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Above the law: Steven Seagal plays Nico Toscani, a tough as nails Chicago cop who, bounced from the force, dares to fight drug runners and other lowlifes on their own lethal terms. Hard to kill: A volatile tale of a gunned down L.A. detective, Mason Storm (Steven Seagal), who awakens from a coma determined to find his would be killers.
2) Super
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Frank, a short-order cook, sees his ex-addict wife snatched away by a seductive drug dealer. Frank finds himself bereft and unable to cope, but he decides to fight back under the guise of a do-it-yourself superhero called Crimson Bolt. With a red hand-made suit, a wrench, a crazed sidekick named Boltie and absolutely nothing in the way of superpowers, Crimson Bolt beats his way through the mean streets of crime in hopes of saving his wife.
3) Hellbent
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Orphan X novel volume 3
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"Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as an off-the-books government assassin: Orphan X. After he broke with the Orphan Program, Evan disappeared and reinvented himself as the Nowhere Man, a man spoken about only in whispers, reachable only at a secret phone number passed around by those in need, and dedicated to helping the truly desperate. But this time, the desperate voice on the other end is Jack Johns, the...
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A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings; a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.
5) The Gunman
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Detective Ben Simms' life spins out of control when his wife is murdered by a serial killer. With his personal life in shambles, he is reassigned to assist a rookie cop. Their target is a relentless vigilante who executes criminals before they are arrested. As the investigation goes on, Ben learns that the vigilante is hunting his wife's killer. Can he bring himself to stop the very person who will avenge his loss?
6) Storm rider
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A man wrongfully accused of murder is facing certain death as the townspeople form a lynchmob to bring their own brand of justice to the accused until... out of nowhere rides the "Storm Rider" to prevent injustice.
7) Superheroes
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They patrol the dark and dangerous streets, seeking out criminals, evildoers, and villains. Veiled in secret identities, they call themselves Real-Life Superheroes, and they are out to save humanity. Journey inside the world of these real-life caped crusaders. From all over America, these everyday citizens don masks, homemade costumes, and elaborate utility belts in an attempt to bring justice to evildoers everywhere. Includes deleted scenes, bonus...
8) Defendor
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Arthur is just an ordinary guy by day, who turns into Defendor, a self-made superhero, by night. His quest is to track down his archenemy, Captain Industry, the person he believes is responsible for killing his mother. But before he can do this, he must convince a court-appointed psychiatrist that he is sane enough to be on the streets, and befriending a teenaged prostitute doesn't help.
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"Tom Kedrick earned his stripes during the Civil War, fought Apaches, and even soldiered overseas. But in the high desert country of New Mexico, the battle-hardened Kedrick is entangled in a different kind of war, fueled by greed and deception. Hired by Alton Burwick to drive a pack of renegades and outlaws off the government land recently set aside for an Indian reservation, Kedrick begins to notice that things are not as they seem. As his suspicions...
10) The nowhere man
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""Orphan X is the most gripping, high-octane thriller I've read in a long, long time. Hang onto your seat because Gregg Hurwitz will take you on a dizzying ride you'll not soon forget!" -Tess Gerritsen The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It's said that when he's reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect and save them. But he's no legend. Evan Smoak is a man with...
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In 1890 the rough Western town of Whiskey Bend, Colorado, is no place for single women. The final straw for widow Pearl Parsons and young schoolteacher Hallie Wolcott is the assault on their friend Mary. Desperately fleeing from the attacker, the three women drive away in an open wagon, seeking new lives and safety. When they're caught in a violent storm on the road, help comes in the form of a stranger, Eli Morgan, a former military general turned...
13) Death wish 3
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Kersey has returned to the Rotting Apple at the invitation of a friend whose neighborhood is being terrorized by a gang of vicious thugs. Arriving only to find his old buddy slain, Kersey resolves to terminate the hoodlums' crime wave and restore the frightened neighborhood to its people.
14) Wyoming manhunt
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Formats
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"As vigilantes tightened the rope around George Parrott's neck, they gave him one last chance to identify his confederates in the holdup of the U.P. pay train that had taken place two years earlier. "Jack Campbell," he gasped. "Jack Campbell and Homer Hatch!" Jack Campbell lay dead by the gun in nearby Montana. But Homer Hatch, under another name, had been living among them for the past year or more. Of the several hundred inhabitants of Rawlins,...
15) Duke of pleasure
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Maiden Lane volume 11
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When Alf, who disguises herself as a boy and deals out noctural justice as the vigilante Ghost of St. Giles, saves the life of the Duke of Kyle, he hires her to investigate the notorious Lords of Chaos, threatening her deception.
16) Out of the dark
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"A shocking stunner in every way. The perfect thriller." --Robert Crais When darkness closes in--he's your last, best hope. Evan Smoak returns in Gregg Hurwitz's #1 international bestselling Orphan X series. Taken from a group home at age twelve, Evan Smoak was raised and trained as part of the Orphan Program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets--i.e. assassins. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the Program, using...
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In the New Mexico Territory in 1866, Jack Fowler, who survived the Civil War, barely escapes the drunken rage of a gun-toting idiot who mistakes him for the gunslinger Jack Cole. Compelled to defend himself, Fowler shoots the man dead. Now a posse lead by Lucas Moat searches for him to bring him to mistaken justice. Fowler, wounded, ends up at the homestead of Fiona, who just happens to be the gal friend of the local sheriff. It all comes to an head...
20) Orphan X
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""Orphan X is the most gripping, high-octane thriller I've read in a long, long time. Hang onto your seat because Gregg Hurwitz will take you on a dizzying ride you'll not soon forget!" -Tess Gerritsen The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It's said that when he's reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect and save them. But he's no legend. Evan Smoak is a man with...
