Former pilot Jax Rainer once lived for speed—adrenaline, instinct, and split-second decisions. But after a mission ended in scandal, he walked away from the sky and the man he used to be. Now, living quiet and directionless, he is drawn into the world of Velocity, an elite strike team known not for brute force, but for surgical precision.Silent SpeedUnder the calm, disciplined leadership of Mara, Velocity operates by a sing...

A traveling salesman with little formal education, Max Hunter gravitated to song catching and ballad hunting while on business trips in the Ozarks. Hunter recorded nearly 1600 traditional songs by more than 200 singers from the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s, all the while focused on preserving the music in its unaltered form.Sarah Jane Nelson chronicles Hunter’s song collecting adventures alongside portraits of the singers and mentors he met along the way. The guitar-strumming Hu...

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**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA shocking murder in an affluent Helsinki suburb has ties to witchcraft and the occult in this thrilling U.S. debut from Finnish author Max Seeck.**A bestselling author’s wife has been found dead in a gorgeous black evening gown, sitting at the head of an empty dining table. Her most chilling feature—her face is frozen in a ghastly smile.At first it seems as though a deranged psychopath is reenacting the gruesome murder...

Bull Hunter is a classic western action novel by American authour Max Brand.Bull Hunter was a man who could rip a tree trunk from the ground with his bare hands or tame the wildest stallion with his kind manner. Nobody west of the Pecos would have dared run afoul of the mighty frontiersman.But Pete Reeve didn't have the reputation of a dead shot because he relied on his common sense. Then Bull and Pete crossed paths, and townsfolk from Cheyenne to San Anton...

Max is just your average kid growing up in Gallows Hill, a small town outside of Boston—well, except that he lives in a gothic mansion with an old former prizefighter, and his after-school job is carrying on the monster-hunting tradition of his family, the van Helsings.Despite the bloody legacy he’s inherited, Max always tries to be kind and fair to the ghouls, demons, and other creatures he encounters. So he’s confused when monsters start attacking him willy-nilly—even those he th...

Although they had looked down the stern slopes to the lower Rockies, they did not see the girl who followed the loosely winding trail. She was partly sheltered by the firs and came out just above them. They began moiling at the stump again, sweating, cursing, and the girl halted her horse near by. The profanity did not distress her. She was so accustomed to it that the words had lost all edge and point for her; but her freckled face stirred to a smile of pleasure at the sight of their stre...

In "Bull Hunter," Max Brand crafts a compelling narrative set against the backdrop of the rugged American West, melding elements of adventure, romance, and the struggle for survival. The protagonist, a skilled but reckless bull fighter named Jim, finds himself entangled in a conflict that pits him against both natural adversities and the harsh realities of human relationships. Brand's vivid descriptions and energetic prose embody the spirit of Western literature, drawing readers into a wor...

Eleven-year-old Max is pulled from boarding school in England and delivered, with barely five minutes' warning, to the tropical island of Jamaica. He has never seen anything like it: hummingbirds that blur into invisibility, lizards that hiss from tree trunks, scorpions under every rock, and butterflies beyond anything he could have imagined.Armed with a handmade net and a growing obsession, Max throws himself into Jamaica's wild places. He haunts the butterfly cabinets of Kingston...

Max Brand's "Bull Hunter" is a riveting exploration of the American West, blending action and psychological depth in a narrative that captures the rugged spirit of frontier life. Set against the backdrop of the picturesque yet perilous Montana landscape, the novel follows the story of young Bull Hunter as he navigates themes of identity, family, and redemption. Brand's prose is characterized by vivid imagery and a compelling narrative style that immerses readers in the era's stark realitie...

The story typically revolves around the main character, Bull Hunter, an outlaw seeking to reform and redeem himself from his criminal past. Bull Hunter confronts challenges and inner conflicts as he attempts to leave his lawless life behind and start anew.Max Brand, known for his prolific output in Western and adventure fiction, often portrayed complex and conflicted characters against the backdrop of the Old West. "Bull Hunter" is one such tale, depicting themes of redemption, self-discov...

Classic western. According to Wikipedia: "Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) was an American fiction author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns. Faust wrote mostly under pen names, and today is primarily known by one, Max Brand. Others include George Owen Baxter, Evan Evans, David Manning, John Frederick, Peter Morland, George Challis, and Frederick Frost. ... Faust managed a massive outpouring of fiction, rivaling Edgar Wallace and especially Isaac...