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Independence Day by Ben Coes, Peter Hermann
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDewey Andreas, former Delta and newly recruited intelligence agent, is sidelined after screwing up his last two operations. Still drowning in grief after the tragic murder of his fiancé, Dewey has seemingly lost his focus, his edge, and the confidence of his superiors... -
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Total Mayhem by John Gilstrap
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn bestselling author John Gilstrap’s ticking time bomb of a thriller, freelance operative Jonathan Grave penetrates a terrorist cell to stop the detonation of total mayhem on home ground . . . America is under fire. One by one, simultaneous terror attacks have left the country reeling. The perpetrators are former Special Forces operatives working for ISIS... -
![The Attack by Kurt Schlichter]()
The Attack by Kurt Schlichter
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Could October 7 happen in America? Yes. And much worse. Forewarned is forearmed. Read Colonel K’s latest. Now!” Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Radio Host and National Security Strategist“America is one giant soft target. Kurt’s narrators tell tales of the nightmare scenario open borders can bring...Categorized as:
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Defend the Homestead by Jack Hunt
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s the end of the road and no one is safe.After navigating a treacherous country torn apart by an EMP, Colby Riker struggles to adjust to the harsh existence back in Humboldt. When faced with a dangerous decision that could destroy his family and the community for good, he must face the ghosts of his past if any of them are to make it out alive... -
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![Gray Salvation by Alan McDermott]()
Gray Salvation by Alan McDermott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen 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... -
![The Caribbean Job by Vince Milam]()
The Caribbean Job by Vince Milam
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA simple job. Low key. Investigate the mysterious deaths of two rich guys. No worries. Until spies and professional hitters started coming out of the woodwork, pointed my direction. And discovered a man with special skills. Very special skills. Welcome to the world of Case Lee. A retired Delta operator unleashed into a world of deadly espionage and ultimate betrayal... -
![Negeri di Ujung Tanduk by Tere Liye]()
Negeri di Ujung Tanduk by Tere Liye
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDi Negeri di Ujung Tanduk kehidupan semakin rusak. Bukan karena orang jahat semakin banyak, tapi semakin banyak orang yang memilih tidak peduli lagi. Di Negeri di Ujung Tanduk para penipu menjadi pemimpin, para pengkhianat menjadi pujaan. Bukan karena tidak ada lagi yang memiliki teladan, tapi mereka memutuskan menutup mata dan memilih hidup bahagia sendirian... -
![The Standoff by Scott Blade]()
The Standoff by Scott Blade
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe ultimate loner. Jack Widow comes to a Standoff with true evil. ATF Agent Toni Adonis, sent an agent undercover, posing as a recruit in a mysterious militant-cult, called The Athenians. She watched him go through the front gates into their compound in rural South Carolina. But her agent never came back out... -
![Outlive the Darkness by Jack Hunt]()
Outlive the Darkness by Jack Hunt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe fight to be free is at hand.As the nation struggles in the grip of a powerless world, the seaport town of Eureka, California, scrambles to recover from betrayal. When the most dangerous from Humboldt Correctional Facility escape, questions of leadership arise, and a deadly decision places the Rikers and the Stricklands in the crosshair of a ruthless adversary... -
![Gray Vengeance by Alan McDermott, James Langton]()
Gray Vengeance by Alan McDermott, James Langton
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn African militia has a new leader—and Tom Gray has a deadly new problem.Da Sunan Annabi has a ruthless new leader whose aim is to train British nationals to bring England to its knees... -
![Dust Storm by Jack Slater]()
Dust Storm by Jack Slater
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBefore the Agency came Delta.Before Delta was the Army Rangers.That’s where Jason Trapp was made.Iraq, 2007. It’s the height of the insurgency. The roads are almost impassable. IEDs kill American soldiers every single day. Tens of thousands of fresh troops are pouring into the country, and they’re barely holding the line.But after dark, Delta Force, SEALs and Rangers are starting to turn the tide...Categorized as:
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![Fortunate Son by Andrew Bridgeman]()
Fortunate Son by Andrew Bridgeman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA deadly prophecy must be stopped before all is lost. Trust none, sacrifice words to live (or die) by in this edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller of deceit and intrigue... -
![Dark Rivers of the Heart / Sole Survivor / Intensity by Dean Koontz]()
Dark Rivers of the Heart / Sole Survivor / Intensity by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDean Koontz is one of the world's top-selling authors with total worldwide sales of his novels at 225 million copies! He achieves what few writers can: he creates books that consistently jump to the top of the bestseller lists in both hardcover and paper... -
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Fast Track by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'Stephen Leather writes really exciting action thrillers... -
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![Credible Threat by Ken Fite]()
Credible Threat by Ken Fite
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis thriller can be read stand-alone or as part of the series. Twenty-four hours before the presidential inauguration, a terror plot is discovered in Washington, DC. Ex-federal agent Blake Jordan finds himself in the middle of the action and races against the clock to keep the president-elect safe... -
