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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction
Colonel Simon Alexander, a famous African mercenary, languishes
away in Black Beach Prison. Failing health makes an unsupported
escape impossible, and the diplomatic process is failing as fast as
his health. In the face of all this, a backer with deep pockets is
putting a team together to get him out.
Commanding this team is none other than forty-three-year-old
Rhys Munroe, a tough and cunning Grey. Composed of one black and
one white Special Forces operator, the Special Operators Unit known
as the Greys can go anywhere, kill everything, and disappear into
the grey mist. Their combined skills are far greater than the sum
of their own abilities.
Armed with massive hardware, ammunition, manpower, and a secret
weapon, Munroe and his team concoct a daring master plan to free
Simon. Though they are battle-hardened soldiers, they are well
aware that the international mission is dangerous and could go awry
at any time. But the Greys lived by one very important commandment:
Thou shalt not fall.
Unable to find work in London in 1771, Samuel Daniels comes to
America as an indentured servant to farmer Silas Weatherby.
Although Weatherby is nothing but generous and kind, Samuel wants
more in life than the lowly position of farmhand. But he will not
repay Weatherby's kindness by breaking his agreement, and he stays
on until his indenture is fulfilled.
Meanwhile, rebellion rages through the colonies, and Samuel sees
his chance to secure his future. He joins the Continental Army, and
his fi rst day in camp forms a friendship with a man named Spencer.
A few days later, outside Hartford, Connecticut, he befriends a
twelve-year-old orphan and forms another lasting friendship. Th
ough life as a soldier isn't what he thought it would be, Samuel
savors his independence and earning his own income. But the reality
of war intrudes as they struggle against the cold and the
British.
Wounded at Saratoga, Samuel is cared for by the beautiful Mary
Elizabeth-and he can't help but fall in love with her. But she is
promised to Samuel's good friend and fellow soldier, Jeptha
Isaacson. Confused and tormented, Samuel decides to return to his
unit before he is fully healed.
Dark days lie ahead on the battlefield, and now, Samuel must
fight for the birth of a new nation, one where he will finally find
true freedom.
The brilliant suspense thriller from the author of THE EAGLE HAS
LANDED, set in the wartime battlegrounds of the Mediterranean. In
the historic summer offensive of 1943, The Allies stand ready to
invade Sicily. The cost will be high in lives and time, unless the
Sicilians themselves can be persuaded to rise against their Nazi
opressors. Only the Mafia can command an uprising A brilliant
suspense thriller from the wartime battlegrounds of the
Mediterranean. In the historic summer offensive of 1943, the Allies
stand ready to invade Sicily. The cost will be high in lives and
time, unless the Sicilians themselves can be persuaded to rise
against their Nazi oppressors. Only the Mafia can command an
uprising - and the Godfather refuses to fight... Desperate action
is needed to dent Hitler's evil pride. Someone who understands
Mafia ways, and knows how to earn the loyalty the Allies crave.
Someone who isn't afraid of killing his own...
OCTOBER, 1962: The discovery of soviet missiles in Cuba has sparked
a confrontation with global implications. Soviet Union Premier
Nikita Khruschev and United States President John F. Kennedy face
off in a perilous chess game of heightened military readiness,
hard-line policy, and round-the-clock negotiation. When the USS
Gearing is suddenly lost at sea and believed to be destroyed by a
soviet submarine attack, diplomacy becomes abruptly and absolutely
irrelevant. Around the world, bombs fall, and the stage is set for
what will become the darkest and most desperate expanse of human
conflict. Unknown to anyone else, the USS Gearing encountered a
strange storm in 1962 which sent it twenty years into the future.
OCTOBER, 1982: The USS Gearing reappears in the Atlantic, and its
proximity to Cuba violates the terms of the Soviet-American
Armistice of 1977. President Ronald Reagan leads Free America as
fighting is renewed between mighty navies on the high seas, and
between soviet occupation forces and homeland defenders in
California, Florida, and the Carolinas. A weakened United States on
the brink of soviet domination, with NATO and allied governments in
exile, prepare for the final battle to decide the fate of the free
world and prevent the extinction of freedom and democracy.
