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Two great fortresses stand between Wellington’s army and France, but can they be taken? The French now make their stand at the heavily fortified port town of San Sebastian and the equally well defended city of Pamplona. The sieges promise to be almost impossible, and to make matters worse a rejuvenated French army now marches to the relief of the besieged. Everything now hangs in the balance. Craven must march into the Pyrenees to stop them in their tracks, or everything that has gained will be lost. ‘A Rising Storm’ is the sixteenth novel in the ‘Craven’s War’ series, telling ...

The Battle of Talavera was a great success, but not the fatal blow many had hoped for. Now the French move to encircle the British army in Spain. A gruelling and disheartening withdrawal to Portugal is the only course of action to save the army. The enemy must be slowed if there is to be any hope of victory on the Iberian Peninsula. Spanish forces must be supported to continue the fight, and Craven is selected to go to their aid. Tasked with delivering desperately needed weapons to the Spanish guerrillas, Craven must run the gauntlet to urgently deliver the weapons against all odds.

The alien invaders were driven from Earth, but isolated pockets continue to hold out and hinder the recovery effort. Major Mitch Taylor's Inter-Allied Company is re-organized into a rapid response task force to seek out and destroy all remaining threats. However, when Ramstein is obliterated in an aerial attack, they know that the battle for Earth is not over. With enemy forces remaining in the solar system, the armies of Earth have no choice but to rally together and make an assault against the Moon to secure the safety of their planet. They must take the fight to the aliens.

The counterattack into enemy territory proved the aliens were far stronger than the humans thought. Whilst many got on with their lives in the hope the aliens would not return, Colonel Mitch Taylor knew better. No longer seeking to occupy Earth, the enemy Lord Demiran wants revenge. This time he means to obliterate Earth with a terrifying new weapon of mass destruction that will mean extinction for the human race.

The defining battle of the Peninsula Campaign is now in sight, but can it be won? A new campaign has begun, and morale is sky high. The aim is smash the French and drive them all the way back to the border of Spain. But for Wellington to deal such a deadly blow the conditions must be perfect, and Major Craven must play his part in ensuring the enemy is setup to fail. He is despatched far to the East on the Mediterranean coast to ensure the French army there does not march North to oppose Wellington. Craven must lock the enemy army in the South if there is to be any hope of victory. ‘A ...

When the French find a path through the mountains to outflank the entrenched Anglo Portuguese army at Bussaco there is no choice but to continue the retreat to Lisbon. Craven and the Salford Rifles are tasked with slowing the enemy advance but soon they will have their backs to the sea. More than sixty thousand French troops descend on the Portuguese capital where the fate of British army will be decided. But even as the French columns approach, Craven receives news that an old enemy is nearby, and he must choose between seeking revenge and standing beside his men.

The year is 2074. War has raged for 12 years, and biological weapons have decimated much of the world's population. Many have suffered degrees of mutation. Faced with dwindling human resources, both sides turn to genetic experiments to create enhanced supersoldiers, in a desperate attempt to survive and win the war. The Allies of the free world call these men Augmented and Psychologically Enhanced Servicemen. Also known as A.P.E.S.

The Coalition is closing in on France, but Napoleon is not done yet! As Christmas approaches, the first peaceful one in years. Wellington and his army celebrate from their Winter Quarters inside Southern France. Yet beneath the cheer, there is a quiet homesickness. An awareness that the war is not yet done. The enemy still waits for them across the Nive and stubbornly hold Bayonne, and to the North a beast has awakened. Napoleon does not mean to surrender. He still believes he can secure victory and marches out to face the approaching Coalition armies with all of his tenacity and military ...

The Nazis and their allies won the war, but peace in the 21st century is proving much harder to keep. It's 20 years since the failed British Mutiny left London a burnt-out husk, a reminder of the new world order that covers most of the globe. Yet even in this dark time there are rumours of growing resistance movements deep inside North America. The patriotic freedom fighters of New York City have the willpower to succeed, but what can they do against the unending numbers of Reich soldiers that occupy their defeated nation, and their monstrous walking machines of war?

