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By 1964, the great empires of Europe have not faded into history. They have expanded across the globe, carving the world into spheres of influence, colonial possessions, and rival imperial blocs. For decades, the United States has thrived by playing one empire against another, balancing ambition with diplomacy and avoiding a direct clash with the Old World powers. But when events spiral out of control, that delicate game collapses.

Every year, thousands of Chinese fishing vessels descend on Argentina’s territorial waters and fish them dry, causing ecological and economic damage estimated in the billions. Ryan McGowan, a disgraced Marine Raider, yearns for a second chance at adventure before fluorescent depression kills him. Enter Mike Hudson, a private military contractor with a murky past. Mike recruits Ryan and a team of similarly disgruntled operators for a maritime security detail in Argentina —policing illegal fishing with deadly force.

In a small town in Utah, people are contracting a horrific disease with alarming plague-like symptoms. The CDC quarantines the area, but outbreaks are already being reported in China, Japan, and England. Evidence suggests this is not a new strain of superbug - but an act of war, an orchestrated deployment of unstoppable terror.... 

In the dark, primal jungles of the Congo Basin, something is ravaging the local population. When protests turn violent in front of the US embassy in Kinshasa, only the foreign policy experts paid attention. Civil war erupts, and people rip each other apart in the streets of the African capital. To avert disaster and preserve its self-image, an overwhelmed State Department dispatches a team of elite counterterrorism agents to bring their besieged people back alive.

If you’re a fan of Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp, Lee Child’s Jack Reacher, and Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, you won’t be able to pause the compulsively addictive Danny Pearson thriller series.

Time to Kill is a pulse-racing thriller about Islamic terrorists bent on delivering Egypt into the hands of America's arch enemy-Iran In Jack Coughlin and Donald A. Davis' newest thriller in The New York Times bestselling series featuring American sniper Kyle Swanson, the Sphinx, a symbol of...

Assigned to track down a dishonored recon Marine who escaped from an island penitentiary after causing the death of a murderous fellow inmate, Deputy U.S. Marshal Tim Rackley investigates the underworld of a large pharmaceutical company and finds himself questioning the circumstances under which his target was convicted.

Brian has stood by Dan’s side as they have battled the dead, Ridder, and the Initiative. He has been loyal to his friend and fought his way through hell. Now as Dan becomes cut off from Angel, Brian must accept his destiny and leave his brother’s side to embark on a journey to save kidnapped friends. As Brian calls in the Posse of former SWAT and Delta friends, the zombies continue their deadly attack on the living as Ridder does the unbelievable. Can Brian do what needs to be done before the world is awash in ashes?

It is April 1964 in a world in which the "swinging '60s" never happened. Two Soviet tank armies have fallen on Iran and are pouring down from the Zagros Mountains onto the Iraqi floodplains of the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers like wolves upon the fold. In the United States, the overwhelming popular mood is one of "America first". The "victory" of the October War has never seemed more pyrrhic, or all the death, destruction, and grief more futile, than it does in the second week of April 1964. Only one thing is certain: The world is about to be turned upside down again.

The enemy believes the battle is nearly over, but he’s just getting started. Sector 17 has tried to silence the Ghost of Oz, but he doesn’t back down. Back on the hunt, Tyler Reid uncovers chilling truths that challenge everything he knows about his enemy and the woman who works for them...

After surviving the Battle of Cape Ecnomus in 256 BC, Tontorix and Diaecus relocate to Phoenicia where they assimilate themselves into the culture by learning the language, adopting new names, and joining the lucrative purple dye manufacturing business.

The hunt is on to find Patient Zero... Both the East and the West Coasts of the United States have collapsed, and the US military is in full retreat. All their attempts to stem the tide of the dead have failed. Former counter-terrorism agent Mark Steele and his fellow survivors have been bushwhacked in the West Virginia hills. The fringe West Virginians are teaching him a valuable lesson in the new rules of the apocalypse. The mountain folk are as resilient as they are ruthless, and Steele must find a way out to save his people.

Espionage was nothing new to Captain Larry McGraw and the crew of the USS Charlotte, a Los Angeles class fast-attack submarine. But this mission certainly was. Docked onto the hull of his sub was the new, state-of-the-art Advanced SEAL Delivery System, complete with 16 highly trained SEALs. Orders from the White House were simple, yet clear. Penetrate the Bo Hai Bay - a mere 100 miles from Beijing - and linger while the SEALS conduct nighttime missions. Simple, as long as they weren't detected.

Out of the Shadows From the blood-soaked back alleys of Detroit to the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New York, one name has echoed through the underworld like a whispered curse: Perh Cushing. A ghost in a world of shadows. A puppeteer behind global crime, charity, and terror alike. No one knows who he is—until now. In this explosive conclusion to the Noir saga, the answers are finally revealed. Jack Manson—the haunted detective with a gun in one hand and a death wish in the other. Ellis Davis—a smiling psychopath with wild eyes and no loyalty.