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In 1917, young Edward Estlin Cummings went to France as a volunteer with a Red Cross ambulance unit on the western front. But his free-spirited, insubordinate ways soon got him tagged as a possible enemy of La Patrie, and he was summarily tossed into a French concentration camp at La Ferte-Mace in Normandy. Under the vilest conditions, Cummings found fulfillment of his ever elusive quest for freedom.

A cyberattack on an obscure US dam leaves thousands dead and the government wondering who attacked it, and why. When they realize it is just the tip of the iceberg - and that the safety of all of America is at stake - the president has no choice but to call in Luke Stone.

“Mesmerizing and haunting.”—Lisa Gardner “T. Jefferson Parker is the poet of American crime fiction, and The Room of White Fire absolutely proves why.”—C.J. Box In this stirring thriller from New York Times bestseller and award winner T. Jefferson Parker, P.I. Roland Ford must...

Ein Hackerangriff auf einen unbedeutenden Staudamm in den Vereinigten Staaten endet mit tausenden Toten und einer Regierung, die sich fragt, wer sie angegriffen hat und warum. Als sie realisiert, dass dies nur die Spitze des Eisbergs war - und dass die Sicherheit von ganz Amerika auf dem Spiel steht - hat die Präsidentin keine andere Wahl, als Luke Stone zu Hilfe zu rufen. Ein Polit-Thriller mit nonstop Aktion, dramatischen internationalen Schauplätzen, unerwarteten Wendungen und atemberaubender Spannung.

Lieutenant Jackson Silver walked into the bustling dock workers’ bar. The heavy stale air seemed to cling to his skin. The smell of unwashed workers and their oily grease-stained overalls infiltrated every corner of the crowded, dimly lit dive. Many pairs of eyes watched him as he headed for the bar. Little did Lieutenant Jackson Silver realize what kind of a situation he was walking into when he walked into that bar, or how much trouble he was about to get into.