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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...Categorized as:
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Enemy at the Gates by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMitch Rapp, the CIA’s top operative, searches for a high-level mole with the power to rewrite the world order.Mitch Rapp has worked for a number of presidents over his career, but Anthony Cook is unlike any he’s encountered before. Cunning and autocratic, he feels no loyalty to America’s institutions and is distrustful of the influence Rapp and CIA director Irene Kennedy have in Washington...Categorized as:
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One Minute Out by Mark Greaney
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From Mark Greaney, the New York Times bestselling author of Mission Critical and a coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, comes another high-stakes thriller featuring the world's most dangerous assassin: the Gray Man.While on a mission to Croatia, Court Gentry uncovers a human trafficking operation...Categorized as:
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The Assassin by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCiudad Juárez, Mexico, is the most dangerous city in the world. And when a mission to break the local cartel’s grip goes wrong, Isabella Rose, the Angel, finds herself on the wrong side of prison bars...Categorized as:
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Agent in Place by Mark Greaney
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Gray Man is back in another nonstop international thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novelsFresh off his first mission back with the CIA, Court Gentry secures what seems like a cut-and-dried contract job: A group of expats in Paris hires him to kidnap the mistress of Syrian dictator Ahmed Azzam to get intel that could destabilize Azzam's regime...Categorized as:
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Lethal Agent by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn unprecedented and terrifying bioterrorism plot threatens to kill millions in the midst of a divisive presidential election in this new thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling Mitch Rapp series. A toxic presidential election is underway in an America already badly weakened by internal divisions...Categorized as:
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Code Red by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMitch Rapp makes a mortal enemy of Russia in this high-octane and “ripped straight from next week’s headlines” (The Real Book Spy) installment in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Mitch Rapp hates owing anyone a favor—especially when it’s the world’s most powerful crime lord. But when Damian Losa calls, Mitch is honor bound to answer... -
Black Sheep by David Archer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNoah is called in for debriefing after the mission that lost Sarah and reveals his worries that one of the team members is a traitor..Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Hired to Kill by Andrew Peterson, Dick Hill
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this fast-paced thriller, special operative Nathan McBride battles the most treacherous enemy he’s ever faced—and the one hitting closest to home.After simultaneous deadly terror attacks on San Diego and Washington, DC, hammer the nation, Nathan learns that the mass murders weren’t random events—they targeted his family.And the threat is far from over...Categorized as:
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The Man Who Never Was by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCan the man who never was catch the criminals who never get caught?John Milton is used to operating in the shadows, weaving his way through dangerous places behind a fake identity. Now, to avenge the death of a close friend, he must wear his mask of deception once more.Beau Baxter was brutally murdered by a drugs cartel but that doesn’t stop Milton from blaming himself for his friend’s death...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Order to Kill by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the next thrilling novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Mitch Rapp series, the anti-terrorism operative heads to Pakistan to confront a mortal threat he may not be prepared for. In fact, this time he might have met his match.Mitch Rapp is used to winning...Categorized as:
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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... -
Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea by Dirk Cussler
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAnother fabulous read featuring heroes Dirk Pitt and Al Giordano from the most beloved series from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure Clive Cussler.The next adventure featuring NUMA Director Dirk Pitt... -
Hard Hit by J.B. Turner, Jeffrey Kafer
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsListening Length: 6 hours and 38 minutesHe’s fighting for justice while she fights for her life.With his daughter lying in the hospital, struck down in a reckless hit-and-run, the only thing Jon Reznick can do is wait—and plot his revenge. Not satisfied with the slow-moving police investigation, he starts his own manhunt...Categorized as:
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No Fortunate Son by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the latest military thriller from the retired Delta Force Operator and New York Times bestselling author, a hostage situation places America’s most powerful political elite at the mercy of its worst enemies...Categorized as:
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Hard Exit by J.B. Turner
