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ISIS is on the rampage, and the slaughter of the innocents has begun. The Islamists have an agenda, the creation of a Sunni Islamic Caliphate across Iraq and Syria. A caliphate that will turn the Middle East into a field of corpses. They must be halted, before their blood-soaked crusade becomes unstoppable. Yet the US government refuses a full-scale military response, and the Iraqi government is too weak to act. The problem is passed to the Navy Seals.

The invasion of the Centauri Rim has begun, and Knighthawk Squadron leads the way. They fight in both the real and virtual worlds, where they use their unique skills to throw the enemy off balance. This last battle will be fought against the mighty stronghold of the separatists, an impregnable fortress hidden inside the Rim known simply as The Rock. And in their path lies a vast array of warships, pirate vessels, thousands of soldiers, and a secretive leader who promises a future freed of alien influence.

The day after the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor, Murphy joins the US 1st Infantry Division, the Big Red One, and soon volunteers for the newly formed US Rangers. He takes part in the bloody attack on the French Channel port of Dieppe. The furious German defense results in hundreds of Allied deaths, yet Murphy makes it back to continue training for the invasion of France, codenamed Operation Overlord. Their orders are to land at Omaha Beach, scale the cliffs, and destroy the gun batteries at Pointe du Hoc.

A chance discovery on the jungle world of Hyperion leads Alliance scientists on a path to creating a permanent spacebridge to the distant Orion Nebula. In a matter of days, great fleets of military and civilian ships depart for the single greatest expedition since the colonization of Alpha Centauri. Into this great adventure travel two heroes of the war, retired Marines Spartan and Teresa Morato, and their son Jack.

It’s 2436 A.D. and a violent uprising led by the Cult of Echidna is sweeping through the world of Kerberos. The Tigers, an elite special forces unit, are securing a civilian outpost known as Gemini when the fighting starts. Little do they know that a great horde is coming for them and they’ll have to transform the ruins into a defensible outpost if they’re to have any hope of surviving the horror to come.

PFC Carl Yeager, a rookie infantryman, is on his first tour of Vietnam. Like most new arrivals to war-torn South Vietnam, he has no idea of what he’ll be up against. Going on his first patrol with mixed feelings, his platoon runs into a VC ambush. Fighting off an enemy who appeared from nowhere, he gathers together a scratch unit and pursues the Vietcong ambush party deep into the jungle. Until they disappear, melting into the gloom like ghosts.

Rafe Stoner is a gun for hire, a former Navy SEAL whose skills are in constant demand in his adopted home of Afghanistan. His legitimate business is selling surplus machinery, or so his tax return states. His real work is less prosaic, and makes him a good living from a grateful client base. The removal of inconvenient rivals is a way of life in the violent and war-torn nation.

The religious insurgency continues to spread through the weakened colonies of the Confederacy. Spartan, now a sergeant in the Marine Corps and his armored platoon is rushed to the defense of New Carlos on the planet of Prime. The massive city is besieged by the terrifying Biomech shock troopers, its fall is imminent. As the battles rage across the continent, enemy agents continue to foment revolt throughout the remaining colonies in their struggle to bring the empire crashing down.

The Black Widows head for the massive transport ship MS Monterey, captained by the tough-as-nails Lothar Bartholomew. Following a series of difficult operations, they need to take on supplies and collect payment for a recent contract. While the Widows look forward to some time away from Medusa, Syala is looking for information as she tries to locate her missing sister. What none of them realize is that something left Skylla with them, and now it's on the ship and stalking its prey.

King Agesilaus and his Terran Legions have won their first victory against the Median Empire. Despite sustaining heavy casualties, they established a vital foothold in enemy territory. Yet the Empire is far from defeated, and they begin to ready their forces for a counterattack. In a display of overwhelming power, they throw fleets of ships and armies of levies and mercenaries against the Terrans. The outcome is uncertain, until Agesilaus and his generals uncover a stunning secret

Ark Royal is the most powerful starcarrier ever built. A massive 440m long behemoth that carries vast numbers of starfighters onboard. Commanded by the rising star in the Confederate Navy, the renowned Admiral Churchill, and crewed by experienced officers. She’s capable of tackling an entire flotilla on her own. No enemy would dare stand against her...until the Great Uprising. In an instant her entire battle group is engulfed in violence as friends turn on each other in one of the most infamous engagements of the war.

Unfairly convicted of helping a killer in a drug-related hit, Jack Grant faces five long years in the pen. Except the judge offers him an alternative, a chance to make a difference. Grant joins the infantry, and on the 11th of September 2001, the planes hit the World Trade Center. Soon after, they ship out for Afghanistan. Grant’s unit is tasked with guarding Bagram Airbase. A safe assignment, where his worst enemy is a vindictive platoon lieutenant. That’s until the Taliban mounts a massive attack on the airbase.

The second novel in the exciting Zombie Dawn series that follows the outbreak of a deadly zombie plague and the people who are left, fighting to survive. This book continues the story one year on from Zombie Dawn Outbreak. The world is now a very different place, far from the disorganized and desperate struggle to simply survive an hour. The remnants of humanity have formed new communities with their own unique approaches to survival in a zombie-dominated world.

Defeats throughout the Afari Sector have pushed the Commonwealth back, leaving only the garrison at Tobruk behind on the Novan desert planet of Kyrenaica. Surrounded on all sides, the beleaguered garrison refuses to yield, even as starfighters strafe its ports, and enemy assault walkers pound its damaged walls. Each day, the garrison holds on, giving the Commonwealth and its allies time to prepare for a counter offensive.

Life is short and justice a rare commodity in the harsh wastelands of Afghanistan. Navy SEAL Lieutenant Rafe Stoner is about to encounter this cruel truth the hard way. An operation goes tragically wrong, and a Taliban sniper team ambushes a UNHCR ambulance. One of the dead is the woman with whom he intended to start a new life. Stoner turns his back on civilization, and begins a new career as a gun-for-hire in the bitter land ruled by the bomb and the bullet.

Army ranger Jack Grant and his unit mount an operation to rob a train inside Pakistan. They find senior Taliban commanders carrying cases stuffed with documents and money. They also contain a clue to a catastrophic new development: a new ally in their perpetual search for bigger, more powerful weapons. An ally prepared to supply them with nuclear devices and weapons with the power to devastate entire American cities. North Korea.

The newly formed Interstellar Assault Brigade has been tested in secret, but their first official combat action will send a shockwave through the Alliance. On the opposite side of Alliance space is a deadly new threat, a massive spacecraft that is heading directly for the colonies of T'Karan. A heavily armed destroyer is diverted to intercept, and apparently lost with all hands in a matter of minutes. There is only one unit capable of performing a rescue operation in the limited time remaining.

Vietnam in 1968 is a hotbed of turmoil and death. Some as a result of the war, others not. Some are planned assassinations yet to happen. A C-130 transport aircraft flying close to the DMZ crashes in deep jungle. The aircraft was carrying a squad of army CID experts on a confidential mission to investigate rumors of a planned assassination of the Saigon president, yet the investigation ended when the crash resulted in the deaths of all aboard.

When a SEAL he worked with in Afghanistan calls for help, Former SAS trooper Logan takes up the call. His friend needs help. Someone is killing their men.

The final novel in the exciting Zombie Dawn trilogy that follows the outbreak of a deadly worldwide zombie plague. This epic finale concludes the story 10 years on from Zombie Dawn Outbreak.