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Former US Marine Dane Winter has spent years leading a highly-skilled team of operatives for ‘Redwind’- a global private security conglomerate. His latest assignment in Mexico should have been routine: safeguard a high-ranking official against a potential attack from a local drug cartel. But nothing can prepare him for the slaughter that unfolds. When the operation spirals into chaos, Dane Winter is left wounded and cut off from everything he knows. Rescued by Maria Pineda, a courageous local who risks everything to smuggle him to safety, the pair must go off-grid to survive.

A deadly secret inside the Hermit Kingdom has been exposed—the regime is unleashing a catastrophic biological weapon against its own citizens. What is this weapon? How was it obtained? And most importantly, what is the ultimate goal? Once again, Adam Knight is enlisted by the mysterious Penumbra Division. His task: uncover the truth before the weapon's full force is turned on the world. In a nation shrouded in secrecy, Knight's only entry is through an alliance with a former Russian operative. Can he trust the enigmatic figure, or will she lead him into a trap?

A soldier returns from the front line of battle to report that Pekkala's charred body has been found at the site of an ambush. But Stalin refuses to believe that the indomitable Pekkala is dead. On Stalin's orders, Pekkala's assistant, Kirov, travels deep into the forests of Western Russia, following a trail of clues to a wilderness where partisans wage a brutal campaign against the Nazi invaders. Unknown to Kirov, he is being led into a trap.

Tribal and ethnic tensions are on the brink of erupting into full-blown conflict in the East African nation of Numbani. As one faction maintains a tenuous grip on power, another is desperate to overthrow it, aided by illegal arms pouring in from an unknown source. The secret arm of the CIA—Penumbra Division—sends their top operative, Adam Knight, to uncover the truth. Scarred by battles past, Knight faces the critical question: Does he still have what it takes to navigate the complex world of deception?

In the shadowy world of espionage, the U.S. government has a secret weapon: Penumbra Division, a covert bureau where the line between right and wrong blurs in the name of national security. At the forefront is Adam Knight, its most skilled contractor. After returning from a mission with a bullet in his leg, the question looms: Can he still be the fixer the government so desperately needs? When a renowned genetic scientist is killed during a vacation in Greece, Knight is called up to pursue the murderer, who himself was thought dead two years earlier.

Der US-Präsident: Mörder, Macher oder Marionette? Er war der Außenseiter. Mit seiner Wahl hat niemand gerechnet. Oder etwa doch? Der neue US-Präsident Stephen Baker ist kaum im Amt, da droht ihm ein Blogger mit explosiven Enthüllungen – und wird kurz danach tot aufgefunden. Baker gerät unter Verdacht: hat er den Mord befohlen? Gejagt von Presse, FBI und einem Killer sucht Bakers Beraterin Maggie Costello nach der Wahrheit – und gerät auf die Spur einer perfiden Verschwörung ... Rasant, realistisch und erschreckend plausibel – Sam Bourne ist der Meister der Spannung.

Rok 1940. Europa stoi w ogniu. Ameryka waha się, czy przystąpić do wojny. James Zennor, błyskotliwy młody naukowiec z Oksfordu, który z powodu dawnej kontuzji nie zostaje przyjęty do wojska, po powrocie do domu odkrywa, że jego żona zniknęła z ich synkiem. W pozostawionym liście zapewnia Jamesa, że nadal go kocha. Po gorączkowym pościgu przez wojenną Anglię, James ląduje po drugiej stronie Atlantyku, na Uniwersytecie Yale, siedzibie elitarnych klubów i tajnych stowarzyszeń. Tam właśnie wpada na trop zbrodniczej intrygi w łonie amerykańskiego establishmentu, która grozi zepchnięciem świata w przepaść.

Fyldt med koder, symbolik og ubarmhjertig spænding og fascinerende detaljer om verdens mest mystiske sted. En thriller som konkurrerer med det allerbedste fra Dan Brown.

Otte dage før sommersolhverv bliver en mand slagtet i en frygtelig ofring på det ældgamle monument Stonehenge i England, foran en forsamling af kappeklædte tilbedere. Inden for få timer efter denne begivenhed, har en af verdens førende skattejægere skudt sig selv på sit landsted. Han efterlader et kryptisk brev til sin søn, han ikke har talt med i årevis, den unge arkæolog Gideon Chase.

