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Privately training with special forces, he’s honing his combat skills to continue his work within the Campus, hunting down and eliminating terrorists wherever he can--even as Jack Ryan Sr. campaigns to become President of the United States again. But what neither father nor son knows is that the political and personal have just become equally dangerous. A devout enemy of Jack Sr. launches a privately-funded vendetta to discredit him and connect him to a mysterious killing in his longtime ally John Clark’s past. All they have to do is catch him.

Trauma Surgeon Carrie Walker is taken aback when her estranged uncle, a senior Russian naval Officer, makes contact, claiming to have explosive information which he is offering to share with the West. She travels undercover to Moscow to meet him, but when the operation goes catastrophically wrong, she finds herself stranded and on the run. The one person she can trust is her former fiance, Rake Ozenna.

In Canberra, a federal election looms and Cassius Calvert, Minister for Border Integrity, is facing a new hard-line policy regarding asylum-seekers. Off the Indonesian island of Dana, Isi Natoli, skipper of the Java Ridge, and a group of Australian surf tourists are anchored beside an idyllic reef. A few kilometres away, Roya and her mother are amongst the passengers fleeing persecution aboard the Talakar. When a storm breaks, these stories collide with chilling consequences....

Privately training with special forces, he’s honing his combat skills to continue his work within the Campus, hunting down and eliminating terrorists wherever he can--even as Jack Ryan Sr. campaigns to become President of the United States again. But what neither father nor son knows is that the political and personal have just become equally dangerous. A devout enemy of Jack Sr. launches a privately-funded vendetta to discredit him and connect him to a mysterious killing in his longtime ally John Clark’s past. All they have to do is catch him.

Instructed to guide in a speed-boat crossing from Russia in the Bering Strait, special forces Major Rake Ozenna watches in horror as the operation culminates in a fatal firefight - and the loss of vital intelligence of a deadly new weapon. A weapon of unimaginable power. But who sabotaged the mission? Who possesses the weapon - and what is their ultimate goal?

A drone-based terrorist attack in Israel kills dozens on a sun-splashed beach in Caesarea as America awakens to the shattering news that Vice President Stephanie Davenport has died of an apparent heart attack. That same morning, a chance encounter on the Washington Metro results in international private investigator Robert Brixton thwarting an attempted terrorist bombing. Brixton has no reason to suspect that the three incidents have anything in common - until he’s contacted by Kendra Rendine, the Secret Service agent who headed up the vice president’s security detail.

Special agent Rake Ozenna watches as a fleet of Russian military helicopters head straight for his home. His tiny Alaskan island, with a population of just 80. What he doesn't know yet is why. Russia is playing a dangerous political game, reclaiming Rake's island as their own, even if it antagonises the US. Caught in the crosshairs of sabre-rattling big powers, Rake is determined to save his people and his island, even if it costs him his life.

Die Familie des Ex-Präsidenten und Navy SEAL Matthew Keating steht auf der Todesliste eines der weltweit gefährlichsten Terroristen. Nachdem eine gescheiterte Militäraktion in Libyen ihn seine zweite Amtszeit gekostet hat, lebt er nun mit seiner Frau und der gemeinsamen Tochter im ländlichen New Hampshire. Alles, was er will, ist, mit seiner Familie ein ruhiges, anonymes Leben zu führen.

James Wong built a billion-dollar software company with his childhood friend, Maria Cortez. He had everything until an ultra-rich investor stole control of his company with a shady contract. How do you fight the rich and powerful? In a video game, he would use a power-up to defeat the villain. Maria tells him there aren't power-ups in real life, but James finds the ultimate power-up: become the president. They must uncover secrets about their company, themselves, and the dark forces aligned against them.

In remote pockets of the Third World, a deadly virus is quietly sweeping through impoverished farming villages with frightening speed and potency. Meanwhile, in Washington, a three-word message left in a safe-deposit box may be the key to stopping the crisis - if, that is, Charles Mallory, a private intelligence contractor and former CIA operative, can decipher the puzzle before time runs out. What Mallory begins to discover are the traces of a secret war with a bold objective - to create a new, technologically advanced society.

In this conclusion to the Curtain series, the spiritual battle lines are drawn between the forces of the light and the darkness. As the immediacy and dimensions of the threat become known in the physical world, there seem to be no good options and deliverance seems impossible, but President Strong calls America to stand before God before it faces its enemies.

