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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction
No enemy of the United States has escaped the cunning and
bravery of Captain Zakkova Ikanovich, a fifteen-year veteran of the
US Navy SEALs. After a highly decorated career that includes the
killing of Osama Bin Laden, Ikanovich and his 140-pound King Cobra
snake retire. But the president of the United States and his
advisors are not about to let Ikanovich's skills go unused.
He is hired as a private citizen to undertake black covert
operations and eliminate some of the world's worst terrorists and
heads of state. Ikanvoich's exploits run the gamut: He blows up
Iran's nuclear centrifuges in QomIran, setting back Iran's nuclear
warhead ambitions by years. He assassinates Grand Ayatollah Sayyed
Ali Hosseini Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran. He
attacks and destroys the Sinaloa cartel's major headquarters and
cocaine processing facility. He kills thirty Muslim Brotherhood
members who try to invade his home. Throughout his missions,
Ikanovich befriends a motorcycle gang and becomes their guardian
angel against rival gangs and the police.
For the formidable Ikanovich, no mission seems too dangerous or
too difficult as he seeks to protect the United States from evil
forces.
A cavalcade of the medieval world within two classic novels of
historical fiction
Despite his success with his famous fictional detective, Arthur
Conan Doyle's first love was the historical novel and in his own
estimation he wrote few better than the two collected together in
this book. 'Sir Nigel' was actually written after 'The White
Company, ' but in the Leonaur edition it appears first since within
it the reader is introduced to one of the principal characters of
both novels-Sir Nigel Loring. The scene for these adventures is
England and France in the 14th Century against a backdrop of The
Hundred Years War. Young Nigel in service to his king, Edward III
begins his career as a squire. It is the start a 'rites of passage'
journey which will include the Black Prince among other notables of
the period, skirmishes at sea and ultimately the monumental Battle
of Poitiers. 'The White Company' continues Sir Nigel's story as
once again he campaigns against the French, this time in company
with a new young hero, Alleyne Edricson. As usual this Leonaur
edition allows collectors to own these essential novels as a
combined set within a single substantial volume available in both
soft back and hardcover with dust jacket.
The author of Beyond Enkription and the rest of The Burlington
Files series is Bill Fairclough who was born in England in 1950. In
1978 he founded a niche global intelligence organisation known as
"Faire Sans Dire." The series is based on Bill Fairclough's life
and some of Faire Sans Dire's activities. Beyond Enkription is the
first novel in the series of six novels to be published. The series
covers events involving Bill, his beguiling family and his
double-dealing colleagues ranging from the First World War to 9/11,
the related Nisha incidents and beyond. The series even covers new
revelations about the Edward Snowden affair and has been or is
being written with film adaptation in mind. Nevertheless each book
is or will be a standalone novel albeit each one might comprise
several films and/or television series. The first novel is set in
1974 in the heart of the Cold War. It is about a wayward
accountant, Edward Burlington aka Bill Fairclough. In 1974 he is
unwittingly working as an agent for MI6 by night whilst auditing
beans during the day and is nearly murdered not just once but four
times between March and June 1974. For his own safety Edward is
underhandedly despatched to work as an accountant in Nassau only to
be recruited by the CIA and face more death defying moments in the
Bahamas, Brazil and Haiti before the year's end. Meanwhile his
family are sucked inexorably into the perfidious mess and intrigue
surrounding Edward's double life and their own machinations. The
repercussions of the Burlington family's activities resonate from
Kinshasa to Islamabad via Washington and Westminster and back.
Nothing is what it seems to be in this treacherous novel where
disinformation is the norm. Beyond Enkription is a family yarn and
history; a spy novel and espionage reference book; a mystery and
suspense thriller and more besides: a realistic tale of a dynastic
duplicitous family that knows instinctively the knack of survival.
The brutal opening contrasts well with the tantalising and
duplicitous Prologue yet the physicality of the opening chapter is
arguably far less vicious than the cerebral scheming that ensues.
The book is a distinctive memorable and realistic read full of
captivating characters. Its intertwined plots would have challenged
Aristotle's intellect. So, when you read it, if you don't think so
then you may have lost the plot! As one connoisseur put it
succinctly ... "question everything you assume isn't
disinformation." Critics described Beyond Enkription as "A
compelling, provocative and beguiling spy novel: a must for
connoisseurs ..." and "Brutal ab initio, cerebral thereafter but
forever realistic ..." As for its realism you can always contrast
Bill Fairclough's past on WikiTree or LinkedIn with Edward
Burlington. Just how real can you get? We hope you enjoy reading it
and succeed in differentiating between fact, fiction and
disinformation. Please see http: //www.theburlingtonfiles.org,
http: //www.fairesansdire.org, http:
//uk.linkedin.com/in/billfairclough and http:
//www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Fairclough-119&public=1 for
more information ... assuming the authorities haven't closed down
our websites by now and the other websites haven't tried to
extinguish all evidence of knowledge of The Burlington Files!
Lisa Collier has always known the military was right for her,
but she never counted on the trials and tribulations that accompany
her new life. But under her uniform representing pride and heroism,
she is conflicted. Unfortunately, Lisa soon realizes that her
extensive military training has not prepared her for the battles of
abandonment, neglect, infidelity, and abuse she suffers in her
personal life.
Lisa's best friend, Monique Grant, is not known for playing
games, especially when it comes to her freedom - and her heart. She
enters the military as a strong-willed woman who lets nothing stand
in her way, but almost immediately discovers she must learn to slow
down or lose everything she holds close to her heart.
"Memoirs of a Military Diva" shares the poignant tale of two
women as they journey to discover the true meaning of inner
strength, to stand firm in their identities, and, most importantly,
to embrace the bonds of sisterhood; relying on that, they have the
ability to overcome anything.
'"I should imagine this was murder, too, because it would be very
difficult to build yourself into a heap of sandbags and then
die..."' In the blackout conditions of a wintry London night,
amateur sleuth Agnes Kinghof and a young air-raid warden have
stumbled upon a corpse stowed in the walls of their street's bomb
shelter. As the police begin their investigation, the night is
interrupted once again when Agnes's upstairs neighbour Mrs Sibley
is terrorised by the sight of a grisly pig's head at her
fourth-floor window. With the discovery of more sinister threats
mysteriously signed 'Pig-sticker', Agnes and her husband Andrew -
unable to resist a good mystery - begin their investigation to
deduce the identity of a villain living amongst the tenants of
their block of flats. A witty and lighthearted mystery full of
intriguing period detail, this rare gem of Golden Age crime returns
to print for the first time since its publication in 1943.
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