Gerard Doyle
1) Eragon
Author
Series
Inheritance volume 1
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
2) Eldest
Author
Series
Inheritance volume 2
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
After successfully evading an Urgals ambush, Eragon is adopted into the Ingeitum clan and sent to finish his training in magic and swordsmanship so he can further help the Varden in their struggle against the Empire.
3) Inheritance
Author
Series
Inheritance volume 4
Language
English
Description
Don't miss the latest book from the author of Eragon, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaësia, coming December 31, 2018!
This deluxe edition of the spellbinding conclusion to the worldwide bestselling Inheritance cycle includes:
A glimpse at life in Alagaësia after the final scene of the series
Never-before-seen art by the author
A new scene within the story
A note to readers from
4) Murtagh
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon in this stunning epic fantasy set a year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle. Join Dragon Rider—and fan favorite—Murtagh and his dragon as they confront a perilous new enemy!
“Christopher Paolini is a true rarity.” —The Washington...
“Christopher Paolini is a true rarity.” —The Washington...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Trainee doctor Sasha Johnson hurries through the crowd in London's historic Russell Square. Someone jostles her as they brush past. A moment later, Sasha stumbles, then collapses. When detectives Duncan Kincaid and Doug Cullen are called to the scene, they discover that she's been stabbed. Kincaid immediately calls his detective wife, Gemma Jones, who is on the task force for knife crimes. Along with Gemma's partner, the team works to unravel the...
6) Slow horses
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Intelligence agent River Cartwright, after being banished from high-profile work for incompetence, suspects a prominent British journalist with ties to an extremist party of being behind the kidnapping of a Muslim teenager.
7) Bad actors
Author
Series
Slough house volume 8
Language
English
Description
"In London's MI5 headquarters a scandal is brewing that could disgrace the entire intelligence community. The Downing Street superforecaster--a specialist who advises the Prime Minister's office on how policy is likely to be received by the electorate--has disappeared without a trace. Claude Whelan, who was once head of MI5, has been tasked with tracking her down. But the trail leads him straight back to Regent's Park itself, with First Desk Diana...
8) Dead lions
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
London's Slough House is where washed-up M15 spies go to while away what's left of their failed careers. But now the "slow horses" have a chance at redemption. An old Cold War-era spy is found dead on a bus outside Oxford, far from his usual haunts. As the agents dig into their fallen comrade's circumstances, they uncover a shadowy tangle of ancient secrets that seems to lead back to a man named Alexander Popov, and a decades-old conspiracy with a...
Author
Series
Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James volume 17
Language
English
Description
While Gemma James investigates the murder of a young nanny who appears to be one of a series of victims, Duncan Kincaid uncovers disturbing information about seemingly unrelated cases that may be putting his friends and family in mortal danger.
Author
Series
Inheritance volume 3
Pub. Date
2008
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The further adventures of Eragon and his dragon Saphira as they continue to aid the Varden in the struggle against the evil king, Galbatorix.
11) Real tigers
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Slough House is the MI5 branch where disgraced operatives are reassigned after they've messed up too badly to be trusted with real intelligence work. The 'Slow Horses, ' as the failed spies of Slough House are called, are doomed to spend the rest of their careers pushing paper, but they all want back in on the action. When one of their own is kidnapped and held for ransom, the agents of Slough House must defeat the odds, overturning all expectations...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Is it violence if it's virtual? The outspoken women targeted by the increasingly cruel Internet trolls and bullies would probably say so. For some of them, the torrents of bile and vicious threats prove too much. They begin to silence themselves in a series of high-profile suicides. Or do they? Tony Hill isn't convinced. But he's the only one. Former cop Carol Jordan is too busy messing up her life to care. Until she gets an unexpected second chance....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the tradition of Elizabeth George, Louise Penny, and P. D. James, New York Times bestselling author Deborah Crombie delivers a powerful tale of intrigue, betrayal, and lies that will plunge married London detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James into the unspeakable darkness that lies at the heart of murder. Recently transferred to the London borough of Camden from Scotland Yard headquarters, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his new murder investigation...
Author
Series
Tales from Alagaësia.Eragon volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
920L
Physical Desc
281 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Three new stories of Eragon set a year after he left Alagaësia to find a home to train the newest generation of Dragon riders.
A wanderer and a cursed child. Spells and magic. And dragons, of course. Welcome back to the world of Alag͡asia. It's been a year since Eragon departed Alag͡asia in search of the perfect home to train a new generation of Dragon Riders. Now he is struggling with an endless sea of tasks: constructing a vast dragonhold, wrangling...
15) Seeing Redd
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Alyss Heart returns to her rightful place on the throne of Wonderland, she is put to the test as enemies, both inside and outside the borders of her queendom, push their own agendas and wield horrific weapons, while she strives to unify them all.
16) Darke
Author
Series
Septimus Heap volume 6
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Apprentice Septimus Heap must enter the Darke to save the Castle and the Wizard Tower from destruction, but he needs the help of many to battle the spreading Darkenesse.
17) ArchEnemy
Author
Series
Looking glass wars volume 3
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Virtuous Queen Alyss, who has lost the power of imagination, and her murderous aunt Redd battle for control of Wonderland.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When she is cast out of Wonderland by her evil aunt Redd, young Alyss Heart finds herself living in Victorian Oxford as Alice Liddell and struggles to keep memories of her kingdom intact until she can return and claim her rightful throne.
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dieter Hess, an aged spy, is dead, and John Bachelor, his MI5 handler, is in deep, deep trouble. Death has revealed that the deceased had been keeping a secret second bank account—and there’s only ever one reason a spy has a secret second bank account. The question of whether he was a double agent must be resolved, and its answer may undo an entire career’s worth of spy secrets.
20) Fyre
Author
Series
Septimus Heap volume 7
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
850L
Physical Desc
702 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Septimus must battle the remnants of the Dark Domaine, which will remain until the power of the evil Two-Faced Ring is destroyed forever. To accomplish that, the ancient Alchemie Fyre must be relit -- a task that sends Septimus to the very origins of Magyk and Physik, testing both his skills, and his loyalties to ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand, and Alchemist Marcellus Pye.