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Gunmetal Gray by Mark Greaney
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMark Greaney, the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, delivers another breakneck thriller following the world's deadliest assassin the Gray Man. After five years on the run Court Gentry is back on the inside at the CIA. But his first mission makes him wish he had stayed on the outs when a pair of Chinese agents try to take him down in Hong Kong...Categorized as:
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Consent to Kill by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFor years, Mitch Rapp's bold actions have saved the lives of countless Americans. He has killed with impunity, tortured to avert disaster, and shown he will do whatever it takes to prevent terrorists from fulfilling their bloody wishes. His battles for peace and freedom have made him a hero to many, and an enemy to countless more... -
![Whispered Lies by Kathleen Brooks]()
Whispered Lies by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGovernment secrets are being sold and the newly-sworn-in President of the United States already feels out of options. Without knowing the full scope of the scandal, the president decides to turn to the one person he knows he can trust--former FBI Agent, Elizabeth James. Her deep distrust of the system is rooted in her unfair discharge from service... -
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Mission Critical by Mark Greaney
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Mark Greaney, the New York Times bestselling author of Gunmetal Gray and a coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, comes a high-stakes thriller featuring the world's most dangerous assassin: the Gray Man.Court Gentry's flight on a CIA transport plane is interrupted when a security team brings a hooded man aboard...Categorized as:
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![Ryland’s Reach by Dale Mayer]()
Ryland’s Reach by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to a new stand-alone but interconnected series from USA Today bestselling Dale Mayer. This is Bullard’s story—and that of his team’s. All raw, rough, incredibly capable men who have one goal: to find out who was behind the attack on their leader, before the attacker, or attackers, return to finish the job... -
![Surviving the Fall by Brittney Sahin]()
Surviving the Fall by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGone was the man Jake Summers had become; in his place, there were only questions...After having been abducted from an FBI operation, Jake Summers wakes up the victim of an explosion in London a week later. He is perhaps the sole witness to the start of a massive terrorist plot, but his memory of the event — and of the last twelve years of his life — have been erased... -
![The First Hostage by Joel C. Rosenberg, David de Vries]()
The First Hostage by Joel C. Rosenberg, David de Vries
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“The president of the United States…is missing.”Three years before Clinton and Patterson, another New York Times bestselling author of thirteen international thrillers, Joel C. Rosenberg, posed this chilling scenario: What if the Islamic State captured the most valuable hostage in history?Award-winning journalist J. B... -
![Out of the Dark by Gregg Hurwitz]()
Out of the Dark by Gregg Hurwitz
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratings* AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *"This novel will be remembered as one of the best thrillers of the year." —Associated Press "A shocking stunner in every way. The perfect thriller." —Robert CraisWhen darkness closes in—he's your last, best hope. Evan Smoak returns in Gregg Hurwitz’s #1 international bestselling Orphan X series in Out of the Dark... -
![A Dom is Forever by Lexi Blake]()
A Dom is Forever by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLibrarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ASIN B00A648XZO here.A Man with a Past…Liam O’Donnell fled his native Ireland years ago after one of his missions ended in tragedy and he is accused of killing several of his fellow agents. Shrouded in mystery, Liam can’t remember that fateful night... -
![Separation of Power by Vince Flynn]()
Separation of Power by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsCIA superagent Mitch Rapp is back in action in Vince Flynn's high-velocity New York Times bestseller. Newly appointed CIA director Dr. Irene Kennedy is the target of an inside plot to destroy her and prematurely end the American President's term. To make matters worse, Saddam Hussein is close to entering the nuclear arms race -- something Israel has vowed to stop... -
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Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsOn a busy Washington morning, amid the shuffle of tourists and the brisk rush of government officials, the stately calm of the White House is shattered in a hail of gunfire. A group of terrorists has descended on the Executive Mansion, and gained access by means of a violent massacre that has left dozens of innocent bystanders murdered... -
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Term Limits by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAlternate-cover edition for ISBN 9780671023188 here TAKING AMERICA BACK ... ONE POLITICIAN AT A TIME In one bloody night, three of Washington's most powerful politicians are executed with surgical precision. Their assassins then deliver a shocking ultimatum to the American government: set aside partisan politics and restore power to the people... -
