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The Battle of Evesham has been fought and lost. The King is triumphant, Simon de Montfort is dead, and Adam de Norton is a prisoner, stripped of everything he once honoured and prized. Escaping from captivity in the grim castle of Beeston, Adam becomes a fugitive in a country in turmoil. Branded...

After a devastating attack, the lives of Dr. Amar and Major Shani become entwined in a complex web of grief, anger, and mystery. Dr. Amar's world shatters when he learns that his son, Hassan, was the suicide bomber responsible for the tragedy. For Major Shani, the blast claims the life of a childhood friend and ignites a burning desire for revenge. As Major Shani investigates the case, their paths cross with an undercurrent of mistrust and conflicting emotions.

Seven years after the 9/11 attacks, the hunt for Osama bin Laden is as relentless as ever. Yet there are more objectives than the hunt for infamous mass murderer. The four-man Ranger fireteam led by Captain Robert Cash, with newly married Lieutenant Jack Grant his second-in-command, discover the enemy comes in many guises. On a search and destroy mission in the northern city of Mazari Sharif, a woman falsely alleges the Rangers have invaded the home of an innocent Afghan businessman, murdered him, and raped his wife.

Political alliances are beginning to rupture, and no state is immune: England, France, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan Genoa, Venice, Constantinople . . . Every mercenary knight must sharpen his sword and prepare for battle. But Sir William Gold has other problems. Just to reach Europe, he must capture its most unassailable fortress. He must also protect his liege lord, the Green Count, from assassins hell-bent on his death.

Fesselnde Landser-Geschichten in Romanheft-Länge Der vorliegende Band "Verstaubt sind die Gesichter" folgt dem Kradschützen Schubert sowie dem Panzerkommandanten Hesse während des deutschen Vormarsches in Griechenland. Über staubige Pisten rücken die schnellen Truppen der Wehrmacht tief ins Feindesland vor. Schon donnern britische 6-Pfünder-Geschütze – und stellen die Panzerung von Hesses Kampfwagen auf eine harte Probe. Erleben Sie, wie deutsche Panzer und Kradschützen unerbittlich vorstoßen, um die Briten aus Griechenland zu werfen.

È una mattina azzurra, accecante e senza vento quella in cui il giovane ingegnere minerario Martín Garret Ortiz, spagnolo ma da qualche mese assegnato a una miniera in Messico, sente un rumore di spari dalla sua stanza d'hotel ed esce per strada vinto dalla curiosità. Tanto basta perché s'infili in un destino ritenuto fin lì inimmaginabile.

Lo sacrificó todo para salvar a los que más la necesitaban Descubre una de las historias de valor y sacrificio más inspiradoras y poco conocidas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Corrie ten Boom, una relojera holandesa, transformó desinteresadamente su hogar en un escondite para albergar a...

El niño al que todos buscan. Una madre dispuesta a defenderlo. Un secreto inconfesable. Más de 180.000 lectores ya tienen a Rafael Tarradas Bultó en su lista de imprescindibles. Todo Reich necesita a sus príncipes cerca. Londres, 1939. Cuando el agente del servicio secreto John Osbourne...

In The Warwolf, Hermann Löns's acclaimed historical novel, the tragedy and horrors of war in general, and these times in particular are revealed. The Warwolf, based on the author's careful research, traces the life of Harm Wulf, a land-owning peasant farmer of the northern German heath who realizes after witnessing the murder of neighbors and family at the hands of marauding troops that he has a choice between compromising his morals or succumbing to inevitable torture and death.

Malcolm Greene is a Scotsman, recruited to fight for Sweden under the greatest soldier of the century, Gustavus Adolphus. Malcolm throws himself into the fray in the great battles of the first half of the Thirty Years War. In the ranks of the Scotch Brigade, we meet Mackay, Hepburn, and...

Flying Officer Angus Mackennelly is flying over Northern France when his tank is holed and he's forced to crash-land. Luckily, he is picked up by the French Resistance before the enemy can get to him and, after a tense few days moving between safe houses, he escapes back to Blighty. Reunited with his squadron, Angus expects to return to flying duties. However, Squadron Leader Bentley informs him that he's not going to be flying sorties. He is singled out to lead a top-secret mission.

