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The first book in the Chris Ryan Extreme series. Former SAS Warrant Officer Joe Gardner has fought the Regiment's deadliest enemies, in some of the most desolate places on earth. And he's always won. Now he's about to face his toughest challenge yet. After losing his hand whilst on a covert...

The second book in the Chris Ryan Extreme series. Former SAS hero John Bald is a man at war with himself and fighting a losing battle with the bottle. But then he is reluctantly thrust back into battle... In the race to develop ever more powerful weapons, technology has become the new frontline...

Complete and unabridged. From the author of the bestselling Danny Black series and the hit TV show Strikeback. Despatches from the secret world behind the headlines. Former SAS legend Chris Ryan brings you his seventeenth novel, filled with his trademark action, thrills and inside knowledge...

The third book in the Chris Ryan Extreme series. Disavowed. No one can escape their past forever. Ex-SAS operator John Bald knows that better than most. So when the Firm corners Bald in Kazakhstan with a promise to wipe the slate clean, he reluctantly agrees to return to the frontline. His...

A standalone short story from best-selling writer Chris Ryan. Danny Black is a lone wolf on an unofficial mission. He is in the deserts of East Africa, looking for his old comrade in arms, Spud, wounded in their last mission and now missing. A wounded British solder is a commodity in these parts.... Danny recruits a grizzled ex-Blade to help him, encounters an ex-Mossad mercenary who is part of the supply chain, and heads for a showdown with a small Somali army led by most-wanted Islamist militant Abu Bakr.

In late 1756, as the British government collapses in the aftermath of the loss of Minorca, and the country and navy are thrown into political chaos, a small force of ships is sent to the West Indies to reinforce the Leeward Islands Squadron. Captain Edward Carlisle and his first lieutenant George Holbrooke are fresh from the Mediterranean and their capture of a powerful French man-of-war. Their new frigate Medina has orders to join a squadron commanded by a terminally ill commodore. Their mission: a near-suicidal assault on a strong Caribbean island fortress.

When fugitive Serbian war criminals abduct Charlotte Rose—the world-renowned pianist and daughter of the International Criminal Tribunal's presiding judge—the very foundation of global justice teeters on the brink. With an assassination attempt on the judge already raising alarms, this kidnapping is more than just a ransom play—it's a declaration of war. Enter Alex Morgan—elite spy and soldier for INTREPID, the black ops division of INTERPOL. His mission is brutal and clear: Return that girl to her family and drag those bastards back to justice. Dead or alive.

Chris Collins is an ex-CIA agent with a history of rogue missions. After crossing the world to bring his enemies to justice, he's burned out and in need of a break. When a shipment of nuclear weapons is stolen at a Turkish air base, Chris decides to leave this one to his former agency. But things soon get personal. Holed up in a plush Rio de Janeiro hotel suite, Chris is forced to leave his romantic retreat with Tsu and embark on a gruelling mission that takes him through the trials of the Amazon jungle to the heart of Africa.

Detective Sergeant Chase Barrington has never forgotten his high school sweetheart. He and Josie Munro planned to marry as soon as she graduated, but fate stepped in and Chase made the painful decision to end it. Unable to find the courage to tell her the truth, he left town without a word of explanation. A decade after graduating high school, Doctor Josie Munro, child psychologist, has recently returned to her hometown.

Chris Black has spent two decades searching for answers deep within the world’s oceans and is no stranger to the risks of undersea life. Alongside Mac Johnson, his childhood friend and former Navy SEAL, Chris has cheated death above and below the ocean’s surface more times than he can count. But nothing has prepared him for the violence he and his team encounter in their own backyard of Carmel-by-the-Sea, violence which will change the team forever.

In 1851, Paul Cassian joins a mining crew on a journey to newly discovered gold mines in Oregon Territory. Instead of discovering riches, they find themselves fallen prey to supernatural forces bent on trapping them to toil forever in the mines deep in the mountains.

Philo Trout just wanted to start over. He moved to Philadelphia to keep his past a secret. His new life as a crime scene cleaner is quiet - until he discovers that many of his “clients” are coming up short on their organ count. As Philo tries to outrun his past, a coworker can’t remember his own. Patrick was found brutally beaten, and is now an amnesiac as a result.

When former computer-crimes prosecutor Chris Bruen and retired hacktivist Zoey Doucet open their San Francisco law firm, it's the best day of their professional lives. That is, until their first client walks through the door. Ian Ayres is an "ethical hacker" who was hired by a company to test the security of its online systems. On the job, he uncovered some highly classified information: the existence of a top-secret government surveillance agency and its Skeleton Key, a program that can break any form of encryption.

Step into the shadowy, dangerous streets of modern-day Kiev with “Eastern Vengeance.” Meet Taras, a driven accountant thrust into a world of violence and betrayal. Entangled in a sinister web of corruption, he navigates a city where danger lurks at every corner, and morality is a luxury no one can afford. Meet Vlado, a hardened former sniper consumed by sexual desires at any cost. Finally, meet Masha, the cold-hearted assassin shackled with a deep resentment that can only be satisfied with sharp knives and explosives.

Dillon Bledsoe has been in prison for seven years. In this continuation of The Stranger, Dillon is lost, searching for hope and determined to uncover the truth about the night several high school girls were murdered. He meets the mysterious Jonathan Maynard who offers assistance in exonerating him, but one startling revelation after another cause Dillon to question the man's motives. Confused and unsure who to trust, Dillon returns to Seal Bay in an attempt to clear his name and leave the past where it belongs.

Not on my watch! So declared Montana Senator Beauregard Bryant when the small town of Twin Rivers, Montana, sought a lucrative federal contract to house Guantanamo Bay prisoners in its languishing prison. Undaunted, newly elected town Mayor Phoenix Jamborsky hires local lawyer Gabriel Lantagne to help secure the controversial contract against the wishes of the powers that be in Montana.

A wealthy Los Angeles ad executive, Craig Keller has it all–a loving family and lavish lifestyle steeped in glamor and success. But beneath the luxurious facade, he is tormented by guilt over his brother DJ’s death in a yacht accident thirty years ago, which left no body. Tragedy strikes with the death of Craig’s father, but nothing prepares Craig for the ghosts of his past coming back to haunt him at the funeral.

Auf der ganzen Welt sind die Reliquien des Heiligen Kreuzes verschwunden. Im Auftrag des Vatikan soll ein dreiköpfiges Expertenteam diesen gewaltigen Reliquienraub aufklären: die Paläografin Ottavia Salina, der Archäologe Farag Boswell und der Schweizergardist Kaspar Glauser-Röist. Bald stoßen sie auf eine streng geheime Bruderschaft - die Wächter des Kreuzes. Um zu ihnen vorzudringen, muss das Trio einen uralten Initiationsritus meistern.