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In the espionage community, Vienna is known as the City of Spies, and Matt Drake is about to learn why in the latest electrifying thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Tom Clancy Target Acquired and The Outside Man. When a mysterious walk-in to the US embassy in Vienna claims...

Accompanied by his trusty sidekicks, Pete Pienaar, John S. Blenkiron and Sandy Arbuthnot, Richard travels across war-torn Europe searching for a man with a secret. A prophet by reputation, the man possesses key information that could guarantee British victory, and he goes by the name of Greenmantle.

It's September 1940, and British intelligence is desperately worried: the Nazi invasion of Britain is imminent. A sinister organisation called The Group, a collection of British and Irish Nazi collaborators, is at work trying to support Hitler's plans. But that is not the only concern for the spy chiefs: the search for double agent 'Archie'–the Soviet spy and British traitor–is proving fruitless, and now they know there’s a second traitor, Bertie, also in play.

The galaxy is vast, and worship of the God-Emperor by His faithful takes many forms. The Spiral Dawn is one of the countless sanctioned sects of the Imperial Cult. As a gathering of Spiralytes make their holy pilgrimage to Redemption, the sect's world of origin and a shrine world of the Imperium, they find not a haven of enlightenment and introspection, but a soot-choked hellhole where their order's founders and an unorthodox regiment of Astra Militarum maintain an uneasy coexistence.

Altaïr embarks on a formidable mission - one that takes him throughout the Holy Land and shows him the true meaning of the Assassin's Creed. To demonstrate his commitment, Altaïr must defeat nine deadly enemies, including Templar leader Robert de Sablé. Here, for the first time, Niccolò Polo, father of Marco, shares Altaïr's remarkable story: his ongoing battle with the Templar conspiracy; a family life that is as tragic as it is shocking; the betrayal of an old friend; and a journey that will ultimately change the course of history.

A trailblazing woman warrior. A manhunt for one of the world's most wanted terrorists. And the blurred lines between justice and vengeance. Virginia Mahoney has shattered barriers as the first female member of America's most elite special operations unit. But her greatest test lies ahead: a high-stakes mission to eliminate the brutal ISIS leader who tortured and murdered an innocent American aid worker. Lieutenant Jacob Roth knows the stakes couldn't be higher.

A covert operative is ready for a new life outside of international espionage. But her enemies are far from willing to let her go… She spied for her country, blackmailed her president, and ran from more threats than she can remember. But when the love of her life proposes, covert agent Cassandra Sashakovich is finally ready to settle down. Unfortunately her past is not quite ready to let her walk away. Old enemies—including a vengeful president—want her dead, and they’re willing to attack her loved ones, including her adopted teenage daughter, if that’s what it takes.

On the eve of the takedown of the world’s leading terrorist, his protégé eluded U.S. forces . . . and now he’s racing across four countries in a scenario that could happen tomorrow. Following his dead mentor’s desire to reestablish the Islamic Caliphate, Aziz Abdul Muhammad, hand-picked by bin Laden himself, masterminds a series of attacks on the U.S. energy infrastructure that will reignite the war against the West. As his initial series of attacks creates mass panic, leaving the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states in terrified darkness, the manhunt is on.

Richard Hannay is an ordinary man caught in extraordinary circumstances. A bored expatriate returning to London, he finds his life upended when a mysterious American stumbles into his flat with a terrifying secret—a secret so dangerous that men are willing to kill for it. When the man is murdered, Hannay becomes the prime suspect, forcing him to flee for his life. Pursued by both the police and a shadowy network of spies, he races across the rugged landscapes of Scotland, deciphering cryptic clues and dodging deadly enemies.

Die deutsche Studentin Wera ist fasziniert von den Cambridge 5: einer Gruppe von fünf Studenten, die in den 1930er-Jahren für den russischen Geheimdienst spionierte. Aber auch Weras neue Freunde in Cambridge scheinen ein Doppelleben zu führen. Als ein Mord geschieht, steht ihr Doktorvater Professor Hunt unter Verdacht. Ein Vorfall aus den 1970er-Jahren holt ihn ein. Was haben die Ereignisse der 30er-Jahre und 70er-Jahre mit dem Mord zu tun?

