Books with title The Captives

In a dystopian future, eighteen-year-old Levi returns from Denver City with his latest scavenged treasures and finds his village of Glenrock decimated, loved ones killed, and many--including his fiancée, Jem--taken captive. Now alone, Levi is determined to rescue what remains of his people, even if it means entering the Safe Lands, a walled city that seems anything but safe.Omar knows he betrayed his brother by sending him away, but helping the enforcers was necessary. Living off the land and clinging to an outdated religion holds his village back. The Safe Lands has protected people since the plague decimated the world generations ago ... and its rulers have promised power and wealth beyond Omar's dreams.Meanwhile, their brother Mason has been granted a position inside the Safe Lands, and may be able to use his captivity to save not only the people of his village, but also possibly find a cure for the virus that threatens everyone within the Safe Lands' walls. Will Mason uncover the truth hidden behind the Safe Lands' façade before it's too late?

During the height of the mighty Roman Empire, Marcus, a fatherless young man, fights for a country that is not his own. His identity and purpose are at risk as he battles against the barbarians who dare oppose the Roman regime. Adimar, a young German, must leave everything he knows and loves. Forced to watch merciless Roman soldiers burn his village to the ground, he is taken on a death march back to Rome, where he is sold as a slave. He swears to always resist his conquerors. In this epic historic novel by Maria Fish, two teenagers during the time of Christ take up arms in their personal battles as they journey down the path to face their ultimate challenger.

Lenny Dolan chose which target to take in order to save his father’s life and protect his friends. What he could not predict was the consequences of his decision, the arrival of another Selkie crew, and the emergence of his initial target, Marisa Bourgeois. When his owner insists that Lenny lead an attack on the other crew, the Selkie captain finds himself in a no-win situation with another difficult choice: what, or more importantly who, is Lenny willing to risk to meet his owner’s demands?THE SELKIE CAPTIVES is the season finale in an epic fantasy saga. If you like dark coming of age stories, thrilling adventure, and new takes on old mythologies, then you'll love this action-packed series. Purchase your copy today and dive into a world you never knew existed!

While everyone else prepares for war, Elaina is on a divine mission to restore peace. She grew up believing she was an orphan, but Elaina now knows who and what she is, and she’s learning how to use her new powers over nature, life, and death to achieve her goals.Heavy snow is falling in Arra, and its army and royal court are hiding in caves from the Destaurian invaders. Elaina, her mentor Alessa, and Queen Alethea have journeyed northward to secure allies for a counterstrike.Meanwhile, Elaina’s love Prince Jaimin learns how to inspire his people, and Jaimin’s best friend and advisor Nastasha struggles with her feelings for him.Even if the counterstrike succeeds, peace is not assured. Ultimately, Elaina must travel far into a hostile land to find and heal the enemy king. And she will need the help of a family she never knew she had.

Her pilgrim family had nurtured her in an atmosphere of religious and political freedom now enemies of that freedom threatened her very life!The Captive Bride takes the Winslow family beyond the Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth to assist in building the great new nation. For a time the Winslow dream seemed to have gone down with a sinking ship, but Rachel revives the spark of hope. As free-thinking and spirited as her mother and her grandfather Gilbert, Rachel faces capture by those she wishes to help, pressures to conform and, ultimately, a test of forgiveness beyond human accomplishment.Is marriage the only possibility for her? Is her faith her own? Can she face unjust imprisonment even death without retreat?The religious freedom and fervor which had marked the young colony might be its undoing.

In Tom Pow's Captives, Martin and his family are enjoying a sun-filled vacation on a beautiful Caribbean island--until they are stopped at gunpoint, blindfolded, and bundled into a truck that heads for the dense forest of the island's interior. Pushed to their physical and emotional limits as they are forced deeper into the wild terrain, the hostages come to understand something of the harsh political backdrop of life on sunny Santa Clara, and the events that have shaped the lives of their captors and fueled their actions.