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From a former Russian army officer comes a raw and unflinching look into the shadows of modern conflict. The Rogue's Confession follows the lives of those caught in the world's most dangerous corners: Russian mercenaries facing ambush and betrayal in the Central African Republic, sailors battling pirates and conspiracies in the Gulf of Guinea, and a defector seeking revenge.

Murphy's 14th book is equal parts military thriller and suspense, as well as a psychological investigation into Operator Syndrome, and the mind of those elite-level soldiers who have to navigate it. This book is written for both entertainment and education.

The Vice President of the United States, who has created a highly covert counterterrorist team he calls Terminus, has offered retired counterterrorist operative Bruce McGowan the job as its director. With the assistance of the National Security Advisor, Bruce must now staff the team with four trusted operatives with whom he has a history. Their mission? Respond on an emergent basis to annihilate any threat that surfaces anywhere in the world, which will usually entail total extermination.

This audiobook is a sweeping, time spanning journey through the hidden emotional terrain of American service — from the quiet rituals of modern deployments to the mud choked battlefields of the Civil War and the dust heavy compounds of Afghanistan. Across eras, landscapes, and uniforms, these stories reveal the private moments of courage, fear, and connection that never make it into history books.

È il '94 quando il ragazzo riceve la chiamata per la leva obbligatoria. Nel '96 il tenente Lovoci salpa da Brindisi, a bordo della San Giorgio per la Bosnia, in «missione di pace» convinto di tornare in Italia col suo plotone al completo. L'orrore della guerra, la paura delle bombe, la fame e la morte lo cambieranno per sempre. Terminata la missione i soldati tornano a casa, qualcuno sceglie di ripartire, altri di riprendere le abitudini di un tempo. E Matteo, che da Villari era partito con grandi ideali, lascia Sarajevo con nessuna certezza, tranne una: la pace è un'utopia.

Born and raised on the family farm didn't give Collin and his brother David time for much else than daily chores. They entered high school as social misfits. Without regard for football players and their cheerleader girlfriends, Collin felt the wrath of several bullies. The brothers retaliated. The family farm was vandalized forcing a fight between Collin's father and the father of one of the bullies. Two classmates fall for the brothers. One is sincere about the farm and David. The other has a different life planned.

The Garrett Family faces an alarming situation. War is declared and they're in the thick of it. On the border between the Confederacy and the Union, Maryland families live on both sides of their brand-new, disconcerting border. Friends and neighbors are forced to take sides. The listener witnesses unrest in California and conflict in Arizona. Back East, green soldiers flock to their flags and tragedy strikes at the Union debacle, Ball's Bluff.

After a brutal operation in Azerbaijan, Reed Montgomery and the battered Prosecution Force barely have time to breathe before they’re pulled into the opening act of a third world war. Russia, Iran, and China are acting fast and violently to tighten their grip, bent on global supremacy.

When a U.S. nuclear submarine goes dark in enemy waters, the world holds its breath. Navy SEAL Jack Solomon is sent on a covert mission to stop the unthinkable: a Russian plot to hijack the USS Midway and tip the balance of global power. With a small team of elite operatives and nothing but their training—and faith—keeping them alive, Jack must navigate betrayal, unforgiving terrain, and a countdown to catastrophe. But this war isn’t just fought with weapons. It’s fought in the soul.

Trying desperately to hold on to power, Syria’s dictator resorts to one last, deadly throw of the dice. Using a recently developed bio-chemical weapon developed in an impregnable medieval fortress he hopes to plunge the entire region into the kind of chaos that will allow him to emerge stronger than ever. The Americans have become aware of this weapon but are desperate to eliminate it without a major assault that would trigger a wider war with unforeseeable and unwanted consequences.

Die Schlacht um Europa eskaliert auf hoher See! Schlachtfeld Deutschland: Seeherrschaft katapultiert Sie direkt in die erbarmungslosen Seegefechte um die Nord- und Ostsee – Adrenalin pur von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite. Klappentext: Der Dritte Weltkrieg tobt auch über und unter Wasser. Während die Volksmarine der NVA, polnische Seestreitkräfte und die sowjetische Marine die westdeutschen Ostseehäfen attackieren, entbrennt im Nordmeer eine gnadenlose Schlacht unter Wasser… Seeherrschaft schildert das dramatische Geschehen zur See.

Stell dir eine Welt vor, in der alle elektronischen Systeme versagen und die Gesellschaft im Chaos versinkt. Würdest du überleben? Die Wölfin ist der packende Endzeit-Thriller, der dich mit jeder Seite tiefer in eine gnadenlose Realität zieht und deinen Puls rasen lässt. Die ehemalige Fallschirmjägerin Kathrin befindet sich auf einem Lehrgang, als plötzlich die Welt, wie sie sie kennt, zusammenbricht: Ein mysteriöser Ausfall sämtlicher elektronischer Geräte und Systeme stürzt die Gesellschaft in Anarchie.

A Boeing 727 is making a routine charter flight out of Football City-formerly known as St. Louis-when three F-4 Phantoms appear on its tail and open fire. No match for the lightning-quick Phantoms, the 727's pilot is about to give up when his assailants explode in mid-air, becoming the latest casualties of Hawk Hunter, the Wingman. Hunter is the greatest fighter pilot the world has ever known. Most recently, he brought the United States back from the brink of extinction.

When Angela Shafer's stalker threatens to kill her, she is forced to call upon the services of The 83 Trust. Ryan Kaine vows to deliver justice in the only way he knows how. After reaching Angela's home too late to prevent a terrible atrocity, Kaine calls in reinforcements in the form of his most trusted men; Danny Pinkerton and William Rollason. But in order for Angela and her daughter to be truly safe, Kaine and his team need to dismantle an entire criminal organization.

