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  • Wrack & Ruin by Dave Willmarth

    Wrack & Ruin by Dave Willmarth

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Maximilian Storm has embraced his new life as a Battleborne. Reincarnated on a strange world in a powerful chimera body, he has gathered friends, made enemies, and developed wondrous new magical and physical abilities. He’s even discovered that a couple of his men, Smitty and Dylan, have chosen to join him on this world...
  • The Northern Throne by Steven A. McKay

    The Northern Throne by Steven A. McKay

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    AD431, SpringBellicus the Druid and his friend Duro, a former Roman centurion, have suffered a great deal in recent years but, for them, things are about to get much worse.Britain is changing. The Romans have gone and warriors from many different places seek to fill the void the legions left behind...
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    military  war  action-adventure  adult  book  dark  europe  fiction
  • Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

    Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the "wild west...
  • The Three Secret Cities by Matthew Reilly

    The Three Secret Cities by Matthew Reilly

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The thrilling new novel featuring Jack West, Jr. from New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Matthew Reilly! A shadow world behind the real world When Jack West, Jr. won the Great Games, he threw the four legendary kingdoms into turmoil. A world with its own history, rules and prisons Now these dark forces are coming after Jack...in ruthless fashion...
  • Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks

    Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action.The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought...
  • The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2: We Can Remember it for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick

    The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2: We Can Remember it for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K...
  • Beyond the Sea by David L. Golemon

    Beyond the Sea by David L. Golemon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Soviet battle cruiser Simbirsk, which launched in June 1940 and was reported sunk in 1944 with the loss of all hands, is still sailing the open sea.January of 2017: American Los Angeles class submarine U.S.S. Houston is tracking a surface target that is not listed as part of the Russian navy s response to the NATO maneuvers...
  • Winter's Fire by Giles Kristian

    Winter's Fire by Giles Kristian

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Norway, AD 785: a vow of vengeance must be kept . . . Sigurd Haraldarson has proved himself a great warrior . . . and a dangerous enemy. He has gone a long way towards avenging the murder of his family. And yet the oath-breaker King Gorm, who betrayed Sigurd’s father, still lives. And so long as he draws breath, the scales remain unbalanced...
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    military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  dark  epic
  • Into the Wild by Larry Correia

    Into the Wild by Larry Correia

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Malcontents are back in action! Into the Wild, the new novel from acclaimed author Larry Correia, picks up the story begun in Correia’s first entry in the series, Into the Storm...
  • Nightblade's Honor by Ryan Kirk

    Nightblade's Honor by Ryan Kirk

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the riveting sequel to Nightblade’s Vengeance, the nightblades must choose a side, and the Kingdom will either rise again… or shatter into pieces.With the realm on the brink of war, the once-celebrated blades have become an easy target for the rage of its devastated citizens...
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    military  war  action-adventure  adult  book  dark  dark-fantasy  epic
  • The Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F. Hamilton

    The Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Not every fallen angel comes from heaven...The ancient menace has finally escaped from Lalonde, shattering the Confederation's peaceful existence. Those who succumbed to it have acquired godlike powers, but now follow a far from divine gospel as they advance inexorably from world to world...
  • Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan

    Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    In this sequel to the phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Fires of Heaven, we plunge again into Robert Jordan's extraordinarily rich, totally unforgettable world:On the slopes of Shayol Ghul, the Myrddraal swords are forged, and the sky is not the sky of this world ..
  • War Master's Gate by Adrian Tchaikovsky

    War Master's Gate by Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Relentlessly advancing towards Collegium, the Empire is again seeking to break down its walls. The mighty imperial armies have learnt from their failures, and Empress Seda will brook no weakness in her soldiers. However, Stenwold Maker has earned his title, and the War Master has strategies to save his city...
  • First and Only by Dan Abnett

    First and Only by Dan Abnett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    In the Chaos-infested Sabbat system, Imperial Commissar Gaunt must lead his men through as much in-fighting amongst rival regiments as against the forces of Chaos. For a thousand years, the Sabbat Worlds have been lost to the Imperium, claimed by the dread powers of Chaos. Now, a mighty crusade seeks to return the sector to Imperial rule...
  • Koruna démonů by James Rollins

    Koruna démonů by James Rollins

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    To save mankind’s future, the members of Sigma Force must make a devil’s bargain as they join forces with their most hated enemy to stop an ancient threat in this gripping adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins...
  • Max by Sarah Cohen-Scali

