Countdown To Midnight

Author : Patrick Carman
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780316088800

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Thirteen Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman Pdf

You are indestructible. Three whispered words transfer an astonishing power to Jacob Fielding that changes everything. At first, Jacob is hesitant to use the power, unsure of its implications. But there's something addictive about testing the limits of fear. Then Ophelia James, the beautiful and daring new girl in town, suggests that they use the power to do good, to save others. But with every heroic act, the power grows into the specter of a curse. How to decide who lives and who dies? In this nail-biting novel of mystery and dark intrigue, Jacob must walk the razor thin line between right and wrong, good and evil, and life and death. And time is running out. Because the Grim Reaper doesn't disappear. . . . He catches up.

Author : Dale Brown
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063015098

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Countdown to Midnight by Dale Brown Pdf

In this sequel to Dale Brown’s New York Times bestselling Arctic Storm Rising, former U.S. Air Force officer Nick Flynn is caught up in a shadow war against allied Russia and Iran—a duo wielding a terrifying new weapon. Nick Flynn is back in action, and he has a new employer—a shadowy intelligence outfit whose roots go back to the very beginning of the Cold War. But his first mission for them almost becomes his last. While meeting with a high-ranking Iranian dissident in the Austrian Alps, Flynn is ambushed and nearly killed… just after learning that Iran and Russia are working together on a mysterious project—one they have codenamed MIDNIGHT. Flynn is determined to uncover MIDNIGHT’s lethal secrets. Why are Moscow and Tehran covertly retrofitting a massive oil tanker in an Iranian port? What purpose lies behind their closely guarded effort, the brainchild of Pavel Voronin—a ruthless billionaire allied with Russia’s autocratic president? Flynn and his new team plan to put an end to the nefarious project, but they’re dogged at every step by Voronin’s hired Raven Syndicate killers—elite veterans of Russia’s special forces and intelligence services. As they track the enemy from the streets of Vienna to deep inside hostile Iran, Flynn and his crew must repeatedly risk their lives to pierce the layers of deception around this shadow war. It’s a race against time to stop Voronin from launching his terrifying new weapon against the United States—potentially killing hundreds of millions and overturning the world’s balance of power forever. The odds are stacked high against Flynn and his team… but that’s never stopped Nick before.

Author : Franklin H. Bruce
Publisher : New York : Daw Books ; [Scarborough, Ont.] : New American Library of Canada
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0879979836

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Countdown to Midnight by Franklin H. Bruce Pdf

Stories deal with a military conspiracy, postnuclear societies, the arms race, and the horror of nuclear war

Author : Leo Hunt
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780763682231

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Thirteen Days of Midnight by Leo Hunt Pdf

In a devilishly dark and funny debut, a teen finds himself the unwitting beneficiary of eight enslaved and angry ghosts seeking bloody vengeance. When Luke Manchett’s estranged father dies unexpectedly, he leaves his son a dark inheritance: a collection of eight restless spirits, known as his Host, who want revenge for their long enslavement. Once they figure out that Luke has no clue how to manage them, they become increasingly belligerent, and eventually mutiny. Halloween (the night when ghosts reach the height of their power) is fast approaching, and Luke knows his Host is planning something far more trick than treat. Armed with only his father’s indecipherable notes, a locked copy of The Book of Eight, and help from school outcast Elza Moss, Luke has just thirteen days to uncover the closely guarded secrets of black magic and send his unquiet spirits to their eternal rest—or join their ghostly ranks himself.

Author : L. T. Vargus,Tim McBain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 195420308X

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Countdown to Midnight by L. T. Vargus,Tim McBain Pdf

By the time you read this, I'll be dead, but what I've set into motion will only be beginning. The first blast takes out an actor from a string of famous coffee commercials. A plain cardboard box in the mail blows when he opens it. Pumps hot nails through his face. So begins the series of mail bombs that beckons FBI profiler Violet Darger to New York. The bomber's plan is meticulous -- an ever growing spectacle of gruesome violence meant to spread his cryptic message piece by piece. And the clock is ticking. Starting at midnight tonight, a bomb will go off roughly every eight hours, and a target will be neutralized. The bomber has left chunks of his journal throughout the city. These not only articulate his twisted message, they contain clues about the bombs. Clues for names. Clues for places. Everything law enforcement needs to locate and disarm one of the bombs is there... if they can find it in time. It's a race against the clock. Understanding the bomber's psychology could be the key to deciphering the codes and riddles, the key to saving lives. Darger faces a threat on a scale unlike anything she's encountered so far. If she doesn't solve the clues in time, thousands will die. Let the countdown begin.

