Combat Dogs

Military science fiction with the throttle wide open. A powered exosuit. Four combat drones. One mercenary with no one left to trust. A near future war story built to read like a movie, where the hardware is real and every fight leaves a mark. In Neocrest City, the corporations won the war against the aliens and kept the spoils. Tiberius Novak takes their contracts because the registry that keeps him legal is the same leash that keeps him owned. One extraction job. One scientist. Simple work, until the thing guarding that lab turns out to be wearing human skin.

The Navy SEAL teams' elite K9 warriors do it all - from detecting explosives to eliminating the bad guys. These powerful dogs are also some of the smartest and most highly skilled working animals on the planet. Mike Ritland's job is to train them. This is the tale of how Ritland discovered his passion and grew up to train these elite dogs. After becoming a SEAL, he was on combat deployment in Iraq when he saw a military working dog in action, and he instantly knew he'd found his true calling.

An American Combat Bird Dog Pilot is a compelling look at the life and times of a member of the Silent Generation. Mike Leonard’s story chronicles not only his breathtaking combat adventures, but the unforeseen perils that nearly sidetracked him during his time as an international sales executive. This spellbinding narrative paints a vivid portrait of a man, as the Chinese proverb clearly states, "living in interesting times".

From New York Times bestselling authors Andrews & Wilson, Sledghammer is a blistering, high-stakes thriller about redemption, sacrifice, and how far one man will go for family. Mack Holland might as well have the word “former” tattooed across his chest. He’s a former Green Beret. A former...

Navy SEAL Dogs promises to teach your children all about how the navy trains these specialist dogs for combat, the breed used and expectations of these dog soldiers. They will understand the background of the navy SEAL dogs, the agility of the breed and their ability to locate people, explosives and weapons with their senses of smell and hearing. This educational publication opens up a world of action adventure for kids. The ebook explains everything about helping soldiers on their missions with vivid illustrations and captivating photographs. Read it in black and white or absorbing full ...

He was the most feared fighter pilot of the First World War. He became a legend in a red aircraft. He died chasing one last victim too low over enemy lines. Manfred von Richthofen — the Red Baron — remains the most famous airman in history. To his enemies he was the red machine in the sky. To Germany he became proof that victory could still be counted, named, and celebrated. To the men who flew with him, he was not simply a symbol, but a disciplined hunter who turned air combat into method. RED BARON tells the story behind the legend: the aristocratic cavalry officer whose first arm was...

Telling the remarkable tale of a man who is still remembered on the streets of New Orleans and in the hearts of professional-wrestling fans, this book aims to restore the overlooked Junkyard Dog to his proper place in the history books. In 1979, Sylvester Ritter, also known as the Junkyard Dog, managed to break one of the final color barriers in the sport by becoming the first Black wrestler named undisputed top star of his promotion, and this biography reveals all the famous feuds and business back stories that made him a wrestling legend.

With their keen senses, dogs can sniff out bombs and hear artillery shells being fired long before people can. Military dogs are trained to use their senses to save soldiers' lives and make the soldiers' jobs easier. Learn more about these amazing animals, including how they are chosen, the training they go through, and the missions they complete.

In his 14th book, bestselling author Nicholas Sparks tells the unforgettable story of a man whose brushes with death lead him to the love of his life. After U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman buried in the dirt during his tour of duty in Iraq, he experiences a...

Dynamite and Davey: The Explosive Lives of the British Bulldogs is the triumphant but ultimately tragic story of Tom Billington and Davey Boy Smith. Cousins born just a couple of years apart in a small mining town near Wigan, Tom and Davey discovered the art of wrestling as schoolboys. Tom went on to become the Dynamite Kid, arguably the greatest and most pioneering wrestler in history, but his short temper and determination to reach the top of a sport dominated by naturally bigger men would be his undoing.

The enemy attacked in darkness. At first light, the War Dogs go after them. Sergeant Wade Gresham has one job: find the men who tore through an American outpost and disappeared into the Vietnamese jungle. His best weapon is Banner, a black Labrador trained to follow the scent men leave behind. But Banner is not infallible. The trail crosses flooded paddies, civilian paths, rubber plantations, and jungle where rain can erase in minutes what Gresham needs most. Visual tracker Jonah Pate reads the ground. Sergeant Earl Brubaker protects the team's flanks. And somewhere ahead, an experienced ...

