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After the largest terrorist attack in US history is narrowly foiled, the sole enemy survivor has only one name to provide his interrogators: Ghulam Samedi, a fugitive hiding in the rugged mountains of China’s Xinjiang Province. As part of the CIA’s newly minted targeted killing program, David Rivers and his team are tasked with assassinating Samedi. But once they are inside China, there will be no backup, no air support, and no escape - only a handful of local assets with dubious motivations.

Eine gewagte CIA-Operation soll den Kreml ins Chaos stürzen. Die CIA-Agenten Sia und Max werden nach Russland geschickt, um Putins Privatbankier Vadim zu rekrutieren. Sia und Max geben sich als Paar aus und befreunden sich mit Vadim und dessen Frau Anna. Sia und Max tauchen tief ein in die von Luxus und Bandenkriminalität geprägte Welt. Ihre einzige Chance scheint Anna zu sein – doch verfolgt einen eigenen Plan.

The master of naval thrillers returns with his most shocking “what if?” scenario yet: a terrorist hatches a bold plan to blow up a volcano—and devastate America In the Canary Islands, in the southwest corner of the island of La Palma lies the massive crater of the volcano Cumbre Vieja...

A knock on the door in the middle of the night catches ex-Special Forces Simon Peake off guard. He only recognizes the face of one of the three men standing on the other side, and the 'help' they need is to dispose of a dead body crumpled in the trunk of their car. The problem is - the woman in the trunk isn't dead at all. In a matter of moments, Peake makes a call to help and protect this stranger, but it's a decision that will drag him back into the dark and dangerous world of drug cartels, mob bosses, and rogue CIA operatives who will stop at nothing to use Peake as a pawn in their games.

Aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Turner Van Zandt, Lieutenant-Commander Dan Lenson and his dedicated crew take on a daring assignment: escort a convoy of supertankers through the mine-filled Persian Gulf. For Lenson and his men, however, the danger is only just beginning. When a missile from a hit-and-run enemy sinks a US destroyer, every ship and aircraft in the area goes on red alert.

Ralf Parceval hat fünfzehn Menschenleben auf dem Gewissen. Nach deutscher Rechtsauffassung ist er ein Mörder. Nach seiner eigenen Rechtsauffassung ist er ein Versager. Denn er hat die falschen Männer erwischt. Bundesweit wird nach Parceval gefahndet. Der ist nach seinem Ausbruch aus dem Knast in Mannheim untergetaucht, wo er einen Informanten treffen will. Während Parceval auf den Kontaktmann wartet, wird er Zeuge eines blutigen Überfalls auf einen Hochzeitskonvoi.

When a powerful client summons him for a midnight meeting, lawyer Chris Bruen knows something is very wrong. Zapper, the world's most popular search engine, has been compromised, and its most valuable asset - search algorithms - stolen. The company suspects that this most recent instance in a wave of high-tech crimes originated in China, and that the government itself is behind the systematic theft of US intellectual property.

The epic second novel from the author of the acclaimed "Anthrax Island". John Tyler has a new mission: capture a heavily protected target from the Alps and smuggle him back into the UK – alive. La Rochelle in the dead of night: Tyler boards the Tiburon, a rusting freighter crewed by smugglers and mercenaries, for the last leg of his journey. But he is short on time. His mark's security team has pursued him across France, determined to retrieve their boss, and they won't be deterred by an ocean. The race is on.

Daniel Petrovich, formerly part of the Department of Defense's infamous Black Flag program, protects a secret buried in the deepest vaults of the Pentagon. Blackmailed into executing one final mission for his previous commanding officer, Daniel's carefully constructed "life" rapidly disintegrates into a relentless federal manhunt - and a "24-style" race against the clock to suppress the shocking truth about his past. To survive, he'll release the darkest side of his concealed identity. A dark side with few boundaries - and even fewer loyalties.

In April 1938, a man calling himself Josef Hofmann arrives at a boarding house in Hamm, Germany, and lets a room from the widow who owns it. Fifty years later, Walter Gersdorff, the widow's son, who was 11 years old in the spring of 1938, discovers the carefully hidden diary the boarder had kept during his stay, even though he should never have written any of its contents down. What Walter finds is a scathing chronicle of one the most tumultuous years in German history, narrated by a secret agent on a deadly mission.

