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It is 1965, and America is putting more boots on the ground to fight the communists who have sent their powerful People’s Army of Vietnam, the PAVN, south. Their aim is to defeat the South Vietnamese Army, the ARVN, and impose the iron fist of communist rule on the democratic South. Walker knows nothing of politics or military strategy and tactics. A single obsession rules his life: to become a major league baseball pitcher.

Last Stand: Battle Group SS is an account of an epic last stand at the end of WWII. The inhabitants of a small town attempt to fight the Russian hordes as they rampage toward them. They prepare to fight what every man knows will be a battle to the death. One that will go down in history as a shining example of bravery and sacrifice, and perhaps mitigate some of the worst excesses of the Nazi regime.

The unending war with the anarchist rebellion has spread to the planet of Thrada III. A planet the Union cannot let fall into the hands of the enemy. Takashi Hiraku is part of conscripted civilian militia tasked with reinforcing the besieged city of Harmine. But when they arrive, they find the enemy is already in control and waiting for them. It is a deadly trap, and one that will change Takashi’s life forever. It will take all his wits and fighting ability if he is to survive the terrifying battle.

The Alliance Navy's renowned assault carrier ANS Relentless is sent into action for the first time in more than a year. She’s been significantly enlarged, upgraded, and improved with Byotai armor and heavy weaponry. But most significant of all, Relentless is the first carrier to embark a squadron of the alliance’s newest fighters, the deadly F26 Firehawks. Nate and Billy have completed their Academy training and are thrilled to find they’re to be returned to their old home, the Alliance assault carrier Relentless.

Afghanistan is a land ripped apart by unending warfare. Inside this seething cauldron of violence, Rafe Stoner, a former Navy SEAL, maintains a precarious existence. His business, selling surplus machinery, is a cover for his real work. Stoner is a gun for hire, and his services are in constant demand.

Spartan is a living legend, a veteran of the Alliance Marine Corps, victor of a multitude of military campaigns including the horrific Biomech War. He is both loved and reviled by friend and foe alike, and now lives out on the fringes of the Alliance. He has fought for money, for his people and for the very survival of his species, and lost everything in the process. But when two of his closest friends are captured supplying weapons to the desperate Byotai settlers of Karnak, the fight becomes personal.

Part two of Robot Commandos, a thrilling new series of short-listen adventures that follow Takashi Hiraku and the Robot Commandos. An elite unit of augmented warriors that charge into battle supported by an army of robotic drones. Takashi Hiraku may have survived the battle of Harmine, but he did not escape unscathed. Badly wounded he is offered the chance to join the elite unit of Robot Commandos. This special force makes use of high-tech combat armor known as Dragoon MK II Battle Armour.

The fifth installment of an epic science-fiction series that tells of humanity's desperate struggle to survive against an overwhelming alien invasion.

The largest invasion in history begins as the Vrokan Empire breaks its alliance with the vast expanse of the Communist Confederation. First to be struck is the border world of Byelorus Primaris. Soldiers, cybernetic assault troops, and hundreds of armored walkers make planetfall and strike the ring of fortresses that surround the city. Greatest of these is the dilapidated Brest-Litousk Stronghold, now home to multiple Red Army regiments, NKVD border forces, cadets, and their families.

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.

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.

The year is 2512, and war rages throughout the Alliance. Warriors are needed, those who have the will, the skills, and the strength to fight this new threat. The cry goes out for battle-hardened soldiers. Like those who fought in the brutal war that nearly destroyed Earth almost 400 years ago. A resurrection program has begun to bring back those few men who had been preserved, and CJ is next. But CJ is no ordinary soldier.

The Black Legion has vanquished every army and fleet sent against it, yet now this invincible Legion is in full retreat as it races away from the Emperor’s wrath. They gambled all on a single decisive battle and with it lost everything. With victory against the Emperor now impossible, the Legion finds itself lacking purpose and money. They came to the Empire with promises of glory and reward, but now they are trapped and surrounded on all sides by enemies.

The cybernetic veteran Colonel Shona Morven launches rapid attacks against civilian colonies and cities from world to world, causing destruction wherever he travels. No matter how hard the Dragoons fights, the Colonel is always one step ahead and escapes before the Dragoons can reach him. They plan to capture him by luring him to a Union shipyard on the jungle planet of Olax II. The hunt for Colonel Shona Morven begins, but he is no fool, and he put his own plan into action to draw in the dragoons to a trap he’s planned from the very beginning.

When a CIA agent is captured inside China and sentenced to death by firing squad, Lieutenant Jack Grant’s Ranger fireteam volunteers to carry out a rescue mission. But the odds are stacked against them from the outset and the operation fails. Worse is to come. An unfounded claim of war crimes against Grant spells the end of his career and his freedom. His one chance to clear his name is to launch another mission and bring back the condemned agent. Yet the odds are stacked against them even more, and success against the Chinese hordes means racking up a large body count.

Colonel Shona Morven attacks the Dragoon base with the support of a rebel regiment of infantry. It’s a deadly assault, and leaves the base burning. The Union forces are told to retreat by high command. But Takashi hates to retreat before the hated Morven and refuses. Instead, he helps lead the valiant defense against the cybernetic villain.

This time it is the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler who insists on the theft of a Christian relic, believed to have been touched by Jesus Christ himself. Hitler believes that the relic will aid him in his struggle against the atheist communists of Stalin's Russia. Roth's platoon is ordered back into action behind enemy lines. This time they leave the vicious struggle on the Leningrad front to infiltrate the Soviet capital, Moscow. Their target is a Russian Orthodox Cathedral where the relic is believed to be hidden.

Noah Cage is a cybernetic supersoldier, a war hero and a man on his fifth and final life. He's a Lifer, an enhanced warrior. Repaired, rebuilt and improved after four lifetimes of soldiering. With each death comes further modification and enhancement, although at the loss of yet another piece of his dwindling humanity. Cage is thrust into the debacle of the Third Martian War. One that sees every man in his unit killed, including his best friend Rob Romero.

Rookie Joe Walker, 3rd Brigade, 7th Air Cavalry, was finding life in Vietnam tough. The war is building into a major conflict, yet despite his efforts, he feels like a square peg in a round hole. He can’t shoot straight, missed the bayonet course, and nothing ever goes right. He can throw a mean grenade, but the army made him a rifleman, and they’re determined to make sure he can shoot straight. Or else.

Nate and his video gamer friends are given the chance of a lifetime, a six-month tour aboard the Alliance’s newest battleship, ANS Dreadnought. Two years at the Academy has tested Nate’s flying, combat, and technical skills to the limit. But nothing will come close to his greatest test. Captain Gaunt, one of the Alliance’s most decorated officers plans to use Dreadnought to start a war, one that will engulf the region and cost many lives.