Best of
Action

1991

The Bourne Trilogy


Robert Ludlum - 1991
    And he may have no future. His memory is blank. He only knows that he was fished out of the Mediterranean Sea, his body riddled with bullets. There are a few clues: evidence that plastic surgery has altered his face, a Swiss bank account containing four million dollars, and a name: Jason Bourne. But he is marked for death, racing for survival through the layers of his buried past into a world of murderous conspirators - led by the world's most dangerous assassin, Carlos. And no one can help Bourne but the woman who once wanted to escape him. THE BOURNE SUPREMACY: In a Kowloon Cabaret, scrawled in a pool of blood, is a name the world wanted to forget: Jason Bourne. The Chinese vice-premier has been slain by a legendary assassin. World leaders ask the same fearful questions: Why has Jason Bourne come back? Who is the next to die? But US officials know the truth: there is no Jason Bourne. The name was created as cover for David Webb on his search for the notorious killer Carlos. Someone else has taken the Bourne identity and unless he is stopped, the world will pay a devastating price. So Jason Bourne must live again. THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM: The world's two deadliest spies in the ultimate showdown.Two men, each mysteriously summoned by telegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed Jason Bourne. Only they know Bourne's true identity and understand the telegram is really a message from Bourne's mortal enemy, Carlos, the world's deadliest and most elusive terrorist. And they also know that he wants a final confrontation with Bourne. Now David Webb must do what he hoped he would never have to do again - assume the terrible identity of Jason Bourne.

Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus


Jim StarlinDan Lawlis - 1991
    Strange, the Hulk and many more! Even with Dr. Doom, Galactus and the universe's cosmic powers aiding them, can Marvel's mightiest possibly prevail against Thanos the all-powerful? COLLECTING: Silver Surfer (1987) 34-38, 40, 44-60; Thanos Quest 1-2; Infinity Gauntlet 1-6; Cloak & Dagger (1988) 18; Spider-Man (1990) 17; Incredible Hulk 383-385; Dr. Strange, Sorceror Supreme 31-36; Quasar 26-27; Sleepwalker 7

The Expendables


Leonard B. Scott - 1991
    This is the story of the men who fought with them -- and the 304 who didn't return.

Hungry Ghost


Stephen Leather - 1991
    His brief: to assassinate Chinese Mafia leader, Simon Ng. Howells devises a dangerous and complicated plan to reach his intended victim - only to find himself the next target . . .Patrick Dugan, a Hong Kong policeman, has been held back in his career because of his family connections - his sister is married to Simon Ng. But when Ng's daughter is kidnapped and Ng himself disappears, Dugan gets caught up in a series of violent events and an international spy ring that has spun out of control . . .

Targett


Robert J. Randisi - 1991
    He was just about the toughest and most ruthless gun you could hire—the fact that he'd stayed alive so long proved that. And he even managed to stay inside the law...usually. The one thing he always did was look out for himself.When Targett stopped in Dodge City, he thought he'd visit with his old friend Sheriff Bat Masterson. He wasn't in town thirty minutes before he found out that Masterson had moved on...and then he was staring into the cold eyes of the new sheriff, Bill Tilghman. Tilghman took one look at Targett and thought one word—trouble. And he was right.

Come Back / The Edge


Dick Francis - 1991
    

The Dreaming Jewels/The Cosmic Rape/Venus Plus X


Theodore Sturgeon - 1991
    

JG 26: Top Guns of the Luftwaffe


Donald L. Caldwell - 1991
    This is the story of the JG 26 pilots, or "Abbeville Kids." A microcosm of World War II exists in the rise and fall of this famous fighter wing--whose slashing attacks always seemed to come from the best position--from its founding during Hitler's military buildup, through its glory days in the first years of the war--when its bases in northen France were to be avoided at all costs--right up to the grim, final hours of the Third Reich.

Favorite Stories


Lee Nelson - 1991
    Lee has written many stories, but the ones published in this volume are his favorites.

Bravo Two Zero


Andy McNab - 1991
    Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they were to sever the underground communication link between Baghdad and north-west Iraq, and to seek and destroy mobile Scud launchers. Their call sign: BRAVO TWO ZERO.Each man laden with 15 stone of equipment, they patrolled 20km across flat desert to reach their objective. Within days, their location was compromised. After a fierce fire fight, they were forced to escape and evade on foot to the Syrian border. In the desperate action that followed, though stricken by hypothermia and other injuries, the patrol 'went ballistic'. Four men were captured. Three died. Only one escaped. For the survivors, however, the worst ordeals were to come. Delivered to Baghdad, they were tortured with a savagery for which not even their intensive SAS training had prepared them.Bravo Two Zero is a breathtaking account of Special Forces soldiering: a chronicle of superhuman courage, endurance and dark humour in the face of overwhelming odds.

Steel Wings


William Sanders - 1991
    and who nearly killed Harlan in the process. Harlan vowed to kill the man if he ever saw him again...Years later in Texas, the CIA agent tracks Harlan down. He wants to talk business. Harlan wants revenge. But before he has the chance, every organization on every side of the law is coming after Harlan, desperate to unlock a deadly secret they think he's concealing. A secret that could shatter the highest levels of government. The FBI, the CIA, some Central American rebels — they're all coming after Harlan Walker. The hell of war has come home.

Remembering Pearl Harbor: Eyewitness Accounts by U.S. Military Men and Women


Robert S. La Forte - 1991
    But here is a rare compilation of eyewitness accounts by those who actually survived the bombing on December 7, 1941.This book is their story. Not the official version from the top brass, but the riveting, clear-as-yesterday accounts of the ordinary soldiers, sailors, airmen, nurses, chaplains, and wives who were at Pearl Harbor, going about their normal lives that fateful Sunday morning. From the burning deck of the Tennessee in the inferno of Battleship Row, from the airfields, from the hospitals, and from the Navy Yard dry docks come the chilling and unforgettable stories of these brave men and women.