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1776: A decade of simmering tensions is finally coming to the boil. Determined to cast off the chains of British tyranny, the rebel government of Philadelphia has authorised the creation of the United States Navy – a brazen act of American aggression against the greatest maritime power in the world. Captain Isaac Biddlecomb sets sail in the Charlemagne on a daring mission to raid the British store of arms on New Providence Island in the Bahamas. Yet his greatest enemy is an undisciplined crew on the brink of mutiny.

Der Kriegsheld Richard Sharpe bekommt es an Heiligabend des Jahres 1815 mit einem ganz persönlichen Fall zu tun: der Entführung seiner Frau. Sharpes Weihnacht und Sharpes Lösegeld sind zwei Kurzgeschichten, die ursprünglich für die "Daily Mail" geschrieben worden sind und bei Bastei Lübbe erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung vorliegen. Hören Sie in diesem Hörbuch die neu überarbeitete Fassung von Sharpes Lösegeld.

With allies in every kingdom, the great warrior king, Penda of Mercia, stands in a position of power throughout Britain. Just one kingdom stands aloof, that of Bernicia to the north. Ruled by King Oswiu, the brother of the long-dead King Oswald of Northumbria, Oswiu schemes for a unified kingdom of Northumbria, despite Penda’s desire to truncate those wishes.

Tamworth AD833 After successfully rescuing her husband from the Island of Sheppey, Icel hears the deathbed confession of Lady Cynehild which leaves him questioning what he knows about his past, as well as his future. In the unenviable position of being oath sworn to protect their two atheling sons when Lord Coenwulf is punished and banished for his treason against the Mercian ruler, King Wiglaf, Icel is once more torn between his oaths and the secret he knows.

Experience the events of the Cepheus Protocol through the eyes of those on the ground as many some struggle to survive, while others seek to stop Chelsey Trader before our world is transformed into an alien hellscape.

Winter, 1812. Wellingtons Armee hat sich nach Portugal zurückgezogen, um das Frühjahr abzuwarten. Doch Ruhe ist nicht in Sicht, denn eine Bande von Deserteuren hat im Namen der britischen Armee fürchterliche Gräueltaten auf spanischem Boden begangen. Wellington gibt den Befehl, die Schurken aufzuspüren und zu bestrafen - eine Aufgabe für Richard Sharpe und seine Rifles. Als sie sich auf den Weg machen, ahnt Sharpe nicht, dass unter den Deserteuren auch sein erbittertster Feind ist: Sergeant Hakeswill.

An unmissable thriller from the master of the genre An unsolved historical mystery. A brutal bomb attack. Only one man can track down the killers that link them both. It’s 2005: Ben Hope, recently retired from the military, is living in Ireland and using his SAS skills to find and rescue...

King Aethelred the Unready's Kingdom of the English is threatened. Olaf Tryggvason and his fleet of Viking warships snap at the coastal edges like ravenous wolves, and Sweyn Forkbeard, King of the Danes, has landed in East Anglia with an army of battle-hardened warriors. Ealdorman Byrhtnoth of Essex must stand against them faced with overwhelming odds, forging his legend in the blood of his deadly enemies.

Alvarez is a killing machine of war. He is a rogue, a scoundrel, a ladies' man, and a cold-blooded murderous bastard. The last man you want to go up against but the first you want watching your six. He's the kind of man who would jump into a fight just for the thrill of it. So when a ship is being taken hostage by a murderous group of pirates, he's the first man into the fray, eager to unleash a ravenous carnage of hell. He is a terminator who will literally stop at nothing to come out the victor, even if that means taking you with him.

Der legendäre Agent Sam Fisher tut sich mit einer neuen NSA-Rekrutin – seiner eigenen Tochter – zusammen, um die Welt zu retten – ein fesselnder Thriller aus dem bekannten Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell-Universum. Der altgediente Fourth-Echelon-Agent Sam Fisher hat einen neuen Auftrag: Er soll die nächste Generation von Splinter-Cell-Agenten für die NSA-Abteilung für verdeckte Operationen rekrutieren und ausbilden, darunter auch seine Tochter Sarah.