Professor Edwin Theodore Burnside and three of his students, due to
being in the presence of a mysterious artifact, are alone in their
awareness that something is wrong with this alternate reality in
1982. Once investigation yields a plausible theory on how to repair
the timeline, Professor Burnside embarks on a mission to save the
world from an apocalyptic war. The alteration in reality caused by
the USS Gearing travelling through time affords Professor Burnside
a second chance to keep his childhood friend from once again
becoming the one that got away. Eventually, he will be forced to
decide if he should go ahead with his mission even if it means
erasing from history the woman he loves.
*** If you read The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul and enjoyed The
Beekeeper of Aleppo, you will love The Stationery Shop of Tehran
*** 1953, Tehran. In a small shop in a country on the brink of
unrest, two people meet for the very first time. Roya loves nothing
better than to while away the hours in the stationery shop run by
Mr Fakhri. The store, stocked with fountain pens, shiny ink
bottles, and thick wads of writing paper, also carries translations
of literature from all over the world. Bahman, with his burning
passion for justice, is like no one else she has ever met. But all
around them, as their relationship blossoms, life in Tehran is
changing. Suddenly, shockingly, violence erupts: a coup d'etat that
forever changes their country's future, as well as their own.
Marjan Kamali's beautiful novel explores themes of love and loss,
and delivers an unforgettable ending. 'An enchanting romance' MY
WEEKLY 'Simultaneously briskly paced and deeply moving, this will
appeal to fans of Khaled Hosseini and should find a wide audience'
BOOKLIST 'Evocative, devastating, and hauntingly beautiful... This
book broke my heart again and again' Whitney Scharer, author of THE
AGE OF LIGHT 'What a pleasure - a novel that is all at once
masterfully plotted, beautifully written, and populated by
characters who are arresting, lovable and so real' Elinor Lipman,
author of TURPENTINE LANE 'A beautiful and sensitive novel that I
loved from the first page' Alyson Richman, international
bestselling author of THE LOST WIFE 'A beautifully immersive tale
... brings to life a lost and complex world and the captivating
characters who once called it home' Jasmin Darznik, New York Times
bestselling author of THE GOOD DAUGHTER and SONG OF A CAPTIVE BIRD
'A sweeping romantic tale of thwarted love' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'The
unfurling stories... will stun readers... For those who enjoy
getting caught up in romance while discovering unfamiliar history
of another country' LIBRARY JOURNAL 'Grab your tissues' BOSTON
MAGAZINE 'A tender story of enduring love.' MINNEAPOLIS STAR
TRIBUNE 'I! Am! Obsessed! With! This! Book!' COSMOPOLITAN.COM
Winner of the W.Y Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military
Fiction for 2008. It's 1879 and Lt. Cmdr. Peter Wake, U.S.N., is on
special assignment as the official American neutral naval observer
to the War of the Pacific raging along the west coast of South
America. Chile, having invaded Bolivia, has gone on to overrun Peru
and controls the entire southeastern Pacific region. Washington,
concerned over European involvement in the war and the French
effort to build a canal through Panama, has sent Wake to observe
local events. During Wake's dangerous mission--as naval observer,
diplomat, and spy--he will witness history's first battle between
ocean-going ironclads, ride the world's first deep-diving
submarine, face his first machine guns in combat, advise the French
trying to build the Panama Canal, and run for his life in the
Catacombs of the Dead in Lima, Peru.
Brad Soames (or is it Brod Sloan?) completes twenty years in the
infantry, serving in every US overseas 'adventure.' He returns home
to retire; angry, bitter, suffering from PTSD. The wars have
changed Brad. He begins assassinating those he regards as
criminals: Wall Street CEOs, former government officials and
lobbyists, and other prominent people he sees as evil and
unpatriotic. He believes that their pursuit of money and power is
destroying the nation. Against the odds, he keeps succeeding in his
murder spree. Can there be a happy ending?
