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Private Patrick Duffy was forced to flee Malaya as a child and was left orphaned when his mother died in a Changi prison. Now, returning to fight a fearless enemy, he must confront the ghosts of his past if he is to find any hope for the future. Michael Macintosh is forging his own path to escape his mother's obsessive control. Sailor, soldier and mercenary, he will soon face war again in the brutal jungles of Vietnam. Sarah Macintosh ruthlessly crushes anyone who gets in her way and has vowed to destroy her sister-in-law, Jessica Duffy-Macintosh.

In the winter of 1854 Tolstoy, then an officer in the Russian army, arranged to be transferred to the besieged town of Sebastopol. Wishing to see at first hand the action of what would become known as the Crimean War, he was spurred on by a fierce patriotism, but also by an equally fierce desire to alert the authorities to appalling conditions in the army. The three Sebastopol Sketches - 'December', 'May' and 'August' - re-create what happened during different phases of the siege and its effect on the ordinary men around him.

On a sunny morning, when the Mediterranean is dead calm, Captain Paul Thomas embarks on a dive to the wreck of the Zenobia, off the coast of Larnaca, Cyprus. Within hours, he has taken his final, gasping breath in an accident below the surface. A new Royal Military Police liaison is required to pick up on his work, and Major Helen Scott gets the assignment. It turns out Paul Thomas had rattled cages during his current case - four serving soldiers are in custody accused of the leaking of state intelligence.

Cole Maddox just moved back to his hometown in Montana after leaving the Army’s most elite unit because his superiors lied to him. But his town has changed. A ruthless gang of bikers has flooded it with fentanyl, and when Cole’s brother defies them, they put him in a coma. Big mistake. Cole unleashes his arsenal of Special Forces skills to take them down. However, he soon learns the gang is only the bottom layer of a criminal network much larger and deadlier than he imagined.

Tödliche Intrigen erschüttern das Weiße Haus Ein Bombenanschlag auf die Fahrzeugkolonne von Präsidentschaftskandidat Josh Alexander erschüttert Amerika. Der Politiker überlebt nur knapp, doch seine Frau wird getötet. Im Anschluss an den Wahlsieg beginnt die Jagd auf die Täter. Aber schon...

With reports of an imminent terrorist attack in Chicago during a speech by the Vice President, Zeta Division is on high alert. Working with the FBI and the Secret Service, headquarters sends Alex Morgan to lead a tactical team. But when they barely escape the explosion of a large bomb, the danger only amps up, along with the death toll. Now a primary suspect, Alex gets a simple message from Zeta: RUN.

Do počítačových databází Pentagonu, americké Národní bezpečnostní agentury a CIA se dostal hacker. K velkému překvapení tajných služeb je jím britský mladík s aspergerovým syndromem, Luke Jennings. Ten nemá žádný tajný záměr, jen nesmírně brilantní mozek. Zdá se, že vydání do Spojených států ho nemine – dokud bývalý britský agent Adrian Weston nedostane jiný nápad: Jestliže Luke dokáže tohle udělat nám, co může udělat našim nepřátelům? Po poradě s americkým prezidentem a britskou premiérkou se rozhodne mladíka vypustit na geopolitické minové pole ve službách USA a Velké Británie.

Welche Richtung schlägst du ein, wenn es keine Wegweiser an den Kreuzungen des Lebens gibt? Cornell Rohde steht kurz davor, ins Delta-Team, die Spezialeinheit einer Geheimorganisation, aufgenommen zu werden, doch eine Nachricht der Hackergruppe Entblendung konfrontiert ihn mit seiner Vergangenheit. Als ein Maulwurf droht, das Delta-Team zu verraten, gerät Cornell zwischen die Fronten. In einem Katz-und-Maus-Spiel quer durch Europa versucht er, seinen Weg zu finden.

Ares, an insidious challenger to the Zeta group, is sowing conflict around the world, orchestrating an explosive endgame. Identifying the next target as a cruise ship on the Coral Sea, Zeta sends undercover operatives Alex Morgan and Alicia Schmitt to avert catastrophe. Infiltrating the crew and passengers is easy for the skilled agents—but also for the fortified and highly trained extremists, who topple security and gain control of the ship.

Heavy caliber cannon fire rips across the harbor of a remote South Atlantic research station. Worse is to come. When Argentinian forces launch a lightning strike against the Antarctic peninsular, only a single US Navy destroyer stands between them and the country's ambition to seize the continent's rich resources for herself. The USS Cunningham is sailing into hostile waters, untested, unsupported and far from home. But as the enemy will soon discover, the Cunningham is no ordinary warship, nor her Commander any ordinary Captain...