Author : Susie Jaramillo
Publisher : Canticos
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1945635061

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Little Skeletons/ Esqueletitos by Susie Jaramillo Pdf

Presents a bilingual version of a traditional Latin American song about skeletons rising from the grave on each hour, with art inspired by the famous Mexican "calavera" woodcut prints and clock hands to move to agree with the song.

Author : Dale Brown
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063015050

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Arctic Storm Rising by Dale Brown Pdf

First in a new series from New York Times bestselling author Dale Brown, featuring U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nick Flynn on the hunt for Russian commandos in the mountains of Alaska. After a CIA covert mission goes badly awry, U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nicholas Flynn is exiled to guard a remote radar post along Alaska’s Arctic frontier. This dead-end assignment is designed to put his career permanently on ice, but Flynn’s not the type to fade quietly into obscurity... As winter storms pound Alaska and northern Canada, Russian aircraft begin penetrating deep into friendly airspace. Are these rehearsals for a possible first strike, using Russia’s new long-range stealth cruise missiles? Or is some other motive driving the Kremlin to take ever-increasing risks along the hostile Arctic frontier separating two of the world’s great powers? When an American F-22 collides with one of the Russian interlopers, things go south fast—in seconds, missiles are fired. There are no survivors. Despite horrific weather, Flynn and his security team are ordered to parachute into the area in a desperate bid to reach the crash sites ahead of the Russians. It’s now obvious that the Pentagon and CIA are withholding vital information, but Flynn and his men have no choice but to make the dangerous jump. Soon they’re caught in a deadly game of hide-and-seek with Spetsnaz commandos operating covertly on American soil. It seems that the F-22s and their Russian counterparts aren’t the first aircraft to have gone missing in these desolate mountains. The Kremlin is hunting for the first prototype of its new stealth bomber—which vanished on what was supposed to be a test flight…while loaded with nuclear-armed stealth cruise missiles. As Russia and the U.S. square off on the brink of all-out-war, it’s up to Nick to find the missing bomber…and prevent a potential nuclear holocaust.

Author : Harriet Tyce
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781728263861

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It Ends at Midnight by Harriet Tyce Pdf

"Gripping." —Alex Michaelides, New York Times bestselling author "Blisteringly brilliant." —Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author Three friends. Two bodies. A party to die for... From international bestselling author Harriet Tyce comes a chilling psychological thriller set in one of Edinburgh's poshest neighborhoods, where a lavish New Year's Eve party ends in a gruesome double murder. Sylvie understands the crime she and Tess committed decades ago was wrong, and that's why she has buried the secret deep in her past—no one needs to know about the person Sylvie once was, especially since it would mean the end of her relationship and ruin her breakout legal career. But when Tess is diagnosed with cancer, she decides the time is right to make amends for past wrongs and organizes an extravagant New Year's Eve party as a backdrop for her dramatic confessions. As midnight approaches and the countdown begins, it seems one of the guests doesn't want a resolution. They want revenge. They want someone at this party to die. With a deliciously twisty plot and a heart-stopping finale, It Ends at Midnight is perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Gillian Flynn, serving as an unnerving yet propulsive examination of exactly what we might be willing to say—and even believe—to justify our worst mistakes.

Author : Neil Gaiman
Publisher : DC
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781401239602

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Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days Deluxe Edition by Neil Gaiman Pdf

Providing tantalizing glimpses into the fantastical worlds he would create and nurture, NEIL GAIMAN'S MIDNIGHT DAYS collects some of the accomplished author's earliest work, including tales featuring John Constantine, Swamp Thing and the first and only meeting between The Golden Age Sandman and The Sandman of the Endless.