    Max by Sarah Cohen-Scali

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Nazi Germany. 1936.“I should have been born yesterday, but that’s not what I wanted. The date didn’t suit me. So I’ve stayed put. Motionless. Rigid. Of course that means a lot of pain for my mother, but she’s a brave woman, and she’s putting up with the delay without complaint. I’m sure she approves of my tactic.“My wish, the first of my future life, is to come into the world on April 20...
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    crime  war  20th-century  action-adventure  book  dark  death  drama
  • The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2: We Can Remember it for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick

    The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2: We Can Remember it for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Many thousands of readers consider Philip K. Dick the greatest science fiction mind on any planet. Since his untimely death in 1982, interest in Dick's works has continued to mount and his reputation has been further enhanced by a growing body of critical attention. The Philip K. Dick Award is now given annually to a distinguished work of science fiction, and the Philip K...
  • Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler

    Fail-Safe by Eugene Burdick, Harvey Wheeler

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Something has gone wrong. A group of American bombers armed with nuclear weapons is streaking past the fail-safe point, beyond recall, and no one knows why. Their destination—Moscow.In a bomb shelter beneath the White House, the calm young president turns to his Russian translator and says, "I think we are ready to talk to Premier Kruschchev...
  • The Black Song by Anthony Ryan

    The Black Song by Anthony Ryan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A matchless warrior is pitted against a near-God in the second epic installment of the Raven's Blade series. It has long been our lot in life, brother, to do what others can't.Vaelin Al Sorna was known across the realm as the greatest of warriors, but he thought battles were behind him. He was wrong...
  • Seal of the Worm by Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Seal of the Worm by Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Empire stands victorious over its enemies at last. With her chief rival cast into the abyss, Empress Seda now faces the truth of what she has cost the world in order to win the war. The Seal has been shattered, and the Worm stirs towards the light for the first time in a thousand years. Already it is striking at the surface, voraciously consuming everything its questing tendrils touch...
  • Qb VII by Leon Uris

    Qb VII by Leon Uris

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    In Queen’s Bench Courtroom Number Seven, famous author Abraham Cady stands trial. In his book The Holocaust—born of the terrible revelation that the Jadwiga Concentration Camp was the site of his family’s extermination—Cady shook the consciousness of the human race. He also  named eminent surgeon Sir Adam Kelno as one of Jadwiga’s most sadistic inmate/doctors...
  • Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

    Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    MGB officer Leo is a man who never questions the Party Line. He arrests whomever he is told to arrest. He dismisses the horrific death of a young boy because he is told to, because he believes the Party stance that there can be no murder in Communist Russia. Leo is the perfect soldier of the regime. But suddenly his confidence that everything he does serves a great good is shaken...
  • The Judas Strain by James Rollins

    The Judas Strain by James Rollins

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author James Rollins returns with a terrifying story of an ancient menace reborn to plague the modern world . . . and of an impossible hope that lies hidden in the most shocking place imaginable: within the language of angels. ju·das strain, n. A scientific term for an organism that drives an entire species to extinction...
  • Shadows Linger by Glen Cook

    Shadows Linger by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Mercenary soldiers in the service of the Lady, the Black Company stands against the rebels of the White Rose. They are tough men, proud of honoring their contracts. The Lady is evil, but so, too, are those who falsely profess to follow the White Rose, reincarnation of a centuries-dead heroine...
  • Death Rides Alone by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

    Death Rides Alone by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Greatest Western Writers Of The 21st Century Mountain Man Smoke Jensen's long-lost brother Luke Jensen is a dead shot scarred by war--the perfect formula for a bounty hunter. And he's cunning, and fierce enough to bring down the deadliest outlaws of his day. . . Law Of The Gun Luke Jensen has earned this bounty, hunting down the violent man charged with murdering a preacher's daughter...
  • The Mountain by David L. Golemon

    The Mountain by David L. Golemon

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In 1863 a meeting takes place between legendary war leaders-a secret alliance that will never show up in any American history book. A clandestine arrangement has been struck for a single chance to heal a war-torn nation. The mission is to bring the greatest prize in the history of the world back to American soil-the remnants of pre-history's greatest ship and its most startling mystery...
  • Crash Dive by Craig DiLouie

