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From the barren rocks of Aden to the west coast of Ireland, the war under the sea is subverting the certainties of the Victorian Navy. While the dreadnoughts hide away at Scapa Flow and Kiel, the submarines and small ships of both sides are taking the war to the enemy coast. The Royal Navy is at war with itself and, as in any civil war, the conflict is merciless. Gilbert Maltravers takes his tiny E Class boat to war against both navies in this final book of the trilogy.

This now-classic tale of SEAL combat action in Vietnam marked Dick Couch's debut as a novelist in 1990 and sold more than 100,000 copies. Hailed for its authenticity, it was the first novel about Navy SEALs to be written by one of their own. Couch, a SEAL platoon leader in the Mekong Delta from 1970 to 1971, includes gripping descriptions of dangerous operations that continue to attract a broad audience, with many bestselling authors calling his book a sensational story they can't put down.

Outpost Four was supposed to be a quiet rotation—babysit a radar dish in the frozen mountains and count the days. But when Bravo Team arrives, they find the base in ruins. No signs of life. No signs of Alpha Team. Only wreckage . . . and something watching. A monstrous predator has awakened beneath the ice—an ancient terror shaken loose by a recent earthquake. Towering at eighteen feet, possessed by murderous instinct, it has emerged from the cavern to kill. Now Bravo Team is being hunted—stalked, ambushed, and torn apart one by one. The snow runs red. The beast has come.

When a U.S. nuclear submarine goes dark in enemy waters, the world holds its breath. Navy SEAL Jack Solomon is sent on a covert mission to stop the unthinkable: a Russian plot to hijack the USS Midway and tip the balance of global power. With a small team of elite operatives and nothing but their training—and faith—keeping them alive, Jack must navigate betrayal, unforgiving terrain, and a countdown to catastrophe. But this war isn’t just fought with weapons. It’s fought in the soul.

The Navy has its new submarines and must discover what to do with them. They cannot fall back upon Nelson as a precedent, and Their Lordships of the Admiralty are at a loss to create a strategy. Gilbert Maltravers is given a new E Class boat and sent off to the Mediterranean, in the hope that the Admiral Commanding there will find something useful for him to do. He leaves his new wife behind and sails off to do his duty, hoping that somebody will know what his duty should be. It is the end of 1914 and the Navy has suffered humiliating defeats. Something must be done.

An der wilden Küste landen die mächtigen Legionen Roms. Für den ehrgeizigen jungen Tribun Gaius Julius Maximus stellt sich erstmals die größte Herausforderung seines Lebens. An der Seite des erfahrenen und unerbittlichen Zenturio Brutus führt er seine Männer in unbekannte Gefilde. Auf der anderen Seite erhebt sich Caratacus. Der charismatische Krieger und listige Stratege will sein Volk vor der römischen Übermacht schützen. Eine gnadenlose Schlacht entbrennt. Disziplin trifft auf Wildheit, eiserne Entschlossenheit auf grenzenlosen Freiheitswillen.

In a harrowing story of lost innocence and shattered identities, two young lives are swept up in a storm of calamity and betrayal. An Iraqi child, ripped from the warm embrace of his family, finds himself in the clutches of strangers in a foreign country. While the boy’s desperate family searches tirelessly for their beloved son, the kidnappers weave a web of lies to erase his past, forging a cruel destiny that will test the bonds of fraternity and love.

Trying desperately to hold on to power, Syria’s dictator resorts to one last, deadly throw of the dice. Using a recently developed bio-chemical weapon developed in an impregnable medieval fortress he hopes to plunge the entire region into the kind of chaos that will allow him to emerge stronger than ever. The Americans have become aware of this weapon but are desperate to eliminate it without a major assault that would trigger a wider war with unforeseeable and unwanted consequences.

Bloody Nick returns from the Mediterranean tired—he has done too much, seen too much, and needs rest at home. His ship, HBMS Hawke, needs time in the yard. A year of half-pay leaves Nick rested and anxious to get back to sea. He is close to the top of the Captain's List and automatic promotion to Rear Admiral must be due in two to four years—the actual date varying at the Admiralty's convenience. Captains sitting at home without a command are more likely to be yellowed, made without squadron, and never employed again.

Inspired by the true story of two sisters who helped Jewish people escape fascist Germany, a powerful, compelling novel of love, courage and sacrifice. 'I adored it... A truly heartrending, stirring, important novel, perfect for anyone who enjoys a cracking good tale' LOUISE MORRISH 'An...

