Military Political Fiction

Lucien Bandemyr, Crown Prince of the Qorathi Empire, looked forward to adventure, excitement, and glory from his first campaign outside of the Empire's star systems. Instead, he found frustration and betrayal, as an assassination attempt, coupled with an unexpected military catastrophe, put him squarely in the center of a galaxy-wide struggle for power. With his father near death, his most trusted advisors not above suspicion, and a Republican-minded princess seemingly determined to set his mind awhirl, Lucien sets out to right the military situation.

Dale Brown is the author of 14 New York Times bestsellers, and now in Plan of Attack, he provocatively turns our attention to the threat of a nuclear attack that is beyond our imaginings.

Always on the cutting edge of global political and military events, Robinson offers his most epic stunner yet. A rogue Saudi Arabian prince, disgusted by the royal family’s profligate ways, plans a coup d'etat. He surreptitiously enlists the help of the French, who appoint Le Chasseur (the Hunter) to do the dirty work. Assisting him will be the world’s most wanted terrorist, HAMAS's Ravi Rashood, arch-enemy of the United States.

Ein neues high-tech Schienengewehr, das die Fähigkeit hat, eine unaufhaltsame Rakete mit einer Geschwindigkeit sieben Mal so schnell wie Schall zu feuern, wurde erfunden ? und das Schicksal Amerikas ist bedroht. Wer oder was ist das Zielobjekt? Und wer steckt hinter dem Abschuss? In einem verrückten Wettstreit gegen die Zeit muss Agent Null all seine Fähigkeiten einsetzen, um die Quelle dieser unaufhaltsamen Waffe zu entdecken und ihr Ziel herauszufinden, bevor es zu spät ist.

Nuclear terrorism is such a disturbing prospect that we shy away from its details. Yet, as a consequence, we fail to understand how best to defeat it. Michael Levi takes us inside nuclear terrorism and behind the decisions a terrorist leader would be faced with in pursuing a nuclear plot. Along the way, Levi identifies the many obstacles, large and small, that such a terrorist scheme might encounter, allowing him to discover a host of ways that any plan might be foiled.

August 22, 1485, Bosworth, Leicestershire. By noon the King of England, Richard III, will be dead and his naked body will be on route to Leicester. This is the story of Richard's final 24 hours, told in a compelling minute-by-minute countdown, which ends with this final heroic battle charge and his death on the field at Bosworth.

Espionage was nothing new to Captain Larry McGraw and the crew of the USS Charlotte, a Los Angeles class fast-attack submarine. But this mission certainly was. Docked onto the hull of his sub was the new, state-of-the-art Advanced SEAL Delivery System, complete with 16 highly trained SEALs. Orders from the White House were simple, yet clear. Penetrate the Bo Hai Bay - a mere 100 miles from Beijing - and linger while the SEALS conduct nighttime missions. Simple, as long as they weren't detected.

Bombings in Copenhagen, Budapest, and Rome litter the streets of Europe with dozens of victims. The ensuing investigation into the attacks points the finger at a Saudi banker with close ties to the House of Saud, Saudi Arabia’s Royal Family. A group of US and Israeli operators is soon dispatched to Paris to ensure the banker pays for his crimes, but when things go horribly wrong in the City of Lights it becomes clear the team has been betrayed at the highest levels. The team will then have to find those responsible and make certain they atone for their sins.

In an ironic twist of fate, past and present cross swords. USS Constitution, Old Ironsides, must foil a world-wide jihadist plot by the descendants her historic foes, the Barbary Coast pirates in this multiple-award-winning, swashbuckling and cinematically explosive blend of action, history, romance, humor and the supernatural.

Politically controversial and pragmatic, witness an unlikely duo in their quest for the White House. A former president is assassinated. Rocky is disowned by members of his family. Uncommon heroism is sullied by the most powerful man in the world. Rocky is the man most men would like to be. He is the epitome of what many women would want in a man. But things are not what they appear to be. He is harboring a deep dark secret that could destroy his military career and that of the one he loves most.

Flying to war torn Vietnam, Patch Kincaid and Ray Meinkewitz are part of a secret plan, Operation Bluebird Rescue, to extricate Commander Phineas Beauregard from an American prison near Saigon and question Winkamp, an important player in the death of President Kennedy. An extensive riot ensues as Patch’s flying skills are challenged as Patch, Phinney, and Meinkewitz attempt to flee the country and top CIA operative Baker Finch.

