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It's autumn 1810, Napoleon's legions have overrun Spain, and it looks as if Britain is losing the war. Backed by the Royal Navy, the British and their Spanish allies are clinging on to a toe-hold at Cadiz. As the French press ever closer, Lieutenant Williams of His Majesty's 106th Foot joins the...

It's 1811. Wellington has finally driven Napoleon's armies from Portugal, but the cost has been high. Fearing a French counter-attack, the British must rally their tired men and go on the offensive. Lieutenant Hamish Williams of the 106th Foot relishes the call to action. Spurred on by the...

A governor's pardon. A Nobel Prize winner. A murder at City Hall. When the outgoing governor of Kentucky pardons 428 felons, the criminal justice system is rocked. Among them—Lennart Skoll, convicted of a brutal double homicide. He swears he was framed. But can he be trusted? Across the...

Ein Foto, das seit Jahrhunderten niemand gesehen hat. Und eine Karte, die zu Atlantis führen soll. Als eine über Jahrhunderte verschollene Fotografie zusammen mit einem Brief und einer Karte das PROJECT erreicht, ahnt niemand im Team, wie weit diese Spur reicht. Sie führt zur versunkenen...

Als SAS-Soldat war es Joe Gardners Aufgabe, die gefährlichsten Gegner des Empires in mitunter entlegenen und trostlosen Winkeln der Welt auszuschalten. Verlieren war dabei nie eine Option gewesen. Nun aber steht er vor seiner bislang härtesten Herausforderung: Bei einem Undercover-Einsatz in...

In der Tiefe lauert etwas. Etwas Großes. Etwas Hungriges. Etwas Urzeitliches. Und Team Grendel muss es finden, bekämpfen und töten. Kinsey Thorne, die erste weibliche Kandidatin der US Navy SEALs, hat den Tiefpunkt erreicht. Nach ihrem Ausscheiden aus der Marine flüchtete sie in Alkohol und...

CIA-Agent Mark Pierce wird entführt und entgeht nur knapp seiner Exekution in der kasachischen Wüste. Jemand hat ihn dorthin gebracht, um ihn für den Diebstahl von russischem Atommüll verantwortlich zu machen. Jetzt ist er das Ziel einer weltweiten Fahndung unter der Leitung der CIA. Sogar alte Freunde sind überzeugt, dass Pierce zum Terroristen geworden ist – und wollen ihn töten.

Liverpool, 1939. As winter descends on Tuppenny Corner and rumours of war float across the canals, 15-year-old Rosie O'Leary must come to terms with her own dramatic upheaval. Forced to say goodbye to all she holds dear and embark on a new life aboard The Kingfisher, her world is suddenly full of uncertainty. When fellow bargee – the handsome Tim Bradley – offers to show Rosie the sights of Liverpool, she jumps at the chance and it's not long before their friendship grows into something more. But when Tim is called up to join the RAF, Rosie's dream of a future together must be put on hold.

'The epic text of Ranjit Desai's Shriman Yogi finds new voice in Vikrant Pande's nuanced translation, an immersive narrative of the foundations of the Maratha empire and the saga of its charismatic founder.' - Namita Gokhale. Young Shivaji reaches Pune, a dying fort city, with his mother Jijabai...

Young Jacob Fletcher, whilst unsure of his parentage, did know that as an apprentice he couldn't legally be seized by the press gang. But this particular gang couldn't actually read the rules. And didn't care anyway. Which was how he found himself risking life, limb and sea sickness on board His Majesty's frigate Phiandra, about to do battle with what looked like half the French fleet.

De Langres, un paysan soldat écrit à Hélène. Ses feuillets, passés à travers tant de lignes de feu et de sang, ont dormi des décennies, parfumés d’armoire de grand-mère, de paille et de lavande. Quand son petit-fils les déplie, la voix du grand-père se mêle à la sienne. Lettres et échos tressent un amour en temps de guerre, une mémoire vive où l’intime affronte l’Histoire. À mesure que la lecture avance, les générations se rejoignent: il parlait de moi, de nous. Un récit d’une simplicité bouleversante qui célèbre la force des mots, la tendresse et ces liens qui traversent le temps.

From bestselling author Patrick deWitt comes Dodge City, a rollicking novel about a young man on an amphetamine-fueled cross-country road trip, fleeing the draft for the safe haven of Canada. LONGLISTED FOR THE GILLER PRIZE Named a Most Anticipated title by: People.com, Minnesota Star Tribune...

Bloody Nick returns from the Mediterranean tired—he has done too much, seen too much, and needs rest at home. His ship, HBMS Hawke, needs time in the yard. A year of half-pay leaves Nick rested and anxious to get back to sea. He is close to the top of the Captain's List and automatic promotion...

The BRAND NEW instalment of the page-turning Resistance Girls series. January 1943 A girl with nothing to lose… Abandoned as a baby on a London street, Lexi Street has survived by trusting no one but herself. Now one of Major Stapleton’s most daring operatives, she’s used to working alone...

Eine alte Rechnung zieht Joe Hawke in die Falle: Er entdeckt ein Geheimnis, das einen der ältesten und grausamsten Kulte der Menschheit wiederauferstehen lässt. Während er und das ECHO-Team in einer tödlichen Hetzjagd fliehen, versuchen sie, eine katastrophale Ritualfeier zu verhindern. Von...

Centuries and continents apart, two American soldiers deploy in the years after "mission accomplished"—only to discover a land far from peace. In 1870, five years after the United States defeated rebelling southern states, eighteen-year-old Henry McDonald enlists in the U.S. military. Henry's sharp shooting and sharper mind while chasing Ku Kluxers in the South earns him the title "Private Trouble"—but real trouble still wreaks havoc in the rebellious Georgia in the form of lynchings, looting, and guerrilla violence.

Born to be a great lord, sworn to die for vengeance. Denmark, 982AD At the end of the first millennium, the Baltic Sea knew a terror unlike any other: the Jomsvikings. Cast out by the rise of Christianity, exiled warriors with no homeland who lived by selling their steel for silver. They showed...

Beneath the Broken Clock is a haunting and emotionally rich story about love, loss, hidden truths, and the courage to begin again. Set in a town where an abandoned clock tower stands frozen in time, the novel follows a protagonist whose ordinary life is transformed after uncovering a long-buried secret connected to the silent landmark.

What lurks deep within the remote Rocky Mountains, not far from Golden BC? It’s time to return…Iron Marshall has made a career out of going where nobody else will go. Off the books. Getting the job done. He’s been in the thick of things before, areas and events kept from the public eye. But after being assigned to a secret complex near Ogre Peak, he begins to question what’s happening there and why. As more strange occurrences take place, Iron struggles to maintain the façade of being ‘just a soldier.

Mindset is a sprawling, relentlessly ambitious geopolitical thriller that feels less like listening to a novel and more like watching a major international crisis unfold in real time. Bill Fortin takes the listener deep inside an invisible war being fought through intelligence networks, political institutions, military power and carefully orchestrated deception. From the corridors of Washington to Beijing, Hong Kong, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, the story moves with cinematic intensity, building layer upon layer of conspiracy until the scale of the threat becomes breathtaking.