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The year is 1939 and Europe is hurtling toward war. Paul Muller is an intelligence agent trying to fend off threats from Germany, but also from Britain and France. Secret agreements reveal unexpected danger and new menacing entanglements as Switzerland becomes a target in the impending conflict. Muller uncovers plots and schemes to gain advantage by ruse and ploy—and violence.

On the shore of Oslo Fjord, teenagers Kristian Thorsen and Helene Berg watch in shock and horror as their world is upended by a Nazi invasion. Driven apart by tragedy and trauma, Helene and Kristian take different paths to join the Resistance, but fate soon swirls them back together. Like many who rebel against the invaders, they must become spies and covert warriors on the fly, making huge mistakes along the way. Yet even on such a tortuous path, they are surprised by moments of grace.

The inspiring international bestseller of a seemingly ordinary woman who uses her talent and courage to transform herself first into a prestigious couturier and then into an undercover agent for the Allies during World War II. Between youth and adulthood... At age twelve, Sira Quiroga sweeps the...

It’s the autumn of 1939, and Europe lurches uncertainly into war. Paul Muller is catapulted into a diplomatic cauldron of treachery and betrayal as both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union threaten war on new fronts. In a compelling narrative of political intrigue and violence, listeners will relish being exposed to the little-known events Muller encounters, vividly illustrating the perils of a confused and fearful time.

When Staff Sergeant Paul Masset’s thirst for revenge gets his best friend killed and himself wounded in Afghanistan he's discharged by the army and drifts in a downward spiral. Years pass and finds himself a Caribbean charter boat captain, but it's only a cover for drug trafficking. Abby Gray is a driven corporate lawyer who travels to Belize trying to find her missing party girl sister. Armed with only a few cell phone pictures, she begins her search. The trail leads her to a tropical paradise and Masset’s fishing boat.

When a series of coordinated blasts takes down several Los Angeles power stations, FBI bomb tech Paul Grale is tapped to investigate. That means leaving his vulnerable niece, Julia, behind in Las Vegas. The sole survivor of a homeland bombing that killed her parents, Julia's still struggling through grief and trauma. An avowed pacifist, she's being trolled as anti-American. And entangled in an affair with the wrong man, she's facing the fallout from his crimes: stolen military-grade ammunition found in her car. But Grale has no choice but to head to LA.

While in Las Vegas on his way to a family Fourth of July celebration, FBI bomb expert Paul Grale hears a deep blast and sees the smoke rising. In an unfolding nightmare, Grale discovers his sister, brother-in-law, and many friends were caught up in the explosion. Grief stricken, he is pulled from the main bomb investigation to sift orphan leads. Quietly he begins a relentless search for the bomb maker.

The existence of two simultaneous presidents has split the country along ideological lines. The protests are becoming violent. Sections of the country have formed their own militias, along with the militias of the two warring parties. In the midst of shortages of food and other necessities, gangs and thugs are terrorizing formerly safe neighborhoods. Realizing that it is no longer safe to remain in their home, Mike McNerney decides to pack the camper and flee to Canada with his wife, Marie, and disabled teenage daughter, Elly. Unfortunately, everyone else has the same idea.

When a bilateral government order to assassinate a couple prominent Afghan elders goes spectacularly tits up, three of the six-man mercenary team are killed, two escape, and on an ex-SAS trooper, Alex Langdan is captured and held hostage by the Taliban. Now, three years on, Alex has finally gained his freedom along with a new identity. Now, he is hell-bent on seeking revenge on those that broke the unwritten rule “never leave a man behind".

Kyle von Bergen has no idea that a firsthand account of one of the most chaotic naval battles in history is sitting in the recliner of the "Crappy Apartment" where he now lives with his recently divorced mother. In his teenage perspective, all he sees is inconvenience dealing with an old man who is moving in with them. He never imagines the WWII adventure that is about to unfold or how it will impact his life.