Völlig unvorbereitet wird Geheimagent Mitch Rapp vom amerikanischen Präsidenten ins mediale Rampenlicht gezerrt. Nach jahrelanger Arbeit im Schatten kennt plötzlich jeder Terrorist auf der Erde sein Gesicht und seinen Namen. Rapp zieht sich hinter die Kulissen zurück. Doch es dauert nicht lang, bis ein Team der Navy SEALs auf den Philippinen in einen tödlichen Hinterhalt gerät und er zur Rückkehr an die Krisenherde der Welt gezwungen ist. Ein Verräter in der eigenen Regierung führt die Welt an den Rand der Vernichtung.

In Mesa County, Nevada, the tide of history was about to change. A tiny tribe of Indigenous Americans had just beaten the white man in his own court—and won title to some of the richest land in America. But some people were poor losers. And if they couldn’t hold on to the land … they’d simply eliminate its rightful owners. With a handful of poorly armed Native Americans facing a lynch mob led by the county sheriff and backed by corporate millions, Mesa County might be the setting for another Wounded Knee. Until the Black Berets get in on the action and show how professionals handle a massacre.

Someone wanted to overthrow the government of San Sebastian, a country whose tiny army, nonaligned status, and location on the deadly curve of Central America made it ripe for subversion. The first try was an attempted hit on its president on a crowded street in Washington. The second was an invasion from the sea. Both times the Black Berets were there to keep the worst from happening. But how long could five men and one boy hold out against an army of the world’s most skilled assassins? An army with limitless resources—and the patience to keep on killing?

SOF intelligence assets are dying. Operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan have been compromised. Sue O’Connell and her teammates have to find the leak and find it fast. The hunt for the cyber hackers takes the SOF contingent to Turkey, the Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan. Back home, Sue’s brother in the BBI finds himself stuck on a similar problem as adversaries in the US are using cyber operations to steal Pentagon secrets. Even Sue’s mother, retired CIA case officer Barbara O’Connell, faces a cyber challenge. And every time they defeat one threat, another is uncovered.

Given Tammy Duckworth’s personal heroism as an Army veteran, her stunning recovery from injuries sustained in the line of duty, and her subsequent career as an influential US senator, it’s easy to see why Joe Biden earmarked her as a possible running mate during his Democratic presidential campaign. Senator Duckworth has logged a long list of firsts during her tenure as the first Thai American member of Congress, including being the first woman with a disability to serve in the House and Senate.

Retired Navy SEAL Lawson Holland has lost everything. Disillusioned and wrestling with demons from his past, he goes deep into the wilderness to quiet his own nightmares. But Holland’s search for solace is interrupted when a freak accident puts him face-to-face with the one man he holds responsible for his loss—the president of the United States.

Nach dem Terrorangriff auf das Weiße Haus bleibt Undercover-Agent Mitch Rapp wenig Zeit zum Durchatmen. Die nächste Bedrohung kündigt sich in Form eines deutschen Industriemagnaten an, der Komponenten für den Bau von Atomwaffen in den Nahen Osten schmuggelt.

Brian Armstrong was killed in action when his Phantom fighter was downed during a mission over North Vietnam's Haiphong Harbor in 1969 when his son, Scott, was two years of age. Or was he? Scott is contacted decades later by a man claiming to have been imprisoned with his father long after the end of the Vietnam War and that Brian Armstrong was killed not in 1969, but in an escape attempt in 1987. Scott embarks on a journey to learn the truth about his father. Did the United States knowingly leave men behind in Southeast Asia after the end of US involvement in the war?

Een echte klassieker van Ken Follett, gebaseerd op historische feiten. Teheran, december 1978. Het regime van de sjah wankelt, de anti-Amerikaanse stemming groeit. EDS, een Amerikaanse computermaatschappij, heeft het merendeel van haar personeel naar veiliger oorden gestuurd. Slechts enkele topfunctionarissen zijn achtergebleven. Dan wordt van twee EDS-directeuren het paspoort afgenomen. Op grond van vage beschuldigingen worden ze, zonder enige vorm van proces, gevangengezet.