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Iron Triangle
Patrick Adams - 2013
Navy's SEAL Team 6 in disgrace, he thought he'd left the violence of combat behind him forever. He was wrong. Haunted by memories of his past, Jackson is thrust into a nightmare scenario more horrific than anything he could have ever imagined. After witnessing a murder, Jackson is pursued by a multinational organization who will stop at nothing keep him silent. As the former Navy SEAL fights for truth, justice, and at times for his very life, he unravels the organization's deeply sinister plan. Now, in order to bring the guilty to justice and save thousands of innocent people, Jackson will need every shred of combat skill at his disposal as he rails against a multinational organization whose corruption extends to the highest levels of government and industry.
Enigma Key (Eddie York Thriller #1)
Tom Defoe - 2018
Eddie is tasked to recover the Enigma Key, an object that holds the balance of worldly power. Using information from an old computer game his grandfather had created to hide the key’s location, and working with unlikely allies, Eddie must push himself to new limits if he’s to fulfil his destiny and become a guardian. With help from skilled computer engineer, Solomon Finch, Eddie must work his way through a challenging string of international clues for the answer to a puzzle that reaches back centuries. If Eddie and his team fail to recover the Enigma Key before their rivals and clandestine global forces, then everything will change… Enigma Key is the first book in an exciting new thriller series from Tom Defoe and Darren Wearmouth and is for fans of Crichton, Rollins, Brown, and Preston & Child. Mixing history and edge technology, Defoe and Wearmouth invite you into a new world of fast-paced, exciting adventures. *Complete the book for a chance to win the latest Alienware laptop, a retro games console, and many other prizes!*
Stone
Jack Buchanan - 1985
A new kind of war. Mark Stone has a score to settle. A former Green Beret, he has only one activity that gives meaning to his life - finding American's forgotten fighting men, the P.O.W.'s the government has conveniently labeled M.I.A.'s, and bringing them back from their hell on earth. It's too big a job for one man. But Stone has friends. And with Hog Wiley and Terrance Loughlin-a merc from east Texas and a crack British commando - Stone returns to the steaming jungles of Laos on a do-or-die mission: to free a captured fighter jock from the sadistic commander who has sentenced him to a fate worse than death....
The President Killed His Wife
Steve Richer - 2015
on live TV, during the State of the Union address! FBI agent Rogan Bricks is a recluse with a murky past. Just an ex-soldier happy to be low-profile. While he's shocked watching from his mansion in Alaska, he's not particularly distressed. He's never cared about politics anyway. But everything changes when he's personally summoned to Washington to lead the investigation. Why him? Why is his life suddenly in danger from assassins? And why is everything starting to point toward a conspiracy? Novel. Action thriller.
Anthrax Island
D.L. Marshall - 2021
Their aim: to perfect an anthrax weapon destined for Germany. They succeeded.FACT: Though the attack was never launched, the testing ground, Gruinard Island, was left lethally contaminated. It became known as Anthrax Island.Now government scientists have returned to the island. They become stranded by an equipment failure and so John Tyler is flown in to fix the problem. He quickly discovers there’s more than research going on. When one of the scientists is found impossibly murdered inside a sealed room, Tyler realises he’s trapped with a killer...
Fire Hawk
Geoffrey Archer - 1998
But none more dangerous than this one. A whispered secret in a Baghdad hotel lobby leads to his kidnapping, torture and expected execution. His paymasters have given him up for dead. Only the intervention of his ex-lover, Chrissie, and a hostage swap get him released. But days later Chrissie is murdered. Perhaps she knew too much, knew of the secret that Sam had uncovered - that a biological terror weapon codenamed Fire Hawk had been smuggled from Iraq for use against an unknown target in the West. Personal motives of revenge clash with priorities of State Security as Sam follows the weapon's and his dead lover's murky past through the Middle East, Cyprus and the Ukraine. At each step the mystery of the ultimate target deepens and the fanatics who control it become ever more elusive.
The Vault of Poseidon
Rob Jones - 2015
What is the oldest, darkest secret in history? Discovery of an ancient Greek text that could be the final piece of a mysterious puzzle older than time itself leads to a hunt for the truth as Joe Hawke fights to stop dark forces intent on changing the course of history forever. Former Commando and SBS Special Forces operative Joe Hawke finds himself drawn into the most lethal archaeological treasure hunt in history in this high-stakes action adventure. Hawke races across nations to save the world from an ancient force so deadly its location was hidden forever by the Gods themselves – until now. Packed with fast-paced action and with a dash of humour on the side, this thrilling high-octane race from London to New York to Athens reaches its deadly climax in the caves of Kefalonia where Hawke must stop an insane enemy from seizing the most powerful force in history and destroying human civilization. The future of mankind is on a knife-edge...
