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A contemporary air-sea heavyweight fight...the like we haven't seen since the Pacific War. A routine US Navy freedom-of-navigation patrol in the South China sea turns deadly when it encounters a covert - and unauthorized - Chinese plot to lay claim to waters of the South China Sea. Misunderstanding, miscalculation, and fear lead to both sides mobilizing, with the United States moving west across the Pacific to meet and engage the People's Liberation Army (Navy) who waits with modern weaponry and determined purpose.

In the desolate middle of the largest ocean on earth, two great navies approached, one bent on conclusive battle, the other lying in ambush. Six months after Pearl Harbor, Yamamoto again crossed the Pacific with the largest and most powerful naval armada the world had ever seen, this time to finish the job. Nimitz waited for him with what he had, placed exactly where he needed it. Both admirals depended on their fliers, some veterans of battle, others raw and unproven. Striking first meant decisive victory.

Is this the end of America? The US has finally fought the Russians to a standstill in Europe and stopped the Chinese and Russians from breaking out of Alaska, but now they have a new threat to handle in California. Will the bloody street fight be too much for the American military to handle? Just as it seems that the United States is going to collapse, DARPA unleashes a new torrent of technologically advanced weapons. Will the new ark angel fighters turn the tide of air superiority back to America, or is it too late?

For anthropology graduate student Sam Delgado, headed to the wilds of Wyoming, this is his last chance to save his graduate career. He and his urban classmates see this as the adventure of a lifetime: They are going to horse-pack in the wilderness to map and test a high-altitude archaeological site. Until a cyber-attack collapses the American banking system, and an already fractured nation descends into anarchy and chaos.

Everything comes at a cost.... Author Brent Towns keeps the action coming thick and fast, let’s you up for a breath and then drags you back in for more. After he is betrayed and shoots the two most powerful men in the Irish Mob, John “Reaper” Kane is forced into hiding. He thinks Retribution, Arizona, is the perfect hiding place, but he is wrong. Underneath the old, crusty surface of the dying town, hides the Montoya Cartel, for they use it as a funnel to ship their drugs across the border.

Sawyer Reed is heading home after rambling for seven years after the Civil War ended. His family’s cattle ranch is waiting, and he is ready to get to work. On his way home from Mexico, Sawyer runs into a mysterious woman who will change his life and his future forever. Josephine Alverez is a chef at a posh restaurant in San Antonio, Texas in the year 2020. She is off for a weekend of fun when she is sucked into a miniature blue twister.

Levon Cade and his daughters are on the run and living under assumed names in a remote corner of Idaho where Levon has taken on the role of gentlemen rancher. But when someone rustles his girls’ favorite horses, Levon puts aside his gentlemanly ways in exchange for hunting them down. Too bad Lew Dollinger, a man Levon unwisely allowed to live, is—at the same time—tasked with locating the runaway Cades by an international crime cartel.

Team Reaper is back with their most dangerous mission to date, which could also be their last. And this time, they won’t be alone. It's an impossible mission to stop World War III from engulfing the globe. Blood and guts will be spilled, friends will be lost, and chaos will reign—that's why failure is not an option.

Levon Cade left his profession behind to work construction. He just wants to live an anonymous life and be a good dad to his daughter. But when a local girl vanishes, he’s asked to return to the skills that made him a mythic figure in the shadowy world of counterterrorism. Levon’s hunt for the missing college student takes him to the heart of a vicious criminal conspiracy, and his actions create a chain reaction that threatens all he holds dear. It’s time for him to return to his trade. And Levon’s trade is death.

The Classic Sheriff Ben Stillman Series Begins...Playing poker, smoking cigarettes, drinking whiskey - retirement was treacherous business for ex-lawman Ben Stillman. The best of life seemed to be past, but then the past came looking for him. The son of an old friend rides into Ben's life with a plea for justice and a mind for revenge. Up on the Hi-Line in Montana, a rich Englishman is rustling ranchers out of their livelihoods...and their lives. The boy suspects these rustlers have murdered his father, Milk River Bill Harmon, and the law is too crooked to get any straight answers.

