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Confident and strong willed, Kelly Maguire knew from a young age that he could accomplish great things. A constant and abiding love of the ocean would prove to be the making of him. When the call of war is heard in the early 1910s, Kelly knows that he must answer it. Enlisting in the Royal Navy, he hopes to win both the war and personal glory. But from the barbarous battles of Gallipoli to the nightmarish action at Antwerp, Kelly, along with his young shipmates, begins to learn the trials a sailor must face, trials that will forge him from a boy into a man.

Thrilling, authentic, and action packed, this novel introduces soldier hero Marcus Valerius: a centurion stationed on Hadrian's Wall in the second century during a revolt against the Roman Empire. Marcus Valerius Aquila has scarcely landed in Britannia when he has to run for his life - condemned to dishonorable death by power-crazed emperor Commodus. The plan is to take a new name, serve in an obscure regiment on Hadrian's Wall, and lie low until he can hope for justice.

In a lab deep in the heart of China, a brilliant engineer had a breakthrough. It was the most powerful AI ever created. Ma Young believed the Jade Dragon could combat the world’s most dire challenges. There was just one problem...the president of China had other ideas. Was this their chance to conquer?

Everett Ross often feels like a fish out of water, an ex-Texas Ranger who traded his horse and six-gun for the cockpit of a pursuit aircraft in the British Royal Flying Corps. Through his inimitable West Texas narrative, Ross thrills the reader with a riveting tale of authentic aerial combat in the skies above the stalemated trenches of World War I.

When a nuclear-empowered Iran begins throwing its weight around the Persian Gulf, the U.S. uneasily stands by, its military weakened by years of budget cuts and unpopular, inconclusive police actions. But the new President realizes there is one weapon he can use: the newest secret cell of the CIA's Intelligence Support Agency, code-named Future Flight.

For Kay, living on her husband Bror's country estate, the Nazi invasion is a time of uncertainty. Bror is desperate to preserve the legacy of his home, even if it means co-existing with the enemy; Kay cannot do the same. She is lured by British Intelligence into a world of resistance. Tasked with protecting an SOE agent, Kay learns the art of subterfuge. Caught on opposing sides, will Kay and Bror find their way back to one another?

Litauen, september 2022: Ukrainekrigen er gået ind i ottende måned, og i den tidligere sovjetrepublik Litauen er frygten for russerne til at tage og føle på. Et oprør blandt landets russisk-sindede minoriteter ulmer: De polske og russiske minoriteter vil have deres egen folkerepublik i det østlige Litauen styret fra Moskva. Sikkerhedstjenesten er underbemandet, og deres agenter forsvinder, den ene efter den anden. Senioragent Tomas Minkus, der er drevet af sin fortid under sovjetisk styre, er netop udskrevet fra hospitalet efter et giftangreb.

The Gauntlet Weapons system has been returned to its rightful owners in Area 51. While Gauntlet remains the world's most capable weapons system, two other highly classified projects have been in development at Area 51 involving humanoid robotics and artificial intelligence.

US Army Sergeant Harry Archer has been listed as "missing in action" since the Vietnam War ended 40+ years ago. When he suddenly escapes his Vietnamese captors, he's armed with the knowledge of a classified top-secret agreement that was reached between former US President Richardson and North Vietnam's leader. The agreement enabled Vietnam to retain specific POWs with skills vital to rebuilding that country.

Septembersolen skiner ner på Skånska luftvärnskårens soldater. De gör sig långsamt redo inför dagens krigssimulering. "Fiendesoldater" har spanats i närheten och de är betydligt fler än vad man till en början trott. Övningen är igång. Men det som inledningsvis var en uppsluppen simulering, en möjlighet att få erfara lite spänning i den annars så repetitiva vardagen som yrkesmilitär, utvecklas snart till en kamp på liv och död. Och just den här övningen känns lite för verklig för att vara på låtsas.

Within the shadows of the US Government, a decision has been made to declare war on the drug trade. Only a few know about this no holds-barred-war. Colonel Ethan Wade, USMC, has been assigned to place a mole within the Mexican Cartel. Colonel Wade calls upon a man from within his Black Ops team, Ricardo "Rico" Garcia, also known by his Marine handle, "Muerte". Rico is known within black ops as a speed-killer, and is given free rein to do whatever needs to be done to destroy the drug trade.

