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Vengeance

Check out these books about characters who have been wronged and are seeking revenge!

Tacoma Public Library

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  • A joyful, furious romp through dark places, Tingle proves he's as good at fear as he is at love." --T. Kingfisher, bestselling author of What Moves the Dead. From beloved internet icon Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus is a searing and earnest…
    BookNew York : Nightfire, Tor Publishing Group, 2023. — F TINGL-C
  • Chenneville

    a Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance

    Jiles, Paulette, 1943-
    Union soldier John Chenneville suffered a traumatic head wound in battle. His recovery took the better part of a year as he struggled to regain his senses and mobility. By the time he returned home, the Civil War was over, but tragedy…
    BookNew York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] — F JILES-P
  • The illegitimate daughter of a commoner and a duke, Synali von Hauteclare, survives an attack by an assassin hired by her father and plans her revenge by riding and fighting on a giant robot. In a massive space station that houses the last…
    BookShrewsbury, PA : Red Tower Books, an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC, 2024. — SCI WOLF-S
  • As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother's. Here, twelve-year-old Thea can run free and breathe in the smells of pine and fresh bread…
    BookNew York : St. Martin's Press, 2024. — F ROBER-N
  • Fifteen-year-old Ámbar has never known any parent other than her father, Víctor Mondragón, nor any life other than his - the life of a criminal. On any given Friday night, Ámbar longs to be at the arcade or a rock concert, but she's more…
    BookNew York, NY : Soho Crime, 2024. — F FERRA-N
  • A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance. Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be…
    BookNew York, NY : Flatiron Books, 2021. — F COSBY-S
  • You may think you know how the fairytale goes: a mermaid comes to shore and weds the prince. But what the fables forget is that mermaids have teeth. And now, her daughters have devoured the kingdom and burned it to ashes. On the run, the…
    BookNew York : Nightfire, Tor Publishing Group, [2023] — F KHAW-C
  • For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts his younger sister, Nadia, as payment to enter…
    BookNew York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020] — YF BROWN-R
  • After being murdered, his consciousness dormant and unaware of the passing of time while confined in an elaborate water trap, Kai wakes to find a lesser mage attempting to harness Kai's magic to his own advantage. That was never going to…
    BookNew York : Tordotcom, Tor Publishing Group, 2023. — F WELLS-M
  • Two enemy witches must enter into a deadly alliance to take down a tyrant who threatens both their worlds-with unpredictable results.
    BookNew York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — YF SMART-C
  • Leslie Bruin is assigned to the backwoods township of Spar Creek by the Frontier Nursing Service to vaccinate the flock, birth babies, and weather judgements of churchy locals who look at him and see a failed woman. Forged in the fires of…
    BookNew York, NY : Tor Publishing Group, 2024. — F MANDE-L
  • A granddaughter and grandmother, alienated from their community, live among various sombras, shadows of the dead with whom they alone can pray and commune. When the mysterious disappearance of a young boy draws the unwanted attention of…
    Book[San Francisco] : Two Lines Press, [2024] — F MARTI-L