Wild and uncompromising, Tanya, a veteran hotshot on an elite New Mexico wildfire crew, is fighting for her livelihood. Blacklisted from her job, estranged from her family, and threatened with the loss of her home, Tanya must prove herself to battle-hardened Bronson, the crew’s superintendent. Yet when Tanya discovers Bronson’s disturbing secret, she must find a way to save the crew without betraying his trust. As wildfire closes in on the crew and the only home she’s ever known, Tanya must find the courage to face what she most fears. Their survival depends on it.

More than a decade after returning home from Afghanistan, Jake Freeman is still tormented by the emotional consequences of war. Desperate for a better life, he enlists the help of a VA doctor who prescribes a motorcycle tour of the Western States. Jake hopes an adventure like this can quiet the chaos in his mind, so he leaves his familiar world behind and rides his Harley north toward Bend, Oregon. On his journey, he realizes it may take more than fishing in majestic rivers and dancing at great honkytonks to free him from the trauma locked inside his vault of memories.

Band 1 der US-Bestseller-Serie The Shepherds. Kurz vor seiner Pensionierung erhält Navy SEAL Jedidiah Johnson einen verzweifelten Anruf. Die Tochter seines Freundes David wurde gekidnappt. Außer der Leiche eines Priesters, die am Tatort zurückgelassen wurde, gibt es keine Spuren. Natürlich...

The final, thrilling instalment in MJ Porter's The Brunanburh Series. Can King Edmund of the English banish the Norse invaders from England one final time? AD942 In the wake of the agreement reached at Lincoln between Edmund and Anlaf Sihtricson of the Norse, Edmund returns to Wessex to reflect...

Spanien, 1813. Major Richard Sharpe wartet begierig darauf, dass Wellington die Franzosen zu einer entscheidenden Schlacht stellt. Ohne die Spanier wäre ein englischer Sieg allerdings unmöglich, weshalb die Allianz mit ihnen unter allen Umständen bewahrt werden muss. Das weiß auch der französische Spion Pierre Ducos, ein Todfeind Sharpes. Mit Hilfe der schönen Marquesa Hélène hat der Franzose einen teuflischen Plan ausgeklügelt, der die spanisch-englische Allianz zerbrechen und den verhassten Sharpe vernichten wird.

Vietnam, 1966. A US Airborne platoon is pinned down in Phuc Tuy Province. A deadly ambush leaves multiple casualties, forcing a desperate withdrawal. With bullets slamming into the Hueys, one is forced down only for the soldiers salvation to be a convoy of Australian APCs. As the dust clears from the battlefield, the ruthless Viet Cong local officer, Lieutenant Vu Van Thinh hunts for intelligence on his enemies. Amidst the debris of war is one man, a mortally wounded soldier desperate for help.

Flying Officer Angus Mackennelly and the rest of "Maverick" Squadron 696 are engaged in tactics to lure the Luftwaffe into battle. But Angus has grave misgivings about the orders he has been given, which are justified when he loses a brand-new pilot on their first incursion.

Captain Riley McKee ist das Abbild eines Navy SEALs. Stark, durchtrainiert und scheinbar unverwundbar. Bis zu dem Tag, als ihn eine Kugel trifft und ihm die eigene Sterblichkeit vor Augen führt. Während seines Genesungsprozesses lernt er Stella kennen. Eine Frau, die ihm Halt gibt und ihn darin bestärkt, nach Hause zu fahren. Ausgerechnet dorthin, wo seine Vergangenheit auf ihn wartet. Verbunden mit all den Schuldgefühlen, die ihn in seinem Leben nie wieder loslassen werden. Als er auf sein Opfer Sahra trifft, droht es ihn komplett zu zerreißen.

It is the late autumn of 1854 and the steam gunboat Spartan, commanded by James Rutherford has returned to duty following the repair of her battle damage in Calcutta.