In the midst of upheaval and confusion, the people of Marlbridge, Alabama, knew one thing for certain: the enemy was coming, and there wasn’t a thing they could do about it. Their beloved sheriff, who might have saved them from calamity, was dead, and Elias Kelson, the closest thing they had to a savior, was just as likely to welcome the invaders as to run them out of town. “No tears”, Alexandra Corbin swore to herself as she stood in front of the mirror, took hold of her long, thick, honey-colored hair, and cut it off just below her ear.

What doesn't kill you...can still cause a lot of damage. After a deadly accident in Airborne School, Jan Wishart returns to West Point under a cloud of suspicion. She is branded a "witch" by some at the military academy and creepy things keep happening in her room. She's losing the single most precious commodity available to cadets: sleep, which inflames her already heightened anxiety level. Then, a masked intruder begins visiting her room at night. Or is she imagining that? Events escalate to the point of no return for Jan and her two best friends.

Ex-counterterrorist agent Kurt Albrecht, long retired and becoming increasingly angry with the current government and its policies, is the self-appointed commander of a home-grown militia group called The Constitutionalists. As Albrecht is suspected of hatching a destructive plot against the government, the U. S. National Security Advisor engages trusted former counterterrorist operative Bruce McGowan to infiltrate Albrecht's organization and determine the particulars of his plan.

Als die Raumfähre "Hermes" während eines Testflugs in hoher Erdumlaufbahn von einer unbekannten Waffe vernichtet wird, offenbart sich eine Gefahr apokalyptischen Ausmaßes. Projekt "Omega", ein nukleares Planspiel aus den späten 1980er Jahren, ist tatsächlich Realität. Nur kurze Zeit nach der Katastrophe im All wird die Attentäterin Fatima Jansen auf Jack Chances Vater angesetzt, ein Admiral außer Dienst. Welche Verbindung hat Albert Chance zu "Omega“, und was hat die Versenkung des britischen Zerstörers "HMS Coventry" damit zu tun?

This book maybe answers the question of whether we can become a monster, or the monster already lies deep within us, waiting for the opportunity to come to the surface. The action of this novel takes place in the region of ex-Yugoslavia as well as in prison and the court of The Hague Tribunal for war crimes. The main character is Gvozden Mishic. He is courageous, honest, hard-working, and above all, a highly honorable man. What happens when such a man of incredible persistence and will power has his heartbroken and filled with hatred? Genocide.

Ночь Грядущая - фантастический роман Дениса Деева по миру Артёма Каменистого "S-T-I-K-S", жанр боевая фантастика. Ты - лучший! Ты - элита! Профессиональный "пес войны", наемник, прошедший десятки вооруженных конфликтов. Ты стреляешь на слух, плевком подбиваешь танк и ходишь в туалет напалмом! Тебя отправляют в адское местечко, полное монстров? Тебе должно быть страшно? Ха, пускай монстры начинают рыть себе могилы! Ибо ты собираешься стать самым страшным злом в этом местечке. Аудиокнига. Боевая фантастика.

Ten years after the deadliest pandemic in human history, the same devastating strain of influenza strikes America without warning. One man holds the key to stopping the deadly outbreak in its tracks and the governments of the world - including his own - will stop at nothing to find him.

Dos kaibiles son enviados a un entrenamiento militar élite en Texas. Los adiestran para abatir el comunismo, la guerrilla y los pueblos originarios de Guatemala. Sus vidas no pertenecen a ellos mismos, sino a la patria; y si acaso al comandante kaibil Francisco Chinchilla, del servicio secreto guatemalteco, que está a cargo de su tortura, aquella que los dejará ciegos ante las atrocidades que presencian y perpetran durante la dictadura del militar Efraín Ríos Montt.

Gleich der erste Einsatz von Jack Chance und Charlene Jason im Dienst von „Infinity“ endet in einer Katastrophe. Im afrikanischen Bürgerkriegsland Sangoro locken Milizionäre einen Trupp UNO-Blauhelme, auf den Chance und Jason aufpassen sollen, in einen Hinterhalt und löschen den Trupp mit schweren modernen Waffen aus. Als „Infinity“-Leiter Commander Smith die Untersuchung des Angriffs an den britischen Geheimdienst abgibt, um seine Leute statt dessen mit auf eine diplomatische Mission zu nehmen, ist Jason außer sich.