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★★★★ A SGT. MARVIN STYLES ASSIGNMENT SERIES: BOOK 2 DEAD WATER ★★★★ Reviews for "Dead Water": "One kick-ass read. Kudos to the author big time." - Claudette Valliere "Lots of nice twists in this story and all very entertaining." - George Conner "Another home run... Very engaging, suspenseful sequel to 'The President's Weapon', it holds you hostage throughout the entire book, and leaves the reader wanting more as the last word is read. Definitely a New York Times bestseller in the making." - Melissa A. Dunn "Non-stop Action! After reading the first novel, I knew the follow-up...

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The second exciting assignment for The D.C. Man, a fixer with vast political connections and lethal skills who will do whatever it takes to get the job done… Brian Petersen doesn’t buy it when a U.S. Senator spearheading an investigation into organized crime blows his own head-off on the eve of exposing a vast, criminal conspiracy. So the D.C. Man picks up where the Senator left off…and won’t stop until he takes the mob down. “The smoke of distrust and corruption of post-Watergate Washington, DC is thick in this story. This is a sexy, violent thriller for American political ...

The opening adventure in the legendary D.C. Man series of breathtaking thrillers, back in print for the first time in fifty years. Brian Petersen is an ex-military intelligence officer-turned-D.C. lobbyist recovering from his family’s tragic death in a car accident. With his lobbying business in the toilet, he’s become a political fixer who uses his sharp intellect, his vast political connections, and his lethal, combat skills to solve sensitive problems. Someone is leaking top secret documents from a congressional subcommittee to foreign spies in Germany, which could lead to an ...

Der neue Roman der Booker Prize-Gewinnerin Eleanor Catton, ein rasanter Öko-Thriller um idealistische Umweltaktivisten, die auf einen charismatischen Milliardär ohne Moral treffen. Mira Bunting ist die Gründerin einer Guerilla-Gardening-Gruppe namens Birnam Wood. Als nicht gemeldeter und sich an der Grenze des Legalen bewegender, philanthropischer Zusammenschluss von Freunden pflanzt und erntet das Kollektiv, wo es niemand bemerkt: an Straßenrändern, in vergessenen Parks und vernachlässigten Hinterhöfen.

The third brutal mission for The D.C. Man, a political “handyman” who will do the dirty, deadly jobs in Washington that nobody else will… A conservative Senator’s daughter is kidnapped by a leftist revolutionary group demanding a huge ransom. Petersen is hired to make the exchange with the terrorists… and then make them pay. “The tension is palpable, the characters are vivid, the hero is righteous, and the action scenes are remarkably violent. An action masterpiece.” Paperback Warrior “Fast-moving. He is a lethal operator when he has to be.” New York Times

Five generations after the Panamerican Revolution and the West is a very different place: Washington lies in ruin, Atlanta is under martial law, and Saskatchewan is used as an execution yard for political dissidents. Florida, Manhattan and half of California are under water. Everything south of Bolivia is hounded by cloned dire wolves as big as bears. Psychedelic breastmilk is the drug pandemic of the day. Cash currency has been abolished and drugs, fake names and sex toys are bought underground with heirloom jewelry.

A gripping espionage thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Beirut Station takes readers on a thrilling journey through the complex and dangerous world of Beirut in 1997. Nava Sarsi, one of Iran’s most talented intelligence officers, has been given a delicate assignment – to work with and spy on Lebanese Hezbollah. As Nava investigates the disappearance of a Hezbollah commander and tries to recover missing funds, she discovers that hardline factions in Iran are pressing for a resumption of war in Lebanon and confrontation with the United States. With the help of a handful...

The Search for the Nazarene's Code. If you liked National Treasure and DaVinci Code, you’ll love Sandustee. It’s a worldwide chase for clues to finding a lost Biblical scroll, the Nazarene's Code, which gives the holder the power to control nations. Running through the novel is a thread which links Osama Bin Laden to Jesus and the twelve disciples to Abraham Lincoln to Lincoln's assassination to Booth's escape to Dr. Samuel Mudd's house to Mudd's imprisonment in the Dry Tortugas. The thread is the Legend of 13; words with thirteen letters have stunning implications on the plotline. This...

On the fringes of a civil war arise a kaleidoscope of stories of abuse, power, betrayal, sex, love, and absolution, all united by the failings of a dying government. Set in the backdrop during the last years of South Africa's apartheid, How the Water Falls is a psychological thriller that unfolds the truth and deception of the system’s victims, perpetrators, and unlikely heroes. The two main characters, one white, Joanne– a reporter, the other black, Lena– a banned activist, have their lives continuously overlap through the people they know during a thirteen-year period and eventually...

