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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > Espionage & spy thriller
"Almidar Kamel, "a model cadet at Sundance Military School in rural
Norwood, Tennessee, reveres Allah, embraces holy war, hates
America, and is preparing for martyrdom. As he listens to his
Muslim leaders, he surmises the wait will be short.
"Zamrah Musenu, "the beautiful daughter of a wealthy and
unscrupulous Bulgarian, has been protected by men her entire life.
Living in the United States, she discards her cultural shackles and
makes her own decisions. However, she's an unwitting connection to
her father's activities, planted by U.S. Special Intelligence at
Sundance, where Kamel awaits his calling.
"Alex Esnecu, "a conniving and cunning Gypsy, works as a mule to
bring terrorist funds to the United States. When he shows up in
Norwood, Zamrah is confused and fearful. But she can't let on that
Alex is her adopted brother and former lover. Alex may be spying or
have more sinister motives.
As the paths of these young people mingle, Special Intelligence
is on the alert. A pregnant student is murdered, and the school
spirals into fear. Almidar's disappearance after the death is
suspicious, but when Alex brings an encoded warning, authorities
puzzle together that a terrorist attack is imminent. Can they
decode the message in time to stop the carnage?
Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and other terrorist groups have kept Jim Starr
busy for many years and funded his work. Since 1965, he has tracked
down and killed anyone working on alternative energy and fuel
research. First it was Sam Edwards, then John Gibson, Jack Atwell,
and Nancy Johnson.
Fast-forward to 2008. Chuck Springer is tired of high gas prices
and pollution. He worries what the world will do when fossil fuels
are gone. Using lottery winnings, he and seven others combine their
expertise to create a hydrogen-powered hybrid with an ultimate fuel
recovery system. After winning a Los Angeles to Washington D.C.
Alternative Fuels Car race, their invention garners unprecedented
media attention-and falls smack onto Jim Starr's radar.
Knowing they, too, are now targets for terrorists doesn't stop
Chuck and his team from intensifying their efforts. They pen deals
with the major car manufacturers, form International Applied
Hydrogen, and bring more engineers and projects into the company.
As they begin to design and build hydrogen construction projects
around the world, the team knows hydrogen energy is within their
reach and will change the world. But in order to succeed, they must
stay one step ahead of Jim Starr.
The Fifth Column is a thrilling novel about the only man who can
thwart a Nazi sympathizer uprising in New York during the Second
World War, from bestselling author Andrew Gross. A Man in Trouble
February 1939 and Europe is on the brink of war. Charles Mossman is
in a bar in Hell's Kitchen, New York, reeling from the loss of his
job and his failing marriage, whilst outside thousands of Nazi
sympathizers are attending a hate-spewing rally. As he confronts
one, Charles makes a horrendous mistake with deadly consequences. A
City of Secrets Two years later, Charles is released from prison
and tries to make amends with his wife and daughter. America is
wrestling with whether to enter the war but support is growing,
driving Nazi sympathizers underground. Charles begins to understand
that surrounding them there are forces that will use any means
necessary to bring about the downfall of his nation. The Enemy
Within When Charles's daughter is befriended by a seemingly amiable
Swiss couple, it brings to the surface his fears of a 'Fifth
Column' of embedded German spies in their new neighbourhood. All
Charles wants is to redeem himself as a husband and father, but
sometimes a man must do whatever it takes to stand up for his
family and what he believes, even sacrificing his life to do so . .
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The second adventure in Maz Evans's laugh-out-loud funny Vi Spy
series! PRAISE FOR THE SERIES: 'Twists, turns, spies and surprises.
What more do you want? Tears? Laughter? Maz Evans delivers them
all.' FRANK COTTRELL BOYCE 'Wildly hilarious' THE GUARDIAN Vi is
failing at top spy school Rimmington Hall - even though the school
motto is 'Failure is Not an Option'. To make it worse,
nearly-stepbrother Russell Sprout is an A* student. Worst of all,
Vi's shadowy nemesis Umbra is still at large. Can Vi unveil the
arch-villain before she gets expelled and her parents ground her
for ever? She'll need the help of old friends and new, including
9-year-old super-hacker Missy Fit and BFF Tamina, who aims to save
the world in a different way ... The second book in a brilliant
middle-grade comedy adventure series; follows book 1, Vi Spy:
Licence to Chill, which was shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards.
From the bestselling author of the Who Let the Gods Out? series;
book 1 shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize. A laugh-out-loud
funny, high-octane spy story perfect for readers aged 8 and up.
Perfectly combines humour and heart: addresses the realities of
being caught between divorcing parents. Praise for the WHO LET THE
GODS OUT? series: 'I totally fell in love with Elliot and the gods,
and I think you're all going to love them too.' ROBIN STEVENS 'One
of the funniest new voices in children's literature. The laughs
come thick and fast' DAVID SOLOMONS '[A] relentlessly witty,
fast-paced middle grade adventure' M.G. LEONARD
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A fast-unfolding, untold tale of deception, betrayal and romance
leading to a tense life-or-death climax in occupied France. The
strange brigadier who hardly speaks... Leo, his feisty pilot
daughter... Labrador, the vengeful Pole... Henry Dunning-Green,
Leo's boring suitor... Adrian Russell, the treacherous master
spy... ... All linked by SOE Somerville, the top secret Second
World War finishing school for spies on England's south coast, and
its local community: A melting pot of intrigue and
counter-intrigue. This is the first fictional treatment of life at
the famous Special Operations Executive 'finishing school' for
spies, SOE Beaulieu in the New Forest (renamed SOE Somerville).
