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A high-stakes espionage thriller with political intrigue and Hollywood glamour, secrets, and twists. Thrown from a glitzy, creative Hollywood life into a sphere of corruption and espionage by those she loves most, those bound by loyalty and passion where these worlds collide, Alouette Strauss must save them all. But whom can she trust most? Her best friend, hip-hop superstar and composer Manuel Luis Burnett? His boyfriend, cold but kind and strong makeup artist Yuri "York" Sokolov? Secret Balkan spy and her dad's ex-wife, Astrid Lubovich?

An edge-of-your-seat original prequel novel based on Showtime’s hit series, HOMELAND, ‘the best thriller on American television’ New York Post Beirut, 2006. CIA operations officer Carrie Mathison barely escapes an ambush while attempting a clandestine meeting with a new contact code-named...

Hardened ex-hit man Peter Black is back working the dark corridors of the CIA. It just so happens that fate has an ironic sense of timing. His first week back coincides with the unleashing of a cataclysmic virus that plunges the world into unparalleled turmoil. The sole antidote hides in a secret lab hidden beneath Sudan’s burning desert. But with the country on the verge of civil war, the CIA’s initial extraction mission fails, losing the vital cure in a maelstrom of savage violence.

CIA analyst Jill Bailey has her life turned upside down by the voice at the end of the phone. In a split second she must decide whether to save her child or protect her country. Years later, Jill has a new home, a new town and a safe family. Until investigative journalist Alex Charles shows up with a tip that could prove her sacrifices were worthwhile. When confronted with the stark reality that double dealing at the CIA is putting innocent lives at risk, Jill decides that this time she'll face the consequences of her actions.

After a trumped-up trial, Charlie Muffin lands in jail for treason - ready to learn the secrets of his fellow inmate, a convicted British traitor. Nobody expected KGB agents to stage a prison break to free their man. Charlie faces another choice: go to Moscow to complete his assignment or face 40 long years in prison. It doesn’t take him long to decide. Charlie doesn’t have the full picture, of course, which is the way of espionage. But Charlie doesn’t regret his Iron Curtain escape, as it leads him to Natalia Fedova, the KGB interrogator assigned to determine if his defection is genuine or staged.

A surge of anger billowed through Ted like a shock wave. His right eye began to twitch, and his heart pounded even harder as he remembered the quote, "Never wrong your enemy so much they're forced to seek revenge." All he wanted to do was retire, but they took that from him. Took her, from him. Suddenly a flash of insight blasted through his mind like a searing bolt of lightning. He knew what he had to do. An explosive madness for revenge dominated his thoughts like a rocket-powered locomotive.

It could be the most sensational defection of all time. The head of the Russian KGB’s cipher section comes with every code, every plot, every secret. But his most startling disclosure of all is that the Russians are planning a shocking assassination. But the defector doesn’t know who. Or where. Or how. Or when. All Charlie knows is that he must stop the murder from happening - without being marked for death himself.

On the run from a shadowy cabal of the world's most powerful men, ex-Navy Seal Michael Gannon heads to the safest place he can think of: his war buddy's ranch in the wilds of Utah. But when his friend's brother is found dead in the rocky mountains, Gannon realises he can't stay off grid. Is the death connected to a string of grisly murders occurring in national parks...or something even more sinister? Flushed from cover, Gannon finds himself sucked into a lethal conspiracy that has infiltrated the highest levels of the US government.

Charlie Muffin was once the toughest agent in British intelligence. He wasn’t strong, fast, or charming, but he knew how to survive. When his agency branded him a traitor, he eluded their pursuit for years. After eventually proving his innocence, he’s invited back into The Firm. But only just. Consigned to a monotonous desk job, it takes months for Charlie to get a real assignment. A KGB agent in Tokyo wants to defect to the other side. Charlie’s role is to bring him across.

John Tyler has a new mission: capture a heavily protected target from the Alps and smuggle him back into the UK – alive. La Rochelle in the dead of night: Tyler boards the Tiburon, a rusting freighter crewed by smugglers and mercenaries, for the last leg of his journey. But he is short on time. His mark's security team has pursued him across France, determined to retrieve their boss, and they won't be deterred by an ocean. The race is on.

Assassin David Slaton clashes with the Russians in this action-packed espionage thriller from USA Today bestselling author Ward Larsen. Assassin's Run revives globe-trotting, hard-hitting assassin David Slaton for another breathless adventure. When a Russian oligarch is killed by a single bullet...

Will Lee, the hero of the acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Run Before the Wind and Grassroots, has finally established himself at the heart of American government as the respected Senator from his home state of Georgia. The road to the White House, however, will be more treacherous - and...

A CIA analyst makes a split-second decision that endangers her country but saves her son—and now she must team up with an investigative journalist she’s not sure she can trust in this electrifying thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Need to Know. “[A] turbo-charged...

Retired US Marshal Mason Ashford spends his nights checking IDs and tossing drunks. His dull world shatters when he's framed for a murder he didn't commit. Tangled in a dangerous web woven by mobsters, a convict after revenge, and a crooked federal agent, Mason finds himself hunted by none other than the US Marshal who trained him.

Vincent Garrel is dragged from covert operations in the Balkans and reluctantly thrust into a UN war crimes investigation. His objective is to locate a vicious militia officer responsible for ethnic cleansing, now thought to be a major player in the modern slave trade. Conspiracy and betrayal stalk the mission, and Vincent is abandoned just as a breakthrough delivers him a witness. With assassins closing in, Vincent must gain her trust before they face the gauntlet and RUN!

In this exciting sequel to the award-winning "The Hunt for the Peggy C," Capt. Jake Rogers returns to the North Atlantic as commander of a U.S. Liberty ship with some of his crew from the sunken "Peggy C." But disaster strikes, and they end up shipwrecked in Ireland. There, Rogers learns from Dutch sailors that the Nazis have arrested the father of Miriam Maduro, the love of his life, and are about to deport him to a concentration camp. Rogers and crew sneak back into Holland aboard a gun-running ship from neutral Ireland and make contact with a resistance group to help them.

A deadly virus has broken out in Washington State. The standard procedures of quarantine and prescribed medical therapies have no effect. Victims are dying in only a few days. And 12 cases today will be 30,000 tomorrow - a replicator run that will put the entire United States at risk for destruction. Devin Parks is a reporter on the edge. Since his marriage crashed, chasing news seems pointless...until he realizes the devastating consequence of the outbreak.

Early in the next century, planetary alignment and the increasing ice mass combine to cause a shift in the Earth's poles and civilization is shattered. Travis Christian has miraculously survived nature's initial onslaught. As he faces the elements of a changed world and the baser ambitions of his fellow man, he navigates a battered sailboat toward safe harbor. Along the way, he gathers a remarkable crew of castaways. As one world ends, another begins, and they embark on the adventure of a lifetime.

In June of 2025, hundreds of planes simultaneously explode, killing hundreds of thousands in the largest coordinated attack in history. Security forces race to find the culprits as governments declare war on their unknown foe. The fourth book of the Man on the Run series is a gripping and fast-paced political thriller that questions both the structure of power in our society and the role of violence in creating a better world.

When Dr. Andrea Coster receives an offer to lead a team at CERN attempting to prove a theory on the creation of primordial black holes, she's elated. Driven by a passion to right a Nobel slight of her grandmother, she prepared her entire life for this moment.