After he’s given a warning by a dying man that Russian terrorists are coming after him, black ops agent Blake Jordan pushes everyone he cares about away to keep them safe. But Russia has a long memory. When a cyberattack is unleashed against hospitals and government agencies, Blake teams up with his lost love to investigate. But he never expects her to be used as leverage for the release of a terrorist who Blake thinks is dead.

After his wife is murdered in Chicago, by-the-book agent Blake Jordan focuses on the one thing he’s always been good at: his job. But Blake is so consumed by grief, he doesn’t notice that someone is watching him from the shadows. When Senator Keller asks Blake to handle security the night he’s set to receive his party’s nomination for president, he accepts the assignment. But he didn’t expect the senator to disappear under his watch.

Following their military defeat in the Battle of Taiwan, China opens a new front in the struggle for geopolitical supremacy. As China's Belt and Road Initiative brings together the final pieces of a 1000-mile rail and road connection between China and Tehran, a series of terrorist attacks rock the fractious states of Central Asia. A declining Russia, an isolated India, and a rising Iran all have a stake in the region. But who is behind the mysterious attacks?

It's 1948. The war is over yet trust among nations is low. While Cairo is jittery with calls for revolution, American spies are murdered, and new eyes are needed on the ground. Having earned recognition for heroics in China during the war, Jack Hunter is asked to assist in gathering information. He and his best friend travel to Egypt hoping to revisit the spirit of earlier adventures. Shortly upon arrival, however, what they find is not a lively escapade but a changed world, people torn apart by grievances, dark alliances to money and power, fundamentalism, and cynical, suspicious ...

Pushing the Envelope In West Berlin, Amy Brecker, an American intelligence officer, takes a chance on a walk-in informant who says that the Soviets are going to simulate an "accident" that will cripple America's space-based defense program. From a Soviet silo on the Sea of Japan, a single missile rises. A hotline communique from Moscow insists that a mistake has been made; the Soviets are doing everything in their power to abort the "test" flight. Deep inside Cheyenne Mountain at the Aerospace Defense Command Center, all eyes watch its trajectory: a collision course with America's manned ...

When Chicago Detective Jack Fallon and his partner Detective Elaina Rodriguez are assigned to investigate the murder of a prominent Chicago criminal defense attorney, they have no idea that they will become embroiled in the most complex and dangerous case of their careers. The first murder leads to the investigations of multiple other murders and attempted murders of an array of people working in the criminal justice system.

“A chilling, futuristic tale of freedom lost.” Kirkus Reviews A charismatic President, Reuben Rogov, brings peace to the Mideast, stares down Russia and China, solves the border crisis, and conquers the Phoenix-75 virus. Viewed as a sociopolitical messiah, he secures his second term by acclamation and rises to the position of world dictator. At that point, multiple problems occur, problems which some people suspect Rogov created to control the citizenry. Darien and Marisa, a young Houston couple, attempt to maintain a relationship amid the political melee. “…a complex and highly ...

United Nations’ sanctions are crippling North Korea. China has turned her back on her malevolent partner. The North Korean military machine is crumbling, unable to function. Oil reserves are minimal and the government seeks new alliances. Cargo and tourist ships are disappearing along the Somali and Kenyan coastline at an alarming rate. Speeches abound, but inaction emboldens Al-Shabab to seek their next prize: Kenya. The terror organization controls land but requires weapons. Bedlam Bravo team leader Colonel Trevor Franklin (Ret.) leads the small international team into East Africa. ...

Joao and Catarina Regaleria’s twentieth wedding anniversary celebration was fast approaching when a contact from the past reaches out for his assistance. Colonel Theodore Mwanga, a former enemy commander during the Angolan war and now an important politician, requests Joao’s help. The colonel’s adult son, Peter, was kidnapped while working as a doctor for the Christian Aid Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Reluctant to get involved, Joao contacts Xavier Sear, a former CIA operative. They became friends when Joao served as a member of the United Nations Peace-Keeping Forces ...

Terrorist groups such as Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah have flourished in recent years with new recruits joining them and ISIS-affiliates at an alarming rate. Blended operations by various Asian countries have forced the groups to work together to identify a new operational base. They seek an island nation to call home, one where they can plot against countries who oppose their ideals. They found a target, a small nation-state, perfect for their needs: The Republic of Singapore. Before anyone can respond, the ambassadors of the United States, Great Britain, and Australia are kidnapped ...