Ferrand Martin and his team of démineurs spend their days in the ruined fields of Zone Rouge on the periphery of Verdun, France where they clean up the artillery and explosives used in World War I. One bullet, one bit of shrapnel, one bomb at a time. The work, they say, is not measured in days, months, or years, but in generations. It’s taken a century to get this far, and it will take many more centuries to complete.

The fourth instalment of Griff Hosker’s Conquest series, Treachery follows the gripping journey of Baron Richard fitz Malet, a young knight torn between his steadfast duty and the treachery that threatens to unravel everything he holds dear. As the north stands on the brink of chaos, fitz Malet must navigate a treacherous landscape filled with cunning adversaries, including the devious Walcher, Bishop of Durham. When the call comes to venture across the sea to Normandy, he is not just risking his life but endangering the very future of his family and the brave men under his command.

In einer winzigen Wohnung in Beirut leben der 63-jährige Radscha und seine über 80-jährige Mutter Seite an Seite. Als Radscha ein Stipendium in den USA angeboten wird, ist das die ersehnte Gelegenheit zur Flucht – vor der Mutter, dem politischen Chaos im Libanon und vor der eigenen Vergangenheit. Doch was als Neuanfang gedacht war, wird zur Rückschau auf persönliche und politische Katastrophen und bringt Radscha dazu, einen Verrat, den er eigentlich vergessen wollte, noch einmal zu durchleben.

Iraq, 2007. It’s the height of the insurgency. The roads are almost impassable. IEDs kill American soldiers every single day. Tens of thousands of fresh troops are pouring into the country, and they’re barely holding the line. But after dark, Delta Force, SEALs and Rangers are starting to turn the tide. Every single night, Trapp is out with them, kicking down doors and taking names. Now there’s a new threat. American hopes in Iraq rest on control of the skies. Her enemies know that, Iran chief among them. But when countries quarrel, it’s soldiers who do the fighting.

Iryna Fingerova erzählt so bewegend wie authentisch vom Leben einer jungen ukrainischen Hausärztin in Deutschland, während in ihrem Heimatland Krieg herrscht. Von ihrer Trauer, ihren Schuldgefühlen, ihrer Wut und Resignation, bis hin zu dem Versuch, das eigene Leben weiterzuleben, die Ereignisse zu akzeptieren und vielleicht persönlichen Frieden zu finden. Mira Zehmann ist Hausärztin, Mutter, Ehefrau. Sie stammt aus einer jüdischen Familie in Odesa, vor Jahren hat sie zusammen mit ihrem Mann die Ukraine verlassen, um in Deutschland ihr eigenes Leben zu leben – für sich und ihre kleine Tochter.

A solar researcher discovers a massive flare racing toward Earth but leaders silence her warning. When the blast wipes out power and chaos erupts, she must outrun a collapsing world to reach her loved ones before the darkness brings something far worse.

In a nation where loyalty is rationed and freedom is regulated, the line between law and tyranny has vanished. Coldwater, Michigan was supposed to be quiet. Locked down. Managed. But when Corporate Security tightens its grip, cuts food, shrinks the perimeter, and turns civilians into shields, something old and dangerous wakes up in the countryside.

Cuando un ex analista de la CIA se precipita por un acantilado en su Porsche clásico, parece un desafortunado accidente. Cuando un segundo y luego un tercero aparecen muertos en circunstancias inusuales, las sospechas de la CIA se confirman: estos hombres fueron asesinados. Los tres analistas estuvieron asignados al mismo proyecto ultrasecreto: una revisión interna de la participación de la CIA en el asesinato del presidente John F. Kennedy.

Un hombre desnudo cae del cielo nocturno y se estrella a través del techo de una casa rodante, y casi mata a la pareja de ancianos que se encontraba dentro. La víctima es pronto identificada como Pete Hostetler, un ejecutivo muy respetado de una empresa de fabricación de juguetes con sede en California. Pero los detectives están desconcertados, y no hay pistas. ¿Cayó accidentalmente de un avión o lo empujaron?

Stell dir eine Welt vor, in der alle elektronischen Systeme versagen und die Gesellschaft im Chaos versinkt. Würdest du überleben? Die Wölfin ist der packende Endzeit-Thriller, der dich mit jeder Seite tiefer in eine gnadenlose Realität zieht und deinen Puls rasen lässt. Die ehemalige Fallschirmjägerin Kathrin befindet sich auf einem Lehrgang, als plötzlich die Welt, wie sie sie kennt, zusammenbricht: Ein mysteriöser Ausfall sämtlicher elektronischer Geräte und Systeme stürzt die Gesellschaft in Anarchie.