PDF Books in Action & Adventure Fiction
The Prussian Terror
by Alexandre DumasThe Prussian Terror from Alexandre Dumas. French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure (1802-1870). Set in 1866 during the Austro-Prussian War, this exciting and masterfully-retold story is highly recommended for fans of historical fiction, and constitutes a must-read for lovers of Dumas’s seminal work...
The Sicilian Bandit
by Alexandre DumasMany of Alexandre Dumas' most beloved works are swashbuckling tales of justice and honor, such as The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. In the short novel The Sicilian Bandit, Dumas turns the tables and recounts the exploits of a brazen and brilliant crook, Pascal Bruno.An episode of “Captain Paul”, it is a classic tale of love, pride..
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
by Dorothy De CourcyThe Night Has a Thousand Eyes, by John de Courcy. It was one thing to heave an unwanted girl out into the great black grave of space. But tough old pirate Captain Brace balked at making his own soul walk the plank with her!They stood, silently, side by side, in the crude shelter that passed for a bar on Titan. Its corroded metal walls rang hollowly..
The Outcasts of Solar III
by Emmett McDowellThe Outcasts of Solar III, by Emmett McDowell. Jon Saxon's eyes narrowed. So the girl thought the invisible figures were G.A.'s men. He had known, of course, from their first meeting that the girl was a General Atomic spy. But by not so much as a hint had he let her suspect that her very thoughts betrayed her.The tingling sensation intensified, war..
Philip Rollo, Vol. I (of 2)
by James GrantPhilip Rollo or THE SCOTTISH MUSKETEERS is the first of two volume novel written by James Grant, who is also the author of "ROMANCE OF WAR," "JANE SETON,", etc.. At a sale of the effects of an eminent antiquary lately deceased, it was our happiness and good fortune to become the possessor of a certain little MS. volume, closely written, in a neat s..
Philip Rollo, Vol. II (of 2)
by James GrantPhilip Rollo or THE SCOTTISH MUSKETEERS is the second of two volume novel written by James Grant, who is also the author of "ROMANCE OF WAR," "JANE SETON,", etc..Every day the old queen rode forth on a fat Danish horse, accompanied by Ernestine and other ladies; every day, at the same hour as yesterday, the guard presented arms at the gate—the offi..
The Dead-Star Rover
by Robert AbernathyThe Dead-Star Rover is an adventurous science fiction short story by Robert Abernathy.The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour—far too fast for such uneven country. Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the..
The Warlock of Sharrador
by Gardner F. FoxThe Warlock of Sharrador is an adventurous science fiction story written by Gardner F. Fox which is published in Planet Stories Magazine.The McCanahan came awake in the pearl mists of a Senn dawn, staring upward into the round blue muzzle of a Thorn blaster. The handgun hung in the air without visible support, its trigger moving slowly back. ..