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Shane Ryan is a wrong guy. Wrong race. Wrong gender. Wrong class.
Wrong side of the tracks. Wrong attitude. America in the near
future is a cold, cruel place, especially in the hardscrabble rural
Pacific Northwest. There's war in the Middle East, a revived draft,
mass unemployment, an economy permanently on the skids, greed and
corruption, incompetence and stupidity at the top. Poor blue-collar
kids from the trailer park are last in line for everything. America
has screwed Shane Ryan, and he returns the favor. He joins the
Northwest Volunteer Army, a terrorist organization dedicated to
overthrowing the United States government and establishing an
independent nation. America is about to learn the hard way that
what goes around, comes around.
The Constant Gardener is a magnificent exploration of the new world
order by one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our
time. The novel opens in northern Kenya with the gruesome murder of
Tessa Quayle -- young, beautiful, and dearly beloved to husband
Justin. When Justin sets out on a personal odyssey to uncover the
mystery of her death, what he finds could make him not only a
suspect among his own colleagues, but a target for Tessa's killers
as well.
A master chronicler of the betrayals of ordinary people caught in
political conflict, John le Carre portrays the dark side of
unbridled capitalism as only he can. In The Constant Gardener he
tells a compelling, complex story of a man elevated through
tragedy, as Justin Quayle -- amateur gardener, aging widower, and
ineffectual bureaucrat -- discovers his own natural resources and
the extraordinary courage of the woman he barely had time to love.
This is a story about a modern day pirate, the most ruthless
gangster and feared crime boss to ever come off the streets of
Boston. Some readers would no doubt recognize this man, so his name
and the other characters in this story have been changed to protect
the dead-- and those who could become the dead. For twenty-five
years, he ruled the Boston underworld, controlling illegal
gambling, loan sharking, and drug dealing in Boston, up and down
the East Coast from Maine to Rhode Island. He was the Don of
Boston's Irish Mafia. Who is this modern day pirate? What was his
secret deal with the FBI? Where is this man now? Only The Phantom
Pirate knows
Examines the lives of the Cambridge spies, and in particular Anthony Blunt. The story is told by Blunt, in the form of a journal which starts on the "first day of the new life". The author uses the "secret life" as a way to explore the darker realms of the 20th century and its hidden minds.
"Lines of Neutrality" is a window into the lives of two modern-day
assassins - Raven Yin and Christian Delacroix. Unbeknownst to
either of them, they are both hired to kill the same mark and
coincidentally choose the exact same night and time to strike. This
begins a chain of events that brings Raven and Christian together
to fight a war far larger and more complex than either of them
could have imagined. It is a war being waged against secret
societies whose agendas are more enigmatic than their rumored
existence.
Their personalities and methods are fundamentally different,
yet each of them discovers more about themselves by studying the
other. Despite secret societies, internal betrayal, stolen memories
and personal battles, Raven and Christian defy the odds to show
that the Society of Assassins is nobody's pawn.
In Scotland, an embryonic terrorist movement targeting the medical
establishment expands globally to include self-help groups, as well
as the Chechen terrorist underground. World leaders, now aware that
the alleged Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction are in Chechnya, fear
this knowledge will catalyze an unwanted Russian military coup. The
CIA sends Dick Swept to retrieve the WMD and stop the terrorist
attacks.
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When American citizens are hi-jacked at sea and a Cuban military
base goes up in flames, the eyes of the world turn towards the U.S.
with suspicion. Thus begins a maelstrom that both nations are
helpless to control or even comprehend. Accusations fly as the
situation deteriorates towards a military showdown.
The executives of Global Risk, an international risk management
company, know the truth behind the attacks. And one man stands at
the vortex, Frank Shepard, Chief of Staff to the President of the
United States and former executive at The Corporation. He
understands the extent of the company's ambition and their ability
to fulfill it. Frank must ride the razors edge as he guides the
President through the crisis and attempts to control a company that
would usurp a nation. "The Corporation"
Just another day at the office.