War is almost upon the Alliance of four races. The window to prepare themselves for the invasion of the terrifying Morohta armies grows narrower each day. Colonel Mitch Taylor remains in recovery from the horrendous wounds he suffered at the hands of a Morohta prince. Lieutenant Jones leads sweeps throughout Alliance territory, watching and waiting. All fear the arrival of Queen Bolormaa and her sadistic sons, together with the vast armies they command.

Four centuries have passed since the end of the alien invasion that almost destroyed humanity. The surviving races, human and alien, now live in peace as allies. But when a terrifying new enemy cuts a path of destruction through the Alliance, there seems little hope of resistance. The situation is desperate, and desperate measures are required. With reluctance, they agree to resurrect a hero from the past, Colonel Mitch Taylor.

The Alliance of the Human, Krys, Aranui, and Cholan peoples lies in tatters after they turn on one another when a new threat emerges. The enemy is the Morohta, led by their fearsome queen, Bolormaa. A hard-fought battle buys the Alliance valuable time until the Morohta force the submission of the Cholan Empire. The Cholans then point their guns at the Alliance and demand their surrender.

A secret war rages in the city, but this is no ordinary war. Armed with blades forged in the heavens, the ancient Gods and their followers fight to the death. Thrust into this deadly combat is Aaron Miller, an NYPD cop and martial artist, who takes up arms against Hades, the bloodthirsty tyrant of the underworld. For, Hades must be stopped before he fulfils the prophecy to re-forge the shards of Zeus’ shattered crown.

As Napoleon turns his attentions back to Spain, a desperate race against time is all that can stop him. The Battle of the Nations is won, and Napoleon has suffered his greatest defeat. Delivering this news to London is now of the utmost importance, and when Craven volunteers to help deliver it, he embarks on a dangerous and daring race against time. Meanwhile, Captain Paget assumes command of the Salford Rifles to return to Spain and help Wellington drive the French back in to France. The timing and success of both is of the absolute highest importance, for the threat of Napoleon rallying ...

Bolormaa's vast and powerful armies have overrun Earth and cut a bloody swathe across every continent. All hope is lost. Most of Mitch Taylor's comrades are dead or captured, and all he has left is the determination to keep on killing - to slaughter as many of his enemies as possible before the overwhelming hordes engulf him. To his astonishment, he discovers he may not be alone.

The Nazis and their allies won the war, but peace in the twenty-first century is proving much harder to keep. It's twenty years since the failed British Mutiny left London a burnt-out husk. A reminder of the new world order that covers most of the globe. Yet even in this dark time there are rumours of growing resistance movements deep inside North America.

Colonel Taylor’s mission to rescue POWs had been a resounding success, but it had revealed horrors beyond his imagining. Worst of all, he could not rescue the one he cared most for - Alita. Bolormaa, the terrifying enemy queen that he could never hope to defeat, is coming. And Taylor knows he must face her once again. Yet, the genius Milo Rivers has provided a new hope. Hope in the form of technology far surpassing anything humanity could have dreamed to possess in the next few hundred years.

Your country is under attack. You don't know what they are or where they came from. What do you do? When an army platoon goes missing on exercise near the small town of Wood Point, Master Sergeant Jack Ross is called in to investigate. But when all communications out of the valley are lost, the townsfolk and soldiers in the area are left to fend for themselves. Under attack from soldiers that cannot be human, the townsfolk are rapidly killed or captured with ruthless efficiency. The fate of the country hangs by a thread as they desperately battle to survive the onslaught.

Earth’s Greatest Warrior, Mitch Taylor, must make a stand in the face of a relentless invasion of Earth! Taylor remains in intensive care, and Sommers is Missing in Action. But the fight must go on. Recon continues to launch hit and run attacks against enemy facilities disrupt their operations on the Eastern seaboard. Yet they are about to discover something far larger and dangerous than they could have imagined.

Colonel Mitch Taylor is living on borrowed time, and so is the Alliance. Counting the days down until Bolormaa could return and kill him herself. The sole reason she had saved him from her ally Cakir. The Alliance needs to buy time until that final showdown. But Taylor is needed to do what he does best. They decide on a deception, and find a double who can pass as a wounded Taylor.