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Operation Anglo, 31 August 1942. Beneath the waves, HMS Traveller closes in on the coast of Rhodes in the Eastern Mediterranean. Aboard, eight SBS commandos check their weapons and munitions as they prepare to infiltrate and sabotage two Axis bomber fields. That part of their mission will be a success... but only two of the eight commandos will make it back to the submarine. Ex-Black Watch Sgt Jim Hunter will be one of the lucky ones, but what he will face next will make Operation Anglo look like a cakewalk.

January 1945. Wherever you look on the map, the Thousand Year Reich is shrinking. Even Goebbels has run out of lies to sweeten the reckoning to come. An Allied victory is inevitable, but who will reap the spoils of war? With the Red Army about to fall on Berlin, Stalin fears his sometime allies are conspiring to deny him his prize. He needs to speak to Goebbels—and who better to broker the contact than Nehmann, Goebbels' one-time confidant?

Le roman qui affole les experts du Pentagone. Dans un futur proche, la Chine envahit Hawaï pour s'emparer de gigantesques réserves de gaz. Mais un véritable Pearl Harbor numérique empêche l'Amérique de réagir : guerre des étoiles, marine paralysée, aviation clouée au sol... il faudra le génie et l'héroïsme d'une poignée d'hommes et de femmes pour engager la résistance et reprendre la main sur la technologie.

When the hunter becomes the hunted, all bets are off. After defying his bosses to protect an innocent woman, elite assassin Reed Montgomery, has ignited a war with the criminal underworld. His enemies will stop at nothing to destroy him, along with anyone he ever cared for.

Sent by the Federation into the Arctic Circle to reactivate the Alaskan pipeline for an energy-starved post-World War III world, Blade and his team encounter a madman bent on destruction of what is left of the planet.

Ein Roman rund um das Leben und Sterben während des Dreißigjährigen Krieges. Das Schicksal treibt den verwaisten Pfarrerssohn Kaspar Geißler dazu, als Soldat anzuheuern. Noch ahnt er nicht, dass sein Leben von Grausamkeit und Brutalität geprägt sein wird.

In March 1942, Battle of Britain Spitfire ace, Jack Williams, is one of 15 pilots flying the first Spitfires to reach the most heavily bombed place on Earth: the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta. Their task is simple, regain control of the air.

Mi stia a sentire. Ci sono più di 600.000 persone strette intorno a quel vulcano… Un boato, una fumarola che esce dal Vesuvio e sarà il panico: tenteranno di scappare, si schiacceranno, si spareranno pur di allontanarsi qualche metro in più… Faranno qualsiasi pazzia per procurarsi un mezzo veloce… Non ho fatto ancora la stima dei probabili morti, ma si tratta certamente di cifre con almeno quattro numeri… E se non schiodiamo subito questa protezione civile dal Department of Homeland Security, in questa emergenza Vesuvio i morti li provocherà non il vulcano, ma il governo.

Executive Solutions is one of the world’s most capable mercenary units: a force designed to do everything from providing local security and training to hostage rescue, terrorist suppression, and many other operations in places regular military forces can’t–or won’t–go.

Russian High Command has a plan to smash NATOs forces arrayed along the Poland-Lithuania border with an assault that would punch a hole in the Allied lines and overrun the NATO perimeter along a ten-mile wide front. A triumph would turn the momentum of the war in Europe back in Russia’s favor. Standing in the way of the Russian advance is an isolated American outpost, manned by a Platoon of veteran soldiers and a rookie Lieutenant. "Fort Suicide" is right on the frontlines isolated from support, and is directly in the path of the imminent Russian advance.

This collection bundles the next three books of the action-packed John Stone adventure. Head of the Serpent: With the Hostile Response Division disbanded, John Stone wants to go back to a quiet life. But word of a tragic terrorist attack draws John back into the fight. The Hard Core: Worlds collide when John joins forces with a Detroit homicide detective to bring down a sinister organization destroying young lives for financial gain. Danger Close: Danger strikes too close to home. Now John Stone must pursue his quarry onto the enemy's home turf.

