Military Horror

Im dritten Teil der OPERATION-Reihe werden Captain Banks und das S/SQUAD nach Sibirien geschickt – als Eskorte für drei UN-Wissenschaftler, die den Zoo eines russischen Oligarchen unter die Lupe nehmen sollen. Die Männer erwarten, auf Elche, Bären und vielleicht ein paar wild gewordene Tiger zu treffen... doch stattdessen treffen sie auf Kreaturen aus der Eiszeit, die geklont und zu neuem Leben erweckt wurden. Und sehr hungrig sind.

Als ein US-Informant spurlos in dem Dorf Hai Trang verschwindet, werden Sergeant Reese und Corporal Hanson zusammen mit einem Trupp Soldaten in den vietnamesischen Dschungel entsendet, um ihn aufzuspüren. Es dauert jedoch nicht lange, bis sie feststellen müssen, dass bei dieser Mission etwas nicht mit rechten Dingen zugeht. Immer wieder stoßen sie auf ihrem Weg auf mysteriös zugerichtete Leichen des Vietcong, seltsam mumifiziert und ausgetrocknet. Hai Trang selbst ist nur noch ein Geisterdorf, und die einzige Überlebende – ein junges Mädchen – berichtet von einem unheimlichen Wesen, welches alle Bewohner tötete.

After a harrowing journey through infected territory, Jane Finch, her loyal Great Dane, and her equally protective almost-zombie Grey have reached the military base in the mountains. It's supposed to be safe. But the last thing they can do is drop their guard. Surrounded by soldiers, reeling from her first kiss with Grey and the news that he has a wife, Jane is separated from Grey. The loss leaves her aching. Then she's thrust into a tenuous role of 'behavioral investigator' for the base. When she uncovers a shocking truth, she's desperate to reach Grey.

Von einer Hölle in die nächste … Spüren Sie dem schier unvorstellbaren Martyrium des Soldaten Kurt K. Keller nach. Kurt K. Keller, Jahrgang 1925, trat im April 1943 seinen Dienst bei der Wehrmacht an – ihm sollte ein bewegtes Soldatenleben bevorstehen: Am 6. Juni 1944, dem D-Day, gehörte Keller zu den Verteidigern am blutigen Strandabschnitt Omaha Beach, wo Tausende US-Soldaten direkt in den deutschen Kugelhagel hineinrannten.

Experience the events of the Cepheus Protocol through the eyes of those on the ground as many some struggle to survive, while others seek to stop Chelsey Trader before our world is transformed into an alien hellscape.

Have you ever had a nightmare that was so real, you could have sworn it actually happened? You woke up in a cold sweat, looked around your bedroom in the dark, and tried desperately to remember who you were and why you were so terrified? Then you remembered and everything was better, but the dream stayed with you. It haunted everything you did all throughout the next day. You could never really relax because every time you did, you would remember the dream. It infected your brain like a disease and tainted your every thought.

David Joseph has established himself as one of the most unique military fiction writers of our time. Wielding all the power and magic of a master storyteller, Joseph delivers in Spooky Military Tales the stories the military does not want you to know. He introduces the origins behind the haunted KC-135 tanker that still flies, the aircraft that flew the remains to the US from Jonestown, the strange sightings at Arlington National Cemetery.

Retired (and exiled) Marine Lieutenant General Colby Edison’s farm is overrun by a horde of alien plants, leafy gremlin-like creatures that begin systematically destroying first his crops and then his home. And not just his farm, but all the surrounding farms as well. The relentless plants have apparently killed his neighbors, and clearly, he and his dog Duke are next. But as a retired Marine, Colby has resources and skills not shared by other farmers on the newly terraformed agricultural world of Vasquez and soon he is bringing the fight to the invaders.

Eric, a United States Marine, is assigned a secret mission by his commander. As he and his small team are deep within the mission, Eric discovers special symbols, exotic, yet deadly creatures, and secrets to be revealed. His mission takes an unexpected turn, which could alter his entire military career and life.

Roger “Bud” Macleod and his two brothers return to the ramshackle home of their youth on emergency leave from the military after the murder of their reviled father. Instead of having the festive reunion they’d planned with Mama and their sister, the three soldiers are flung into a series of violent confrontations with old and new rivals plus double trouble: Papa’s siblings.

Seaman Apprentice Steve Johnson hated standing the mid-watch at the schoolhouse where he was stationed in the Navy. He didn't mind the duty, he just didn't like that creepy place in the middle of the night. Was it just his overactive imagination getting the best of him, or was there truly something not right about that place? This short story will reveal the answer to that question.

Amanda Cutler needs a time out. After spending much of her life on the run with no one believing her, she's committed the ultimate fuck-up. She allowed her friends and unit to walk into a trap, killing three and hurting her best friend, Ben Kogan. With the orders to recharge and gain the ability to trust those around her, she heads to Wiccan Haus, hoping they can figure out what happens next. She never expected to meet a polar bear with a surly disposition or an oracle.

Captain Dominic Holland's greatest weapon against the apocalypse is his ship. The Huntress is the heart of Dom's scientific research and military operations. And it has been taken. Dom must embark on a perilous mission to retake it if he stands any chance at finding the cure the world so desperately needs. Dom's daughter, Kara, is stranded in the middle of Skull-infested Virginia. While she and a few others struggle to reunite with Dom and the Hunters, enemies more terrifying and ruthless than the Skulls emerge.

Private Ike Lowery, a Union Infantryman from Illinois, wakes up in a strange place, short on memories, weak from hunger and blood loss from a head wound, and with a broken leg. He discovers that he is the "guest" of a Confederate widow in whose dooryard his squad was ambushed. Ike worries about his sanity due to his memory loss and the constant commentary in his head from a fallen comrade who finds Ike's situation amusing.

Omara is on the brink of war as the terrible forces of Anakhizer gather in the west. Against their assembled might, Simon Wargallow and a handful of allies journey secretly into the forbidden lands, bearing the rod of power. They enter the Deepwalks, an ancient and terrifying forest, where they learn the real nature of the horrors that threaten to engulf Omara. At last they must reach the edge of their world, where they are forced to confront the ultimate evil.

Iraq, 2003. Army Sergeant John Armstrong leads his team into the middle of the desert in search of weapons of mass destruction. What they find is something far more terrifying, and alive.

Threats abound. Overt, covert, and those whispered in the night all lead to a larger, more puzzling picture that refuses to come into focus. As the squads recover from the loss of one of their own, another breaks every rule to try to save her father from a certain death.

Chaos gathers like a dark cloud above Omara - as the evil Anakhizer prepares to unleash a storm of wizard war upon the last stronghold of the human race. Only the stolen power of Orhung's rod can bring salvation to the doomed world. But the wondrous instrument lies in the perilous deplanes beneath the nice. And Brannog, now King among the Earthwrought - along with a beautiful girl possessing remarkable gifts - must embark on a dangerous quest to battle the ultimate in corruption and return hope to his land.

RIZEN is a chilling collection of stories that will have you on the edge of your seat! A plague has caused the dead to rise and stalk the living.... "The Chosen": Ten years after the zombie apocalypse, Dan and his family try to stake out a new life for themselves in rural Wyoming. When he encounters a mysterious group of survivors who call themselves The Chosen, Dan is unsure whether he can trust them. "The White Fist": Five years after the first of the infected reach Texas, pockets of survivors are reminded that the living can be even more dangerous than the dead.

When Captain John Banks and his squad are sent to investigate a derelict Nazi base in Antarctica, he expects to find only ice and dead men. But there is something in the domed hangar bay that has been waiting for decades for release.