![Black Hills Blood Hunt by William W. Johnstone]()
Black Hills Blood Hunt by William W. Johnstone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen President Theodore Roosevelt comes to Deadwood, the Greatest Western Writers of the 21st Century unite three of their most legendary heroes - Hunter Buchanon, Frank "The Last Gunfighter" Morgan, and his son, Conrad "The Loner" Morgan - from three of their most popular series for one monumental new series spin-off!JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. WHERE MEN LIVE BY THEIR WITS--OR DIE BY THEIR IGNORANCE...Categorized as:
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![Toxic New Year: The Day That Wouldn't End: Fourth Book in the Alexandra Destephano Series by Judith Lucci, Eric Blumensen]()
Toxic New Year: The Day That Wouldn't End: Fourth Book in the Alexandra Destephano Series by Judith Lucci, Eric Blumensen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Party Of The Year In Virginia Turns DeadlyWhat began as rural Virginia’s premier New Year celebration turns into a day of horror when the enemies of Alex Destephano's grandfather, Congressman Adam Patrick Lee, bring the war to his Virginia estate killing, maiming and destroying everything in their path... -
![A Normal Life: The Struggles of a Wanted Man by Vassilis Palaiokostas]()
A Normal Life: The Struggles of a Wanted Man by Vassilis Palaiokostas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Normal Life is the autobiography of Vassilis Palaiokostas, known to the public as the “Greek Robin Hood,” to police as “The Uncatchable.” His is an illegalist existence lived in defiance of the police and of the state, and for decades, it has been a life lived as a fugitive... -
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Somewhere Safe by Molly Black
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFormer FBI Special Agent Piper Woods, expert tracker and survivalist, Alaskan native, left the force behind after a traumatizing case to live far off the grid. Determined not to stir up the past, she faces a dilemma when her former partner needs her a governor’s daughter has been taken by a killer deep into the wilderness—and only someone with Piper’s skills can find her and get her out... -
![PACKFIRE: Simon Pack # 9 by John M Vermillion]()
PACKFIRE: Simon Pack # 9 by John M Vermillion
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTetu Palaita, American-Samoan giant, has been US Marshal Simon Pack’s most trusted friend for longer than any man. Someone murders Tetu’s family. Why was he the target? Or was he?Pack wants to avenge Tetu’s loss. His top priority becomes finding the blackguard who did this. Suspects abound... -
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Imposter 13 by Rob Sinclair
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE EXPLOSIVE FINALE TO THE SLEEPER 13 SERIESAgainst all odds, Aydin Torkal - aka Sleeper 13 - broke free from the terrorist group that took him as a child and raised him into a life of violence and hate.In the two years since, he's been tracking and killing those responsible. But he's not done yet.Now living a secret life in London, MI6 needs his help infiltrating a sinister new terrorist cell... -
![Returning as Shadows by Paco Ignacio Taibo II]()
Returning as Shadows by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 1991, Paco Taibo II wrote The Shadow of a Shadow, a book about four men who meet to play dominos in a hotel bar in Mexico City... -
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Terminal Rage by A.M. Khalifa
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this critically acclaimed and bestselling international thriller, FBI hostage-negotiator Alexander Blackwell is dragged out of a dishonorable retirement to negotiate with a terrorist leader who has taken hostages in a Manhattan skyscraper... -
![The Wolves by Alex Berenson]()
The Wolves by Alex Berenson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe latest thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of Twelve Days, Alex Berenson. John Wells has just barely managed to stop an operation designed to drive the United States and Iran into war, but the instigator himself disappeared behind an impenetrable war of security. Now it’s time for him to pay, and Wells has made it his personal mission... -
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![Extreme Faction by Trevor Scott]()
Extreme Faction by Trevor Scott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGuarding two agri-business honchos at a conference in Odessa, Ukraine, Jake Adams witnesses the strange death of a former Soviet biochemist. The problem is, Jake isn't the only one standing next to the biochemist when he is swiftly and cleverly assassinated. Under presidential orders, Jake is brought back into the CIA to hunt down the killer.From the U.S... -
![Eden Collapsing by Shade Owens]()
Eden Collapsing by Shade Owens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer paradise is collapsing, and she’ll do just about anything to salvage what remains. Following Eden’s mass migration to a new haven ruled by an old friend, Eve struggles with her loss of power and is driven by an insatiable thirst to gain control over this new paradise. Meanwhile, Gabriel attempts to cope with the ghosts of his past and becomes too unstable to live among the others... -
![The Altman Code by Gayle Lynds, Robert Ludlum]()
The Altman Code by Gayle Lynds, Robert Ludlum
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe thrilling fourth volume in the bestselling Covert-One seriesOn the dark waterside docks of Shanghai, a photographer is recording cargo being secretly loaded when he’s brutally killed and his camera destroyed. Two weeks later, on the dangerous high seas, the U.S. Navy covertly tracks a Chinese cargo ship rumored to carry tons of chemicals for Saddam Hussein to create new biological weapons... -
![Lone Target by Vin Strong]()
Lone Target by Vin Strong