Nach dem Terrorangriff auf das Weiße Haus bleibt Undercover-Agent Mitch Rapp wenig Zeit zum Durchatmen. Die nächste Bedrohung kündigt sich in Form eines deutschen Industriemagnaten an, der Komponenten für den Bau von Atomwaffen in den Nahen Osten schmuggelt.

Diana Sheen's worst fear has come to pass. The government agency chasing her has taken one of her people prisoner. Now all her team's secrets are at risk, and all their lives are on the line. Will the captive give up the location of their new base? The outcast team's plans to take on the hidden darkness within the government? Or their new mission against the Rhazdon-artifact cult? One thing is certain. Diana can't let a friend remain in enemy hands for long, or it's all over. Including the creation of the magical network that is Rath the troll's current obsession.

Redemption and revenge: can they be one and the same? Marcus Sempronius Gracchus, a soldier of Rome, has spent two thousand years cursed to walk the earth, but that journey may soon end. He has secured the only weapon capable of stopping ultimate evil, but is he already too late? Will Thomas find the ancient seal and open the gates of hell, ushering in the end of times?

"Dice Heráclito que la guerra es el padre de todas las cosas. En otro tiempo la guerra era algo que incumbía a todos. El hecho de que en los conflictos de este siglo sean sólo militares profesionales los que los viven en primera línea por nosotros nos ha llevado a confundir vivir en paz con vivir en retaguardia. Hay una guerra, no ha dejado de haberla, y en ella se sigue dirimiendo el curso de la historia y se moldea el mundo. Lo único que ocurre es que la inmensa mayoría de nosotros la miramos desde demasiado lejos para sentirnos interpelados."

Die TAELUN - Target Elimination Union - ist eine mächtige Verbindung, die mit nahezu unbegrenzten finanziellen Mitteln ausgestattet ist. Sie operiert aus dem Verborgenen und ist dabei durchweg skrupellos und konsequent im Umgang mit Kriegsverbrechern und Massenmördern. Niemand, der für TAELUN tätig ist, kennt die wahre Identität der Auftraggeber. Roger Grey, ein ehemaliger CIA-Agent, ist einer jener Männer, die von TAELUN rekrutiert wurden. Seine Aufträge führen ihn in verschiedenste Länder, wo er die Profiteure grausamer Genozide und anderer Kriegsverbrechen eliminieren soll.

Die Abenteuer 1 bis 5 aus Desmond G. Sullivans Taelun-Reihe. Mächtig, skrupellos, effizient und unauffällig: Das ist TAELUN, die Target Elimination Union. Ihr Ziel: Massenmörder und Kriegsverbrecher. Die Agenten, die für Taelun tätig sind, arbeiten im Verborgenen. Dasselbe gilt für die wahren Auftraggeber, deren Identität nicht einmal den Agenten bekannt ist. Der ehemalige CIA-Agent Roger Grey wurde ebenfalls für Taelun rekrutiert. Sein erster Auftrag führt ihn nach Ruanda, wo er in einem beispiellosen Fall ermitteln muss.

Afghanistan, 2009. Eighteen-year-old squaddie Briggsy is just three weeks into his first posting in Helmand Province and he's thrilled to be part of the action. But when his Rifle Section loses a man in battle, Briggsy is forced to confront the realities of war. Also included is the fascinating interview with Andy McNab, in which he speaks to Jo Fidgen about his childhood, military career and writing.

An international crisis looms, and special ops team Old Dog Zero One must avert a full-scale war. In this sequel to Flight of the Old Dog, it's discovered one of the team's own is alive. Presumed dead in Siberia, the airman has come out of a coma only to face the death penalty for crimes against the Soviet state. Captured and brainwashed by the KGB, the American airman reveals military secrets to the Soviets that could rejoin the shattered factions of the Soviet Union.

As fierce fighting across Poland and the Baltics captures the world's attention, a single squadron of American F-16 pilots deployed to Ukraine must battle against overwhelming odds and impossible conditions to take the war to the Russians. Shot down behind enemy lines on a dangerous sortie in the skies over Kiev, rookie pilot Steve "Lone Wolf" McQuade is rescued by a group of Ukrainian refugees who are on a mission to rally patriotic resistance against the Russian invaders. With time fast running out, McQuade decides to help the refugees on their perilous journey.