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Elite Ukrainian assassin Ruslan Akulov, aka Wolf Six, is a ghost. A weapon for hire forged in the fires of conflict and tempered by experience. Known by both the underworld and international intelligence agencies, he works alone, guided only by the next mission and his unwavering commitment to his personal kill code. So when a routine contract in Argentina turns from simple to chaotic in the squeeze of a trigger, Akulov is thrown into a complex web of deceit and dangerous tests of loyalty.

Caspian Anderson is a translator for the United Nations—or so he’s led everyone to believe. No one suspects that mild-mannered Caspian, with his baggy clothes and sensible car, is actually an elite assassin for the US government. And that’s just how he wants it. For ten years, Caspian has worked under the code name Elias for Onyx, a black program deep within the Department of Homeland Security. His latest mission takes him to Switzerland to kill a target tied to a human trafficking ring. There, Caspian stumbles onto a web of conspiracies involving high-level political figures.

Caspian Anderson, once a black-ops assassin known as Elias, now works for the Defense Clandestine Service. But unfinished business dies hard. Glimpsing a familiar face while tying up loose ends overseas, he swears it’s his lover, Liesel Bergmann—a German spy and erstwhile collaborator. But back stateside, he can’t ask her without giving himself away.

From the author of Caligula comes a new stand-alone novel in the Damned Emperors series: Commodus. AD 162. Rome is enjoying a period of stability and prosperity. The Empire's bounds are increasing, and two sons are born into the imperial succession for the first time in nearly a century. But all is not as it appears - cracks are beginning to show. The wars have rumbled on too long, and there are whispers of a sickness in the East. Just 30 years later, the Empire will be caught up in civil war, the imperial dynasty ended and Rome burned.

"(…) Hvorfor ikke bare kalde en spade for en spade - og kort og godt skrive »seks stjerner«" - Berlingske Nye trusselsbilleder ulmer i Danmark. Teknologisk. Samfundsmæssigt. Men er myndighederne klar? Klar til det, der er på vej? I fjerde bog i den prisvindende serie om politiets hemmelige Task Force 14 står David Flugt og Lucas Stage over for en helt ny form for kriminalitet, der spreder sig i kølvandet på den massive digitalisering af samfundet og puster til den spirende ekstremisme.

"Hvorfor er det hele så hemmeligt?" "Kan du ikke se det? Vi lever i sammensværgelsernes tidsalder. Alting er en sammensværgelse. Selv at tage på skovtur eller at læse digte." Hvis dine børn blev tvunget til at vidne imod dig, hvilke frygtelige hemmeligheder ville de så afsløre? Moskva 1945. Mens Stalin og hans stab fejrer sejren over Hitler, lyder der skud. På en bro i nærheden ligger en teenagedreng og -pige døde. De to er ikke hvem som helst, men børn af Ruslands magtelite, elever fra en af de mest eksklusive skoler i Moskva.

»Geschichte wiederholt sich nicht?«, murmelte er. »Wer sagt das? ICH wiederhole die Geschichte.« Vom Bundeswehreinsatz in Afghanistan schwer traumatisiert landet Simon Stark auf der Straße. Als Sophie Palmer, die Leiterin einer Hilfseinrichtung, sich um ihn zu kümmern beginnt, fasst er wieder neuen Mut – und gerät prompt in den nächsten gefährlichen Einsatz. Ein Obdachloser nach dem anderen verschwindet spurlos und nur Simon und seine neuen Freunde scheint das zu interessieren. Als sie auf das Aktenzeichen "14f13" stoßen, kommt ein grässlicher Verdacht auf.

Śmierć jednego człowieka może zagrozić odwiecznemu spiskowi. Dzięki odwadze jednej kobiety skrywany od lat sekret wyjdzie na jaw. Czy ludzkość znajdzie w sobie siłę, by stawić czoła prawdzie? Co kryje w sobie tajemnica Sanctusa? Pośrodku tureckiego miasta Ruina wznosi się najstarsze ludzkie siedlisko – monumentalna Cytadela. Pewnego dnia z jej szczytu rzuca się mężczyzna. Nie jest to zwykłe samobójstwo, lecz symboliczny akt. Dzięki mediom ogląda go na żywo cały świat. Tylko nieliczni rozumieją znaczenie tego aktu. Dla Kathryn Mann i garstki wtajemniczonych to znak, na który od dawna czekali.

Fighting the fentanyl epidemic in the United States is a top priority for President Alexander Hammond, and there’s only one man he trusts—however begrudgingly—to lead the task force: former Secret Service agent and soon-to-be son-in-law Clayton White.

Ex-Secret Service agent Clayton White doesn’t miss the relentless danger that defined his career. These days, he’s enjoying life at sea with his fiancée - who also happens to be the daughter of the double-dealing vice president, Alexander Hammond. But for the most part, Clayton has made peace with his old nemesis. Then their ship, the NOAAS Surveyor, comes under attack. That same day in Miami, the Second Lady of the United States is assassinated. Hammond, who dodged the bullet meant for him, calls upon Clayton to help him hunt down the responsible party.