Evan Waller ist ein skrupelloser Geschäftsmann mit einem gewaltigen Vermögen. Nichts und niemand ist ihm heilig. Seine neuesten Unternehmungen bedrohen das Leben von Millionen von Menschen auf der ganzen Welt. Doch Agent Shaw ist ihm dicht auf den Fersen und versucht alles, um ihn aufzuhalten. Gleichzeitig hat es Reggie Campion, Mitglied einer Geheimorganisation, auf Waller abgesehen. Dabei hat sie ganz eigene Pläne. Auf der Jagd nach demselben Mann entbrennt ein tödliches Duell zwischen Shaw und Reggie.

John Puller ist der beste Ermittler der Militärpolizei. Sein neuer Fall trifft ihn persönlich: Seine geliebte Tante deutet in einem Brief dubiose Machenschaften in ihrem Heimatort an. Sofort macht sich Puller auf den Weg zu ihr nach Paradise, Florida - und findet sie leblos auf, ertrunken. Anders als die Polizei vor Ort mag Puller nicht an einen Unfall glauben. Und tatsächlich häufen sich bald die Hinweise auf ein Verbrechen von gigantischen Ausmaßen.

Als knallharter Killer ist Will Robie genau der Mann, den die US-Regierung ruft, wenn es um die Eliminierung der schlimmsten Staatsfeinde geht. Niemand kann es mit Robie aufnehmen - niemand außer Jessica Reel, eine Kollegin von Robie. Die hat nun offenbar die Seiten gewechselt, weshalb Robie sie zur Strecke bringen soll.

Will Robie è un maestro dell'arte di uccidere. Il governo americano lo ingaggia per eliminare gli individui peggiori: nemici dello Stato, assassini che hanno causato vittime innocenti. Nessuno può eguagliarne il talento come sicario... Nessuno tranne Jessica Reel. Ugualmente professionale e pericolosa, Reel ha la sua stessa letale determinazione. E adesso gli ha voltato le spalle, puntando la pistola sugli altri membri della loro agenzia.

Five ancient statues have been unearthed in South America, each containing a mysterious coded message hinting at an origin many thought impossible: the mythical world of Atlantis. As word of their discovery spreads, the prized figurines become a treasure bounty hunters will kill for. CIA agent Heidi Moneymaker calls in the only team for the job: Guy Bodie and his posse of relic-hunting thieves. If they are to find the ancient civilization, Bodie and his team must decode a series of clues that will take them across the world and to the deepest depths of the ocean.

Every member of the Special Ops US Air Force pararescue jumpers, the PJs, swears by the motto "That Others May Live." A top-secret mission to save a kidnapped Saudi princess will put that oath to the ultimate test. With a force of armed men, a former mujahideen chases across the desert of Yemen to recover his Saudi wife, kidnapped by her powerful father, a prince of the Kingdom. The kidnapping turns violent, she is badly wounded, and the PJs are dropped into the vast sere badlands to rescue the princess and a young American diplomat....

Eine Frau wird tot aufgefunden, mit einer ungewöhnlichen Uhr am Handgelenk. Was zunächst wie ein einfacher Mordfall aussieht, wird zum Alptraum. Ist der mysteriöse "Zodiac-Killer" wieder da? Jede Tat erinnert an die Morde berühmter Serienkiller...

Chris Collins is an ex-CIA agent with a history of rogue missions. His enemies took away everything he had, and now it's time to pay. He knows his adversaries will stop at nothing to remove those who stand in their way - including himself. But they move in the shadows, and smoking them out means taking himself to some dark places.

Tras el éxito de la Serie Millennium, vuelve David Lagercrantz con un segundo caso de Rekke y Vargas. Claire Lidman falleció catorce años atrás, pero Samuel, su marido, siempre se ha negado a aceptarlo. Cuando un buen día cree reconocer su perfil en una fotografía tomada delante de la basílica de San Marcos, en Venecia, recurrirá al profesor de Psicología Hans Rekke y la policía Micaela Vargas en busca de ayuda. Los dos se muestran escépticos al principio, pero Rekke descubre indicios sorprendentes. ¿Es posible que Claire siga viva? ¿qué la llevó a desaparecer?

Until he disappeared, Peter Black was Azrael. Master assassin. Now he spends his days hiding on a remote farm in northern Alaska. The same farm he was sent to at age 11 to be trained by the CIA. Peter only ever wanted a normal life and to be left alone. But the world refuses to leave men like Peter Black alone. An enemy like no other is coming. An enemy that has no mercy. No compassion. Only sheer ruthlessness of will.