival turned team mate and their strange hostile attraction. The four of them are not at all what I expected, they are charming yet wounded... -
The Forgotten Realm by Kenneth Robeson, Lester Dent
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDoc Savage must pursue the X Man, an insane man found wandering the ruins of a crumbling Roman fort and who has escaped from Wyndmoor Asylum, bent on unleashing a cyclone of violence on modern-day New York... -
The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom by Max Gladstone
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA stranger claiming knowledge of realms beyond the known world attempts to stop a war... in Max Gladstone's The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom, a Tor.com Original... -
The Captives of Kaag by Joe Dever
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLone Wolf must undertake a dangerous mission to Kaag--an isolated, fortress-like city that boasts a bloodthirsty population of ex-soldiers--to rescue his friend, Banedon, who is being held captive... -
Poderosa by Sérgio Klein
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJoana Dalva está mais poderosa do que nunca - tudo o que ela escreve com a mão esquerda transforma-se em realidade imediatamente. O poder, porém, tem muitas faces. É possível encontrá-lo no carisma de um guru que realiza sessões de cura, no talento de uma manequim que ganha a vida sem se mexer e na força de um colega novato cheio de músculos e de mistérios... -
The Cyborg and the Sorcerers by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe cyborg code-named "Slant" was sent out as an Independent Reconnaissance Unit during an interstellar war between Earth and its colonies. The fighting ended three hundred years ago, but Slant's computer does not admit this -- he is compelled to carry on as if the war were still raging. Then he comes across a planet where his sensors register "gravitational anomalies... -
Tarzan and the Foreign Legion by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen the American bomber crashed in the jungles of enemy-held Sumatra, the survivors faced the perils of a completely unknown world...and the RAF colonel who had flown with them as observer seemed to compound their danger by going mad-stripping to a loincloth and throwing away his weapons except for his knife... -
Tarzan the Magnificent by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTarzan encounters a lost race with uncanny mental powers, after which he revisits the lost cities of Cathne and Athne, previously encountered in the earlier novel Tarzan and the City of Gold. As usual, he is backed up by Chief Muviro and his faithful Waziri warriors... -
Tarzan and the Madman by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTarzan of the Apes had heard only rumors of the Kavuru—a race of strange white savages. But when they stole the daugher of Muviro, chief of the Waziri, the Lord of the Jungle set on in search of their legend-shrouded village on a mission of rescue—or, if need be, of revenge...
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