Escape the Vortex

Escape the Vortex
Author: Jeanne DuPrau
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2016
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0385386702

"The Alpha and Omega teams are in a race for the six essential elements that can fuse into a new source of clean energy, but the elements are scattered throughout the galaxy, and the teams are running out of time."--

Polar Vortex

Polar Vortex
Author: Shani Mootoo
Publisher: Akashic Books
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1617758701

A novel reminiscent of the works of Herman Koch and Rachel Cusk, in which a lesbian couple attempts to escape the secrets of their pasts. “[Mootoo’s] unsettling latest examines how secrets always come back to haunt us—especially the ones we’ve managed to keep from ourselves.” —Globe & Mail, one of the 100 Favorite Books of 2020 One of Autostraddle‘s Best Queer Books of 2020 Polar Vortex is a seductive and tension-filled novel about Priya and Alex, a lesbian couple who left the big city to relocate to a bucolic countryside community. It seemed like a good way to leave their past behind and cement their newish, later-in-life relationship. But there’s leaving the past behind—and then there’s running away from awkward histories. Priya has a secret—a long-standing on-again, off-again relationship with a man, Prakash. In Priya’s mind Prakash is little more than an old friend, but in reality things are a bit complicated. Why has she never told Alex about him? Prakash has tracked Priya down in her new life, and before she realizes what she’s doing, she invites him to visit. Alex is not pleased, and soon the existing cracks in their relationship widen, revealing secrets Alex herself would have preferred to keep. Into the fissure walks Prakash, whose own agenda forces all three to face the inevitable consequences of their choices.

Through the Vortex

Through the Vortex
Author: Terrance Alexi
Publisher: Writer's Showcase Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000-10
Genre: Bermuda Triangle
ISBN: 9780595131730

Department of Natural Resources Agent Mike Thompson always considered himself open-minded. But taking the myth of the Bermuda Triangle seriously was too much. Then the disappearances began right outside his back door. Finally, it came for him. "Through The Vortex" takes the reader on a wild ride into another dimension, where time means nothing and anyone is likely to show up. This book truly goes where no man or woman has gone before and lived to tell about it.

Project Alpha

Project Alpha
Author: D. J. MacHale
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2015
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0385386583

Eight boys and girls compete for a spot on the space voyage that'll search for a source to solve Earth's energy crisis.

The Vortex

The Vortex
Author: José Eustasio Rivera
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2018-04-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0822371766

Published in 1924 and widely acknowledged as a major work of twentieth-century Latin American literature, José Eustasio Rivera's The Vortex follows the harrowing adventures of the young poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia as they flee Bogotá and head into the wild and woolly backcountry of Colombia. After being separated from Alicia, Arturo leaves the high plains for the jungle, where he witnesses firsthand the horrid conditions of those forced or tricked into tapping rubber trees. A story populated by con men, rubber barons, and the unrelenting landscape, The Vortex is both a denunciation of the sensational human-rights abuses that took place during the Amazonian rubber boom and one of the most famous renderings of the natural environment in Latin American literary history.

Pacific Vortex!

Pacific Vortex!
Author: Clive Cussler
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1983
Genre: Abyssal zone
ISBN: 0553276328

A Dirk Pitt adventure.

Vortex

Vortex
Author: Chris Ryan
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2009
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 1862302812

Events spiral rapidly out of control when Ben Tracey heads for the Northumbrian moors with his cousin Annie to spot hen harriers - protected birds of prey. For the birds are nesting near a military base where a small group of renegade researchers are finalizing the details on a very secret - and very illegal project: Project Vortex.

Out of the Vortex

Out of the Vortex
Author: Amy Whitehouse
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-02-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781733237789

Out of the Vortex: A Memoir by Amy Whitehouse follows the author's tragic and triumphant journey to recovery from the destructive vortex of family alcoholism. Heartbreak, joy and compassion interweave with humor and despair as Amy precariously and resolutely finds her way as a sole survivor to sobriety. With poignant images from the Whitehouse family photo collection, each chapter presents its own enchanting time capsule of storytelling and grit. Captivatingly raw and masterfully rich, with ardent characters, glittering dialogue, and brilliant scenery, Out of the Vortex is an inspiring, relevant, page-turning read not only for memoir-lovers, but for all whose lives have been touched by the alluring perils of addiction.

Voyagers: Game of Flames (Book 2)

Voyagers: Game of Flames (Book 2)
Author: Robin Wasserman
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2015-11-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0385386613

The action is on the page, on your device, and out of this world! This multiplatform series is part sci-fi, all action-adventure. And you don't have long to wait -- 6 books are coming all in one year! Earth is in danger! The only thing that can save our planet are six essential elements scattered throughout the galaxy. It is up to the Voyagers—a team of four kids (plus one stowaway) —to gather them all and return to Earth. Failure is not an option. The Alpha team knows that the second element is hidden on Meta Prime, a planet filled with metal mazes, catapults of fire, and warring alien robots. But what they don’t know is that another spaceship is following hot on their trail. . . . Do you have what it takes to be a Voyager? Find out at VoyagersHQ.com.

Vortex

Vortex
Author: Troy Denning
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2012-04
Genre: Science fiction
ISBN: 0099542765

Includes a Star Wars novels timeline at beginning of book.