    Crash Dive by Craig DiLouie

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A WWII naval thriller in the tradition of the Hornblower series ... October, 1942. The United States and the Empire of Japan are at war. Charlie Harrison, a young and ambitious lieutenant, reports for duty aboard the S-55, a worn-out WWI-era submarine...
  • The Pariah by Anthony Ryan

    The Pariah by Anthony Ryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Born into the troubled kingdom of Albermaine, Alwyn Scribe is raised as an outlaw. Quick of wit and deft with a blade, Alwyn is content with the freedom of the woods and the comradeship of his fellow thieves. But an act of betrayal sets him on a new path - one of blood and vengeance, which eventually leads him to a soldier's life in the king's army...
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    crime  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  dark
  • Legacy by David L. Golemon

    Legacy by David L. Golemon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Fans of Clive Cussler, Verne, X-Files, and military tactical thrillers will find much to enjoy in this increasingly clever series." -"Booklist" on "Leviathan"The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Leviathan" and "Primeval" is back at full throttle with an adrenaline-pumping addition to the Event Group Thriller Series...
  • When Darkness Falls by Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory

    When Darkness Falls by Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When Darkness Falls, the third book in The Obsidian Trilogy from Mercedes Lackey and James MalloryA great working of Wild Magic and High Magic strikes at the heart of the Demon Queen's plots, but the human city, the Golden City of the Bells, falls farther under her sway with each day that passes...
  • Potsdam Station by David Downing

    Potsdam Station by David Downing

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    April, 1945. The Third Reich is on the verge of extinction, and its enemies are already plotting against each other. For John Russell, this has personal importance: his son and girlfriend are trapped in Berlin and only the Soviets can get him in there. But the price of their help will threaten both his and the world's postwar future...
  • The Naked God by Peter F. Hamilton

    The Naked God by Peter F. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The Confederation is starting to collapse politically and economically, allowing the 'possessed' to infiltrate more worlds. Quinn Dexter is loose on Earth, destroying the giant arcologies one at a time. As Louise Kavanagh tries to track him down, she manages to acquire some strange and powerful allies whose goal doesn't quite match her own...
  • Shadow Games by Glen Cook

    Shadow Games by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    After the devastating battle at the Tower of Charm, Croaker leads the greatly diminished Black Company south, in search of the lost Annals. The Annals will be returned to Khatovar, eight thousand miles away, a city that may exists only in legend...the origin of the first Free Companies.Every step of the way the Company is hounded by shadowy figured and carrion-eating crows...
  • The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon

    The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    As compelling and disturbing as when it was first published in the midst of the Cold War, The Manchurian Candidate continues to enthrall readers with its electrifying action and shocking climax....Sgt. Raymond Shaw is a hero of the first order. He's an ex-prisoner of war who saved the life of his entire outfit, a winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the stepson of an influential senator..
  • The Secret of Midway by Steve Watkins

    The Secret of Midway by Steve Watkins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the basement of his family's junkshop, Anderson and his friends Greg and Julie discover a trunk full of old military stuff. Including a battered navy peacoat from World War II, and when Anderson puts it on he finds a mysterious letter in the pocket. Curious, he takes the coat and letter home. But that's not all he brings home..
  • Colter's Journey by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

    Colter's Journey by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY In this thrilling epic of the American West, bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone capture the human side of the frontier experience in all its glory, grit, and grandeur—through the eyes of one remarkable teenage boy ..
  • Northern Hunt by Daniel Greene, Bradford Hastings

    Northern Hunt by Daniel Greene, Bradford Hastings

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was a surefire raid to free prisoners, but it will soon become a battle for Wolf's soul.When an escaped Northern prisoner reaches Union lines, his tales of abuse at Libby Prison set up the perfect justifications for a daring raid on Richmond.Johannes Wolf has made a crucial mistake. He's volunteered for a secret raid, dragging along with him, his unit of misfits...
  • The Fury of Kings by R.S. Moule

    The Fury of Kings by R.S. Moule

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the shadow of Eryispek—a mountain said to have no summit—a dark power is stirring. Storms rage in the frozen heights. Unexplained disappearances shake the kingdom below. And old enemies are sharpening their swords…Andrick the Barrelbreaker first led an army at sixteen.His victories secured the throne of Erland for his brother and shattered the rebellious noble houses in the West...
  • The Heart of Stone by Ben Galley