Author : Dale Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1648386660

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Countdown to Midnight : a Novel [Large Print] by Dale Brown Pdf

Author : Leo Hunt
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781408345016

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Seven Trees of Stone by Leo Hunt Pdf

The third and final chapter in Leo Hunt's epic supernatural series. It's time for Luke to pay his debt to the devil ... The first book, Thirteen Days of Midnight, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2016 and longlisted for the Branford Boase Award. Luke Manchett is coming to terms with his new life. The life where his girlfriend is a witch, he's a necromancer, and he owes a life debt to the devil. But that's just the start. An invasion is coming - led by a spirit even worse than the devil himself. And it's heading straight for Luke ...

Author : Blair H. Sheppard
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523088768

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Ten Years to Midnight by Blair H. Sheppard Pdf

“Shows how humans have brought us to the brink and how humanity can find solutions. I urge people to read with humility and the daring to act.” —Harpal Singh, former Chair, Save the Children, India, and former Vice Chair, Save the Children International In conversations with people all over the world, from government officials and business leaders to taxi drivers and schoolteachers, Blair Sheppard, global leader for strategy and leadership at PwC, discovered they all had surprisingly similar concerns. In this prescient and pragmatic book, he and his team sum up these concerns in what they call the ADAPT framework: Asymmetry of wealth; Disruption wrought by the unexpected and often problematic consequences of technology; Age disparities--stresses caused by very young or very old populations in developed and emerging countries; Polarization as a symptom of the breakdown in global and national consensus; and loss of Trust in the institutions that underpin and stabilize society. These concerns are in turn precipitating four crises: a crisis of prosperity, a crisis of technology, a crisis of institutional legitimacy, and a crisis of leadership. Sheppard and his team analyze the complex roots of these crises--but they also offer solutions, albeit often seemingly counterintuitive ones. For example, in an era of globalization, we need to place a much greater emphasis on developing self-sustaining local economies. And as technology permeates our lives, we need computer scientists and engineers conversant with sociology and psychology and poets who can code. The authors argue persuasively that we have only a decade to make headway on these problems. But if we tackle them now, thoughtfully, imaginatively, creatively, and energetically, in ten years we could be looking at a dawn instead of darkness.

Author : Matt Haig
Publisher : Large Print Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798885792226

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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Pdf

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?

Author : Anna Zaires,Charmaine Pauls
Publisher : Grey Eagle Publications
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781643662602

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Midnight Days by Anna Zaires,Charmaine Pauls Pdf

My instincts warned me that Alex Volkov is a dangerous man. My mind told me to run when he set his sights on me with unfaltering determination. It’s not that I didn’t try to resist, but Alex had a game plan. He was always one step ahead of me, skillfully drawing me deeper into his web. Even when he gave me freedom, it was only an illusion. Now, even that illusion has vanished. I’m his prisoner in the truest sense of the word, whisked away to Russia on his private plane. I no longer have a say, not while our lives are at risk, and maybe never again. Our story balances on a thin edge between disaster and happiness. With each day that passes, I grow less certain of which side the coin will land on… or if we’ll even survive. Note: This is the conclusion of Alex and Kate's story.

Author : Christopher Edge
Publisher : Nosy Crow
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780857630513

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge Pdf

Step into the past to discover a thrilling mystery about a sinister plot to shape and control the future, in this spine-tingling historical adventure from award-winning author Christopher Edge. Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine, The Penny Dreadful. Her masterly tales of the macabre are gripping Victorian Britain, even if no one knows she's the author. One day, a letter she receives from the governor of the notorious Bedlam madhouse plunges her into an adventure more terrifying than anything she has ever imagined. Why are the patients of Bedlam waking every night at twelve minutes to midnight? What is the meaning of the strange messages they write? Who is the Spider Lady of South Kensington? Penelope is always seeking mysteries to fill the pages of her magazine. But this isn't any ordinary story, it's the future. And the future looks deadly... Spine-tingling historical adventure series with a supernatural twist! From the acclaimed author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright and The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day . 'The feisty and courageous Penelope makes the perfect heroine for an adventure packed with exciting twists and turns.' - BookTrust Related discussion notes and activity ideas available on the Nosy Crow website.