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Based on a true story. As the Korean War threatens to ignite a global nuclear inferno, the fate of the free world rests on a razor's edge, while on the home front, two towering American titans – the resolute President Truman and the legendary General MacArthur – engage in a perilous battle of wills that could either avert Armageddon or tear the nation apart.

Radicalized in prisons, recruited and trained to be deadly assassins, they’re invisible, working menial jobs no one notices. A silent army is assembled to avenge the martyrs killed by US drones. The plan is to publicly kill a long list of VIPs, starting with someone close to the American president. Before the killing begins, Adam Drake, an attorney and former Delta Force Tier 1 operator, is assigned to a CEO of a defense contractor, whose assistant was murdered in his office.

The historical city of Chester has been rocked by the brutal murders of several young men close to the canal. DI Ruth Hunter is called in to track down the murderer – who the papers have dubbed the Towpath Ripper – before they strike again. Ruth identifies a suspect but just as she is about to pounce, they slip through her fingers.

Two mismatched lawyers uncover a long-forgotten military conspiracy, Career U.S. Navy JAGC officer Lt. Duncan Carmichael and an ACLU volunteer lawyer, Sydney Warren, form an unlikely team defending a young uncooperative sailor accused of a vicious murder on a U.S. Navy base but are thwarted at every turn by the military command.

Die von MaHe gelenkte und beschützte Menschheit steht am Abgrund ihrer Existenz. Von Alma, der Erde in einem Paralleluniversum, ergießt sich ein endloser Strom kleinster Energieteilchen auf den Planeten. Sie durchbrechen die Membran zwischen den beiden Paralleluniversen und materialisieren sich in menschlichen Zellen. Dadurch verwandeln sich die Menschen zunehmend in Hüllen der Alphabeten, den Bewohnern von Alma. Eine in der Urzeit von außerirdischen Titanen auf Alma zum Leben erweckte künstliche Intelligenz hat nur ein Ziel – die Ausrottung allen menschlichen Lebens.

Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena is a gripping political thriller inspired by the Edward Snowden saga. Trapped in Moscow’s airport, fugitive Joshua Kold faces interrogation about his revelations on global surveillance, exposing a chilling 1984-like world.

Five years after a disastrous mission in Prague left her partner dead and her nemesis, Julian Thorne, presumed destroyed, haunted ex-MI6 operative Ava Sharma lives in self-imposed exile. But the past refuses to stay buried. Thorne resurfaces, leading the shadowy organization Scylla and wielding Cynapse – a terrifyingly sophisticated weapon capable of crippling global infrastructure. Forced back into the world of espionage she fled, Ava discovers the threat is far greater than imagined. Thorne plans to unleash Cynapse during the upcoming G7 Summit in London, aiming to trigger worldwide chaos.

The past has unfinished business. Somebody came for Jason Trapp when he least expected it. Some of his oldest friends got hurt in the process. Unfortunately for the perpetrators, they missed the one person who counts. And now he’s going to return the favor. With interest. But first Trapp needs to find out who wanted him dead. And why. After all, with a career like his, you’re bound to make enemies. There’s a long list of nation states with reason to want him off the board. Still, something about this feels personal.

Tra queste armate Brancaleone, nei giorni frenetici della campagna elettorale si scatena una lotta feroce e insieme sottile, senza esclusione di colpi, un gioco pericoloso in cui il bene pubblico si sfalda nel tornaconto privato. In questo libro troverete scene grottesche, amori e tradimenti, una galleria di insospettabili cittadini con le loro vite e i loro garbugli. Un inventore visionario, una profetessa dell'odio razziale, un prete, una miriade di politicanti dotati di molti interessi ma poche idee...

Counsel Fungo, female bounty hunter, has art thief/forger/bail jumper Sebastian Leone in custody. She now owns his future. Leone pleads his way out of going to jail by dropping names of bigger fish, and Counsel hears one that interests her: Mercer Crawford, CEO of a large pro-gun activist group. Counsel disagrees with Crawford’s gun politics and looks to exploit his affinity for stolen art and embarrass him and his organization. The stakes increase when she learns of his other sideline: brokering illegal arms sales, the kind that can topple governments.

Extortion, lies, duplicity, and murder, all of which take place in Moscow's dark underworld. At the center, unknowingly, is Alexandra Malikova, a white-collared professional by day and a high-end escort by night.

