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The Two Lost Mountains
TO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE FALL Still reeling from his loss, Jack must now get to one of the five iron mountains - two of which have never been found - and perform a mysterious feat known only as 'The Fall'. A NEW PLAYER ARRIVES Amid all this, Jack will discover that a new player has entered the race, a general so feared by the four legendary kingdoms they had him locked away in their deepest dungeon. Only now this general has escaped and he has a horrifying plan of his own... * * * * * PRAISE FOR THE JACK WEST THRILLERS 'Thrilling, action-packed adventure from cover to cover' Guardian 'Nobody writes action like Matthew Reilly' Vince Flynn 'Get ready for a wild ride' Daily Telegraph 'Exciting and entertaining' Chicago Sun-Times * * * * * READERS LOVE THE JACK WEST THRILLERS 'Indiana Jones in a book . . . Immensely entertaining' 'A super duper kick ass soldier' 'A first class all-action historical thriller' 'Heart-pounding stuff' 'Enjoy the rollercoaster ride
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The Four Legendary Kingdoms
"Nobody writes action like Matthew Reilly. " - Vince Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Act of Treason• "Matthew Reilly is the king of hard-core action. " - Brad Thor, bestselling author of Blowback• "The action is overwhelming, making the reader feel giddy as the pages fly. " - Washington Post on the Great Zoo of China• No one does action like Reilly. His combination of pace, elaborate stunts and non-stop action give him a Hollywood appeal like no other author writing today. • Matthew's books are published in over 20 languages and he has sold over 3. 5 million books worldwide. • Matthew is a Sunday Times bestselling author. Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves went straight to No. 2 on the Sunday Times bestseller list on publication. • Matthew's audience is exceptionally wide and he has a devoted fan baseAbout the Book:Matthew Reilly is back with his gripping new novel. A thrilling new Jack West adventure from the bestselling author of the Great Zoo of China and Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves. The last thing Jack West Jnr remembers is arriving in Pine Gap for a top-secret meeting with military personnel. Now he awakes to find himself locked in a cell, forced to fight for his life against a masked, semi-human assailant and finally confronted with an arena where he is one of fifteen 'champions' who will fight to the death in the 'Underworld'.
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The Tournament
A young princess, Elizabeth, and her mentor travel to the Ottoman Capital for a chess tournament. This is done in order to protect her from the uncertainty that surrounds her. Upon reaching there, they realize that they are in for more trouble than they left behind. Summary of the Book It is the year 1546, and young princess Elizabeth of England has been facing problems. She may not be in line for the throne, but she is still seen as a threat to her older sister and brother. During this time, there comes an extraordinary invitation from the Sultan in Constantinople. He wants the finest chess players from the civilized world to pit against each other. He teacher and mentor, Roger Ascham, takes her with him when he travels to the Ottoman Capital for the tournament. However, they find that there is more danger there than there was in England. It is reported that there is a killer on the loose and the Sultan asks Ascham to investigate a murder. He and Elizabeth find out about a lot of dark secrets and terrible crimes that could scar the princess and define the queen that she will become. About Matthew Reilly Matthew Reilly is an Australian action thriller writer. His novels are known to have fast pace, twisted plots and intense action. The first book he wrote was Contest when he was just 19 years old. It was self-published in 1996. He has sold more than 7 million copies of his books worldwide and in over 20 languages.
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Hover Car Racer
Jason Chaser has been obsessed by racing for years. Now he has won a place at the world-famous International Race School – and the chance to become a professional hover car racer. But someone is determined to stop him. And with the sabotage attempts getting more extreme he must outwit his enemy at every twist and turn. Jason isn’t just fighting for his place on the start line, he’s racing for his life.
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Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves
At an abandoned Soviet base in the Arctic,a battle to save all life on Earth is about to begin... The Secret Base - It is a top-secret base known only as Dragon Island. A long-forgotten relic of the Cold War, it houses a weapon of terrible destructive force, a weapon that has just been re- activated... An Army of Murderers - When Dragon Island is seized by a brutal terrorist force calling itself the Army of Thieves, the fate of the world suddenly hangs in the balance. But there are no crack units close enough to get to Dragon in time to stop the Army setting off the weapon. One Small Team - Except, that is, for a small equipment-testing team up in the Arctic led by a Marine captain named Schofield, call- sign Scarecrow. It's not a strike team; just a handful of Marines and civilians. It's not equipped to attack a fortified island held by a small army. But it will go in anyway, because someone has to.The Ultimate Hero is Back,Facing the Ultimate Army of Villains
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Six Sacred Stones
For a mysterious ceremony in an unknown location has triggered a catastrophic countdown that will climax in the destruction of all life on Earth. But there is one last hope. If Jack's team can find and rebuild a legendary ancient device known only as the "Machine", they might be able to ward off this coming Armageddon. And so the hunt begins.
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Seven Ancient Wonders
Matthew Reilly, born and still resident in Sydney, studied law before turning his pen to fiction. His previous novels, Contest, Ice Station, Temple, Area 7 and Scarecrow have been massive bestsellers in every
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Area 7
It is America's Most Secret Base, Hidden Deep in the Utah desert, An Air Force Installation Known Only as 'Area 7' And lady it has special visitor: the President of the United Stales. He has come to inspect Area 7, to examine its secrets for himself. But he's going to get more than he bargained for on this trip. Because hostile forces are waiting for him inside... Among the President's helicopter crew, however, is a young marine. He is quiet, enigmatic, and he hides eyes behind a pair of silver sunglasses. His name is Schofield. Call sign: SCARECROW. Rumour has it he's a good man in a storm. Judging by what the President has just walked into, he'd better be...
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The Five Greatest Warriors
Jack West Jnr must rebuild the final pieces of the fabled, ancient 'Machine' - the only thing that can prevent global catastrophe. But he is out of clues, out of leads . . . until he is presented with an ancient text about five unnamed warriors, great historical figures who were all in some way connected to the mysterious Machine. And so Jack and his loyal team set out to discover their identities - and their secrets. Soon Jack is on the trail of a legendary list of greats: from Moses to Genghis Khan and Napoleon, and finally to one most unlikely warrior, the unknown 'Fifth', who, it is said, will be there 'at the end of all things...'
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Ice Station
At a remote ice station in Antarctica, a team of US scientists has made an amazing discovery. They have found something buried deep within a 100-million-year-old layer of ice. Something made of METAL. Led by the enigmatic Lieutenant Shane Schofield, a team of crack United States Marines is sent to the station to secure this discovery for their country. They are a tight unit, tough and fearless. They would follow their leader into hell. They just did . . .
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Temple
Deep in the jungles of Peru the contest of the century is underway. It's a race to locate a legendary Incan idol - one carved out of a strange kind of stone. But a stone which in the present century could be used for a terrifying new purpose. Now rival groups are assembling their teams to hunt the idol down, at any cost. The only clue to the idol's final resting place is to be found in a 400-year-old manuscript. Which introduces Professor William Race, a mild-mannered but brilliant young linguist who is unwillingly recruited to interpret the document that could lead to the idol itself. So begins the mission that will lead Race and his companions to a mysterious temple hidden in the foothills of the Andes. There they find a carefully contrived sanctuary seething with menace and unexpected dangers. But it is not until the silence of the temple is breached that Race and his team discover they have broken a golden rule ...Some doors are meant to remain unopened.