Perilous Adventures
Delve into the daring escapades of these intrepid travelers. Venture across dangerous landscapes, sentient lakes, open seas, outer space, life and death!
Hopefully you’re in the mood for gods and demons, pirate queens, powerful artifacts from vanished worlds, and mountain outlaws, because you’ll find all that and more in the pages of the books below.
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Eli Harpo’s Adventure to the Afterlife
After dying and coming back to life at age 4, 13 year-old Eli goes on a publicity tour to become a featured attraction at a Biblical theme park. But all is not as his father, a preacher himself, has led Eli to believe. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Hoopla and in eAudio on Hoopla.
I Cheerfully Refuse
In the near future, a grieving musician sets sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed bookseller wife. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby.
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
Lina and her ambitious robot brother are living in a crumbling city run by an oppressive billionaire class. They are faced with a mission to obtain a powerful artifact and save the city’s fate. Only, Lina doesn’t want to go. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby.
The Spear Cuts Through Water
Under the oppressive rule of the Moon Throne, the despotic emperor and his three monstrous sons draw their power from a god they keep imprisoned under their palace. With some help from unlikely places, the god escapes, and they embark on a mission to end the Moon Throne’s tyranny forever. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby and in eAudio on Libby.
The Water Outlaws
In 14th-century China, Lin Chong, a proud female arms instructor, faces arrest and near-death after thwarting an assault by a powerful figure. Saved by the enigmatic Flower Monk Lu Da, they join a group of mountain bandits in a fight against injustice in this fierce retelling of the Chinese classic. This title is also available for checkout in eAudio on Hoopla.