Showing results for "Poseidon" in War & Military

Arimnestos of Plataea is a man who has seen and done things that most men only dream about. Sold into slavery as a boy, he fought his way to freedom - and then to everlasting fame: standing alongside the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon where the Greeks crushed the invading Persians. Sometimes, however, a man's greatest triumph is followed by his greatest sorrow. Returning to his farm, Arimnestos finds that his wife, Euphoria, has died in childbirth, and in an instant his laurels turn to dust. But the gods are not finished with Arimnestos yet.

1943. SOE agent Larry Hadley leaves Cairo for German- and Italian-occupied Greece. His mission is to liaise with the Poseidon network under the leadership of the White Rose. It’s not long before he finds himself involved with a beautiful and intriguing woman whose past is shrouded in mystery. In a country where hardship, destruction, and political instability threaten to split the Resistance, and terror and moral ambiguity live side by side, Larry’s instincts tell him something is wrong.

Usa:s försvarsdepartement ska just godkänna tillverkningen av världens mest avancerade ubåt när en viktig del av prototypen stjäls och mannen som designat den hittas död. Samtidigt har ett stort antal fartyg börjat försvinna ute på världshaven, oftast utan att bli återfunna, och om de hittats har besättningen påträffats nerbränd till aska.

What is the oldest, darkest secret in the world? The discovery of an ancient Greek text that could be the final piece of a mysterious puzzle older than time itself leads to a hunt for the truth as Joe Hawke fights to stop dark forces intent on changing the course of history forever.

Die Entdeckung eines geheimnisvollen griechischen Textes führt den ehemaligen Special-Forces-Soldaten Joe Hawke auf die Spur eines mysteriösen Rätsels – älter als die Zeit selbst, und so gefährlich, dass die Götter es vor den Augen der Menschheit verbargen. Um zu verhindern, dass diese ungeheure Macht in die Hände eines wahnsinnigen Feindes fällt, begibt sich Hawke in ein gefährliches Abenteuer, welches ihn von London nach New York und bis Griechenland führt. Denn nicht weniger als die Zukunft der Menschheit steht auf dem Spiel.