"(…) Hvorfor ikke bare kalde en spade for en spade - og kort og godt skrive »seks stjerner«" - Berlingske Nye trusselsbilleder ulmer i Danmark. Teknologisk. Samfundsmæssigt. Men er myndighederne klar? Klar til det, der er på vej? I fjerde bog i den prisvindende serie om politiets hemmelige Task Force 14 står David Flugt og Lucas Stage over for en helt ny form for kriminalitet, der spreder sig i kølvandet på den massive digitalisering af samfundet og puster til den spirende ekstremisme.

Landet leds av en kvinnlig statsminister, hennes närmaste medarbetare är också kvinnor. De följer inte den traditionella politiska kartan, utan går sina egna vägar. De är smarta, erfarna och modiga. Det är valår och ju närmare valet vi kommer, desto hårdare blir kampen. Det nybildade Trygghetspartiet har stigit som en raket, inte minst tack vare sin ledare. En kvinna som väcker sympati, men med en tuff politisk agenda. Opinionssiffrorna visar att de till och med kan vinna valet.

Oron sprider sig på Stockholms nyhetsredaktioner efter mordet på en kvinnlig journalist. Medarbetare som vant sig vid att dagligen få ta emot hot fruktar nu för sina liv. Den unga Madeleine Winther på Nyhetsbladet har dock siktet inställt på något helt annat. Hon vet precis hur hon ska ta sig framåt i karriären–och nu är hon på väg att göra ett rejält scoop. Carl Cederhielm har lovat dyrt och heligt att skydda landet mot fiender. Han och hans båda medsvurna har satt samman en lista med tio namn. De ska hämnas dem som inte själva kan hämnas.

Detective-Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a former Catholic priest, is about to start his vacation when a call comes in from death row. Before serial killer Elroy Doil is taken to the electric chair, he wants to make a full confession to the cop who put him away. To close the books on additional murder cases in which Doil is a suspect, Ainslie drives four hundred miles to Florida State Prison.

Klockan tre på morgonen gör säkerhetspolisen och terroristpolisen tillslag mot ett antal familjer i en Stockholmsförort. Ett femtiotal personer grips och transporteras bort. De gripna får ingen vetskap om vad de är misstänkta för. Men nästa dag exploderar nyheten att ”al-Qaida i Sverige” har oskadliggjorts och att landet räddats från den största katastrofen någonsin. Nio personer häktas som terrorister och därefter utbryter den stora tystnaden. Ingen vet vad som sker i polisutredningen.

A call from the US president to Canada’s prime minister . . . An intimate reception at the Ottawa residence of Her Majesty’s governor general . . . The arrival of a ship in Vancouver. Three seemingly unrelated events three thousand miles apart upset the balance of global power and alter the landscape of the free world. As Canada’s prime minister, James Howden, works to ensure his nation’s survival in a nuclear war, he faces another threat: a lawyer on a crusade for justice and truth.

When ex-intelligence officer Jake Moran is hired by Kingfisher Aerospace to assist with a high-profile mission, he expects a standard rocket launch. But what he gets is far from routine—the Kingfisher Seven rocket explodes in spectacular and very public fashion. And billionaire owner Helena Nash wants answers. The explosion forces Jake and his team at Cascadia Information Systems to pivot from monitoring weather satellites to gathering intelligence. The clock is ticking, and it’s up to them to find out what—or who—brought down the rocket.

Abschluss der Ross-Thomas-Edition: Band 25! Drei Kandidaten treten bei den ersten freien Wahlen im fiktiven afrikanischen Albertia an, das danach von der britischen Krone unabhängig werden soll. Der Rohstoffreichtum macht das Land für diverse Unternehmen attraktiv und öffnet der politischen Korruption Tür und Tor. Der brillante PR-Mann Peter Upshaw, der eine erfolgreiche Werbe-Agentur mit Sitz in London vertritt, heuert den gewieften politischen Strategen Clinton Shartelle an, um der Kampagne »ein bisschen amerikanisches showbiz einzublasen«

Under en oförglömlig middag fattar tre kvinnor ett beslut som påverkar den politiska makten i landet. Den nuvarande statsministern har aviserat sin avgång och det finns inte längre bara en given efterträdare. Kvinnorna som redan sitter på toppositioner går nu samman, med det uttalade målet att förändra den politiska spelplanen. Ute i landet mullrar det av en helt ny kraft–den familjeägda storbankens besked om nedläggning av ett stort antal bankkontor drabbar förstås landsbygden.