Two thousand years ago, thirty silver Tyrian shekels were paid to secure the most infamous betrayal of all time. Later, the grandsons of Judas Iscariot, Menahem and Eleazar ben Jair, melted and reforged the silver shekels as a dagger which was lost... until now. A religious cult calling itself the Disciples of Judas has arisen in the Middle East. Followers in thirteen European cities martyr themselves in the name of Judas Iscariot and promise forty days and forty nights of terror. Sir Charles Wyndham pulls together a team of combat specialists, codename Ogmios, to fight the terrorists and protect the Pope, whom they believe the terrorists intend to assassinate.
In this work, Thunder Moon undertakes his greatest quest, seeking the long-forgotten home from which he was abducted as a child by Big Hard Face, Chief of the Suhtai band of the Cheyennes.
The story is set 60 years later as one of the survivors attempts to pass on a lifetime of wisdom and experience to his grandsons.
"Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters" is set in the romantic and dangerous South Seas and illustrated with the original artwork and several maps.
Includes the author's major novels and short stories as they appeared in their original form. Each work is preceded by a short introduction that fixes it biographically and chronologically.
Hidden behind shrubs in the graveyard, they see Injun Joe, Doctor Robinson, and Muff Potter come to dig up Hoss William's body for the doctor. They witness Joe murder Robinson. Frightening though the murder is, its significance for the ...
Finn Whitman, an Orlando teen, is hired to be hologramed as a Disney World park "guide" but soon finds himself being transported into the Magic Kingdom in the dead of night to help fight a group of Disney villains, led by Maleficent, who ...
Stoner had saved her with his strong arms , pulling against the chute that wouldn't release , but that finally , under his tugging , did release . Breanna had pulled at Ferris , who bobbed helmetless before her , but it had been Stoner ...
Hi/lo anthology of stories by Jack London for reluctant readers in grades 6-12. Includes "To Build a Fire," "The Story of an Eyewitness," "The Shadow and the Flash," "Brown Wolf," "The Minions of Midas," "The Oyster Pirates," and others.
Indy, Mutt, and Marion escape to the jungle after being captured by Spalko, Dovchenko, and Mac, but are soon joined by Ox, who is desperate to return the crystal skull to Akator.
Henry , ' said the other , munching with deliberation the beans he was eating , ' did you happen to notice the way them dogs kicked up when I was a - feedin ' ' em ? ' ' They did cut up more'n usual , ' Henry acknowledged .