It's also the first fully realised fictional portrait of master spy
and traitor Kim Philby (renamed Adrian Russell) who lectured at SOE
Beaulieu. Many of the events actually took place.
Colonel Alexandr Sasha Katsanov, the loyal and dedicated Soviet GRU
espionage agent, is challenged once again when KGB operatives
attempt to kill him, but instead brutally murder his wife, Katiya.
Following the botched event, he is sent to the United States as an
attache assigned to the Soviet Embassy for protection. He quickly
discovers that espionage is a two-edged sword, Soviet agents and
Americans alike, fall prey to greed and ideological motivations to
sell-out their governments. Chris Adams' latest work is another
high quality spy story. The exceptional realism of the plot
sequences resemble all too clearly many of actual events that
occurred during the Cold War period of anxiety. Director, National
Security Agency Adams' exceptional knowledge of Cold War history
and the internal operations of the vast Soviet espionage agencies
have led to the creation of another captivating story that leaves
one spellbound with anticipation of the unexpected. --Ronald
Huffstutler, Ph.D., Texas A&M University-Commerce Once again,
Chris Adams has provided us with a credible adventure story which
takes us on a realistic journey into the shadowy realm of the cruel
ruthlessness of the Soviet Union's Cold War spy agencies. --Lt.
Gen. Warren D. Johnson, USAF (Ret), Former Director, Defense
Nuclear Agency
Join high-spirited ex-Ranger Jack McDonald, board the luxury yacht
Arcturus, and sail into a swirling, fast-paced plot of espionage,
piracy, betrayal, and Islamic terrorism. Saya-dar-The Shade-the
terrorist master planner, is poised on the edge of the
Caribbean-poised to strike America. Between Saya-dar and America
stand ex-Ranger Jack McDonald and the Arcturus. Arcturus is one day
out of Miami, rounding the edge of the Bahamas' remote "Out
Islands." The action is about to start. Don't miss out. Buy
Arcturus and join the crew.
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Slough House
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While following clues they find on a computer disk stolen by a
corporate extortionist, American journalist, Luke Carter, and news
service company heiress, Sabrina Morgan, become entangled in a
deadly and dangerous web of international intrigue, industrial
espionage, and Japan's underworld.
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Lady Anselman stood in the centre of the lounge at the Ritz Hotel
and with a delicately-poised forefinger counted her guests. There
was the great French actress who had every charm but youth,
chatting vivaciously with a tall, pale-faced man whose French
seemed to be as perfect as his attitude was correct. The popular
wife of a great actor was discussing her husband's latest play with
a Cabinet Minister who had the air of a school-boy present at an
illicit feast. A very beautiful young woman, tall and fair, with
grey-blue eyes and a wealth of golden, almost yellow hair, was
talking to a famous musician. A little further in the background, a
young man in the uniform of a naval lieutenant was exchanging what
seemed to be rather impressive chaff with a petite but exceedingly
good-looking girl. Lady Anselman counted them twice, glanced at the
clock and frowned.
This book of stories takes us from the most primitive of villages,
in the deepest parts of the Colombian Jungles, to Miami, Fl. where
battles between good and evil are waged. The Ghost Warrior puts you
into the mind of a CIA sniper who is charged with the
assassinations of the most evil of the world's villains. How could
this untrusting, trained killer live in a world of death and
destruction and still enter into the boundaries of emotion and
tenderness, quite comfortably, without renouncing his chosen
career? Perhaps some answers are found in his relationship with his
adored Angelita. When a person saves you from certain death, does
he or she become your Guardian Angel? This is a novel of good
versus evil and how one man who never believed he would allow
himself to enter into a close personal relationship, did just that.
The book contains seven stories which follow a sequence of events.
It begins with Raul Lightfoot's unsuccessful attempt to parachute
into a jungle where a vicious drug lord has hidden. He faces a
situation of imminent death, which soon becomes a very unexpected
rescue by a woman who comes to be regarded by this trained assassin
as his very own 'guardian angel'. of the jungles to the streets of
Miami. This trained killer not only brings violence and death with
his presence, but also brings an emotional closeness to a special
woman, that only gets stronger as the stories progress. This,
coupled with an unexpected sense of humor, makes for fast-paced and
action-packed reading.
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE 2018 CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER WINNER, NUCLEUS.
Can a ruthless spy ring change the course of war? In a great
English house, a young woman offers herself to one of the most
powerful and influential figures in the land - but this is no
ordinary seduction. She plans to ensure his death . . . On holiday
in France, Professor Tom Wilde discovers his brilliant student
Marcus Marfield, who disappeared two years earlier to join the
International Brigades in Spain, in the Le Vernet concentration
camp in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Wilde secures his release
just as German tanks roll into Poland. Meanwhile, a U-boat sinks
the liner Athenia in the Atlantic with many casualties, including
Americans, onboard. Goebbels claims Churchill put a bomb in the
ship to blame Germany and to lure America into the war. As the
various strands of an international conspiracy begin to unwind, Tom
Wilde will find himself in great personal danger. For just who is
Marcus Marfield? And where does his loyalty lie? For readers of
Robert Harris, C J Sansom and William Boyd, this is a thriller that
will keep you on the edge of your seat - by Sunday Times bestseller
and author of Corpus and Nucleus, Rory Clements. Praise for RORY
CLEMENTS 'A dramatic, twisty thriller' DAILY MAIL 'Dramatic...pacy
and assured' Daily Mail 'Political polarisation, mistrust and
simmering violence' The Times 'A standout historical novel and spy
thriller' Daily Express 'Enjoyable, bloody and brutish' Guardian
'Sends a shiver down your spine' Daily Mail 'A colourful history
lesson . . . exciting narrative twists' Sunday Telegraph
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