There are plots to invade England and Normandy. There are assassination attempts and the only man who can stop all of these is the Earl of Cleveland. Moving from Scotland to Normandy and back again this is a fast moving novel set in the months before the civil war in England and Normandy begins.

A century ago, the American Southwest was a region of savage natural beauty. There, the Navajo people worshipped the land, spinning folk tales into legends and prayers into songs. But besieged by US Army soldiers, the tribe was suddenly thrust into a battle that nearly destroyed the proudly woven fabric of its culture.

1265. England has a new master. Simon de Montfort's victory at the Battle of Lewes has made him king in all but name. He has vowed to restore the rights and liberties of the kingdom, but now even his friends grow wary of his power. As old alliances break down, new rebellions gather strength. The captive king's supporters muster, vowing to overthrow the new regime. Meanwhile Adam de Norton, who won the honour of knighthood on the field at Lewes, has reclaimed his ancestral lands. A peaceful and prosperous future lies before him - until he receives a summons he cannot refuse.

England, 1065: The Saxon kingdom is under threat of invasion at both ends. From the north comes Harald Hardrada of Norway intent on pillage, while across the Channel, Duke William of Normandy is about to enforce his claim to the throne. Between the two lie the villages and townships defended only by part-time armies maintained by the Earls of Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria, barely united under King Harold Godwineson. It falls to brave and determined young men like Will Riveracre and Selwyn Astenmede to stand firm against whichever marauding invader reaches them first.

Mommy’s Call of Duty: A Mother’s Journey Through War and the Unbreakable Power of Love is an extraordinary story about Sarah, an extraordinary mother who takes an unlikely journey when answering the call to service in war zones with unwavering courage to protect and serve her countrymen.

In a coordinated series of attacks, terrorists exploded an EMP device from a high-altitude weather balloon over Omaha, Nebraska. The electromagnetic pulse destroyed electronic devices throughout North America, leaving survivors without power, communication, or transportation. This was the day the lights went out for millions and, for many, a death sentence. Simultaneously, terrorists exploded dirty car bombs in more than 350 large cities worldwide, killing millions of people, destroying whole city blocks, and poisoning many square miles with nuclear poison.

What could be worse than imprisonment in a notorious Pakistani hellhole prison? Lieutenant Jack Grant is about to find out things can be a whole lot worse.

Basierend auf einer wahren Begebenheit... Wir schreiben das Jahr 2001. Die Unterseeboote der Bundeswehr U 24 und U 28 begeben sich auf den Weg in die Karibik, um auf dem Manöver einer US-Trägergruppe als dankbares Ziel zu dienen. Die Planer der Übung aber haben ihre Rechnung ohne Kapitänleutnant Dellnitz gemacht, seines Zeichens Kommandant von U 24. Dellnitz sieht es gar nicht ein, einem stupiden Drehbuch zu folgen, und ist wild entschlossen, dem arroganten US-Trägergruppenkommandeur einen Denkzettel zu verpassen.

Spanien, Januar 1812. Für Richard Sharpe ist es der schlimmste Winter seines Lebens. Er verliert zu Unrecht das Kommando über seine Schützen. Ihm bleibt nur eine Chance, dieses zurückzuerobern: Er muss die Attacke auf die unbezwingbare Festung von Badajoz anführen. Ein Himmelfahrtskommando. Zu allem Überfluss taucht auch noch Sharpes Nemesis auf, Sergeant Hakeswill, den Mann, den man nicht töten kann - und Sharpe hat es bereits oft genug versucht.

It is April of 69 A.D., and Rome’s first civil war in a hundred years has ended. Emperor Otho, who violently overthrew the tyrannical Galba just three months before, is dead. The triumphant armies of the Rhine coerce the senate into ratifying their governor, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. While there is an uneasy hope that peace has returned to Rome, Vitellius’ cronyism and utter incompetence soon alienates most of Rome’s patricians, along with many of the provinces.