Who was Maurice the man, and who was Mad Dog the character? Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon was a gold medalist, a pro-wrestling legend, and a pop culture icon - but he was also a son, husband, and father. Mad Dog explores Vachon's career and personal struggles with painstakingly detailed historical research and through both Maurice's own recollections and those of the people who knew him best.

Something is getting through the perimeter of an American hill position in Vietnam, and nobody can prove how. Sergeant Gresham arrives with Banner and his tracker team to examine a maze of wire, churned construction ground, trenches, spoil banks, fuel, and overlapping human traffic. A scout-dog handler named Dunlevy has been reporting the same warning from his dog, Duke, but no one has been willing to act on an alert they cannot verify. As darkness closes over the hill, the trackers discover that the most dangerous ground may be the ground everyone has stopped seeing. An abandoned ...

In this Noir Thriller, a former Marine Corps Close Quarters Combat instructor battles the Tulsa mob as he searches for a sadistic serial killer. Mike Bishop is a former Marine CQC Training Instructor with a prison record and an edgy reputation. When a small-time Tulsa thug unexpectedly appears on Bishop’s doorstep seeking vengeance on the men who kidnapped and disfigured him, Bishop is wary. But as payment for his services, the critically wounded man offers Bishop a stolen flash drive. He claims the drive contains information about a recent terrorist attack on a nuclear weapons truck ...

Like lethal insects undergoing a series of metamorphoses into ever more mature and dangerous forms, military aircraft moved rapidly from stage to stage of their development as the 20th century progressed. The catalyst of war provided the swiftest impetus to this evolution. The new mechanized armies existing from the later period of World War I onward seized on the fresh technology and sought to squeeze every possible drop of advantage from it that the limits of science and the era's materials would allow.

The enemy has broken the trail on purpose. Sergeant Gresham and his military working dog, Banner, have one day to learn why. A North Vietnamese reconnaissance element disappears through dry foothills after backtracking, walking water, crossing hard ground, and laying a defended false route. The tracker team cannot simply follow footprints that no longer exist. Gresham, visual tracker Jonah Pate, and Banner must rebuild the route from fragments while enemy security waits for anyone who chooses the obvious line. Then the evidence changes the mission. The scouts are not merely escaping—they ...

Top Gun: Maverick meets Flight of the Old Dog in Alpha Strike, a modern military thriller with an unlikely cast of heroes—each with something to prove. When China launches a devastating ambush against the USS John F. Kennedy, America is desperate to strike back. There’s just one...

A patrol has vanished in the mountains of Vietnam, and Sergeant Gresham's tracker team is sent to find the men before the enemy does. With Banner, his military working dog, Gresham follows a trail through monsoon rain, boulder drainages, rock shelves, and enemy-held high ground. The missing men are scattered, one survivor is fighting to keep a wounded soldier alive, and every mile deeper into the hills forces the team to choose between the search and the limits meant to keep them alive. When the trail reaches terrain Banner should not work and enemy pressure closes every safer route, ...

First Flight: A Tale of Bloody April, 1917 In the skies over Arras during the brutal spring of 1917, a young RFC pilot faces his first test of combat. Second Lieutenant Thomas Ashworth has only nineteen hours of flight time when he's thrust into one of the deadliest periods of aerial warfare in history - the month that would become known as "Bloody April." Under the mentorship of Flight Lieutenant Michael Harrison, an experienced ace with six victories, Thomas struggles to master his Sopwith Pup fighter in time to survive his first patrol. But when they encounter the superior German ...

This book is titled the “Magic Of The Left Jab” for a very good reason. The Left Jab is the first punch all boxers are taught. It is used to control the distance between you and your opponent. It’s used to probe your opponent’s defences. It’s used to set up combinations. It’s used to control your opponent’s movements. It’s used to wear down your opponent mentally and physically. It’s used to set up knockout punches. It’s used to control the speed, tempo and intensity of the fight and much, much more. It is in fact the most versatile punch you can learn to use. IT IS IN ...