Some secrets are worth dying for...Military historian Trina Sorensen has a nearly impossible task before her: get recalcitrant but tempting former Navy SEAL Keith Hatcher to reveal what happened during a top secret Somalia op five years ago. Recent history isn't usually her forte, but the Navy wants a historian's perspective and has given her the high security clearance to get the job done. Keith isn't just refusing to tell Trina about the op, he's protecting a national secret that could destroy lives.

Dr. Jake Ross came to Washington to try to make a difference, but he's learned the only way to get something done in Washington, assuming your ideals survive the corrosive atmosphere, is to gather power. Ross has gathered a great deal riding in the wake of Frank Tomlinson. But now Tomlinson has decided to shoot for the moon. If they win, they get it all. If they lose, the game is over for Jake Ross.

Dr. Jake Ross came to Washington to make a difference. As the science advisor to a newly elected freshman senator, Jake has crafted a comprehensive energy plan that employs innovative new technologies to make America the world's leader in energy production while simultaneously boosting the economy and protecting the environment.

After many years working on some of the toughest felony cases in New York, prosecutor Butch Karp takes on one of the most notorious homicide cases in modern history when the US Congress invites him to become legal counsel to the Congressional committee charged to reinvestigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Teaming up with his crime-fighting wife, Marlene, and two loyal assistants, Karp knows the only way to determine what occurred is to let the facts and the evidence lead inexorably to a just result.

FBI-agent Sean Reilly modtager et højst uventet opkald, en desperat bøn om hjælp fra en gammel ven, han ikke har hørt fra i fem år. Uden tøven tager han af sted, men før han får set sig om, befinder han sig i et dødsensfarligt kapløb med tiden, med kidnappere, med en brutal mexicansk narkobaron og endda med sit eget lands myndigheder. Jagten er sat ind på hemmeligheden bag et stof med en så unik og kraftig effekt, at det vil kunne ryste hele den vestlige civilisations fundament.

Et skrig til himlen er trettende bind i Lars Kjædegaards populære serie om efterforskerne Anita Hvid og Thor Belling. Da et kvindelig driver i land på Fyn, bliver Hvid og Belling sat på sagen. Anita er tilbage for fuld kraft, efter hun har set døden i øjnene, og hun er ikke længere bare Thors unge partner ... Valdemar Rølling er fyrmester på den lille ø Krejlø ud for den sydfynske kyst. En dag løber han tilfældigt ind i den tiltrækkende Karen Aggerbo, der har overtaget sine forældres hus og bosat sig på øen.

Seit dem Tod ihres Vaters hat die korsische Mafiosa Zoë endgültig alle Brücken zu ihrer Zwillingsschwester Zara abgebrochen – denn die Europol-Profilerin ist für diesen Tod verantwortlich. Als Zoë vom Oberhaupt der korsischen Mafia auf einen schwer bewachten Goldtransport angesetzt wird, scheint das ein äußerst lukrativer Job zu sein. Was die Killerin nicht weiß: Ihr Boss wird vom arabischen Clanchef Shokran Al-Hamsi erpresst, dessen Bruder dank Zoë im Koma liegt. Jetzt ist Al-Hamsi mindestens so sehr auf das Leben der Mafiosa aus wie auf das Gold.

Tidligere PET-agent Rune Krieger begynder at få tilsendt anonyme breve, og han er overbevist om, at der er en forbindelse til hans tid i efterretningstjenesten. Til dengang han arbejdede med at kortlægge nynazistiske dødstrusler, og en bilbombe kostede en uskyldig kvinde livet. Og blev enden på Runes karriere i PET. Brevene peger i retning af den aldrende Holocaust-benægter Willy Gelsted. I jagten på ham må Rune vende tilbage til det Lolland, han flygtede fra som ung. Her bærer Gelsteds hus præg af at være forladt i hast.

Aktuel bog om at være tvunget til at flygte fra sit hjemland. Men i Den sorte bog om helte er alting vendt på hovedet. Syv år. Så lang tid nåede han at få med en nogenlunde fredelig opvækst sammen med sine forældre, sin storebror og storesøster. Men så ændrede alt sig. Kampene tog til. Ny regering. Myrderier. Jagt. Udrenselse.