Sheriff Ben Stillman has enough of a hard time keeping the peace in the town of Clantick without having to worry about the likes of Matt Parrish. Since his father died, Matt has been responsible for the Circle P Ranch in the Two-Bear Mountains - and his hotheaded streak has been responsible for a lot of trouble with other ranchers...including his future father-in-law, Tom Suthern.

The Reaper is on the hunt. In a deathtrap of an abandoned drug lab in Caracas, John Kane and a unit from SEAL Team Six, discover a new threat to the free world. Heroin flows out of Afghanistan into Africa and then to Europe and the Western Hemisphere. Word comes down from On High; eliminate the cash cow funding the Taliban. With prejudice...Following the trail to a deserted island in the Arabian Sea, Kane unleashes hell on a group of drug runners only to uncover a shocking secret - China is a silent partner in the illicit operation.

In the year 2030, the war on drugs has evolved into a brutal battle. Once-ordinary cartels have transformed into formidable forces, equipped with their own armies boasting tanks, jets, and submarines. And as the line between good and evil blurs, both sides are set to deploy cutting-edge weaponry in a deadly dance for control. Enter Team Reaper. With a high-stakes battleground, where survival is measured in firepower and strategy, one highly-skilled unitcomprised of John Kane, Cara Billings, and Raymond Knocker Jensenfind themselves at the heart of the chaos.

Levon Cade stirred up a hornet’s nest when he uncovered a child trafficking ring—earning the attention of a congressman, and a major player in the conspiracy who’s made it his mission to find Levon at all costs.

When Sheriff Ben Stillman accompanies Judge John Bannon and friends to a wedding in Sulfur, Montana Territory, he aims to have a nice long weekend of rest and respite from law dogging. But Angus Whateley has other plans. The crazy ex-Confederate has just been released from prison, and he’s out to avenge the hanging of his cattle-rustling sons--hangings ordered by Bannon.

After bringing in a band of horse thieves, Sheriff Ben Stillman would like nothing better than to go back home to his wife and wait out the winter storm that is blasting through the Montana mountains. But the storm is about to become the least of the legendary lawman's concerns. A vicious gang of murdering outlaws has taken refuge from the brutal cold and snow in a remote mountain ranch cabin - taking everyone inside hostage. And Stillman is the only chance they've got to get out alive. It's Stillman's duty to save them.

When Doctor Clyde Evans is kidnapped from his home in the middle of the night to tend to a wounded outlaw, Sheriff Ben Stillman’s problems are only just beginning. Stillman tracks the doctor to a remote cabin deep in the Two-Bear Mountains. He springs the doctor, shoots the outlaws, and confiscates the bank loot. He also arrests a beautiful young outlaw, Hettie Styles, who promptly puts a bounty on Stillman’s head.

Three more mystifying cases perplexing Det. Luca. This box set contains: Book four, Third Chances - the clock is ticking...as the hunt for a serial killer continues. Book five, A Cold Hard Case - half the time, the killer gets away with it...and the case goes cold. And book six, Cop or Killer? - breaking the law to protect your family is reasonable...until it's not.

Peter served his country in Afghanistan. The brain injury was severe. To survive in the hospital, he kept his focus on the one thing that mattered, Mary. What he found back home, broke him. Mary was with Billy, the bully who terrorized his childhood. When the police arrested him for Billy’s murder, they had just one problem. Peter claimed he couldn’t remember what he did that night. Detective Luca’s career can’t afford another mistake. This case could be a problem, though, as the obvious suspect doesn’t remember a thing. Is Peter trying to pull a fast one?

A brutalized student. A gang-infested school. A vengeful teacher. After his star pupil, Rina Ogawa, is sexually assaulted in a school restroom, Edward Clifford sets out on a journey to find the truth and bring her attackers to justice. He finds himself delving head-first into the lives of his other students - lives filled with crime, violence, and hatred. What starts as a desperate attempt to achieve justice quickly sends Edward down the path of vengeance.... Who attacked Rina Ogawa? Can Edward bring her attackers to justice? Or will he take matters into his own hands?