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Memorial Day by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFighting terrorism on foreign ground, CIA superagent Mitch Rapp does whatever it takes to protect American freedom.CIA intelligence has pointed to a major terrorist attack on the United States, just as the nation's capital prepares for a grand Memorial Day tribute to the veterans of World War II... -
![Executive Power by Vince Flynn, Armand Schultz]()
Executive Power by Vince Flynn, Armand Schultz
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsCIA superagent Mitch Rapp battles global terrorism in a high-octane follow-up to The New York Times bestselling Separation of Power -- another chillingly authentic adventure from the master of the political thriller. Mitch Rapp's cover has been blown... -
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![Clive Cussler's Condor's Fury by Graham Brown, Clive Cussler]()
Clive Cussler's Condor's Fury by Graham Brown, Clive Cussler
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA freighter carrying top-secret computers of unparalleled capability disappears in the Western Pacific. While searching for a lost treasure that once belonged to the famous pirate queen, Ching Shih, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are redirected to look for the missing vessel... -
![Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz]()
Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsForced into retirement, Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even suspect existed.As a boy, Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program. He was a government assassin, perhaps the best, known to a few insiders as Orphan X... -
![The President's Daughter by Bill Clinton, James Patterson]()
The President's Daughter by Bill Clinton, James Patterson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThere's a new administration in the White House. But it's the previous First Family who tops an international assassin's hit list.Michael Keating is a former Navy SEAL -- and a former President of the United States, now relocated to rural New Hampshire after a brave but ill-fated military mission cost him his second term... -
![True Faith and Allegiance by Mark Greaney, Tom Clancy]()
True Faith and Allegiance by Mark Greaney, Tom Clancy
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe #1 New York Times–bestselling series is back with the most shocking revelation of all. After years of facing international threats, President Jack Ryan learns that the greatest dangers always come from within. . . .It begins with a family dinner in Princeton, New Jersey. After months at sea, U.S...Categorized as:
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![Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Collection One by Susan Stoker]()
Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Collection One by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBooks 1-4 in the Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Series Justice for Mackenzie Daxton Chambers, a member of the oldest and most distinguished law enforcement agency in the state of Texas, never understood why people killed. But this new case, where someone was kidnapping and burying women alive, is a whole new level of depravity... -
![The Third Option by Vince Flynn]()
The Third Option by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMitch Rapp, CIA's top counterterrorism operative, is sent on his final mission. His target, a German Industrialist who has been selling sensitive equipment to the worlds most notorious sponsors of terrorism... -
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Point Of Impact by Stephen Hunter, Beau Bridges
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHe was one the best Marine snipers in Vietnam. Today, twenty years later, disgruntled hero of an unheroic war, all Bob Lee Swagger wants to be left alone and to leave the killing behind.But with consummate psychological skill, a shadowy military organization seduces Bob into leaving his beloved Arkansas hills for one last mission for his country, unaware until too late that the game is rigged... -
![Damascus Countdown by Joel C. Rosenberg]()
Damascus Countdown by Joel C. Rosenberg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIsrael successfully launches a first strike on Iran, taking out all of their nuclear sites and six of their nuclear warheads. American president William Jackson threatens to support a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the Jewish State for unprovoked and unwarranted acts of aggression. And the Twelfth Imam prepares to order a genocidal retaliation... -
![American Assassin by Vince Flynn]()
American Assassin by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 61 ratingsMitch Rapp is a gifted college athlete who just wants retribution for the Pan Am Lockerbie attack. He trains six months intensely with other clandestine operatives, under CIA Operations Director Thomas Stansfield and protégé Irene Kennedy, to stop terrorists before they reach America... -
![The Broken Chase by Cap Daniels]()
The Broken Chase by Cap Daniels
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen American covert operative Chase Fulton finds himself aboard a luxury mega-yacht off the Florida Keys with a dead Russian billionaire on deck and the beautiful SVR officer he loves standing over the body with a bloody knife in her hands, he believes his life could never become more complicated. But he is wrong...Categorized as:
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![Friendly Fire by John Gilstrap, Basil Sands]()
Friendly Fire by John Gilstrap, Basil Sands
