Seventeen-year-old Ross Quest, a master thief, enters the Thieves' Gambit, a competition consisting of dangerous, international heists, in order to save her mother's life. At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans. Until her plan to run away from her legendary family of thieves takes an unexpected turn, leaving her mother's life hanging in the balance. In a desperate bid, she enters the Thieves'...

One time traveling thief with revenge in her blood. One man she can trust. A choice to save the future or unwittingly destroy it. 2533 CE. The only thing Clémence Arseneau has left to steal is her freedom. But after one of her rogue heists threatens to expose her employer's illegal operations, she must prove she's not a liability with one final job. And though her lover is on the team to help, so is a spy with a hidden agenda. Traveling to Tudor...

A former advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff explains the common role of corruption in today's international uprisings, tracing corruption since the 1990s while arguing that corrupt governments have been largely responsible for extreme acts of rebellion.

The year is 79 AD. The place is Ostia, the port of Rome. Flavia Gemina, a Roman sea captain's daughter, is about to embark on a thrilling adventure. The theft of her father's signet ring leads her to three extraordinary people - Jonathan the Jewish boy next door, Nubia the African slave-girl, and Lupus, the mute beggar boy - who become her friends. Their investigations take them to the harbour, the forum, and the tombs of the dead, as they try to...

Jonah Wish, a brilliant computer hacker, is the newest addition to an elite group of teen outlaws all hired by the same mysterious benefactor, Nathaniel Coldhardt. Each of them offers a unique talent: Patch is a one-eyed locksmith; Motti can dismantle any electrical system; Con's charm is truly mesmerizing; and Tye can detect a lie with more precision than a polygraph. Under Coldhart's watchful eye, this motley crew races from a high-tech underground

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Thieves of Weirdwood is the first in William Shivering and Newbery Honor winner Christian McKay Heidicker's brand-new fantasy series, illustrated by Anna Earley, about two kid thieves who are plunged into a battle between the Real and Imaginary worlds! Action, laughs, and monsters beyond imagining abound! "{W}ill delight and satiate those besotted with Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Artemis Fowl, Miss Peregrine, the Spiderwicks." ?New York Times Book...

An irresistible treasure, two master thieves, and a secret as old as mankind . . . Michael St. Pierre, a reformed master thief, thinks he has left his criminal days far behind him, when he receives word that his best friend, Simon, has been locked up and sentenced to die in a brutal desert prison. Breaking into jail for the first time in his checkered career, Michael is stunned to discover that his new girlfriend, KC, is connected to Simon's case....

1913 on the Mississippi River – A raucous time in a United States filled with violence, activism, and corruption in a world driving up the on-ramp to a world war. The Barnacles see opportunity in the chaos. This gang of good-hearted thieves steal from the morally corrupt to sell to the morally compromised and make a boodle while sailing up and down the Mississippi River in their getaway houseboat and home doing good while being bad. How to make...

Tied Up In Knots:Ryder has been hired to do a job, but when the thief that he's chasing turns out to be the girl who got away when he was younger, will he be able to finish it or will Lark tempt him to the other side? Falling Down From Grace:Everyone has heard of the famed hacker, Sage, and when Finch finally meets her, she's even better than he thought she would be. When a secret comes to life though, and Sage is knocked off of the pedestal that...

Experience "a bold and daring experiment in fantasy storytelling" with the first three books in the bestselling Thieves' World® series (Fantasy-Faction). Created by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Myth series, as well as the Phule's Company series, Thieves' World® brings together classic fantasy's finest authors to flesh out the shared world with their own unforgettable characters and epic worldbuilding. The first three...