Spring 1952. The Korean War: the second year. Peace talks have
started and stalled. The battlefront is unstable and active. Fierce
fighting continues between UN and communist forces for tiny pieces
of ground in strategic locations along possible attack routes for
the massive armies if, and when, they decide to start up again. A
U.S. Army rifle company is in reserve licking its wounds after a
near-devastating defeat at Iron Mountain. It must get well and
prepare for further effort against unremitting pressure from the
Chinese Volunteers. Even in this recovery mode there is some down
time available, during which the occasionally profound, often
lunatic, aspects of infantry life spark up and are played out. A
five-day rest period in Japan for the only two officers of the
company scores some pleasant relaxation on the shores of Lake
Hakone. But it also ends up in a murder in a Tokyo alley. The
following army investigation leads back to Korea where the company
is fighting for its life in a three part battle on Monastery Ridge
which ultimately affects, in different ways, the company's
principal players.
Bristol 1941 Having left her abusive husband for very good reasons,
Mary Anne Randall finds herself judged harshly by her friends and
neighbours, after courageously risking everything for a second
chance at happiness with Michael. With Michael away fighting Mary
Anne is less concerned by her tarnished reputation and focusses on
keeping her beloved children safe. But with the bombs beginning to
fall on Bristol, danger is all too close to home. Will Mary Anne
rise above her tarnished reputation and protect those she loves
from the uncertainty of a world at war? A sequel to A Wartime Wife.
Praise for Lizzie Lane: 'A gripping saga and a storyline that will
keep you hooked' Rosie Goodwin 'The Tobacco Girls is another
heartwarming tale of love and friendship and a must-read for all
saga fans.' Jean Fullerton 'Lizzie Lane opens the door to a past of
factory girls, redolent with life-affirming friendship, drama, and
choices that are as relevant today as they were then.' Catrin
Collier 'If you want an exciting, authentic historical saga then
look no further than Lizzie Lane.' Fenella J Miller
The first work of fiction by a President of the United States -- a
sweeping novel of the American South and the War of Independence
In his ambitious and deeply rewarding novel, Jimmy Carter brings
to life the Revolutionary War as it was fought in the Deep South;
it is a saga that will change the way we think about the conflict.
He reminds us that much of the fight for independence took place in
that region and that it was a struggle of both great and small
battles and of terrible brutality, with neighbor turned against
neighbor, the Indians' support sought by both sides, and no quarter
asked or given. "The Hornet's Nest" follows a cast of characters
and their loved ones on both sides of this violent conflict --
including some who are based on the author's ancestors.
At the heart of the story is Ethan Pratt, who in 1766 moves with
his wife, Epsey, from Philadelphia to North Carolina and then to
Georgia in 1771, in the company of Quakers. On their homesteads in
Georgia, Ethan and his wife form a friendship with neighbors
Kindred Morris and his wife, Mavis. Through Kindred and his young
Indian friend Newota, Ethan learns about the frontier and the
Native American tribes who are being continually pressed farther
inland by settlers. As the eight-year war develops, Ethan and
Kindred find themselves in life-and-death combat with oppos- ing
forces.
With its moving love story, vivid action, and the suspense of a
war fought with increasing ferocity and stealth, "The Hornet's
Nest" is historical fiction at its best, in the tradition of such
major classics as "The Last of the Mohicans."
Tom Greenlee, the CEO of Ameribank and the leader of a forty-member
secret group called the National Association for Preserving White
America, believes the country is self-destructing. He preaches that
the white middle and upper classes of the country are finding their
wealth stripped away, their beliefs trampled, their culture spat
upon, and their lives threatened by people of color. He and his
group of "protectors" desire to carve out an independent nation of
their own. As a fragmented and polarized society, Americans begin
to feed on each other until they become a target for attacks by
both internal and external enemies. A strike on Houston's Reliant
Stadium kills and maims thousands of citizens. It's being touted as
a scheme concocted by the CIA to keep the U.S. fighting in the
Middle East. Minutemen vigilantes massacre a group of migrant
workers and their families in order to intimidate others from
entering the country. Dan Louder, New York City's first black
mayor, survives an assassination attempt. The New York Stock
Exchange closes its doors. While the country teeters on the edge of
destruction, the citizens of the U.S. must prepare themselves to
live a very different existence in the future.
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