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Spy Chief Sophie Decker: A Rule-Breaker with a Licence to Kill She doesn’t take orders. She gives them. As a high-ranking intelligence officer, Sophie Decker has survived in a world of backstabbing politics, covert operations, and ruthless enemies. She plays dirty — and she’s damn good at it. When a contract killer targets the German Chancellor, Decker is forced to go rogue. No backup. No rules. Just her instincts and a loaded weapon. But this time, the enemies are closer than she thinks — and even more lethal. This explosive spy thriller boxset includes three gripping novels packed...

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series! The acclaimed modern science fiction masterpiece, included on Library Journal's Best SFF of 2016, the Barnes & Nobles Sci-Fi Fantasy Blog Best Books of 2015, the Tor.com Best Books of 2015, Reader’s Choice, as well as nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke...

Three war-forged cybertanks. One merciless planet. A new way to end an endless war. When rookie cybertank Platina rolls onto the killing grounds, she’s outgunned, outclassed, and one bad decision from becoming scrap. What she has instead of tonnage? Stubborn grit, a predatory learning curve, and two unpredictable allies: Galena, the razor-minded comms specialist who sees patterns inside chaos, and Coral, the troublemaker with a spiky attitude and a talent for survival. Together they turn ceasefires into ambushes, ambushes into opportunities—and a doomed stand into a door the whole world...

Admiral Falkirk McGowan has lost a lieutenant on crime-syndicate controlled Kragus. It’s up to Bosun Gus Johansson and the crew of Corvus to get her back, fast, and in secret. Someone forgot to mention the most powerful crime boss on the planet wants revenge and is willing to start a war to get it. He has an ancient assault carrier headed for Kragus; and Corvus is the only thing standing in its way. Can the crew pull off an against-all-odds rescue, stop a war, and escape destruction?

From TheReadingCafe.com: "the characters are diverse, distinctive and unconventional but such are the personalities of every entertaining story of science fiction. CORVUS ASCENDING begins slowly but accelerates at 'warp speed'." Wisecracking star-sailor Gus Johansson’s beach bum retirement suddenly goes from boring to blazing when he pulls a 1400-year-old robot and a sentient spaceship from the sea. Soon, Gus and his crew of misfits are in the fight of their lives against an old enemy. The vengeful Captain Harrison “Hazy” Grey is convinced he can finally get his Admiral’s flag by ...

⭐ANNA NOWAK IS NOT YOUR ORDINARY SPY⭐ In Nazi occupied Poland, one woman's courage could turn the tide of war. If you love WW2 historical fiction with edge-of-your-seat suspense, strong female characters and a touch of romance, then this is your next must-read. Inspired by the unbelievable story of a female agent who worked undercover for British Intelligence in Poland during WW2. Told with the authenticity that only comes from meticulous historical research. It's late 1939 and British Intelligence has a problem. There is a shortage of their men on the ground in Nazi-occupied Poland. ...

Dark Manipulation for Women reveals the hidden secrets of influence and emotional mastery, empowering you to confidently navigate your personal and professional relationships. Whether you want to reclaim your power in love, assert control in the workplace, or transform how others perceive you, this guide is your key to unlocking the dark feminine energy that lies within.

She smiled at the men who killed her brother. Then she destroyed them. Stockholm, 1942. While Europe burns, neutral Sweden has become the world's most dangerous chessboard—a city where German, British, Soviet, and American spies circle each other in an endless shadow war. Karin Lindqvist is a celebrated actress with a secret: she works for Swedish intelligence, gathering information from the Nazi officers who court her at diplomatic receptions. It's her way of avenging her brother, torpedoed by a German U-boat in the North Sea. But when a German pastor arrives with an extraordinary ...

She doesn’t run from danger. She trades in it. Molka was trained to kill before she was old enough to question orders. Now, she’s one of the world’s most lethal covert assets—an off-the-books assassin deployed into conflicts governments refuse to acknowledge. Her missions are surgical. Her record is flawless. Her loyalty is absolute. Until little sister was brutally murdered and they didn’t do anything about it. Now Molka must survive long enough to uncover the truth—and decide who deserves to die for it. DEATH TRADER is a fast-paced spy espionage action thriller packed with: ...

