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Ezekiel Zane’s once-quiet retirement has rapidly become very complicated. His long-dead wife has returned as a banshee, and a manic-pixie goblin girl is working overtime to turn his life upside down. To make matters worse, a half-slime federal agent wants in on the action. The Fates have other ideas.

Fresh out of Afghanistan, Alec Wars, an ex-French Foreign Legion commando, lands in New York, and seeks employment as a policeman. His timing is perfect. Major Bloomberg’s City Hall is right in the middle of a "fat cop crisis" and is recruiting new blood. But when he is interviewed by an anonymous C.I.A. officer named Sgt. Claude Farias, Alec ends up being redirected to another ‘department’ staffed by just one man a man he knows from his 5-year stint with the Legion.

The Marines called it Starvation Island. The Imperial Japanese Army called it the Island of Death. The battle for Guadalcanal, which began in August 1942 and took six months to complete, saw the 1st Marine Division effectively cut off and under constant siege with few supplies. Marked by hunger, disease, massed nighttime bayonet charges by the enemy, and constant shelling and bombing, the campaign proved a turning point in the war.

It’s July of 2065: twenty-one years into humanity’s quiet march toward extinction. The discovery of a potent, non-lethal, addictive wonder drug—extracted near the Wreck of the Titanic—has decimated the world’s productivity and birth rate. Delaney “Del” Martin is among the few who has elected to avoid it. Instead, he has committed himself to advancing America’s nuclear program. Unfortunately, the mega-corporation that produces the drug doesn’t care about energy. Only profits. And more addicts means a higher bottom line.

In a lawless, unforgiving wasteland on the coast of war-torn Somalia, hope is a distant memory, replaced by the ever-present spectre of death. Two innocent cargo pilots find themselves ensnared in this nightmare, kidnapped by a ruthless warlord whose demands stretch into millions. When it comes to delivering the ransom, there's only one man for the job—ex-special forces soldier Jason Green. The mission seems straightforward, a high-stakes operation with minimal risk. But in Africa, nothing is ever as simple as it appears.

Ordered to relieve an alcoholic skipper, Dan finds he has inherited a damaged ship, an untrustworthy crew, and an ambiguous mission. He is to take the USS Oliver C. Gaddis, soon to become the PNS Tughril, on her final voyage to be donated to Pakistan. But in Kirachi, Dan gets new orders: take Gaddis still further east, and operate against modern pirates preying on commercial shipping in the remote, dangerous South China Sea.

It's been said, "You may not think you're at war. But a surprise attack by an enemy means they are at war with you, so you'd best prepare." Metaphorically, the same can be said of an apprentice of war. There was no doubt, Hannibal Barca was a master of war. Since he came down from the Alps and swept away the Roman Legions sent to stop him, he proved it to Rome and to the rest of the ancient world. Yet, from the first engagement on Republic soil, Hannibal attracted an apprentice.

When alleged murderer, Melanie Archer, is violently assaulted and left for dead by unknown attackers, she reaches out to the only organization who might be able to save her life, The 83 Trust. But before Ryan Kaine is willing to help her and put his team in danger, he wants to determine her guilt or innocence—in person. Against the advice of his closest allies, he and his insistent partner, Lara, con their way into the lion's den—the last place he'd ever be expected to go willingl

Chicago, 1987. Home of mediocre baseball teams, gangs that rule the streets, and a Mexican drug cartel that supplies the city with heroin. Chicago Police Detective Marcelle DeSantis and her partner, Bernie Bernardelli, are working a series of heroin-related murders, and their job just got more complicated. The man who sabotaged the Vietnam operation, Robert Thornton, is now the chief enforcer for a Southeast Asian heroin cartel, and after fifteen years overseas he's arrived in Chicago to eliminate the reigning cartel and seize control of the city's heroin trade.

2014 год. Москва. После выполнения ряда сложных задач: поиска вербовщиков ИГИЛ* в Стамбуле, внедрение в так называемый российский батальон в Северном Курдистане, офицеру нелегальной разведки Петру Горюнову из соображений безопасности больше нельзя оставаться за границей. Он получает распоряжение Центра вернуться на Родину. Теперь его место службы – Управление по борьбе с терроризмом ФСБ. И первым заданием на новом месте становится расшифровка тетради с бесценными сведениями о террористах Исламского государства Ирака и Леванта, действующих на территории России.

