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81) Predator
Publisher
Twentieth Century Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Schaefer and his men, an elite military rescue unit, are recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerrilla fighters in the Latin American jungle. Once in the jungle, they encounter a deadly enemy, not of Earth.
82) Submergence
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, a Scotsman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Thousands of miles away in the Greenland Sea, Danielle Flinders prepares to dive in a submersible to the ocean floor. In their confines they are drawn back to the Christmas of the previous year, where a chance encounter on a beach in France led to an intense and enduring romance.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Thomas Crocker's SEAL Team Six crew deploys to the Nigerian jungle to combat arms and human trafficking by Boko Haram, in Don Mann and Ralph Pezzullo's latest fiercely authentic military thriller. The charismatic Boko Haram leader Ratty Festus, also known as the Leopard, has been terrorizing drought-ridden northeastern Nigeria: raiding villages, blowing up government buildings, and kidnapping schoolgirls. When Thomas Crocker and his Black Cell team,...
84) Predator
Publisher
Twentieth Century Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When an elite military rescue unit is recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerrilla fighters in the Latin American jungle, they encounter a deadly enemy, not of earth.
85) Wolf rising
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When he rescues teacher Selena Rosa from a hostage situation, werewolf SWAT Officer Jayden Brooks realizes he has finally found his life mate, only to discover that she is on track to become an omega—a violent breed—and must pull her back from the edge.
86) Innocent hostage
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Their marriage is nearly over. But then Deputy US Marshal Allison Chen-Boyd and FBI hostage negotiator Henry Boyd learn their eight-year-old son has been kidnapped. They'll work together-temporarily, of course-to capture the dangerous cartel hell-bent on vengeance. But as danger mounts and bombs lurk around every corner, they'll have to learn to trust each other again to save their embattled family.."--Back cover.
87) Girl on a plane
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"This is a fictionalized story based on the amazing real life experiences of Miriam Moss, a fifteen year old English school girl who was held hostage on a plane hijacked by the Palestinian Liberation Front in 1970"--
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A boy visits a library on his way home from school. An old man takes the boy hostage and forces him to memorize a large number of books. The boy eventually realizes that the man plans to absorb the information he's memorized by eating his brain. With the help of a strange girl and a man dressed as a sheep, the captive devises an escape plan.
90) Harm's way
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The exhilarating new thriller from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author takes readers on an action-packed thrill ride across rural Venezuela. The kidnappers are ruthless. The stakes are high. The odds are impossible. There’s no way Jonathan Grave can say no… “[Gilstrap’s] greatest strength is the ability to blend breathtaking action with deep emotion regarding the characters.” —Jeffery Deaver Henchmen of a vicious drug...
Author
Series
Dr. Harry Kent novels volume 1
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Immersing himself in his work as a surgeon for the London Metropolitan Police to ward off memories of his time as an army medic, Dr. Harry Kent is sent to treat a mentally ill teen who has taken hostages in a fast-food restaurant.
92) Targeted
Author
Series
Bob Lee Swagger novels volume 12
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"After being accused of reckless endangerment and forced to answer to the U.S. Congress, master sniper Bob Lee Swagger must protect political hostages in a once-in-a-lifetime standoff"--
93) Bel canto
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When terrorists seize hostages at an embassy party, an unlikely assortment of people is thrown together, including American opera star Roxanne Coss, and Mr. Hosokawa, a Japanese CEO and her biggest fan.
94) Wolf
Author
Series
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
"When a vagrant--the Walking Man--finds a dog wandering alone with a scrap of paper with the words "HELP US" attached to its collar, he's sure it's a desperate plea from someone in trouble and calls on Detective Inspector Jack Caffery to investigate. Caffery is reluctant to get involved--until the Walking Man promises new information regarding the childhood abduction of Caffery's brother in exchange for the detective's help tracking down the dog's...
95) Black scorpion: the tyrant reborn : a novel of Fabrizio Boccardi's bestselling character the tyrant
Author
Series
Michael Tirrano novels volume 2
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A new enemy has surfaced in Eastern Europe in the form of an all-powerful organization called Black Scorpion. Once a victim of human trafficking himself, the shadowy group's crazed leader, Vladimir Dracu, has become the mastermind behind the scourge's infestation on a global scale. And now he's set his sights on Michael Tiranno for reasons birthed in a painful secret past that have scarred both men. [...] Black Scorpion has also taken the woman Michael...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
New York cop John McClane is the personal target of the mysterious Simon, a terrorist determined to blow up the entire city if he doesn't get what he wants. Accompanied by an unwilling civilian, McClane careens wildly from one end of town to the other as he struggles to keep up with Simon's deadly game.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The definitive account of the bizarre hostage drama that gave rise to the term "Stockholm Syndrome." On the morning of August 23, 1973, a man wearing a wig, makeup, and a pair of sunglasses walked into the main branch of Sveriges Kreditbank, a prominent bank in central Stockholm. He ripped out a submachine gun, fired it into the ceiling, and shouted, "The party starts!" This was the beginning of a six-day hostage crisis-and media circus-that would...
98) Chaos
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Iris Johansen introduces a new kickass female protagonist, Alisa Flynn, a CIA agent who may be willing to go rogue if it means catching the most heartless band of criminals she's ever encountered. Alisa is aided by mysterious billionaire-genius-inventor Gabe Korgan and recurring character Margaret Douglas, an animal whisperer who brings along her beloved dog Juno to fight alongside them. Alisa is determined to rescue schoolgirls kidnapped from their...
Author
Series
Hank Fallon series volume 4
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The warden of the new federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S. Marshal Hank Fallon, when his family is taken hostage by escaped prisoners, must get down and dirty like the men he is pursuing to save his wife and baby daughter.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Description
On a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation's capital, off-duty cop John McClane battles a team of terrorists who have taken over a major international airport, while he copes with an inept airport police chief, the stubborn head of the army's anti-terrorist squad, and the knowledge that his wife is trapped in a plane circling overhead.
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