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A deadly foe rears its head...An appeal court judge frees four of
the world's most dangerous terrorists from Guantanamo Bay. The CIA
tracks them back to Pakistan's North-West Frontier, but then the
men vanish. Fortunately, a communication from the Afghan side of
the border is intercepted by Britain's secret surveillance station
in Cyprus. Al-Qaeda is plotting a devastating attack. The CIA
panics, its greatest fears realised. Retired Navy SEAL Mack Bedford
is called in to assist one of the most highly classified missions
ever launched from CIA headquarters, with the stakes higher than
ever before... A breathtaking and unputdownable action thriller,
Intercept is ideal for fans of James Phelan and Chris Ryan.
The Sunday Times bestseller - a thrilling new adventure in Simon
Scarrow's acclaimed Eagles of the Empire series. Perfect for
readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. READERS CAN'T GET
ENOUGH OF SIMON SCARROW'S BOOKS! 'I could not put it down' ***** -
AMAZON REVIEW 'Awesome read . . . ' ***** - AMAZON REVIEW 'A
storytelling master . . . I loved this novel and can't wait for the
next' ***** - AMAZON REVIEW 'If you have read the previous books,
you already know how good they are . . . If you have not read any
of these books, then get started!' ***** - AMAZON REVIEW A.D. 57.
Battle-scarred veterans of the Roman army Tribune Cato and
Centurion Macro return to Rome. Thanks to the failure of their
recent campaign on the eastern frontier they face a hostile
reception at the imperial court. Their reputations and future are
at stake. When Emperor Nero's infatuation with his mistress is
exploited by political enemies, he reluctantly banishes her into
exile. Cato, isolated and unwelcome in Rome, is forced to escort
her to Sardinia. Arriving on the restless, simmering island with a
small cadre of officers, Cato faces peril on three fronts: a
fractured command, a deadly plague spreading across the
province...and a violent insurgency threatening to tip the province
into blood-stained chaos. IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU
DON'T KNOW ROME! MORE PRAISE FOR SIMON SCARROW'S NOVELS 'Scarrow's
[novels] rank with the best' Independent 'Blood, gore, political
intrigue' Daily Sport 'Always a joy' The Times
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Great Wars
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Ashley Hutchison, Dewi Hargreaves
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Small Country
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Gael Faye; Translated by Sarah Ardizzone
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An international sensation, Small Country is a beautiful but
harrowing tale of coming-of-age in the face of civil war. 'A
luminous debut novel...Faye dramatises the terrible nostalgia of
having lost not only a childhood but also a whole world to war'
Guardian Burundi, 1992. For ten-year-old Gabriel, life in his
comfortable expat neighbourhood of Bujumbura with his French
father, Rwandan mother and little sister, Ana, is something close
to paradise. These are happy, carefree days spent with his friends
sneaking cigarettes and stealing mangoes, swimming in the lake and
riding bikes in the streets they have turned into their kingdom.
But dark clouds are gathering over this small country, and soon
their peaceful idyll will shatter when Burundi and neighbouring
Rwanda are brutally hit by war. 'Unforgettable... Gael Faye's
talent is breathtaking' Imbolo Mbue, author of Behold the Dreamers
Save lives... Or take them? A gripping novel of the Roman
frontier.Ebook includes a new short story, entitled The West
Pasture Army Medic Postumus Justinius Corvus is a long way from his
native Britannia, in the Syrian provinces at the far corner of
Empire. But now he is going home, unexpectedly promoted to Senior
Surgeon in the Sixth. The new Emperor faces problems in the far
flung island at the edge of Empire. Trouble is brewing north of the
Wall. The tribes are stirring, a new conflict is brewing, old and
new loyalties will be tested. Postumus will find himself at the
heart of the maelstrom - and with his hands soaked in blood...
Deeply researched and utterly enthralling, this is a searing
historical epic perfect for fans of Ben Kane, Conn Iggulden and
Bernard Cornwell. Praise for The Wall at the Edge of the World 'A
fine mix of story and history, and the author manages to shed light
on a period when the Roman Empire flexed its muscles at the edge of
the world' Historical Novel Society 'The finest sense of history,
character and narrative I've seen since Rosemary Sutcliffe' Delia
Sherman, author of Changeling
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Crossroads
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Steve Doherty
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Death Is Hard Work
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Khaled Khalifa; Translated by Leri Price
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The Scope of Justice Within a military that prides teamwork,
strength in numbers, and camaraderie, the sniper is the outlier.
The loner. The specialist whose talent can mean the difference
between mission success and disaster. And often between life and d
War correspondent Colin Frere is on assignment in Malia, a
Southeast Asian state consumed by civil conflict and revolution. He
is abducted by the Communist guerrillas - actually by
prearrangement. His mission is to understand the rebels and their
charismatic leader - not least because his own elder brother once
fought alongside them. But he soon finds that idealism trumps
journalistic detachment and he becomes an active soldier in the
revolutionary cause. His journey and that of his adopted country
involves heroism, romance, comradeship - and ultimately betrayal.
Heroes in the Evening Mist was the last novel by the prolific
author William Ash, who died in 2014, and it has hitherto been
unpublished. Ash was born in Texas but fought as a Spitfire pilot
in the Second World War before spending three years in a German
prisoner-of-war camp. His repeated attempts to escape made him one
of the models for the character played by Steve McQueen in the film
The Great Escape and were chronicled in his best-selling memoir
Under the Wire. He was a lifelong socialist and his final work
shows a rare sympathetic engagement not only with the cause of
post-colonial liberation but also with the problems faced by
revolutionary governments once they have won power
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