    The Heart of Stone by Ben Galley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Mercenary. Murderer. Monster. Task has been called many names in his time.“Echoes of Brandon Sanderson and Scott Lynch.”– SFF World“Grimdark with heart and soul.”– Anna Smith Spark, author of The Empires of Dust Trilogy“A very, very good read."– Fantasy Faction“A brutal delight with thrilling action and heart, rowdy and wise, bloody and tender at the same time...
  • Bloodchild by Anna Stephens

    Bloodchild by Anna Stephens

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ’If you’re a fan of the likes of Joe Abercrombie or George R.R. Martin, then you’ll be pleased to learn that Anna Stephens has joined this august pantheon of lovingly horrible and deliciously dark writers’STARBURST Rilporin has fallen and Corvus, King of the Mireces, reigns over an occupied land...
  • Daddy by Loup Durand

    Daddy by Loup Durand

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Who has the key to a $350 million fortune the Nazis have sent their most brilliant operative to find? Thomas, an 11-year old boy with the mind of a genius, the cunning of a fox, and the chance of a snowball in Hell to escape...unless he is helped by one man. An American who doesn't even know he exists. A man he calls Daddy...
  • Madness in the Ruins by John A. Connell

    Madness in the Ruins by John A. Connell

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A mutilated body. No witnesses. The only clue, a message, “Those who I have made suffer will become saints and they shall lift me up from hell.” Winter, 1945. Munich is in ruins, and a savage killer is stalking the city.U.S. Army investigator Mason Collins enforces the law in the American Zone of Occupation. This post is his last chance to do what he loves most—being a homicide detective...
  • Carpathian by David L. Golemon

    Carpathian by David L. Golemon

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Event Group tackles their most challenging mission yet in this no-holds-barred thrill ride from the New York Times bestselling author of Ripper and LegacyPerfect for fans of Clive Cussler, James Rollins, and Matthew Reilly, the latest gripping thriller from David L. Golemon takes the Event Group---the nation's most secret agency---to the brink in a heart-stopping race against time...
  • Tomorrow, the Killing by Daniel Polansky

    Tomorrow, the Killing by Daniel Polansky

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Once he was a hero of the Great War, and then a member of the dreaded Black House. Now he is the criminal linchpin of Low Town.His name is Warden.He thought he had left the war behind him, but a summons from up above brings the past sharply, uncomfortably, back into focus. General Montgomery's daughter is missing somewhere in Low Town, searching for clues about her brother's murder...
  • Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison

    Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    'Legends of the Fall, an epic tale of three brothers and their lives of passion, madness, exploration and danger at the beginning of the Great War, confirms Jim Harrison's reputation as one of the finest American writers of his generation. This magnificent trilogy also contains two other superb short novels. In Revenge, love causes the course of a man's life to be savagely and irrevocably altered...
  • Never by Ken Follett

    Never by Ken Follett

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    New York Times Bestseller The new must-read epic from master storyteller Ken Follett: more than a thriller, it's an action-packed, globe-spanning drama set in the present day."A compelling story, and only too realistic." --Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary"Every catastrophe begins with a little problem that doesn't get fixed...
  • Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams

    Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    The second book in the trilogy that launched one of the most important fantasy writers of our time.It is a time of darkness, dread, and ultimate testing for the realm of Osten Ard, for the wild magic and terrifying minions of the undead Sithi ruler, Ineluki the Storm King, are spreading their seemingly undefeatable evil across the kingdom...
  • The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton

    The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    In AD 2600 the human race is finally beginning to realize its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets scattered across the galaxy host a multitude of prosperous and wildly diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has pushed evolution far beyond nature's boundaries, defeating disease and producing extraordinary spaceborn creatures...
  • She is the Darkness by Glen Cook

    She is the Darkness by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The wind whines and howls with bitter breath. Lightning snarls and barks. Rage is an animate force upon the plain of glittering stone. Even shadows are afraid.At the heart of the plain stands a vast grey stronghold, unknown, older than any written memory. One ancient tower has collapsed across the fissure...
  • Primeval by David L. Golemon

    Primeval by David L. Golemon

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Twenty thousand years ago, when early man made his way to North America, a tribe of prehistoric predators made the great trek as well. But these giant, deadly beasts seemingly became extinct…and humans lived to become the most violent creatures on Earth. Man's brutal nature reached a boiling-point with the execution of Russia's last czar and his entire family...
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