Time is running out for the pirates of the Dellan League. They must conquer the peaceful planet of Matria to survive. Corvus and its misfit crew are the Matrians only hope. Salty old Captain Gus Johansson needs to use every trick in the book, call in some favors, and find allies if they are going to get out of this mess.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A “rip-roaring” (Steve Coll), “staggeringly well-researched” (The New York Times) history of three generations at the CIA, “electric with revelations” (Booklist) about the women who fought to become operatives, transformed spycraft, and tracked down Osama bin...

From the James Beard Award-nominated author of Tacky, a boldly funny, warts-and-all tour of the bad habits that make Rax King who she is "Most writers are boring people. King, though, seems different: Bettie Page meets Carrie Bradshaw."—Washington Post With Rax King's trademark blend of...

One of the great overlooked voices of modern Irish literature, once hailed as “magnificent” by The New York Times, Mary Lavin’s fiction is now being revived for a new generation of readers in this definitive volume, selected and introduced by Colm Tóibín. During her lifetime, Irish...

Book one of the Talus 3 Series. Natalie Lowe's elderly father is missing, and the authorities are stumped. As an intelligence agent, she takes matters into her own hands and uncovers a chilling pattern: others with cognitive impairments have also disappeared. As the investigation takes her across the northwest, the mystery grows more mind-boggling. She finds help, but can she trust her allies when advanced tech & abilities beyond Earth's capabilities emerge? It’s a great story, with many unexpected twists and turns, especially the—blow you away—ending! This book is age appropriate for...

Mole-hunt. Black-bag job. Unsigned authority. Trust the quiet one. A mole doesn’t always run. Sometimes he files. When an assessment “goes out” without the required signature, analyst Nell Ward traces the error the only safe way—through process. The trail leads to a tidy life that’s a little too tidy, to Russian grammar pages kept for a mouth that “doesn’t speak,” and to dates and places (Vienna, Prague) that reappear like a watermark. Inside rooms where silence is procedure, Nell has to decide which records to keep and which to let die. One torn notebook page might clear ...

Four years ago, Thelma Bach thought she’d lost everything when she was exiled to the Saloon Sector. She was wrong. Life on the frontier has given her the galaxy’s best—if sometimes most stubborn—husband, the cutest ever baby boy, an adolescent AI who thinks of Thelma as her mom, and the most loyal, loving and meddlesome group of family and friends anyone could wish for. But when her son’s life is threatened, Thelma’s perfect world comes crashing down. The galaxy will learn that there’s no force in the universe as powerful as a mother determined to save her child. The Badstars ...

The Saloon Sector is the Federation’s official frontier, but beyond it lurks the Badstars. Bandits hide there. The Saloon Sector is Sheriff Max Smith’s territory. Since the revelation of his secret identity, life has changed for Max and Thelma. Their relationship is under increased pressure. Admiral Astyages, newly appointed in command of the Frontier Fleet, manipulates them into joining a Navy expedition to map a safe route to the wormhole on the far side of the Badstars. Alone in hostile territory and separated from their allies, Max and Thelma couldn’t be less prepared for their ...

The true story of a filmmaker whose investigation of her film’s subject opened a new window onto the world of Cold War espionage, CIA secrets, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Independent filmmaker Mary Haverstick thought she’d stumbled onto the project of a lifetime—a biopic of...

From the twentieth century onward, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, defying the conventions of their time. Across both world wars, far from being a small part of covert operations, women ran spy networks and escape lines, parachuted behind enemy lines, and interrogated prisoners. And, back in Bletchley and Whitehall, women's vital administrative work in MI offices kept the British war engine running. In this major, panoramic history, Helen Fry looks at the rich and varied work women undertook as civilians and in uniform.

On the galactic frontier, the Federation’s wildest (and most scientific) citizens have gathered to ride in the Space Rodeo. The Navy’s in charge—of the arena. But beyond the naval perimeter, there is only Interstellar Sheriff Max Smith to keep the peace. Fortunately, he has some extraordinary allies. And enemies. And then, there is his girlfriend. Thelma Bach attracts trouble like the bunyaphi attract feuds. She should have been safe, riding for an urself inventor in the Space Rodeo. So how did she end up in the middle of a mercenary corporation’s devious designs for galactic war? ...