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a group of terrorists hijack a plane and cut off all communication, Air Marshal Alex Hawkins faces his greatest challenge yet. With a captain who is unable to help, can Alex prevent disaster in the sky all on his own?LONE TARGET (An Alex Hawkins Action Thriller—Book 2) is the second novel in a new series by action thriller author Vin Strong. The series begins with LONE SURVIVOR (Book 1)...Categorized as:
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![The Last Centurion by John Ringo]()
The Last Centurion by John Ringo
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the second decade of the twenty-first century the world is struck by two catastrophes, a new mini-ice age and, nearly simultaneously, a plague to dwarf all previous experiences...Categorized as:
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Outlaw by Stephen Davies
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA high-tension, high-tech thriller with an African setting. Jake and his sister, Kas, whose father is the British ambassador to Burkina Faso, are abducted, bundled into a van, and driven into the unknown... -
![A Desert in Bohemia by Jill Paton Walsh]()
A Desert in Bohemia by Jill Paton Walsh
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Knowledge of Angels, a brilliant new novel.It is 1945. The German army retreats and sweeps back over Eastern Europe, leaving its inhabitants in turmoil. A terrified and bloodstained young woman, Eliska, takes refuge in Libohrad, a deserted castle. She is joined by the idealistic Jiri, the unnerving Slavomir and his partisans... -
![Trust No One by Gregg Hurwitz]()
Trust No One by Gregg Hurwitz
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOver the past two decades, Nick Horrigan has built a quiet, safe life for himself, living as much under the radar as possible. But all of that shatters when, in the middle of the night, a SWAT team bursts into his apartment, grabs him and drags him to a waiting helicopter. A terrorist-- someone Nick has never heard of--has seized control of a nuclear reactor, threatening to blow it up... -
![Changing of the Guard by Steve Perry, Tom Clancy]()
Changing of the Guard by Steve Perry, Tom Clancy
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThough the head of a major multinational corporation - and a key player in world affairs - Samuel Walker Cox is a past few people know about. But that group is about to get bigger. A new computer desk has fallen into the hands of Net Force, outing the powerful American businessman is a former Russian spy. Cox is willing to see the world in ruins to protect his name... -
![Bangkok Burn by Simon Royle]()
Bangkok Burn by Simon Royle
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOrphaned as a child and raised as the only son of a Thai mafia godfather, Chance plans to quit the family business for the woman he loves.Chance’s father is the godfather of Pak Nam and owner of the largest crocodile farm on earth. He didn’t get to where he is without knowing a thing or two about people, including how long it takes for a crocodile to digest one... -
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![Thirst by L.A. Larkin]()
Thirst by L.A. Larkin
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings'The best Antarctic thriller since Ice Station.' James PhelanAntarctica is the coldest, most isolated place on earth. Luke Searle, maverick glaciologist, has made it his home. But soon his survival skills will be tested to the limit by a ruthless mercenary who must win at any cost. The white continent is under attack. The Australian team is being hunted down... -
![Pandora's Succession by Russell Brooks]()
Pandora's Succession by Russell Brooks
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe deadliest weapon against mankind has been Unleashed. CIA operative, Ridley Fox, never stopped hunting his fiancée's killers—a weapons consortium called The Arms Of Ares. When Fox follows a lead to one of their top-secret bioweapons facilities in Chechnya, he barely escapes alive. However, he's learned that Ares has weaponized a hyper-deadly microbe called Pandora... -
![Drop By Drop: A Thriller by Keith Raffel]()
Drop By Drop: A Thriller by Keith Raffel
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStanford professor Sam Rockman suffers the crushing loss of his wife in a bombing at San Francisco Airport. Casting about to find meaning in the ruins of his life, he accepts an offer to come to Washington, D.C. to work for the Senate Intelligence Committee. What Sam wants out of his stint in D.C. is revenge for the death of his wife. What he gets is danger and betrayal... -
![Elite Squad: by Luiz Eduardo Soares, André Batista]()
Elite Squad: by Luiz Eduardo Soares, André Batista
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTranslated into English for the first time, Elite Squad (Elita da Tropa) was a smash best seller in Brazil and has since touched off a firestorm of controversy that has been heightened by the award-winning film it inspired...Categorized as:
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Hostage by Elie Wiesel
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom Elie Wiesel, Nobel laureate and author of Night, a charged, deeply moving novel about the legacy of the Holocaust in today’s troubled world and the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict... -
![A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare]()
A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare
Rated: 3.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsn June 1934, Joseph Stalin allegedly telephoned the famous novelist and poet Boris Pasternak to discuss the arrest of fellow Soviet poet Osip Mandelstam. In a fascinating combination of dreams and dossier facts, Ismail Kadare, winner of the inaugural International Booker Prize, reconstructs the three minutes they spoke and the aftershocks of this tense, mysterious moment in modern history...Categorized as:
politics communism ww2 fiction historical-fiction literary-fiction historical journey
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