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Hail Warning by Brett Arquette, Michael Ashcraft
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Having just stunned those in Washington with Operation Hail Storm, Marshall Hail and his crew move forward with their next mission, using assets from two ships, the Hail Nucleus and the Hail Proton. His team has been provided the latest intelligence for a new operation that seems impossible, but then, Hail has a knack for doing the impossible...

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Mosaic by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
The world is losing hope. Political and social infighting threaten to destroy the world. Rancor and hatred only grow stronger, engulfing entire nations. And each day moral and economic strife brings embroiled countries ever closer to war. But hope is not dead. Everywhere, pockets of honor and compassion continue to persevere. Where human lives are cherished and valor endures...

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Red Specter by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
It’s strike—and counterstrike—as John Dempsey takes the fight to the Russians in a riveting Tier One Thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling authors of American Operator.When shadow warrior and former Tier One Navy SEAL John Dempsey goes undercover to meet with a Vory arms dealer, he thinks he’s laying the groundwork to penetrate the Russian criminal underground...

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Last Target Standing by Jason Kasper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
After the largest terrorist attack in US history is narrowly foiled, the sole enemy survivor has only one name to provide his interrogators: Ghulam Samedi, a fugitive hiding in the rugged mountains of China’s Xinjiang Province.As part of the CIA’s newly-minted targeted killing program, David Rivers and his team are tasked with assassinating Samedi...

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Enemy at the Gates by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
Mitch 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...

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The Devil's Hand by Jack Carr
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
It’s been 20 years since 9/11. Two decades since the United States was attacked on home soil and embarked on 20 years of war. The enemy has been patient, learning, and adapting. And the enemy is ready to strike again.A new president offers hope to a country weary of conflict. He’s a young, popular, self-made visionary…but he’s also a man with a secret...

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The Beirut Protocol by Joel C. Rosenberg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
A game-changing peace treaty between Israel and the Saudis is nearly done.The secretary of state is headed to the region to seal the deal.And Special Agent Marcus Ryker is leading an advance trip along the Israeli-Lebanon border, ahead of the secretary’s arrival.But when Ryker and his team are ambushed by Hezbollah forces, a nightmare scenario begins to unfold...

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Lethal Agent by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
An 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...

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Backlash by Brad Thor, Armand Schulz
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
Listening length: 11 hoursScot Harvath returns in the newest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor. In ancient texts, there are stories about men who struck from the shadows, seemingly beyond the reach of death itself. These men were considered part angel, part demon. Their loyalty was to their families, their friends, and their kings. You crossed these men at your peril...

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Code Red by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
Mitch 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...

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Crusader One by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Nothing stops former Navy SEAL and Tier One operator John Dempsey from answering the call of duty—including a mission with the highest stakes he’s ever faced. When one of the most brazen and lethal acts of terrorism rocks American and Israeli intelligence forces at the highest levels, Dempsey’s ultracovert antiterror unit, Ember, mobilizes...

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The Man Who Never Was by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
Can 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...

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Act of Treason by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
· 30 ratings
CIA operative Mitch Rapp follows a trail of contract killers leading directly to the heart of our nation's capital in New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn's eighth explosive thriller. It's a gorgeous autumn day in Georgetown...

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Armored by Mark Greaney
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Gray Man series comes a very different kind of hero.Joshua Duffy is a Close Protection Agent - a professional bodyguard, and he's one of the world's elite operatives. That is he was until his last mission in Lebanon. Against all odds, Josh got his primary out alive, but the cost was high. Josh lost his lower left leg...

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Hard Hit by J.B. Turner, Jeffrey Kafer
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
Listening 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...

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Hard Shot by J.B. Turner
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
Jon Reznick will protect New York City or die trying.When a group of homegrown attackers takes aim at cops outside a Fourth of July baseball game, black-ops specialist Jon Reznick and his daughter, Lauren, are caught in the cross fire. Jon hunts down two of the gunmen. But the last member of the group is at large and about to launch a fresh killing spree across the city...

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No Fortunate Son by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
In 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...

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First Strike by Ben Coes
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
The violent terrorist group ISIS has launched a major military campaign to take over Syria. But as they commit more and more public atrocities, their sources for ammunition are drying up. However, their charismatic and tyrannical leader, Tristan Nazir, has a major card left to play, which will get a new secret shipment of arms underway...

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True Believer by Jack Carr
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
· 26 ratings
In 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...

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Boundless Ambition by Tim Tigner
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
The boundless ambitionsof some CEOs and politiciansare dangerous, shameless and sly.Only when heroes step forward to fight,will we see the end of their lies.Imagine HOUSE OF CARDS meets JAMES BOND in a clever suspense thriller.________________________________________________Sometimes the bad guys play out of bounds.Our world is plagued by the devious schemes of disguised cheaters and thieves...

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Disavowed by C.G. Cooper
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Marine Major B. Andrews...on loan to the CIA...captured in Afghanistan...disavowed by the Agency...Shortly before being captured, Major "Andy" Andrews, USMC, had time to make one phone call, to his best friend Cal Stokes. Now left to rot in a cell in Helmand Province, Andy's time is almost up...