Fueled by his guilt at the loss of eighty-three civilians onboard aircraft BE1555, international fugitive Ryan Kaine vows to protect their grieving families—The 83—at all costs. When schoolboy Martin Princeton lies alone and dying on a Scottish mountainside, news of his disappearance spurs Kaine to abandon the pursuit of evidence that could clear his name. Officially, the authorities want Kaine in custody—unofficially, there's a bounty on his head. 

When the neo-fascist group The Doomsday Creed kidnap Sabrina Faroukh, Ryan Kaine gets the call. Sabrina was the IT expert who helped Kaine in his early days and as the granddaughter of an influential arms dealer, her life has more value than most to the terrorists. In the Arizona wilderness, up against a fanatical group hell-bent on creating a dirty bomb, Kaine needs more than luck to rescue Sabrina. And he could do without the trigger-happy local law enforcement speeding to the scene.

The heart-pounding new Jack Reacher thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child. Washington DC. General Susan Turner needs help from the only guy she knows will get the job done right. Finding Reacher won't be easy. He's a wanderer. His trail will be faint. But...

Ein Terroranschlag erschüttert Berlin. Und Abteilung 89 schlägt zurück. Ein Terroranschlag zerreißt das Herz von Berlin – der schwerste Angriff seit 1945. Während die Nation um Stabilität ringt, wird im Kanzleramt klar: Die offiziellen Wege sind zu langsam, zu schwach, zu gebunden an Gesetze. Abteilung 89 wird entfesselt. Major Sophie Decker erhält einen Befehl, der nicht im Gesetzbuch steht: finde jeden Verantwortlichen, eliminiere jede Spur, koste es was es wolle.

When the world burned, survival was just the beginning. Matt and his convoy of survivors escaped the cave system with their lives, but not their peace. With hostile forces closing in and the fallout still choking the land, every mile north brings new dangers. From shattered towns and ghostly farmlands to an enemy convoy led by a ruthless hunter, their journey is no longer about hiding. It’s about enduring. Alliances will be tested. Secrets will surface. Blood will be spilled. As the group pushes toward the uncertain safety in the north, hope becomes more than a dream, it’s a weapon.

After D-Day, American and Nazi soldiers collaborate to steal Hitler's gold, then conceal their fortunes by disappearing into American society. 64 years later, the elaborate heist unravels and a deadly scramble ensues to recover billions of dollars in established wealth and lost gold. Wealthy but aged, the original perpetrators find themselves in a deadly battle against a coalition of unsavory treasure hunters. Both sides lie, kidnap, torture and murder their way toward "Dark Fortunes."

It had been a great business trip to Sin City for the gang from Athenaeum, Incorporated, the off-the-books, black ops private intelligence company. The Presidential Suite, great food, and only one real gunfight. You’d think it would count as a success. Instead, the billboards were a lie. This time… WHAT HAPPENED IN VEGAS DIDN’T STAY IN VEGAS!

1854. Thomas Mason has returned from India where he served in the East India Company Army throughout the First and Second Anglo-Sikh wars. He and three companions returned to England as the guard detail for the Koh-i-Nor diamond and were then offered the chance to join the Rifle Brigade with their officer Lieutenant Warren. All of them have agreed, but had to return to basic training to learn the ways of their new regiment. In India, Thomas rose to Corporal, but must now return to the bottom of the rank ladder.

The most wanted terrorist in the world has finally been captured, and Elliot Burke is escorting him to an undisclosed location—until their plane is hijacked. Elliot's mission quickly becomes staying alive until Griffin Force can find him. Landing in Syria, he's faced with a new threat—someone who wants to take over the terrorist organization Elliot has spent years trying to dismantle.

The year is 1943. The war in the Pacific enters its 11th month, and there is no sign of it slowing down. The Japanese Empire has conquered most of the theater, except for Australia and a few outlying islands in the Solomons that the Allies have been able to liberate.

No one expected war, and the U.S. Navy has paid the price. Once the greatest Navy in the world, by 2039, American submariners find themselves outnumbered and outgunned by an alliance of France, India, and the enemy lurking in the dark: Russia. It’s not their fault that the politicians back home didn’t expect war as the world expanded into underwater territory, but now sailors like Commander Alex Coleman are left facing the consequences.

In the air, we find freedom. In the summer of 1914, the world stands on the brink of chaos, and for young William Harsker, life is about to change forever. Drawn to the pride of the cavalry and the allure of glory, William trades the freshness of English fields for the muddy trenches of Flanders. But nothing can prepare him for the brutal reality of cavalry charges against merciless machine guns, where valour and death dance intimately on the battlefield.

Corporal Beau Henry didn’t sign up for adventure. He signed up to kill the enemy. And as the Marines of the 2nd Division push back the Empire of Japan from their heavily fortified islands in the Pacific Ocean, he is given the chance when they are tasked with taking Yeuhan Island. A small island with an airfield vital for the coming invasion of mainland Japan.

What if myth was a lot more mundane? In a story where it's not uncommon to find yourself living next to a werewolf or a vampire at the same time, we take a closer look at how these men and women would interact with each other. Under high and low stress, what would society look like when fantasy has always been reality? Blood, Silver, and Unity explores the interpersonal relationships between a highly skilled team of military operatives given a momentous task that could change the landscape of the future.

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Navy Captain Pete Adler has arrived at the pinnacle of a US Navy career. He is the commanding officer of an aircraft carrier. The first time he takes the ship to sea, a huge fire breaks out and threatens the survival of the ship and its crew of thousands. Many in Pete’s crew perform heroic and noble deeds, and the carrier is saved. But there is no rest for Pete and the crew. They must repair the ship and make their scheduled deployment date. Again the crew responds heroically. In the midst of the repair effort, Pete’s father dies.