Erleben Sie beinharte militärische Science-Fiction aus Deutschland! Tauchen Sie ein in eine packende Geschichte, die von einem alternativen Krieg erzählt. Autor Hermann Weinhauer, bekannt für seine nervenzerfetzenden Frontberichte, legt mit "Imperium Germanicum“ eine Alternativweltgeschichte der Extraklasse vor. Seine Serie vereint gekonnt die Genres Polit-Thriller und Kriegsroman, wenn Weinhauer die wohl spannendste aller Fragen beantwortet: Was wäre, wenn …?

Freuen Sie sich auf den 4. Band der brachialen Military Science-Fiction-Serie über einen anderen 2. Weltkrieg jetzt als rundum überarbeitete Neuausgabe! Nie war Alternativweltgeschichte aus Deutschland besser! Synopsis: Die Schlacht um die Normandie steuert ihrem Höhepunkt entgegen. Bereits nach einem Tag steht der Erfolg der Invasion auf der Kippe. Während die Alliierten weiter alle verfügbaren Kräfte einsetzen, um mit einer ungeahnten Übermacht an Menschen und Material die Küste der Normandie zu überschwemmen, hat die deutsche Wehrmacht gepanzerte Verbände zum Gegenstoß herangeführt.

Freda knows the work she does on the home front is vital. Especially when bombs begin raining down on her beloved city of Bath and she and her friends find themselves feeling the effects of war like never before. Years of being told to be a ‘good girl’ by her mother, Freda has always done what’s been expected of her. But, even though she’s proud of her work nursing soldiers and victims of war, she can’t help but wonder if there’s more for her in life. And her secret desire to become a journalist feels increasingly like a calling she can’t resist.

Silent Gambit, the first book in the Sol Alliance saga, is a gripping tale set in a future where an enigmatic group, known only as the shadow faction, orchestrates a covert plan to overthrow the established military. Their goal is to secure the freedom and independence of their colony, but beneath the surface, there may be more sinister motives at play. As events unfold, the crew of the Alliance Cruiser Specter are pulled into a web of political intrigue, deception, and conflict.

In a US-occupied Iraq torn apart by war and sectarian violence, a group of westerners, Arabs and Iraqis share the experience of dealing with life-and-death challenges as they try to carve out a semblance of a normal life amid the chaos and lawlessness. With characters who may never meet under normal circumstances, the book brings them together in often tragic situations induced by their survival instincts, ambition, or hatred.

The War of 1812 is long over. The War of 2012 has just begun. IRONSIDES' PERIL is the new Zach Colt thriller from award-winning author Michael D. Urban. July 4, 2012. Boston is under attack. A trail of burning ships and downed jet aircraft litters the harbor. U.S.S. Constitution has been hijacked by a ruthless band of international terrorists. A former president of the United States, the current vice president, and the secretary of the Navy are onboard together with the ship’s crew and other hostages.

في هاتين القصتين، يرسم زفايغ بلغة الفن أثر الحرب حتى في من لم يشارك فيها، من خلال شخصيتين فريدتين، كلتاهما حبيسة عالم خاص بها وحدها.

England, 1346: For Thomas Blackstone the choice is easy – dance on the end of a rope for a murder he did not commit, or take up his war bow and join the king's invasion. As he fights his way across northern France, Blackstone learns the brutal lessons of war – from the terror and confusion of his first taste of combat, to the savage realities of siege warfare. Vastly outnumbered, Edward III's army will finally confront the armoured might of the French nobility on the field of Crécy.

Ten years ago, the greatest army in Christendom was slaughtered at Crécy. Archer Thomas Blackstone stood his ground and left that squalid field a knight. He has since carved out a small fiefdom in northern France, but the wounds of war still bleed and a traitor has given the King of France the means to destroy the English knight and his family. As the traitor's net tightens, so the French King's army draws in.

Devon Mansfield has done play by play football announcing for years. He finds himself announcing play by plays of a Terrorist attack on The Number Three Dome before kickoff. Can he survive being wounded behind enemy lines? Can he find help to make sure bombs do not go off hurting him and others? Can he save his Thanksgiving?