Books with title Quest

“I couldn't put this book down. I literally read it on my phone on a plane.” — Vickie Martin, author & editor*Note: soft scifi opening into fantasy Con Air meets Dragonriders of Pern. Jackson is an eager adventurer caught on a treacherous path. He finally got what he was looking for, the adventure of his lifetime. But, how long will that life last? After a deep space prison transport crashes onto a fantastical planet, young Jackson is set on a perilous journey that will transform him…or leave him bones and ash. Should Jackson…Look for survivors of the crash, possibly running into some of the grisliest criminals ever assembled?Explore the alien planet for signs of a lost kingdom?Trust the local, and very dangerous, wildlife?Fight to become the man he’s always wanted to be?All of the above?Enemies will test his resolve through sword and shield, royal beauties will temp the boy, and mentors will fight alongside him as Jackson takes up his quest. Will he ever fly?Quest & Transform Now!

Battle and foul sorcery lie behind Talon…but his future seems darker still. Thromdar Castle is now besieged by the goblin horde. Worse, a sorcerer steeped in evil and master of black arts leads the offence. He will let nothing stop him, least of all the wizard who stands upon the battlements and defies him. Mighty is the battle of steel against steel, goblin against man and army against army. Yet just as mighty is the lone contest between sorcerer and wizard. But in the end, the castle will fall despite the courage of its defenders. So it stands as Talon seeks to bring help. But as he proceeds, the Chung who hunt him and the creature of dark magic that stalks him draw ever closer. He knows they will find him before he fulfills his quest, and then a battle will be fought that he cannot win. Yet he must find a way, or all that he loves will fall to ruin and flame.

When seventeen-year-old John Hudson sets sail aboard the Discovery with his father, Henry Hudson, he is eager to explore the open seas and the New World. He is not, however, anxious to leave behind his girlfriend, Isabella Digges, a nobleman's daughter. But Isabella has adventures of her own in store as an undercover spy for the king. And while Richard Hudson simply wants his older brother, John, to come home to London, John's shipmate Seth Syms is desperate to avoid returning to the city any time soon. The key to their futures lies in the hands of John's father. But as Henry Hudson's obsession to find the Northwest Passage to Asia grows, so does the unrest of those around him -- both at sea and at home. Letters, diary entries, and personal narratives spill mutinous and surprising secrets, while revealing a struggle of hope, heartbreak, and survival. Through the use of four alternating viewpoints, Kathleen Benner Duble brings historical and fictional personalities to life, showing the widespread waves of one real-life and unpredictable voyage.

In the spring of 1891, thirteen-year-old Sam Silverthorne is left in the care of his heartless Aunt Bertha as his father, Sir Arthur Silverthorne, Ornithologist to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, sets out on an expedition to find the infamous silver bird of paradise. But when Sir Arthur disappears without a trace, Sam runs away and embarks on a journey to find him.Nothing could prepare Sam for the dangerious, violent and unpredictable world that awaits him and the search for his father quickly becomes a fight for his own life.