Category: adventure
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The Green Room: Mai Huli ‘Oe I Kōkua O Ke Kai, Respect the Ocean
By Deborah Turrell Atkinson Place: Publisher & Year: Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2005 Genres: Mystery, adventure, suspense Series: Storm Kayama Mysteries; 2 ISBN: 9781590581988 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 275 (including Glossary and References) Setting: Oahu, Hawaii Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Storm Kayama has recently started her own law practice. She barely…
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Boneshaker
By Cherie Priest Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Tor, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, steampunk, horror, science fiction, adventure ISBN: 9780765318411 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 416 Setting: Seattle, WA Time period: 1880 Plot summary: In an alternate history, the Klondike gold rush began a few decades earlier and brought huge numbers of people to…
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So This is How it Ends
By Tui T. Sutherland Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Eos, 2006 Genre: Fantasy, time travel fantasy, adventure, mythic fiction, science fiction Series: Avatars; 1 ISBN: 9780060750299 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 480 Settings: Many various settings including: Los Angeles, NYC, Chile, Mexico Time periods: 2003 – 2012, 2087 Plot summary: Five teenagers…
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The Sandman: Season of Mists
By Neil Gaiman Illustrators: Kelley Jones, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Matt Wagner, Dick Giordano, George Pratt, P. Craig Russell, illustrators; Todd Klein, letterer; Steve Oliff, Daniel Vozzo, colorists; Dave McKean, covers Place: Publisher & Year: New York: DC Comics, 1992, 1994 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, adventure, horror Format:…
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Brisingr
By Christopher Paolini Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008 Genres: Fantasy, adventure Series: Inheritance; 3 ISBN: 9780375826726 Intended audience: Young adult, adult Number of pages: 763 Setting: Alagaësia Time period: [medieval] Plot summary: Following a brief synopsis of Eragon and Eldest, Brisingr picks up where Eldest left off. Eragon and Saphira…
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The Sandman: Dream Country
By Neil Gaiman Illustrators: Kelly Jones, Charles Vess, Colleen Doran, & Malcom Jones III, illustrators; Dave McKean, covers and design Place: Publisher & Year: New York: DC Comics, 1995, 1991 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, adventure, horror Format: Graphic novel Series: The Sandman series; 3 ISBN: 9781563890161 Intended audience: adult…
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The Watchmen
By Alan Moore Illustrated by Dave Gibbons Place: Publisher & Year: New York: DC Comics, 1995 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, adventure Format: graphic novel ISBN: 9780930289232 Intended audience: adult Number of pages: 413 Settings: New York City, Antarctica, and Mars Time period: late 1930s through mid 1980’s (The Cold War) Plot…
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The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes
By Neil Gaiman Illustrators: Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, artists; Todd Klein, letterer; Robbie Busch, colorist; selected recoloring by Daniel Vozzo; Dave McKean, covers. Place: Publisher & Year: New York: DC Comics, 1995, 1991 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, mythic fiction, adventure, horror Format: Graphic novel Series: The Sandman series;…
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Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome Volume 1
By Chuck D and Adam Wallenta Illustrators: Adam Wallenta with Peov, Komikers Studios and Michael Bianco Place: Publisher & Year: Naugatuck: American Mule Entertainment, 2009 Genres: Adventure; science fiction; mystery Format: Graphic novel ISBNs: 0967390893, 9780967390895 Intended audience: Public Enemy fans – adults and young adults Number of pages: unpaginated Setting: Greater NY metropolitan area…
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