Recall
David McCaleb - 2013
. . To a trio of muggers, Red looks like just another suburban dad. But when they demand his wallet at knifepoint, something snaps. In the blink of an eye, two muggers are dead, the third severely injured, and Red doesn't remember a thing. Once an elite member of the Det, a secret forces outfit whose existence is beyond classified, Red thought his active service was over. But his memory is coming back--and a lethal killing machine is returning to duty . . . Facing an unthinkable nuclear threat, a volatile international power play, and a personal attack against his family, Red has no choice. He must rejoin his old team, infiltrate the enemy camp, and complete the biggest mission of his life . . .
The Night Stalker Rescue: A Shadow Strike Novella
Jason Kasper - 2020
Pandora's Succession
Russell Brooks - 2010
CIA operative, Ridley Fox, never stopped hunting his fiancée's killers—a weapons consortium called The Arms Of Ares. When Fox follows a lead to one of their top-secret bioweapons facilities in Chechnya, he barely escapes alive. However, he's learned that Ares has weaponized a hyper-deadly microbe called Pandora. The trail leads Fox to Tokyo, where he teams up with an old flame and fellow operative, Nita Parris. Aside from Ares, they must contend with rogue agents who'll stop at nothing to get Pandora. This throws Fox and Parris into a deadly game of spy vs spy, as they must rely on each other to locate the microbe. For if it's unleashed, it could mean the end of humanity.
SEAL Team Seven
Keith Douglass - 1994
Their cargo includes two tons of weapons-grade plutonium. And now, with enough nuke fuel to arm a superpower, an alliance of fanatics threatens to poison a continent. In a daring mission of high-seas heroism, Lt. Blake Murdock leads his seven-man unit from Team Seven's Red Squad into bulkhead-to-bulkhead battle -- with high-tech buccaneers who've got nothing left to lose...
The God of War
Chris Stewart - 2008
super- jet named after the Greek God of war. With its ultra powerful laser and ability to easily outmaneouver anything else in the sky, the Ares opens a new era in warfare. But when it is stolen before of a crowd of international dignitaries, the President and his defence staff must use outdated technology to try to stop their creation from sparking a war between civilizations.It's up to Colonel "Jesse" James to save the world from impending doom. But, the obstacles will be numerous. He faces suspicion from the President's chief advisor, a romantic interest with unknown allegiances, and a terror plot that seems too obvious to be true. In his fourth novel, Stewart is in top form- fusing a high octane plot with hair raising flight scenes drawn from his career as a fighter pilot.
Dark Days
Ryan Casey - 2019
A society in chaos. Will you survive the days of darkness?It all starts with a blast. Phones stop working. Planes plummet from the sky. As the police battle to maintain order, survivors scramble for the remaining supplies in a dark, disorienting new world.Martin is on a trip in the wilderness with his daughter. He knows a thing or two about preparing for disasters, but not so much about looking after a teenage girl. But when a catastrophic EMP event plunges the nation into darkness, Martin is forced on a dangerous journey to seek out shelter for his daughter in the early days of chaos.Will he be able to gather supplies and protect his daughter as society spirals out of control? Or will this dark new world destroy everything he cares about?Dark Days is the first book in the Days of Darkness post apocalyptic survival series. If you enjoy stories of ordinary people thrown into harrowing new circumstances, you'll love Dark Days.
The Night Shift
Robert Enright - 2016
A ROGUE SOLDIER. A RELENTLESS HUNT FOR THE TRUTH.Sam Pope was one of the UK’s finest soldiers, serving over a decade as an elite sniper. After a near fatal shooting brings an end to his career, Sam returns home to his family and a potential new career in the Metropolitan Police. When disaster strikes and his bond with his family is broken, Sam takes a job as an archive officer within the Met, hunting down criminals that have beaten the system and delivering his own brand of justice.When a terrorist attack at the London Marathon shakes the city to its core, Sam decides to open his own line of investigation. Venturing into the world of organised crime and police corruption, Sam soon finds himself as the number one target…and faces a race against time to expose the truth.Fans of Lee Child, Mark Dawson, Robert Ludlum and Vince Flynn who are looking for their next action hero, will be thrilled by The Night Shift.
Black Star
Robert Gandt - 2003
But with a beautiful defector of dubious loyalties guiding him, Maxwell's mission could take a wrong turn at any moment...