Ron Soy, a young Cambodian American, lives with his uncles and grandfather in South Philadelphia. Among the tragic events and terror attacks committed by radicals of Cambodian descent have started taking its toll on the public, Ron must navigate a world where good and evil are sometimes blurred in gray.

A beautiful Russian sleeper agent living in Lompoc, California, contacts MI6. She wants to defect with all her secrets, but only if James Flynn brings her in from the cold. There's just one hitch—Flynn doesn't work for MI6. He's a psychiatric patient convinced he's an international super spy.

Hidden Jihad opens at mid-century, in 2050, two years after the election of Jefferson Rhodes. At a lavish extravaganza at the Western White House, President Rhodes asks his old college friend Mark Forster to join his administration as head of a Commission on Religious Unity, his disingenuous attempt to appear inclusive toward religion. A significant encounter takes place between Heather Marshall and journalist Todd Stewart, who, unlikely opposites, hit it off and fall in love as the story progresses. Mike Bardolf is at President Rhodes' s side, working toward Palladium' s secret agenda.

En una arriesgada maniobra secreta que lo lleva hasta las márgenes del río Magdalena, el agente Delta debe enfrentarse a una conjura de impensables dimensiones y a un feroz par de mercenarios que pueden estar trabajando de incógnito para la Inteligencia militar de Rusia.

A bioengineered virus is merely the opening gambit in an evil mastermind's plan, and only Agent Zero and his team—including his daughter Maya—stand between humanity and its doom. As cities fall into quarantine, they expose a conspiracy that could end millions of lives within two days. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Agent Zero's mission against the clock is one he cannot afford to fail—as he battles not just for survival, but for hope in the darkest of times.

Einer Splittergruppe des Islamischen Staates gelingt es, die sagenumwobene Heilige Lanze aus der Kaiserlichen Schatzkammer in Wien zu stehlen. Da die Stadt sofort abgeriegelt wird, verschanzen sich die Terroristen in einem hochmodernen Hotelkomplex, bringen einige Geiseln in ihre Gewalt und stellen Forderungen ihre Flucht betreffend. Unter den Geiseln befindet sich auch ein Kardinal des Vatikan, weshalb Kimball Hayden und seine Vatikanritter für eine Rettungsmission entsandt werden.

Charlie Cooper is a simple man. A few beers, an occasional day at the track, and time with his family are all it takes to keep him happy. But when Charlie goes to pay his income tax at the Milwaukee Federal Building and comes face-to-face with terrorists trying to annihilate his Midwestern lakefront city, his only concern is how to keep them from executing their diabolical plan. As he is thrown into combat with the men who have infiltrated the government building, he learns that the attack is only a small part of a nationwide terrorist plot.

Albert wants one more night to hang out with his friend Wayne. Life had been getting in the way and the two were drifting apart. So, when Party Crashers 3 (their favorite horror genre film series) was set to premier at their favorite theater, Albert couldn't resist buying tickets. Wayne however is reluctant to go. He has a job, college and a girlfriend who doesn't care for B-horror flicks. Nevertheless, the three embark on a night of entertainment at the Sundowner Cineplex. Then the unimaginable happens.

A hiker finds a journal deep inside a glacier that was lost during World War II. On its frozen pages are etched the secret locations of treasures lost since the 1940s. But something more ominous is scribed in the journal, something that threatens the Presidency of the United States.

At the bloody height of World War II, the deadliest enemies in all of human history were forced to put aside their hatreds and unite against an even fiercer foe: a seemingly invincible power bent on world domination. With awesome technology, the aggressors swept across the planet, sowing destruction as Tokyo, Berlin, and Washington, D.C., were A-bombed into submission.