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The battle for Britain rages. As the fighting sweeps across northern England, Eddie Novak and his friends infiltrate enemy lines to help a desperate comrade reach home. But the once peaceful village has been plagued by criminals and collaborators, men of violence who take whatever they want. Including children. Now Eddie and the boys must embark on a dangerous rescue mission deep into the heart of a hostile city. Getting there will be hard enough....

As Alliance forces push south across a war-torn England, Eddie Novak infiltrates London to ensure the allies don't run into any nasty surprises. But the enemy isn't going quietly. A devastating trap has been laid, one that threatens the allied advance. Cut off and unable to sound the alarm, Eddie must fight his way out of a city bracing itself for a terrifying assault. Elsewhere, Bertie Payne is on the run as millions flee the capital, and the...

An F-14 aviator takes his readers into the cockpits, ready-rooms, and bunkrooms of today's Navy to show what it's like to fight in a time of so-called peace. From the opening chapter where a Tomcat fighter squadron's commanding officer botches an intercept of a hostile Iranian F-4 to the final uplifting scene, his novel reveals the inner workings of the military as only an insider can. It is a thriller without an airshow groupie's pretense, a fighter...

"The Cossacks" is believed to be somewhat autobiographical, partially based on Tolstoy's experiences in the Caucasus during the last stages of the Caucasian War. Disenchanted with his privileged life in Russian society, nobleman Dmitri Olenin joins the army as a cadet, in the hopes of escaping the superficiality of his daily life. On a quest to find "completeness," he naively hopes to find serenity among the "simple" people of the Caucasus. In an...

A WONDERFUL, ESCAPIST, NOSTALGIC READ'- RED MAGAZINE: An enthralling debut novel of romance, wartime glamour, and adventure in the skies. Inspired by the brave young women who flew fighter planes across Britain in World War Two, New Year's Eve, 1940: Evie Chase, the beautiful debutante daughter of an adoring RAF Commander, gazes out at the sky as swing music drifts in from the ballroom. With bombs falling nightly in London, she resolves that the coming...

After a detachment of photographic reconnaissance aviators is sent from Florida to the USS FDR, five cruise widows are left behind. With a lengthy separation ahead of them, the widows have no choice but to establish a bond as their husbands begin their mission. The five women, who already know a great deal of trust and faith is necessary to be a good navy wife, are at different stages in life, but new to this type of separation. Nan Levin is a mother...

A stunning terror bombing strikes a research facility in France, a much-admired African-American general is killed in a hit-and-run accident, and Pentagon staff officer John Reynolds finds an old friend, now an influential lobbyist, drunk and fearful. In short order, Reynolds must face a car bombing at his front door, his girlfriend's murder, and the wrath of a retired Green Beret general as scarred as he is inexplicably wealthy. Struggling to behave...

Unconventional, with a unique perspective, this page-turner is one that many readers will find fascinating, controversial and memorable. Its author, Roy Sach, has been, employed as a truck driver, factory laborer, military officer, civil servant and company director. His interests are equally diverse, having gained a law degree before being captivated by aspects of engineering and physics-particularly related to satellites and outer space technologies-all...

The story of Stanley Mitty and his adventures around the world. Follow him from Australia to Africa and in South America. Where he annoys the hierarchy and makes the World safer.

There is a US drone attack on two Islamic State generals, who are on the United States Most Wanted list. The men escape, but their families are, killed. The IS fund a revenge attack for the soldiers to go to the United States on false passports to attack the White House and kill the president. The adventure starts when the refugee marches through Europe. This involves arrest and escape, murder, and earthquakes. Then on a cruise to the United States,...