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Will leave you breathless." (Harlan Coben)"When you pick up a Gilstrap novel, one thing is always true - you are going to be entertained at a high rate of speed." (Suspense Magazine)It begins with a shocking act of vengeance. Barista Ethan Falk chases a customer into the parking lot and kills him. He tells police that years ago, the older man abducted and tortured him... -
![Time to Hunt by Stephen Hunter]()
Time to Hunt by Stephen Hunter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHe is the most dangerous man alive. He only wants to live in peace with his family, and forget the war that nearly killed him...It's not going to happen... -
![Axel by Dale Mayer]()
Axel by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife was never boring, but, for Axel, things kick up a notch when he helps in an underwater rescue of a downed submarine that’s low on oxygen. What they find is nothing like what they expected. All the crew but one was dead—as in shot to death. The last remaining crew member was alive but in rough shape... -
![Keane by Dale Mayer]()
Keane by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHeading out on a last-ditch rescue mission to Puget Sound one day after two women go overboard in a sailing accident isn’t exactly what he’d expected … But Keane is nothing if not adaptable. He can only hope the two women are alive and doing everything they can to stay that way... -
![Game of Snipers by Stephen Hunter]()
Game of Snipers by Stephen Hunter
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this blazing new thriller from Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter, master sniper Bob Lee Swagger takes on his biggest job to date...and confronts an assassin with skills that match his own... -
![The Terminal List by Jack Carr]()
The Terminal List by Jack Carr
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the American government is behind the deaths of his team in this ripped-from-the-headlines political thriller.On his last combat deployment, Lieutenant Commander James Reece’s entire team was killed in a catastrophic ambush that also claimed the lives of the aircrew sent in to rescue them... -
![Killer Secrets by Lora Leigh]()
Killer Secrets by Lora Leigh
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe new, sexy Navy SEAL novel from New York Times bestselling author Lora LeighTHE FIGHT OF HIS LIFEAs the illegitimate son of Diego Fuentes, Ian Richards faces danger at every turn. Neither his father nor his fellow Navy SEALs knows which side he’s fighting for—or against. Which is exactly how the game must be played…until Agent Porter enters the picture... -
![The Copper Scroll by Joel C. Rosenberg]()
The Copper Scroll by Joel C. Rosenberg
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFifty years after The New York Times broke a story that another Dead Sea Scroll had been found, a new evil is rising. White House advisors Jon Bennett and Erin McCoy find themselves facing a terrifying new threat triggered by an ancient mystery... -
![Oath of Office by Jack Mars]()
Oath of Office by Jack Mars
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOATH OF OFFICE is book #2 in the bestselling Luke Stone series, which begins with ANY MEANS NECESSARY (book #1. A biological agent is stolen from a biocontainment lab. Weaponized, it could kill millions, and a desperate national hunt ensues to catch the terrorists before it is too late...Categorized as:
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Operator Down by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings- A New York Times Bestseller - Former Special Forces Officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a heart-pounding thriller where Pike Logan's search for a Mossad agent and ally puts him on a collision course with a ruthless military coup in Africa--and tests his loyalties to the Taskforce.It was to be a simple mission... -
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![Crown of Souls by Ronie Kendig]()
Crown of Souls by Ronie Kendig
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Kendig has out done herself."-- RT Book Reviews on Conspiracy of Silence Six months after stopping a deadly plague, Cole "Tox" Russell and his team are enjoying a little rest. That peace is short-lived when a sniper shot hits Tox. The enemy is discovered to be one of their own, a rogue Special Forces team operator... -
![Show No Mercy / Take No Prisoners by Cindy Gerard]()
Show No Mercy / Take No Prisoners by Cindy Gerard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Show No Mercy, when American journalist Jenna McMillan innocently steps into an assassination plot Black Ops, Inc. agent Gabriel Jones is trying to foil in Buenos Aires, Gabe keeps her from getting killed. There's unfinished professional business between Gabe and Jenna--and an undeniable sexual attraction. It all leads to a suspenseful showdown with Gabe trying to save Jenna's life.. -
![Griffin by Dale Mayer]()
Griffin by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when the very men—trained to make the hard decisions—come up against the rules and regulations that hold them back from doing what needs to be done? They either stay and work within the constraints given to them or they walk away. Only now, for a select few, they have another option: The Mavericks... -
![Coup d'Etat by Ben Coes]()
Coup d'Etat by Ben Coes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWanting only a peaceful, obscure life, Dewey Andreas has gone to rural Australia, far from turbulent forces that he once fought against. But powerful men, seeking revenge, have been scouring the earth looking for Dewey. And now, they've finally found him - forcing Dewey to abandon his home and to fight for his life against a very well armed, well trained group of assassins... -
