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Imagine a Britain stripped of democracy, a world of the not-too-distant future in which freedom has been surrendered willingly to a totalitarian regime which rose to power by exploiting the people's worst fears and most damning weaknesses.

Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena is a gripping political thriller inspired by the Edward Snowden saga. Trapped in Moscow’s airport, fugitive Joshua Kold faces interrogation about his revelations on global surveillance, exposing a chilling 1984-like world.

"Ďábel v zrcadle" je dalším dílem oblíbené série historických detektivek slovenského autora. Napínavý politický thriller se odehrává ve Vídni na přelomu 16. a 17. století. Následník trůnu, arcivévoda Matyáš Habsburský, se stane první obětí protestantského spiknutí, jehož cílem je likvidace nejvyšších katolických hodnostářů. Zatímco lékaři bojují o jeho život, špioni biskupa Khlesla, Stein, Barbarič a Jaroš pátrají v ulicích Vídně po zákeřném vrahovi. Nebude tento úkol nad jejich síly? Napětí se stupňuje a vkrádá se i mezi Steina a Barbariče.

Gumersindo Peña, ex subinspector de la DISIP (Dirección de los Servicios de Inteligencia y Prevención, organismo policial de inteligencia y espionaje venezolano) anda retirado, pero peligra cuando descubre que en torno a Miraflores gira la resolución del caso más peligroso de su carrera. Debe huir de liebres cazadoras y ultrarevolucionarios asesinos. Los boliburgueses transportan maletas y tienden trampas mortales y Gumersindo Peña juega ahora con fuego rojo rojillo, chorros de dólares y...magnicidios.

Am 20. Juli 1944 sprengen die Verschwörer um Graf Stauffenberg den „Führer“ in die Luft. Doch dem Jubel über Hitlers Tod folgt gleich die Ernüchterung: Die Attentäter haben nicht genug Rückhalt in der Bevölkerung und bei der Wehrmacht. Ihre verzweifelte Lage zwingt sie zu einem Bündnis mit Heinrich Himmler und der SS. Im letzten Augenblick wendet Deutschland die Niederlage im Weltkrieg durch einen Atomschlag ab. Die Deutschen zwingen die Alliierten zu einem Frieden, der dem Reich die Grenzen vom April 1940 garantiert.

In Eastern Europe four CIA agents are dead - geopolitical pawns caught in border dispute cross fire. Why were they there? Who sent them? Not even the President knows. Back in Washington, the Secretary of the Interior dies from an apparent allergic shock. As details emerge, so do suspicions that she was murdered. Investigating their respective cases, ex - Secret Service agent Joe Reeder and FBI Special Situations Task Force leader Patti Rogers recognize a dangerous conspiracy is in play.

When a retired colleague dies of an apparent suicide, ex - Secret Service agent Joe Reeder knows there must be far more to the story. Why did the man leave a desperate message for Reeder moments before dying? And what could possibly make such a seasoned veteran fear for his life? FBI Special Agent Patti Rogers has a mystery of her own to solve: she's leading a task force investigating a brutal series of similar but seemingly unconnected murders across the DC area.

Tori Nunn went to Buenos Aires to forget—to forget her former life and to forget the death of her astronaut brother Greg, who died in a tragic space accident. But when handsome Ariel Solares alerts her to Japanese cocaine dealers shipping nuclear material from Columbia, she won't let go. Soon Tori is back in the world of spies and counterspies searching for the links between the Japanese killers, Russian dissidents with a new generation of nuclear weapons, and her own shadowy boss. Facing her deadliest enemies, she is aided only by her chief rival—the man with whom she is falling in love.

Every member of the Force Recon team is absolutely vital, so the loss of men has taken quite a toll on Team 2400. But the replacements keep coming in. So do the mission orders. This time, Team Midnight is getting sent into the heart of the Iranian desert to inflict maximum casualities on a terrorist group responsible for bombing a U.S. warship. The mission is complicated and more dangerous than anything they've seen before. Let's just hope the new guy can hold his own.

Gloria Jennings is a strikingly beautiful woman. She went on the run when she was accused of murdering her wealthy husband back east. Luke Jensen tracks her down to a ranch in West Texas, only to discover that she has re-married, and is a widow once again; and once again her rancher husband was a victim of murder! Despite appearances, Luke begins to doubt her guilt...and surprises himself by not bringing her in - and actually helping her face down rival ranchers.