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Amos Carver is just minding his own business when a woman falls to her death right around the corner from where he's working. At first it seems like a senseless tragedy. An accident. Carver can't help but investigate. When he does, he realizes this was no ordinary woman. She was a trained killer. And she was looking for him.

Ex-special forces operator Amos Carver is being framed for murder. Carver hasn't killed anyone. At least not for a few years, and certainly not in some backwoods Georgia town. He would never harm the person they're accusing him of murdering. But nobody believes him. And no one is willing to help prove otherwise.

For a moment Wilson froze and looked at the white-helmeted pilot who sat high on the nose of the colossal fighter. Across the small void, he saw the pilot's eyes peer over his mask. Dark, chilling eyes. Wilson kicked right rudder to slide closer and jam any chance for a bandit gunshot. When the bandit pulled all the way over, almost on its back but in control, he cursed in frustration at what he knew was coming next.

The first book in Adam Lofthouse's Enemy of the Empire series. An action-packed adventure set outside the boundaries of Ancient Rome. 'Raven: Defier of Rome is a book I wish I’d written!' - Michael Jecks Chief Killer. Battle Turner. Oathbreaker. Alaric is an enemy of Rome. 144 AD. Alaric...

Bloomsbury presents Eye of the Raven by Tim Hodkinson, read by Rycharde Everley. Alone in a foreign land, Viking warrior Einar must choose his loyalties in the face of war. The gripping new instalment in the Whale Road Chronicles. For the first time, Einar and the Wolf Coats find themselves...

A contemporary air-sea heavyweight fight...the like we haven't seen since the Pacific War. A routine US Navy freedom-of-navigation patrol in the South China sea turns deadly when it encounters a covert - and unauthorized - Chinese plot to lay claim to waters of the South China Sea. Misunderstanding, miscalculation, and fear lead to both sides mobilizing, with the United States moving west across the Pacific to meet and engage the People's Liberation Army (Navy) who waits with modern weaponry and determined purpose.

After taking command of a carrier strike group deployed to the Mediterranean, Greek and Turkish tensions reach the boiling point when ships are lost under mysterious circumstances. With Flip's strike group in the region, Russia flexes its muscle, first with airpower, then with a naval deployment the volume of which the world had not seen since the Russo-Japanese War to deny the West use of the North Atlantic. Tasked by Washington to confront the onslaught, Flip must maneuver his forces to avoid detection and be in position to strike first when the order comes.

In the aftermath of a violent rebellion Robin Hood and his men must fight for survival with an enemy deadlier than any they've faced before... 1322. England is in disarray and Sir Guy of Gisbourne, the king's own bounty hunter, stalks the greenwood, bringing bloody justice to the outlaws and rebels who hide there. When things begin to go horribly wrong self-pity, grief and despair threaten to overwhelm the young wolf's head who will need the support of his friends and family now more than ever.

The continuation of the explosive, action packed adventure series chronicling the fascinating life of Harald Hardrada Mercenary. Exile. Warlord. At the edge of the world, the clouds of war are gathering… 1034AD Cast out from the Kyivan Rus, Harald Sigurdsson’s quest for fame and fortune...

In Blood Song, Anthony Ryan introduced readers to “a fascinating world of conflicting religions and the wars fought in the name of those faiths” (Library Journal). Now Ryan’s epic tale continues as Vaelin Al Sorna discovers that there is no escape from the call of destiny… “The...

Wilson shot a glance over his right shoulder at San Ramon. In addition to the blinking of anti-aircraft artillery guns, he could see clouds of smoke on the field from the numerous Slash hits. Breathing through his mouth, he concentrated on getting fast and maintaining a slight climb. Bright fireballs of AAA shot by him in groups of three and four, orderly trails from low to high. His body was tense, ready for impact. He felt and heard the thud behind, on his right.

With the aid of the Native American Shaman Conawago, Duncan McCallum has begun to heal from the massacre of his Highland clan by the British. But his new life is shattered when he and Conawago discover a dying Virginian officer nailed to an Indian shrine tree. To their horror, the authorities arrest Conawago and schedule his hanging. As Duncan begins a desperate search for the truth, he finds himself in a maelstrom of deception and violence.