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"His appointment to defend a man accused of harming a child had
changed all that. It had revived everything in his life that was
ever painful. It had returned to his mind and soul an emptiness
that once had overwhelmed him. It had set him on a course where he
must again confront and deal with the same emotions that had almost
destroyed him.
As he watched the water move slowly by his deck, he winced at
the thought of going to work. He was scheduled to be at the Public
Defender's office that morning to view the Brewton file. Perhaps
that explained why he thought the pull of the river was unusually
magnetic. The more his sleepy head cleared, the more he realized he
wasn't being attracted by the river. He was being repelled by his
intense dislike for a man he'd never met.
Clay had tried to picture him many times, but had failed. He
tried venting his anger with imaginary punches, thrown as hard as
he could. But, he got no relief hitting a man who had no face. It
was time to get on with his dirty chore and learn all the things he
didn't want to know about a man called Harco."
Matthew McKitrick, an ordinary 'Joe' with a wife, a home and a job
at CIA headquarters as a low security level programmer, is coerced
by a desperate government into tracking down his evil twin brother.
Cruelly seperated by a random kidnapping while very young, Matthew
and his identical sibling find each other twenty-six years later.
Saddam Hussein prepares for invasion. America gets ready for an oil
war. Driven by commitment, Matthew begins a quest to find his
brother Sean, who is discovered to be working for a notorious
Iranian weapons dealer named Mahtob. This incredible journey takes
Matt from the depths of fear to pinnacles of courage, and across
two continents on the brink of Armageddon.
"The Venetian Light" is a novel about espionage, terrorism and
redemptive love. Set in Venice, Washington and the Middle East, its
story mirrors events in Reagan Administration and deals with
tragedy and survival in the world of spies and politicians. A
covert CIA officer provides information that leads to the
indictment of a rogue operative who provided explosives to Libyan
terrorists. The operative, who has fled justice, plots his revenge
and tragedy ensues. But the terrorists have an even bigger target-
an American airliner and CIA races to prevent the operation before
it happens. Libyan dictator Mu'ammar Qadhafi, CIA Director William
Casey, and a host of terrorists drawn from today's news make an
appearance.
"Suddenly, without warning the life preservers on everyone on
the party boats started to erupt in a great explosion. The party
boats exploded from underneath the waterline. The scene was quickly
littered with debris, human remains, and a cloud of smoke. So quick
was the explosion and fire that the lake seemed to blink an eye and
erase much of the carnage. The wind blew the smoke from the scene.
What was once a heavenly voyage turned into a watery grave site.
Missing was the tombstones. Only the seagulls seemed to be ready to
pick apart the minuscule pieces of a boat ride gone mad."
Who is monitoring the ships and boats that pass across Lake
Erie? The United States is extremely vulnerable on the south shore
of the lake. Therefore, it only makes sense to have protection in
place along the northern shoreline to prevent a major terrorist act
against our nuclear power plants and fresh water supply.
"Terror by Invasion" is a warning of the potential for this type
of attack. It's up to all Americans to be on guard for terrorist
cells already operating in the United States, and to become part of
the plan for defending our country.
John Austin, known as Auty, is not an impulsive man. But even so,
he decides to abandon a successful and lucrative law practice
that's won him notoriety and a reputation for integrity.
When a big case is on the line, Auty is the suit you want in
your corner. And he owes it all to his friend, mentor, and senior
partner of his law firm, Ed Fielding. So Auty doesn't think twice
about taking a plane from Wisconsin to Florida to break the news to
the old man in person. He hopes to find some time to relax in the
sun, but there will be no downtime on this trip.
What terrible secret has Ed Fielding been keeping from Auty all
these years? Why is Auty giving up a six million dollar
inheritance? Why is he risking his life for a gorgeous flight
attendant and a teenage college student he barely knows? And why
are there suddenly people trying to kill him?
Join Auty as he pursues his dreams, tries to save his friends,
and uncovers mysteries in Gold Fish.
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