Bullet Train. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2010 book
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Bullet Train
Kōtarō Isaka, 2010
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David Leitch, 2022

Trained killer Ladybug wants to give up the life but is pulled back in by his handler Maria Beetle in order to collect a briefcase on a bullet train heading from Tokyo to Morioka. Once onboard, he and the other competing assassins onboard discover that their objectives are all connected.


Spies in Disguise. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Spies in Disguise: The Junior Novel
James A. McCann, 2019
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Troy Quane, Nick Bruno, 2019

Lance Sterling, a cocky secret agent of H.T.U.V., is sent to recover an attack drone from Japanese arms dealer Katsu Kimura in Japan. As soon as the buyer, cybernetically enhanced terrorist, Killian, arrives, Sterling breaks in against the orders of H.T.U.V. director Joy Jenkins, defeats Kimura and his gang, and manages to escape with the briefcase containing the drone.


The Meg. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1997 book, Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror
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Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror
Steve Alten, 1997
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Jon Turteltaub, 2018

Rescue diver Jonas Taylor attempts to save the crew of a damaged nuclear submarine when he sees the hull being rammed by an unidentified creature. His account of the story is dismissed by fellow survivor Dr. Heller, who believes that Taylor turned coward due to induced pressure psychosis. They discover an abundance of never-before seen flora and fauna below the thermocline, but an attack by a large, unidentified creature causes the submersible to lose contact with Mana One.