Realistic Fiction War

In the abandoned mines of Pennsylvania, Sarah Murphy—a single mother who once lost everything to foreign competition—steps into a subterranean factory to build a new generation of stealth aircraft. As robotic tunnel borers carve cities underground, Sarah discovers a courage she never knew she had… and becomes a quiet hero of the war effort. On the Pacific front, Merchant Marine sailor Jack Winters returns to sea aboard a revolutionary ultra-fast transport. His mission: race through enemy-infested waters to bring home the rare metals America needs to fight back. When raiders strike, ...

A wounded nation. A global enemy. A war that will reshape the world. The opening blows of World War III have plunged the globe into chaos. Missile strikes, drone swarms, and cyberattacks batter America’s defenses. Cities burn. Airbases fall. Supply lines are shattered. The enemy believes the United States is on its knees. They’re wrong. From the ruined streets of Europe to the unforgiving Pacific, American soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen rally for the fight of their lives. Engineers resurrect factories long abandoned. Civilians volunteer in droves. New weapons roll out of ...

The Battle of Crete forged a link between the islanders of Crete and the people of Australia and New Zealand which has never been forgotten. HISTORY'S FIRST EVER airborne invasion pitched the cream of the Nazi military, the Fallschirmjaeger, headlong into battle with the island's British and Anzac defenders. Confident of a quick victory, the German paratroopers jumping over Crete in May 1941 were blissfully unaware they were leaping into a cauldron. The defenders, fresh from the debacle of the Battle of Greece, knew they were coming and prepared for them as best they could. Short of ...

The war began in the shadows. Now it explodes into the open. A secret CIA interrogation of a “dead” U.S. senator uncovers the biggest betrayal in American history. A Chinese comms cell in Louisiana is wiped out—but not before encrypted files reveal months of hidden terrorist activity across the nation. And overseas, Russia, China, and Iran move in perfect unison, launching cyberattacks, drone ambushes, and missile barrages against U.S. allies. When American troops are ambushed by swarms of Russian FPV drones in Belarus, the truth is undeniable: World War III has arrived. Facing ...

Some orders are missions. Some are alibis. By the time Lieutenant Daniel Crews understands which kind he just followed, his boat is six kilometers of black water from anywhere safe. June 1969. In the canals of the Mekong Delta, Crews runs PBR-747 up tributaries that aren't on any chart — and he's good enough at it that the men who fight their war from air-conditioned rooms keep finding uses for him. The newest job is simple, on paper: take his boat and a demolition man up a blacked-out canal, destroy a cache of 122mm rockets staged to wipe out a firebase, and bring everyone home before ...

A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder. A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Century "Brilliant, honest, and equal parts heartbreaking and...

A gripping story of resistance, sacrifice, and the unbearable price of defiance. Tom’s life is shattered the day his homeland is invaded. What was once ordinary and familiar—family dinners, laughter in the garden, the steady rhythm of daily life—vanishes beneath the shadow of occupation. Everyday worries dissolve into something primal: fear for survival, fear for those he loves, and fear of what he might have to become to protect them. Things Tom once took for granted are stripped away as his fatherland is ravaged by invaders Would you fight back—even if it meant losing everything? ...

When Annabelle leaves Covington, Kentucky, she believes she is following her husband’s calling. Tientsin, China is meant to be a place of purpose, of teaching and shaping young lives. Instead, it becomes the place where she learns how fragile belief can feel when the ground beneath it is shaking. Sunsoo has never been free to dream. Bound to a husband consumed by violence and power, she lives in the tightening grip of the Boxer Revolution, where loyalty is demanded and mercy is dangerous. Faith, if it exists at all, is like a seed hidden beneath scorched soil. As revolution ignites and ...

Amidst the rubble of war, a boy searches for hope. When thirteen-year-old Zaid is forced to flee his home during the Siege of Aleppo in 2012, he’s thrust into a nightmare no child should ever face. Bombs rain from the sky. Streets once filled with laughter are now cloaked in fear. Families are torn apart. But in the midst of chaos, Zaid must find the courage to survive—and lead others to safety. The Heart of Aleppo is an emotionally powerful, fast-paced young adult novel based on real events from the Syrian Civil War. Through Zaid’s journey, readers are taken on a heart-wrenching ...

Most sci-fi authors imagine what space systems do. This one spent 20 years supporting real space missions. From space industry insider Pål A. Hvistendahl comes a novel that reads like tomorrow's classified briefing. 2040. The digital thread connecting civilization is about to snap. As secret wars simmer in orbit and the race to the Moon accelerates, Vice President Jackie Jill — a sharp, witty political powerhouse — confronts a crisis that could shatter the fragile network connecting nine billion lives. Space Force Colonel Kiril MacKay, astronaut-engineer and shadow operative, must ...

