Best of
Action

1997

Term Limits


Vince Flynn - 1997
    ONE POLITICIAN AT A TIME In one bloody night, three of Washington's most powerful politicians are executed with surgical precision. Their assassins then deliver a shocking ultimatum to the American government: set aside partisan politics and restore power to the people. No one, they warn, is out of their reach—not even the president.A joint FBI-CIA task force reveals the killers are elite military commandos, but no one knows exactly who they are or when they will strike next. Only Michael O'Rourke, a former U.S. Marine and freshman congressman, holds a clue to the violence: a haunting incident in his own past with explosive implications for his country's future ...

Elric: Stormbringer


P. Craig Russell - 1997
    Greatest of these heroes was a doom-driven adventurer who bore a runeblade that he loathed. His name was Elric of Melniboni, king of ruins, and lord of a scattered race that once ruled the world. Legendary artist P. Craig Russell adapts Michael Moorcock's climactic Elric novel -- the grand story of the final battle between Law and Chaos -- to the comics format. This is Russell's finest work yet, and the greatest Elric epic of them all, combining the best elements of horror, sword, and sorcery into one amazingly powerful story.

The Adventures of Tintin, Vol. 7: The Castafiore Emerald / Flight 714 to Sydney / Tintin and the Picaros


Hergé - 1997
    These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.This repackaged hardcover volume contains 3 classic Tintin stories, including: The Castafiore Emerald, Flight 714 to Sydney, and Tintin and the Picaros.

Angel Seven


Mike Lunnon-Wood - 1997
    ONE REMARKABLE AIRCRAFT. ONE CHANCE TO SAVE THE WORLD… In the Pentagon, reports surface of a revolutionary new combat aircraft that could dramatically alter the delicate Cold War balance of power. But who has built it and what is its purpose? Deep within a top-secret engineering facility close to the Arctic Circle, a brilliant former Air Force test pilot is recruited into a clandestine organization. Their plan is both bold and perilous. And with the Kremlin on high alert one mistake could trigger global war ... Angel Seven takes an audacious premise and spins it into an action-packed, cutting-edge aerial technothriller. If you like Tom Clancy, Dale Brown or Stephen Coonts you’ll love Angel Seven. Perfect for fans of books and movies like Firefox, The Hunt for Red October, The Flight of the Old Dog, Top Gun, Stealth and The Flight of the Intruder.

The Solitary Man (Stephen Leather Thrillers)


Stephen Leather - 1997
    Imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Hutch escapes from a British maximum security prison and starts a new life in Hong Kong. Then a ghost from his past catches up with him, forcing him to help a former terrorist break out of a Bangkok prison. Or face life behind bars once more.Meanwhile the DEA wants to nail the vicious drug warlord responsible for flooding the States with cheap heroin. And decides to use Hutch as a pawn in a deadly game.Hutch's bid for freedom takes him into the lawless killing fields of the Golden Triangle, where the scene is set for one final act of betrayal . . .

Quantum and Woody: The Director's Cut


Christopher J. Priest - 1997
    But, they were not a couple. They were best friends. One day, Woody disappeared from their sheltered uppercrust life, abandoning his best friend. But, they were not a couple.Now these two former best friends are stuck with each other for the rest of their lives, trying to make sense of everything as superheroes. But they are not a couple. Can Quantum & Woody--and their pet goat, Vincent--handle the new responsibility thrust upon them, o will they drive each other crazy?

Range Wars


Robert Vaughan - 1997
    Small ranchers sow the land with their sweat and tears...and soon with blood. And rustlers make their living somewhere in between. Now, the big landowners have pushed through a new law that will crush struggling ranchers. And with one powerful man putting together his own army to enforce his own kind of law, Johnson County is about to explode into bloody, relentless war.

The Tick Tock Man


Terence Strong - 1997
    It's a task that demands quiet courage and nerves of steel. But this IRA campaign is different, with each new device more cunning and deadly than the last one.

Stormer's Pass


Benjamin Laskin - 1997
    Aidos opens Max’s eyes to potential he didn’t know he possessed, putting them both on a collision course with the town’s own ambitious plans. The resulting clash draws the astonishment of the entire country, and soon Max finds himself captain of something much bigger than a football team. To save Aidos and his town, Max must lead his team into the contest of their lives. Whether maverick or hero, outlaw or savior, being a champion was never harder.Stormer’s Pass is an enthralling adventure of two people’s uncommon faith in each other, their friends, and in the miracle-making powers of courage.

The Chainmakers


Helen Spring - 1997
    A simple offer of work as a model proves to be the catalyst for complete change, taking Anna from the sunny beaches and liberal attitudes of an artist's colony in Brittany to the struggle to survive and make good in the immigrant community of downtown New York. Anna learns her lessons well, and she finds herself still making chains, but now chains of restaurants, leading to wealth if not happiness. Then comes Prohibition, and Anna's decisions involve her in a gangland feud which threatens her family and friends in a frightening web of intrigue and violence. How do we recover from the agony of a lover's betrayal? What is true love anyway? Can we befriend lawbreakers without getting hurt? These questions are at the core of this unusual and compelling book. Written with humour, colour and passion, Helen Spring weaves an absorbing tale of obsession and complex emotions, and their far-reaching consequences.

Bull Catcher


Alden R. Carter - 1997
    But when he submits his four-year baseball diary as his senior project, he is prompted to take a closer look at his life--and learns some important lessons about himself. AN ALA Best Book For Young Adults.

The Good Guys Wear Black


Steve Collins - 1997
    Here Sergeant Steve Collins, who led Black Team, the hardest and most renowned team within the unit, tells their story.Yardies, international drug barons, IRA enforcers, celebrity South London gangsters and hitmen have all been taken off the streets by the true life heroes of SO19 either in handcuffs or in bodybags.The tensions and camaraderie of a team who daily risk death has never been captured so vividly on the page.

X-Men: The Mutant Empire Omnibus


Christopher Golden - 1997
    They are mutants, born with strange and wonderful powers that set them apart from the rest of the human race. Under the tutelage of Professor Charles Xavier, they are more than mutants. They are--the X-Men.Magneto--the X-Men's oldest, deadliest foe--has taken over a top-secret government installation that houses the Sentinels, powerful mutant-hunting robots. The X-Men must fight to keep this deadly technology out of Magneto's hands and stop him from carrying out his grand plan: establishing a global Mutant Empire. The X-Men must join forces with old enemies to stop him--but in Magneto's brave new world, who can they trust?Book 1: SiegeBook 2: SanctuaryBook 3: Salvation

エロイカより愛をこめて 22 [Eroika yori Ai o Komete 22]


Yasuko Aoike - 1997
    But because of the Major's absence, his former subordinates are all in a depressive state. In order to get him returned, Lawrence bands together with the Earl!