Kustjägaren och operatören Gustav Sterner är i full fart med att jaga ett par syriska krigsförbrytare i Wales, när en kollega ber om hjälp. En rik man som finansierar terrorism och extremism runt om i Europa är på väg att fly London och måste till varje pris stoppas. Men kommer de att hinna? "Hämnaren" är åttonde delen i serien om kustjägaren och operatören Gustav Sterner. Det är korta, snabba berättelser fyllda med action och spänning. Kaj Karlsson är analytiker och före detta reservofficer vid kustjägarna och Särskilda Skyddsgruppen (SSG).

Promoted within the British intelligence service, Paul is sent to Algiers during a ceasefire announced by French General Darlan. But when a deadly new assignment pushes his skills to the limit, will he step up to the challenge of his new role? At Bletchley Park, Claire and her team of analysts discern from decoded messages that the Germans have employed a new type of radar that is decimating RAF bombers. And the messages she decodes grow more troubling by the hour.

Alex Morgan's new mission for Zeta plunges her into a web of danger threatening Europe's glamorous Formula One racing circuit. It quickly escalates into a race against time to track down a missing supply of weapons-grade plutonium headed for North America. From a secret prison in Iran, to the glittering casinos of Monaco, to the jungles of Malaysia, and to the dark side of Montreal, Alex is up against a deadly and far-reaching conspiracy. Each step of the way, she's dogged by a shadowy figure determined to destroy her. 

In Rogue Command, a group of European terrorists have a new, unexpected target, with nuclear-level consequences. With the clock ticking for Troy to stop them before they set off a global war, Troy, partnered with an Interpol agent whom he grudgingly respects, is up against the enemy of his life.

Russia has supplied Islamic fundamentalists with a weapon of mass destruction. The Taskforce–a highly clandestine Special Forces unit–must neutralise it. Otherwise millions of unsuspecting innocents will be wiped out. Yet the Taskforce has problems of its own. Someone has been stalking them. And Pike Logan needs to find out who it is and why. Solving the mystery means the difference between life and death, both for the Taskforce and a foreign nation that has no idea of the threat. Perfect for fans of Lee Child, James Deegan and David Baldacci.

Die Gefahr ist persönlicher, als er es sich je hätte vorstellen können. Denn Blut fließt tief... Evan Smoak, ehemals Orphan X, ein Attentäter der Regierung, hat sich von dem Programm losgesagt und hilft nun als Nowhere Man verzweifelten Menschen. Doch seine Vergangenheit holt ihn ein, als ihm eine angebliche Mutter einen völlig Fremden anvertraut, dessen Leben aus den Fugen geraten ist. Andrew Duran ist zufällig zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort und Evan muss seine geheimen Aktivitäten einstellen, um ihn zu beschützen.

Ian Thomas is supposed to be dead. An international terrorist responsible for the bombing of the US Naval War College, he's been deceased for three years. But Don Riley, head of the CIA’s Emerging Threats Group, is staring at a social media post showing him to be very much alive and on the run in South America. The video of Thomas sparks a global hunt: The Americans want to bring him to justice. The Chinese want him to disappear. And the Russians want to kill him very, very slowly. But the world's most powerful nations aren't the only ones pursuing the most wanted man on the planet.

376 AD: The Eastern Roman Empire is alone against the tide of barbarians swelling on her borders. Emperor Valens juggles the paltry border defenses to stave off invasion from the Goths north of the Danube. Meanwhile, in Constantinople, a pact between faith and politics spawns a lethal plot that will bring the dark and massive hordes from the east crashing down on these struggling borders. The fates conspire to see Numerius Vitellius Pavo thrust into the limitanei, the border legions, just before they are sent to recapture the long-lost eastern Kingdom of Bosporus.

AD 265, Gaul—The Roman Empire is on the brink. Emperor Gallienus has amassed a huge army across the Alps to seize back the mountains from the usurper Posthumus. War has come. Ballista and his cavalry are on the frontline, battling in the most brutal of conditions. But if he is to survive the campaign and finally retire to his beloved Sicily, it's not just the battlefield he needs to navigate. As he and Praetorian Prefect Volusianus lay siege to Posthumus' armies, it becomes clear the greatest threat to Ballista's life might just come from within his ranks.

The US brokered an uncertain peace between Israel and Palestine. The American envoy sent to solidify the treaty was almost killed. Now the Taskforce–a highly classified Special Forces unit–devotes every resource to protect the envoy's life. Pike Logan tracks the assassin through the Middle East, but there's a problem closer to home. An American citizen hides a secret that could bring everything down, including Logan and the entire Taskforce.