Appalled at his family's extravagant lifestyle, Crown Prince Nasir vows to end their careless and destructive rule, and sets in motion a top-secret operation to destroy the Saudi oil industry and bankrupt the monarchy. Nasir turns to France with their Hunter Killer guided missile submarines...

Action und Spannung pur – der neue Bourne-Thriller! Jason Bourne ist auf Bali untergetaucht, wo er in den Besitz eines mysteriösen Rings gelangt. Die Inschrift des Rings verweist auf eine im Geheimen operierende Organisation, deren Machtzentrum er in Marokko vermutet. Dort trifft er auf seinen Todfeind Leonid Arkadin, und ein unerbittlicher Kampf entbrennt. Doch beide scheinen in eine tödliche Falle getappt zu sein.

España tiembla por la amenaza del fanatismo yihadista. El grupo antiterrorista lleva tiempo persiguiendo a Khan, pero cuando este huye hasta la India no les queda más remedio que pedir la ayuda de David Ribas. El exoperativo español saldrá de nuevo de caza y se verá envuelto en una serie de crímenes impactantes que apuntan a un lucrativo y terrible comercio ilegal para financiar el terrorismo islámico: el tráfico de órganos infantiles.

Ein Land vor dem Zusammenbruch - und nur 24 Stunden, um die Katastrophe aufzuhalten... Helsinki 2027. Leo Koski, der junge Ministerpräsident Finnlands, ist charismatisch. Was niemand weiß: Er ist nur die Marionette einer Gilde reicher Männer. Sie sind es, die bestimmen. Die Spaltung der Gesellschaft und die zunehmende Armut in weiten Teilen der Bevölkerung sind ihnen egal. Doch als sich eine junge Frau am Vorabend einer großen Massenkundgebung aus Protest selbst anzündet, gerät das Machtgefüge ins Wanken. Die Frau hatte zuvor Briefe verschickt, um das Land aufzurütteln.

Una mañana cualquiera en una ciudad indeterminada del norte del país, la Finis de casi todas las novelas de Juana Salabert. Hay turistas, viajeros, abuelos paseando a sus nietos, desempleados "al sol", trabajadores, ciudadanos de toda clase y edad. Y de pronto irrumpe lo innombrable, el terror que no se identifica de inmediato, pero del que ya hemos acumulado demasiadas experiencias directas e indirectas. Un grupo de islamistas radicales toma rehenes en el teatro de Finis. El teatro es una obra arquitectónica singular coronada por un fresco en el que predominan una gran sirena y un hipocampo.

Winter, an ex-MI5 operative, battles to clear his name after being wrongly accused of colluding with diamond smugglers. When suspended, he vows to discover how the smugglers repeatedly avoided the traps set by his team. But as his wife undergoes cancer treatment, he finds it hard to balance time at her bedside with action to vindicate himself. An email from their high tech equipment supplier soon sets Winter on the trail of a Mossad spy whom he discovered is somehow involved. The chase takes him from the windswept Romney Marsh of Southern England to Helsinki and Finland’s snowy interior and rapidly places him in the path of a Syrian assassination squad.

When a disgraced politician is found dead at his London flat, there are few people who mourn his demise. George Dent’s reputation was in tatters, and his suicide surprises nobody—except one. Dent’s childhood friend Peter Timms is certain the MP’s downfall was a set-up; why else was he being stalked in the weeks before his death? Timms can even name the culprit—the only problem is, he’s been dead for seventy years. But broke PI Kenny Gabriel can’t afford to be cynical. He agrees to round up Dent’s old school gang, although some of them are less than keen to be found.

Former Special Forces soldier Jeff Bradley is meeting with the mafia in Bari, Italy, to discover the whereabouts of his nemesis - criminal overlord Avni Leka - when he receives a message from an old friend. Barry is on board a tourist bus that has been hijacked by terrorists near Istanbul. Strapped with explosives, it is racing across Turkey to the northern borders of Syria, Iraq and Iran. The Turkish president will not negotiate. The Turkish military will not allow the bus to cross the border. The hijackers will kill themselves and their hostages if they cannot escape.

Robin Kvist står på tröskeln till sitt politiska genombrott. Från att ha vistats flera år i USA, där han gjort sig känd som Youtubefenomenet "Green Robin", har han nu återvänt till hemlandet Sverige. Hans parti har bestämt sig för att satsa på honom inför valet till Europaparlamentet och framtiden ligger utstakad. Men strax innan han ska åka iväg för att medverka i en tv-sänd debatt, får han ett mail från en före detta skolkamrat. Han läser meddelandet och det känns som om hjärtat ska stanna. Det här händer inte. Inte nu!

Russian KGB officer Nikolai Semenov agrees to spy for the British, as he is enraged at what Russia has done to his family. He begins passing war secrets to the Brits. The Russians find out and kidnap him back to Moscow. The British have a plan to bring him safely out, but there's one great hitch: He can only bring his wife or his daughter with him when he runs. He must decide; does he stay and die, leaving a wife and child desperate for help? Or does he run, and leave one of them behind; a terrible death in either case? The choice is made in a way no one expects.