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom bestseller J. B. Turner comes a pulse-pounding thriller that will keep you guessing until the end. When a Swiss intelligence agent goes missing—taking with him thousands of classified documents that have the potential to expose covert agents and information around the world—he also threatens to expose the one secret that will change Jon Reznick’s life forever... -
True Believer by Jack Carr
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn acclaimed author Jack Carr’s follow-up to The Terminal List, former Navy SEAL James Reece’s skill, cunning, and heroism put the US government back in his debt and set him on another path of revenge. When a string of horrific terrorist attacks plagues the Western world during the holiday season, the broader markets fall into a tailspin...Categorized as:
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Sleepers by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen a Russian defector is assassinated in a sleepy English seaside town, Group Fifteen agents John Milton and Michael Pope find themselves in a rush to uncover the culprits and bring them to justice.Their investigation leads them to Moscow and a confrontation with Directorate S, the agency responsible for seeding Russian sleeper agents around the world...Categorized as:
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Red Square by David Archer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTeam Cinderella has been sent into Russia to "fake" an assassination of a Russian Deputy Minister, in order to cover up the fact of his defection to the United States. They accomplish the mission, but then are compromised during their own escape and captured. They are quickly disavowed by the US Secretary of State, and sentenced to a public execution in Red Square only a week hence...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Full Black by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor brings readers his darkest and most intriguing thriller yet—a terrifying story of espionage and betrayal—brilliantly paced with superb nonstop action.Born in the shadows and kept from heads of state, there are some missions so deadly, so sensitive, that they simply don’t exist...Categorized as:
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Total Power by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIN THE NEXT THRILLER IN THE NUMBER ONE 'NEW YORK TIMES' BEST-SELLING MITCH RAPP SERIES, IT'S A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK WHEN ISIS TAKES OUT THE ENTIRE US POWER GRID AND THROWS THE COUNTRY INTO CHAOS.When Mitch Rapp captures ISIS's top technology expert, he reveals that he was on his way to meet a man who claims to have the ability to bring down America's power grid...Categorized as:
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The First Commandment by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsCovert counterterrorism agent Scot Harvath awakens find a sadistic assassin with a personal vendetta unleashes horrors on those closest to him. Ordered by the president to stay out of the investigation, Harvath mounts his own operation to uncover the conspiracy and exact revenge...Categorized as:
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Takedown by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAmerica has just unwittingly drawn the world's deadliest enemy to its doorstep. After years without a terrorist attack on American soil, one group has picked the 4th July weekend to pull out all the stops. In a perfectly executed attack, all the bridges and tunnels leading into and out of Manhattan are destroyed just as thousands of commuters begin their holiday exodus...Categorized as:
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The Game by Tom Wood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOPENING MOVE. After executing a hit on a fellow assassin in Algiers, Victor—the world's deadliest hit man—is contracted by the CIA for an assignment that will take him across Europe to the blood-stained streets of Rome...and straight into hell.COUNTER MOVE. Victor must pose as his previous—and very much dead—target to figure out who the killer’s next victim was going to be...Categorized as:
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The Chaos Agent by Mark Greaney
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsArtificial intelligence leads to shockingly real danger for the Gray Man in this latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.A car accident in Japan.A drowning in Seoul.A home invasion in Boston.Someone is killing the world’s leading experts on robotics and artificial intelligence...Categorized as:
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The Holy Grail by Christopher Cartwright
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFresh from his success with the search and rescue of the USS Omega Deep, Sam Reilly was looking forward to some much-needed rest. Not everyone had the same idea though. When a panicked man with purple eyes grabs him at gunpoint and takes him hostage, Sam knows that this is more than a mere ransom opportunity; this man is scared of something..Categorized as:
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National Burden by C.G. Cooper
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA new president under pressure... Threats coming from every angle... The SSI team caught in the middle... Following his predecessor's abrupt departure, newly appointed President Brandon Zimmer must deal with aggressors at home and abroad. The sharks sense his weakness and are out for blood. The burden might just be too much to handle for the young president...Categorized as:
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The Silver Wolf by Rob Sinclair
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA fast paced and unmissable thriller from the international bestselling James Ryker series Ryker wants blood, and one way or another he’ll get it...Still tormented by the disappearance of his wife, ex-intelligence agent James Ryker sets out on a personal mission of revenge, prepared to go to any lengths in search of the truth...Categorized as:
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Hard Fall by J.B. Turner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA friend in danger. A shadowy psych ward. A conspiracy beyond Reznick’s worst nightmares.When an old Delta Force buddy comes to Jon Reznick for help, paranoid and fearing for his life, Reznick feels duty-bound to protect him. As a black-ops specialist, loyalty to his brothers in arms comes before everything—even the law.But Jerry White proves difficult to protect...Categorized as:
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The Lies of Spies by Tim Tigner
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsTHE AMERICAN PRESIDENT SENT HIM...The Russian president caught him...The free world is counting on him...But he doesn't remember.Imagine Robert Ludlum’s THE BOURNE IDENTITY meets Lee Child’s PERSONAL...Categorized as:
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Against All Odds by Richard Bard
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe highly anticipated series finale to the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller Publishers Weekly called “a terrifically entertaining thriller!”In this conclusion to Richard Bard’s popular Brainrush series, Jake Bronson’s family and friends face their biggest threat ever...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Hit For Hire by David Archer
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter recovering from the shock of Neverland's recent attack, Noah and the team are sent back into the field to identify and eliminate a power player who uses his position as a legitimate arms dealer to manipulate terror groups and nations alike. Unfortunately, this means infiltrating the man's organization, and the only opening he's got is for an assassin of his own...Categorized as:
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Rising Tide by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a small homemade boat drifts under the Seven Mile Bridge, Jesse McDermitt doesn’t hesitate to jump in and pull the boat ashore on Pigeon Key with an injured boy aboard. The boy provides more questions than answers. He’s believed to be a Cuban refugee, yet when he regains consciousness, he speaks perfect English, but can’t even remember his name... -
Foreign Influence by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsRecruited as a field operative in a totally secret and uncompromising new spy agency, former Navy SEAL Scot Harvath is summoned when a bombing in Rome kills a group of American college students. The evidence points to a dangerous colleague from Harvath's past and a plan for further attacks on an unimaginable scale...Categorized as:
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Typhoon Fury by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHired to search for a collection of paintings worth half a billion dollars, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon soon find themselves in much deeper waters...Categorized as:
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The Polaris Protocol by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTaskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill are used to putting their lives at risk, but in The Polaris Protocol it’s Jennifer’s brother and countless more innocents who face unfathomable violence and bloodshed.Pike and Jennifer are in Turkmenistan with the Taskforce—a top-secret antiterrorist unit that operates outside US law—when Jennifer gets a call from her brother, Jack...Categorized as:
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Ring of Fire by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFormer Delta Force officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a relentlessly fast-paced, gripping thriller featuring Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill as they come face-to-face with an insidious threat to strike terror into the heart of America...Categorized as:
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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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Requiem by J.B. Turner
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNothing and no one can stop assassin Nathan Stone.When black-ops asset Nathan Stone took out the heads of the Commission, a secret deep-state organization, he thought he’d destroyed them for good. Now he’s gone off the grid, trying to get as far away from his past as possible. But the Commission isn’t done with him yet...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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The Last Refuge by Ben Coes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWith time running out to stop the nuclear destruction of Tel Aviv, Dewey Andreas must defeat his most fearsome opponent yet.Off a quiet street in Brooklyn, New York, Israeli Special Forces commander Kohl Meir is captured by operatives of the Iranian secret service, who smuggle Meir back to Iran, where he is imprisoned, tortured, and prepared for a show trial...Categorized as:
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The Ironclad Covenant by Christopher Cartwright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOn May 18th, 1863 – the day the siege of the Confederate stronghold at Vicksburg began – a secret war chest was removed by an ironclad and taken away along the Mississippi River. It contained a Covenant capable of altering the entire course of the Civil War. Its destination was Washington, D.C. A place it never reached...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Forced to Kill by Andrew Peterson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTrained Marine sniper Nathan McBride is the sole survivor of Montez de Oca, the brutal Nicaraguan interrogator who tortured countless souls to death before vanishing fourteen years ago. Though McBride’s body—as well as his soul—still bear the scars from the interrogator’s blade, he dares to hope the worst is behind him...Categorized as:
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