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Ever since Soren was kidnapped and taken to the St. Aegolius School for Orphaned Owls, he has longed to see his sister, Eglantine, again. Now Eglantine is back is Soren's life, but she's been through an ordeal too terrible for words. Deep within Soren's gizzard, something more powerful than knowledge tells him there's a connection between these mysterious events.

A family - a mother, a father, and their 10-year-old son - have come all the way from Florida to the Appalachian foothills to experience the wonder of a snowy weekend. But when a blizzard suddenly descends, the family finds themselves trapped outside, disoriented in the whiteout and the waist-deep snowdrifts. Panicked, exhausted, and freezing, they cry out for help.

Denise Hilton, a young single mother, is driving through Edenton, North Carolina, when her car skids off the road during a storm. With her is her four-year-old son, Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities for whom she has sacrificed everything. When volunteer fireman Taylor McAden finds her she is unconscious and bleeding, but when she wakes an even more chilling truth becomes clear: Kyle is gone.

When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: He can't fall in love...

People from all walks of life call 911 when things go bad. These are their stories, told by the people who respond and make things better. First responders often don't tell stories, preferring to keep what happens at work private. Rescue Captain Michael Morse changes that with these heartfelt descriptions of hundreds of emergency calls, with the usual coverings peeled back, exposing the bizarre, heartbreaking, and often hilarious reactions to 911 emergencies.

It’s Christmas in Tablerock, Texas! The cat-rescuing mother-daughter duo of Ellie and Evie Rockwell just want to find some cats their forever homes for the holidays. Instead, they find themselves solving a real-life Christmas mystery straight out of a storybook.

It is 2012 and in Northern Afghanistan, an international crisis has erupted. A group of NGO workers have been kidnapped by local insurgents and are now hidden in a winding mountain region. After attempts to negotiate a deal with the bandits fail, and with the lives of the hostages hanging in the balance, there is only one option... SAS and Navy SEALs are sent in to find and free them. The Rescue is the action-packed story of their attempts to save the hostages from almost certain death.

Lana loves stories, especially the ones she and her brother, Harrison, share in their make-believe games. But when Harrison decides he’s too grown-up to play with Lana anymore, she’s too lonely to find the wonder in storytelling…until something magical happens.

A Bird, A Girl, and a Rescue is the second audiobook in the fictional series, The Rwendigo Tales. Designed for eight- to fourteen-year-old youth, this adventure novel is written for children and teens who love learning about faraway and different parts of the world, while relating to characters and issues that seem much closer to home.

All he wanted was a quiet drink...it's spring 1323, and John Little, notorious outlaw, seeks to forget his troubles in a Barnsley alehouse. He didn't count on the place being packed to the rafters with drunk, belligerent Scottish mercenaries though. This stand-alone Forest Lord tale sees one of England's favorite sons in a battle for his very life that will hugely entertain all lovers of action and adventure.

Powerless and weak, humans and dwarves have suffered under the whip and wand of giants and witches for centuries. Built upon the blood of slaves, the Nine Lands is a world of unimaginable wealth and power, but something is shifting on the mythical continent. An ancient, forgotten magic stirs in the veins of those bound by its evil chains. Brought together by fate, an unlikely trio holds the key to release the Nine Lands from the shadows.

Ordered to fly low-level scans for trilidium on an uninhabited rock of a planetoid known only as X37, Teelak and Adria yearn for more exciting missions. Then they survive a crash landing only to learn the rock isn't as empty as they think. Just what is out there? Will they be rescued?

Looking for an adrenaline-packed read that will leave you on the edge of your seat? Look no further than Sharks and Daisies—Tales of a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer. Written by a former Coast Guard rescue swimmer, this book takes listeners on a gripping journey through some of the most treacherous maritime conditions imaginable. With heart-pumping tales of incredible rescues, thrilling adventures, and inspiring lessons learned, this book will have you holding your breath from start to finish.

Lynne Cox, internationally famous for swimming the world’s most difficult waterways without a wetsuit, and able to endure water temperatures so cold that it would kill anyone else, recognizes and celebrates all forms of athleticism in others, human or otherwise. And when she saw a video of a Newfoundland dog leaping from an airborne helicopter into Italian waters to save someone from drowning, Cox was transfixed by the rescue, and captivated by the magnificence, physicality, and daring of the dog.

Cassie has bounced back from operations, managed to get lost and found in one afternoon, chased away Rottweilers and Dobermans that have had the nerve to try and steal her tennis ball, and found herself being injured by interfering in larger dogs’ squabbles. People just can’t help falling in love with this tiny bundle of joy.

Solo roleplaying adventures from the host of Roleplay Rescue, played using a variety of gaming tools and recorded as a way to keep the spirit of the game alive. This is personal and very-real solo tabletop roleplaying gaming shared in the hope of inspiring others to give solo play a go. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jaxx Carter is ready for a summer at the beach. Being a nanny in the Hamptons seemed like the perfect thing to do after high school graduation, so it didn't take a lot of convincing from her best friend to get her to agree to the job - even though she did feel like a fish out of water among the beautiful people that she now saw all around her.

In the late 1960s, MacInnes led the Glencoe Mountain Rescue team and together they developed innovative techniques and equipment in order to save lives - often risking their own in the process - whether night or day, and always at a moment’s notice. He was a central figure in the rescue during the 1963 New Year tragedy in the Cuillins on the Isle of Skye, and led groundbreaking rescues on Buichaille Etive Mor, Ben Nevis, Bidean nam Bian and many other legendary Scottish mountains.

Rescue Your Own Damn Self is a straight-talking, raw, and funny dissection of fairy tales, fables, rom-coms, and storybook “happily ever afters” rolled up with honest life lessons and empowering “aha” moments. When you’re not cheering “Damn right”, you’ll be ugly crying into a handful of tissues as Lori helps you realize that life isn’t all rainbows and unicorns, despite being fed a lifelong diet of unattainable role models and idiotic ideals.

Sarabel, an oddball young hedgehog, saves her beloved hedgerow. This audio contains three hedgehog adventures. In "The Horror at the Hedgerow", a riddle-loving monster threatens to gobble up the hedgerow. In "Sarabel and the Gypsies", Sarabel's fortuneteller mother is kidnapped by Zero, a black-hearted gypsy hedgehog. In "Rabbit Rescue", Sarabel fights a gang of greedy, sword-waving gnomes.