Monster Adventure

What do you do when the monsters are real? Legend spoke of people unafraid of pain; the ones gloried in war and death. Indiscriminate killers, they fought past the point when most men would be dead. Unstoppable, they terrorized the lands until at last they were wiped out in the Great Wars. Or so the world wished to believe. On the cusp of transition, Ondar braces for a return to the horrors of the past, even as new heroes emerge to protect the most innocent among them. What do you do when the monsters are real? You fight.

The frontier town of Retham is doomed. A monster invasion overran the garrison and sacked the baron's country estate. The army that chased them back to the wilderness was ambushed by a much larger force of orcs. They barely escaped with their lives. Now all the frontiersmen and homesteaders are hiding behind the town's defensive walls. Baron Rethamir should have got more soldiers from the duke, but instead he hired mercenaries.

Little Toot hears of the monster at Loch Ness and goes off to see for himself. The riverboats make fun of him, the search boats on the loch order him away, the fishing boat won't talk to him. But Little Toot perseveres, and finally meets the soft-spoken Nessie.

Visiting the train museum, Miles and Louis say at the same time, “Wouldn’t it be neat to ride on these model trains!” Suddenly, they shrink smaller and find themselves on the platform of the model train station. Around them are plastic models of people.

What begins as a special trip for 11-year-old Sophia Freeman and her father leaves her trapped on a mysterious island with a tree boy and fantastical creatures. Later, she learns she is dying from an eternal curse and the only way to prolong her life is to drink the island’s sacred water. Can Sophia and her companions reach the fountain and defeat the guardian before time runs out?

Anna and Max love scary stories - but when they find a mysterious knife on a dark and stormy knife, truth becomes stranger than fiction. Dragged into a world of monsters and magic, Max vanishes, and it's up to Anna to find him. Will the siblings find a way to survive?

Gunnar is the son of a Viking chieftain, living peacefully with his mother, father, and their people - until they are raided by Skuli and his Wolf Men, who raze his home to the ground and take his father’s life. Gunnar swears to avenge his father’s death and save his mother from Skuli - but first he must run to save himself facing murderous raiders, hand to hand battles, mythical flying wolves, and a relentless sea journey to the Land of Fire and Ice... Unknown to Gunnar, his life has been foretold, and he finds he has a destiny greater than his own story.

When schoolboy super-sleuth Henry Hunter uncovers a clue about the legendary Beast of Snagov, the origin of all vampires, he and friend Dolf travel to Whitby and Romania on its trail. Unravelling clues from Bram Stoker’s Dracula and the legend of Vlad the Impaler, they encounter Dracula’s daughter, Bella Dracula. But is she a friend or a foe? And can the trio evade the sinister forces that are tracking their every move, intent on releasing the beast from its underground tomb?

Seriously, what was the weirdest place you've ever met someone? What about a place with no address, where the weather was always perfect, the scenery stunning, yet death was as close as your next breath? The choice to go there for Madison McBride and her sister, Winter, was simple. They had no choice. Their parents were the chief designers of the first underwater city on the planet. They packed three suitcases each and said goodbye to every friend they had.

Hans Heinrich was a nobody guard for the Third Reich that stumbled his way into a mission to take down an Alien-Nazi conspiracy. With his lewd comrade Herman, Hans tries to stay alive through a calamity of obstacles in places from spacecraft to brothels. Learning that the alien conspiracy is more personal than he ever thought, Hans has to try keep his sanity while taking down the nefarious collaborators.

Needing a little rest and relaxation, she booked a ticket to T'ing, better known as the Bugworld. A transporter for the rich and powerful, she's used to being in dangerous situations...but this was supposed to be different. This was her vacation, her first holiday in years. So how did things go so terribly wrong? How did she wind up, penniless, naked, and on the auction block before hundreds of spectators? Worse, how did end up being purchased by a thief and his shape-changing companion?

Geheimnisvolle Meeresgiganten. Seit Finn und die anderen Kinder mit dem Seeungeheuer Big Ben Freundschaft geschlossen haben, kommen täglich Gäste auf ihre Insel, um die faszinierenden Meerestiere zu sehen. Besonders das Seeschweinchen Ballyhoo ist der Liebling aller. Doch eines Tages ist Ballyhoo spurlos verschwunden. Was ist passiert? Für Finn ist klar: Er muss Ballyhoo finden! Gemeinsam mit dem Fischer Connor und Big Ben macht er sich auf die Suche. Doch im tiefen Meer lauern ungeahnte Gefahren.

The mystery of the island deepens as members of the Robinson family disappear, and strange animals are discovered. Sarah Robinson and her family are shipwrecked on a remote and mysterious island. Their food is running out, and their fear is escalating - there is no sign of rescue. The mysterious girl they found unconscious at the beach is healing, and what she tells them about the strange island and especially about someone called the Keeper has the family on edge.

A year has passed since the knights battled monsters on the mist-covered Orkney Isles. The knights have searched high and low for the elusive Queen Morgause, who is bent on destroying King Arthur and all of Camelot. Finally, a tip from the legendary Green Knight sends the heroes searching for the Faerie Realm, an eerie world where nothing is what it seems. Together, the knights will lose an old friend, discover a new ally, face a dangerous dragon, and learn what it means to be a legend.

Ungeheures Unterwasserabenteuer. Als die Kinder einer kleinen schottischen Insel Finn zu einer Mutprobe überreden, ahnen sie nicht, welch hohe Wellen ihre unbedachte Idee auslösen wird. Denn der kleine steinige Flecken vor der Küste, auf dem Finn eine Nacht verbringen soll, ist ein schlafendes Meeresungeheuer! Und wenn so ein Wesen nach vielen hundert Jahren wieder aufwacht, dann braucht es ganz schön viel Mut, um sich ihm entgegenzustellen - und noch viel mehr Mut, um mit ihm Freundschaft zu schließen.

In his laboratory high on the hill, Frank N. Stine has a ferocious sweet tooth that snarls to be fed. But when an eerie experiment spills into his Gingerbread batter, a frightening cookie creation comes to life! The Gingerbread Monster is hulking, horrific . . . and hungry. But as Frank is chased by his creepy creation, the young baker begins to wonder what the Monster truly craves. After all, there’s no sweeter treat than friendship.

Neon Yang continues to redefine the limits of silkpunk fantasy with their Tensorate novellas, which the New York Times lauded as "joyously wild". In this third volume, an investigation into atrocities committed at a classified research facility threaten to expose secrets that the Protectorate will do anything to keep hidden.

Is the local legend of survival truly a miracle? Why do his mother's brownies taste so good? Is there other intelligent life in the universe? Xander Bookman already knows the answer to one of these questions. With the assistance of his cousin, the seventh grader embarks on a quest to learn the truth about the other two. When Yzzie mysteriously disappears, Xander must find his way through a pitch-black labyrinth, face monsters both real and imagined, and get help from some very unusual new friends to rescue her.

Tyler and his older brother Zack are back from vacation. Tyler returned with amazing mental superpowers. Zack got a sunburn. Tyler shares his powers with Eena, a girl whose past is covered by shadows and secrets. A dangerous enemy is chasing them, and the three children scramble to prepare themselves. They have too much to figure out, and not enough time. The monsters are coming.

During World War II, C.O. Jones, under a different name, was recruited into a special unit of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services). Special in that all the members had some kind of extrasensory abilities bordering on magic. Their main mission was to seek out and combat the Nazis' top secret Occult Practitioners. But the war is now over, and C.O. is just another veteran looking for a fresh start. He hopes the quiet little town of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, is the perfect place to do so.