Jerusalén, año 2003. Un asombroso hallazgo arqueológico puede cambiar el rumbo de las negociaciones de paz entre Israel y Palestina. Se trata de una tablilla de arcilla en la que está inscrito el testamento de Abraham y que dispone cómo ha de repartirse la Tierra Prometida. Una tablilla escondida por el arqueólogo israelí que descifró su contenido antes de ser asesinado. Ahora, su hijo y una intrépida mediadora de paz estadounidense deberán encontrarla para dar una solución definitiva a uno de los conflictos más persistentes de nuestro tiempo. Pero no son los únicos que la buscan.

Time has run out for Ryan Drake. Most of his friends are dead or disappeared. Corrupt CIA Director Marcus Cain is poised to ascend to the highest levels of power, and the shadowy group known as the Circle is causing chaos across the globe. But one shred of hope remains. A message hidden by his mother shortly before her death launches Drake and his sister Jessica on a desperate race against time. But they aren’t the only ones tracking down the answers....

Ryan Drake and his team are in hiding, having become sworn enemies of states and agencies around the world. But when a CIA operative and former adversary is killed in a car bomb attack, Drake is shocked to hear someone claiming responsibility using his name. Forced out of hiding by this mysterious new threat, Drake embarks alone on a dangerous and deadly search for answers; a journey that will take him from the slums of Rio to the deserts of Tunisia and the mountains of Afghanistan.

With enemies closing in, time is running out for Ryan Drake. Shaken by a personal tragedy that forces him to return to the UK, he is presented with a dangerous offer – to travel to Libya and kidnap a high-ranking officer in Gaddafi’s much-feared intelligence service. In exchange, Drake will be given everything he needs to destroy the CIA’s corrupt deputy director, Marcus Cain. Drake gathers a group of trusted allies and embarks on his most difficult mission yet. But with the desert heat blazing and a civil war looming, events soon spiral out of control.

Ryan Drake - once a decorated field operative - is wanted for treason. On the run from the corrupt CIA Deputy Director Marcus Cain, he has settled in a remote French safehouse. His uneasy peace is soon shattered by a startling force. Meanwhile, with the war in Afghanistan faltering, the ambitious Cain claims to have a plan to destroy al-Qaeda’s top commanders. And nobody will stand in his way. Backed into a corner, and suspecting Cain’s motives, Drake turns to the deadly but unpredictable Anya - once Cain’s protégé, now his most bitter enemy.

Ryan Drake is incarcerated at a Black Site in an unknown location. Bruised, naked and freezing on the floor, he has nothing left. His plot to assassinate the treacherous Marcus Cain - the deputy director of the CIA - failed, and now Drake must face the consequences. But Cain needs information even more than he wants to take Drake’s life. The whereabouts of the mysterious Anya are unknown, and so she remains a threat, both to herself, and to Cain’s ruthless ambitions at Langley and beyond.

At least one battalion of flame-throwers is swinging around like a pack of crazy wild boars. Long, flaming red tongues of fire are hissing from the towers, charring every living thing. From the GPU-prison stream shoals of red prisoners. A barrage of incredible dimensions is hammering down behind the Germans. It seems like the Russians have guessed that they are pondering an escape and want to stop it with an impenetrable wall of fire, spreading as far as the eye can see.

It’s 1961, and the white heat of the Space Race is making the Cold War even colder. The age of global surveillance dawns. Secret Agent Richard Knox has been hung out to dry by someone in MI5, and he needs to find the traitor in their midst. Meanwhile in a closed city outside Leningrad, top Soviet Scientist Irina Valera discovers the secret to sending messages through space, a technology that could change the world. But an accident forces her to flee.

With no money and no prospects, hacker Alex Yates' life is going nowhere until he is given a lucrative but dangerous offer - £100,000 to breach the Central Intelligence Agency's network and recover a file known as the ‘Black List’. At first reluctant, the disappearance of an old friend leaves Alex with no choice but to return to a world he'd sworn to leave behind. But before he can unlock the file’s secrets, he finds himself the target of a nationwide manhunt. Someone wants him out of the picture fast.

In a series of complex double-crosses a menacing mystery builds: Who is the "Sardine" behind the killing? "The Sardine Deception" is Leif Davidsen's author debut book from 1984. The novel takes place in the Basque Country, where a young Danish woman has been killed during an ETA attack. Her husband, Poul, travels to Spain to retrieve the coffin and is involuntarily drawn into political intrigues involving Basque freedom fighters, the Spanish government, civil guards and fascist infiltrated police.