Ukraine, 2022. The front has collapsed, cities are burning, and every bullet carries a name. U.S. Army Ranger Luke Ryder is seconded to a covert CIA unit led by Daniel “Cole” Merrick, a former Marine turned paramilitary officer operating in the gray zones between war and deniability. Their mission: infiltrate Russian-occupied territory and extract a compromised intelligence asset before Moscow can exploit the information. But in a war without front lines, nothing stays clean. Embedded deep behind enemy lines, Ryder and Canadian sniper Theo Marchand move through shattered cities, drone-...

A drug lord with a powerful secret… Alvaro Gutiérrez is the most dangerous drug trafficker in Mexico, the head of a vast criminal network that DEA special agent Rainn Darson has vowed to bring down. Yet, despite her best efforts, her superiors have refused to make him a priority. That is until the mutilated body of a British soldier washes up on the shore at Veracruz. Now, all fingers point to Gutiérrez, bringing the drug boss to the attention of both the White House and Downing Street. Darson is sent to Mexico to lead a joint agency task force to find Gutiérrez and get him extradited ...

Helmand Province is falling apart. The Taliban are surging back into the fight. Marines are dying. Intelligence is failing. And deep inside southern Afghanistan, whispers begin spreading about a terrifying new weapon smuggled across the Iranian border — one capable of changing the battlefield overnight. Caught in the middle of the chaos are two Marine squad leaders: Sergeant Morgan and Corporal Dean. Battle-tested and exhausted from endless deployments, the two men are forced to navigate collapsing leadership, impossible orders, and the brutal realities of combat in one of the deadliest ...

The second novel in a brilliant new Napoleonic series from acclaimed historian Adrian Goldsworthy. Second in the series begun by TRUE SOLDIER GENTLEMEN, the story takes our heroes through the winter snows as Sir John Moore is forced to retreat to Corunna. Faced with appalling weather, and...

Some enemies don’t disappear. They regroup. Luke Ryder walked away from the world of covert warfare, trading black ops for mountain air, silence, and the woman he loves. Nestled deep in the Idaho wilderness, he’s building a new life—until the past finds him again. When remnants of a mission gone dark resurface in the form of a brutal cartel hit squad, Luke and his closest friends are ambushed at his secluded home. As bullets tear through the forest and bodies hit the ground, Luke is forced back into the fight—this time on his own soil. What begins as a desperate defense spirals into...

Editorial Review A gripping, high-stakes thriller that blends survival, secrecy, and human resilience into a story that feels both personal and vast. With tight pacing and unforgettable characters, Beneath the Silence propels readers into a world where every truth has a cost and every choice shapes what remains. This compelling narrative balances heart-pounding tension with emotional depth, delivering a narrative that lingers long after the final page. You were never meant to see what lives beneath the silence. For decades, unexplained military encounters, sensor failures, and vanished ...

The military-industrial complex (MIC) consists of government defense agencies, government policy agencies, government oversight agencies, their counterparts in the armed services, a nationwide network of academic and military defense labs, the US Congress, and defense contractors large and small, domestic and international. Military-Industrial Complex is an in-depth narrative of the origins and history of the MIC, and a cogent analysis of its past, present and future. From the close of WW II, to the perilous zenith of Cold War superpower confrontation across nuclear battle lines, to the ...

Luke Ryder was home in Idaho. At his mountain house. Quiet mornings. Snow on the ridgeline. Elena beside him. For the first time in months, life felt steady. Then the call comes. An MI6 safehouse in Edinburgh has been hit—hard. Coordinated shooters. Professional tradecraft. One target: Natalie. She survives. Barely. Now Luke and his Aegis team are pulled back into the shadows, tasked with protecting a woman marked for assassination by a ruthless Russian network. The enemy isn’t just hunting her. They’re hunting through her. What follows is a relentless game of counter-surveillance, ...

Book 2 in the Luke Ryder Thriller Series The target is in Sochi. The window is closing. Natalie Volkova is the mistress of a senior Russian FSB official—and a buried MI6 asset who's been feeding intelligence to the West for years. Now her handler is gone, her cover is thin, and the only way out is a black-ops extraction across the Black Sea. The problem: Natalie's defecting partner, General Alexander Ivanov, is bringing critical intelligence that Moscow will do anything to keep buried. Luke Ryder and a small Aegis team infiltrate Russia under civilian cover, confirm the assets, and move ...

When plunging enrollment forces two rival high schools to merge, two class presidents must work together to make the schools unite. But when a mutual crush emerges, they'll both have to figure out what they want and where their loyalties lie before they become the most hated people at school...