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171 Greenmantle by John Buchan

November 1915. Richard Hannay is tasked to undertake a top secret mission to investigate a plot to create a holy war throughout the Muslim world and draw troops and resources from the Western Front.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Novel-Classic
Downloads: 934 Votes: 11 | Score: 7.22
Size: 505KB | 99,525 words | Posted:

172 The Assignment by Lapi

A might convoluted, but is that not so in life.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Slavery, Violence, Religion, Travel
Downloads: 775 Votes: 20 | Score: 7.18
Size: 144KB | 28,581 words | Posted:

173 The Lost Wagon by Jim Kjelgaard

The story follows a young boy named Jim who, along with his family, is traveling westward in a wagon train.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Coming of Age, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 214 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 549KB | 105,476 words | Posted:

174 Free Rein by GT Dodge

A knight astride a horse with a grudge. Whatever you do, do not give him his head! What Free Rein really means. See Sister story Free Reign for the alternative.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Coming of Age, Violence, War, Knights
Downloads: 462 Votes: 26 | Score: 7.14
Size: 4KB | 828 words | Posted:

175 Affair in Araby by Talbot Mundy

Jimgrim is an American secret service agent employed by the British and stationed in Jerusalem. With him are his faithful friends, all eager for a fight of any kind. The ambitions of the French in Syria arouse the enmity of King Feisal of the Arabs. The Allies promised him the kingship of Syria, Palestine and Trans-Jordania. This promise they have not kept,and the French are out to kill the Arab chieftain. Feisal orders his Arab adherents, of a massacre of the Jews in Jerusalem.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Secret Agents, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 709 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 273KB | 52,457 words | Posted:

176 A Tale of Barsoom by JOHNNY SACHU

On the Mars of Edgar Rice Burroughs, we find life there can be quite harsh in seveal ways.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Science Fiction
Downloads: 1100 Votes: 46 | Score: 7.11
Size: 28KB | 5,250 words | Posted:

177 Winner Take All by Robert E. Howard

A Sailor Steve Costigan Story
Steve has to make some quick money so he can get in on a sure-fire investment that will make him rich. First appeared in Fight Stories, July 1930. In the public domain.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Humor, Pulp Classic
Downloads: 735 Votes: 41 | Score: 7.10
Size: 30KB | 5,887 words | Posted:

178 Blow the Chinks Down! by Robert E. Howard

A Sailor Steve Costigan Story
Steve and a rival pursue the same girl. Mayhem ensues. First appeared in 'Action Stories' October 1931. In the public domain.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Humor, Pulp Classic
Downloads: 966 Votes: 65 | Score: 7.06
Size: 41KB | 8,020 words | Posted:

179 The Ancient Allan by H. Rider Haggard

A gripping novel which takes us and the hero, adventurer Allan Quatermain, back in time. It relates several exciting adventures like a lion hunt, wrestling with a crocodile, and a large-scale battle between various armies.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Novel-Classic
Downloads: 975 Votes: 9 | Score: 7.04
Size: 454KB | 89,360 words | Posted:

180 Youth: a Narrative by Joseph Conrad

Short story in which Marlow tells a group of companions about his very first voyage to the East.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Drama, Travel, Vignettes
Downloads: 98 Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 69KB | 13,408 words | Posted:
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