![The Escape by David Baldacci, Ron McLarty]()
The Escape by David Baldacci, Ron McLarty
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsSpecial Agent Puller's brother is the country's most wanted criminal, but his conviction points to a cover-up--and a dangerous enemy bent on burying the truth in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.It's a prison unlike any other. Military discipline rules. Its security systems are unmatched. None of its prisoners dream of escaping. They know it's impossible...until now... -
![Scarecrow Returns by Matthew Reilly]()
Scarecrow Returns by Matthew Reilly
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsDeep in the Arctic, a long-forgotten Soviet military base enshrouds a weapon of unimaginably destructive force—a Cold War doomsday device with the power to obliterate the planet... -
![Black List by Brad Thor]()
Black List by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn explosive thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor: Scot Harvath must survive a stunning masterwork of action, intrigue, and ingenious plot twists.Somewhere deep inside the United States government is a closely guarded list. Members of Congress never get to see it—only the President and a secret team of advisers... -
![Code of Conduct by Brad Thor]()
Code of Conduct by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, BRAD THOR! "Thor tops himself again and again." --BookReporter.com "Feels like the TV show "24" on the page." --The Associated Press #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Brad Thor presents his greatest thriller ever--an action-packed literary tour de force Hidden deep within one of the world's most powerful organizations is a secret committee with a devastating agenda... -
![All Necessary Force by Brad Taylor]()
All Necessary Force by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA terrorist hit is coming. CIA, FBI, and Department of Defense systems have spiked, but traditional intel is going nowhere. It falls to the Taskforce--a top secret team that exists outside the bounds of U.S. law and is charged with finding and destroying asymmetric threats--to stop the unknown conspirators.. -
![Path of the Assassin by Brad Thor]()
Path of the Assassin by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNavy SEAL turned Secret Service agent Scot Harvath follows bloody clues to silver-eyed elusive ruthless terrorist Hashim Nidal, who intends to topple Israel and America, and can be identified by only one person - Meg Cassidy. Across four continents, from Macau, Jerusalem, Chicago, Libya, Capri, and Rome, the deadly puzzle tests their limits and growing bond...Categorized as:
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![Behind the Lies by Robin Perini]()
Behind the Lies by Robin Perini
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOf the six Montgomery brothers, golden-boy Zach has always walked on the wild side. He rocketed to fame playing a hero in a movie, but offscreen he's living in the shadows. Zach's dark secret: he leads a double life as a CIA operative. When a mission to stalk a terrorist goes horribly wrong, Zach's cover is blown... -
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Heat Lightning by John Sandford
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOn a hot, humid summer night in Minnesota, Virgil Flowers gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A body has been found near a veterans’ memorial in Stillwater with two shots to the head and a lemon in his mouth—exactly like the body they found two weeks ago.Working the murders, Flowers becomes convinced that someone is keeping a list—with many more names on it... -
![The Enemy by Lee Child, Dick Hill]()
The Enemy by Lee Child, Dick Hill
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 41 ratings12 Compact Discs / 14 hoursJack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier's son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army's brightest stars. But in every cop's life there is a turning point. One case. One messy, tangled case that can shatter a career. Turn a lawman into a renegade. And make him question words like honor, valor, and duty. For Jack Reacher, this is that case.. -
![The Opening Chase by Cap Daniels]()
The Opening Chase by Cap Daniels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen collegiate baseball phenom Chase Fulton suffers a freak injury on the field that shatters his dreams of becoming a Major League catcher, his future looks bleak until he’s recruited into quasi-governmental covert operations, where his training as an assassin and covert intelligence operative launches him into a world fraught with danger, intrigue, and unexpected passion... -
![Hunter Killer by Brad Taylor]()
Hunter Killer by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPike Logan tracks highly-trained Russian assassins to Brazil in this blistering, action-packed thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former Special Forces Officer Brad Taylor.Pike Logan and the Taskforce were once the apex predators, an unrivaled hunting machine that decimated those out to harm the United States, but they may have met their match... -
![Sniper Elite: One-Way Trip by Scott McEwen, Thomas Koloniar]()
Sniper Elite: One-Way Trip by Scott McEwen, Thomas Koloniar
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe co-author of the #1bestsellerAmerican Sniper, the critically acclaimed memoir of SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, brings his talents to a riveting novel packed with the action, danger, and camaraderie that are part of daily life for these elite warriors-and introduces a new SEAL hero. ONE TEAM. ONE SHOT. ONE WAY...
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