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Moral Imperative by C.G. Cooper
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
A growing Islamic threat... An army ignored by the world... A Marine who won't sit on the sidelines... The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) is capitalizing on the neglect of war-weary world leaders. No one in Iraq is safe. Christians herded like cattle. Whole communities torn apart. Marine Cal Stokes has had enough. With the quiet support of U.S...

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Gray Salvation by Alan McDermott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
When the body of an MI5 operative is found floating in the Thames, police frogmen find a significant clue nearby: Nikolai Sereyev, an MI5 informer and mid-level player in a Russian criminal organisation. Both men have been brutally murdered.Andrew Harvey is tasked with finding his colleague’s killer, and quickly uncovers a plot to assassinate a visiting dignitary on British soil...

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The New Guinea Job by Vince Milam
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
When a mysterious client asks former Delta Force operator Case Lee to investigate a massive New Guinea gold discovery, the job quickly unravels into an incredible world of spies, terrorists, and tribal headhunters. Case—with a sense he’s being played—walks away from the entire mess. Until life-threatening events pull him back in. This time, he’s not taking any prisoners.A murdered wife...

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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...

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Takedown by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
· 26 ratings
America 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...

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End Game by L.T. Ryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
arcus Hamilton Thanos is marked for death. And Jack Noble is the man for the job. But when the high-profile target vanishes the day of the assassination attempt, Jack is forced to team up with a female FBI agent who was poised to learn Thanos's secret that morning...

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Noble Retribution by L.T. Ryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
This is the season compilation of episodes 6-10 of the serial thriller Noble Intentions. The books included are the same as the individual episodes which are available for $2.99 each.Season Two picks up where Season One left off. Jack Noble is dead. That's what the world believes, at least. Truth is, he's been laying low on the Greek island of Crete...

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The Holy Grail by Christopher Cartwright
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
Fresh 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..

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The Silver Wolf by Rob Sinclair
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
A 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...

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Chain of Command by C.G. Cooper
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
A new Marine Commandant... An insidious threat to his beloved service... Can anything be done to save it... The new Commandant of the Marine Corps is worried. Not only is he dealing with a shrinking service, a tightening budget and a war-weary nation, he's also just found out that there's an even bigger threat, a mounting menace that could tear the mighty Marine Corps apart from all sides...

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Time To Hunt by David Archer
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
NOTE: This book is part two of a two part mission. The first half of this mission can be found in part one, Balance of Power.Working in deep cover, Noah and the team are fully aware of the danger that surrounds them as they prepare for the most comprehensive mass elimination in E&E's history, but things may not be exactly as they seem...

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The Elephant Game by Andrew Watts
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
From a secretive jungle-covered island in the Pacific, to the sands of the Middle East. From the smog-filled alleyways of China, to the passageways of a US Navy destroyer. The War Planners series follows different members of the military and intelligence community as they uncover a Chinese plot to begin the next world war, and attack America...

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Foreign Agent by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
The brand new thriller from the internationally bestselling author of Code of Conduct and Hidden Order...

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Hard Fall by J.B. Turner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
A 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...

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The Lies of Spies by Tim Tigner
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
· 29 ratings
THE 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...

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Against All Odds by Richard Bard
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
· 6 ratings
The 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...

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Bloody Sunday by Ben Coes
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
· 16 ratings
North Korea, increasingly isolated from most of the rest of the world, is led by an absolute dictator and a madman with a major goal―he's determined to launch a nuclear attack on the United States. While they have built, and continue to successfully test nuclear bombs, North Korea has yet to develop a ballistic missile with the range necessary to attack America...

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Foreign Influence by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
· 26 ratings
Recruited 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...

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Typhoon Fury by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
Hired 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...

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The Polaris Protocol by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
Taskforce 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...

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Oath of Office by Jack Mars
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
· 18 ratings
OATH 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...

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The Last Refuge by Ben Coes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
· 20 ratings
With 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...

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Shoot Like a Girl by L.L. Akers, Kevin Pierce
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
· 10 ratings
Would your neighborhood work together to survive if the s--t hit the fan?More chaos erupts in book two of the SHTF series when the lights don't come back on and there's still no word - or help - from the government. Tullymore is divided, and on the brink of an internal war...

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Pawns of the Pacific by Andrew Watts
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
A nation on the brink of war. A conspiracy that threatens the globe. And one military family, caught in the middle, fighting for freedom. Pawns of the Pacific is the electrifying third book in The War Planners espionage thriller series...

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The Ironclad Covenant by Christopher Cartwright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
· 12 ratings
On 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...

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Code of Conduct by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
SIGNED 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...

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Use of Force by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
As a storm rages across the Mediterranean Sea, a terrifying distress call is made to the Italian Coast Guard. Days later, a body washes ashore.Identified as a high value terrorism suspect (who had disappeared three years prior), his name sends panic through the Central Intelligence Agency...

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All Necessary Force by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
· 24 ratings
A 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..

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Active Measures by Marc Cameron
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
· 14 ratings
Cuba and the United States are in talks to normalize relations, something the old guard on the Communist-controlled island has vowed to stop--by any means necessary. Zayda de la Guardia, a rogue general in the Cuban security services, has gotten his hands on a nuclear weapon left over from the Cold War. He plans to launch it on Miami, an attack that could kill millions...

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