Before Captain Jake Baylor became the leader of Task Force Raven, Texas' elite counterterrorism unit, he was a Green Beret with ODA 911, fighting on the front lines of America's longest war. Raven’s Wrath is a relentless, high-octane military thriller that takes readers deep into the brutal, unforgiving battlefields of Afghanistan—where only the strong survive, and the mission always comes first. Assigned to disrupt enemy supply lines, Baylor and his Special Forces team uncover intelligence that reveals a far greater threat: a ruthless warlord with ties to international terrorist networks.

An American airman has vanished. While embedded in a covert counterintelligence mission, Air Force Special Agent Devin Jackson is thrust into the center of a deadly power struggle between rival African warlords. What begins as a recovery operation quickly becomes a fight for survival—and for the truth of who Devin is and where his loyalty truly lies. The mission deepens when Devin places his trust in Kadijah, a Nigerian intelligence agent with secrets of her own. But Kadijah isn’t just hunting an enemy—she’s pursuing vengeance, and the cost may be far greater than either of them expects.

In the aftermath of a devastating terrorist attack on a U.S. Border Patrol station in McAllen, Texas, Major Jake Baylor faces his most personal mission yet. When a VBIED explosion and mortar attack kills dozens, including his best friend Clint McNamara, Baylor and his elite Task Force Raven spring into action. What appears to be a brutal cartel assault is actually something far more sinister—a coordinated diversion allowing ISIS operative Abu Waleed Hassan, known as "The Reaper," and his team of jihadists to slip across the border undetected.

Raven Miller knows it for sure: Life can be cruel. Born to an abusive mother, Raven knew only a life of war. After escaping her home, Raven meets a man who bears a remarkable resemblance to her father. And when she finds out about his cheating wife, Raven has just the solution. Together with the heinous Annie Sugarland they travel the country, fighting injustice. But soon, someone of a higher power wants Raven to pay for her own crimes. She discovers she's a link in a chain that dates back to the dawn of history. But can she find a path to redemption?

Read by Victoria Taft, Raven's Redemption audiobook is a spy thriller in the genre made popular by Brad Thor, Vince Flynn, Ben Coes, and Kyle Mills. Raven's ragtag team thwarted an EMP attack by terrorists with Iranian nukes, but paid a terrible price. Everyone on his team was badly injured. A peaceful neighborhood was left in flames. Raven's partner Josie, a gentle psychic with exceptional powers, is catatonic. Her mind shut down from the trauma of red, raw combat. She is gone - along with their dreams of someday having normal lives. Raven swore to protect her. She trusted him.

Raven und seine Wikingerkrieger haben gelitten. Gute Männer sind den Schlachtentod gestorben, hart erkämpfte Reichtümer sind wieder verloren. Aber für die Nordmänner gibt es etwas, das für sie wertvoller ist als alles Gold und Geschmeide dieser Welt – Ruhm! Und so segeln die eingeschworenen Kämpfer nach Konstantinopel, jener sagenumwobenen Stadt, die sie Miklagard nennen. Auf ihrer Reise von den windgepeitschten Marschen der Camargue zu den Resten dessterbenden Roms müssen sie sich n neuen Gefahren und Kämpfen stellen: Der Weg zu Gold und Ehre ist mit Blut gepflastert.

Der junge Osric, genannt Blutauge, lebt ein ruhiges Leben in seinem Dorf bis seine Gemeinschaft eines Tages von Plünderen niedergemetzelt wird. Osric gerät in die schonungslose Welt der Nordmänner, in der er ums Überleben kämpfen muss. Doch der Hunger nach Abenteuer macht einen Krieger aus ihm. In Blut und Schweiß schmiedet er eine tiefe Freundschaft zu Sigurd, mit dessen Mannen er sich auf den Pfad von Krieg und Eroberung begibt.

Raven, den man als Blutauge kennt, und seine Wikinger-Brüder sind verraten worden. Der missgünstige Ealdred ist geflohen - in das Reich von Kaiser Charlemagne, wo angeblich unendliche Reichtümer versteckt sind. In der Wut brennender Rache machen Raven und sein Wolfsrudel harter Kämpfer sich auf in das Land der Christen, wo die Heiden unbekannte Gefahren, finstere Intrigen und große Schlachten erwarten.