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Unto the Breach (Paladin of Shadows, Book 4)

Unto the Breach (Paladin of Shadows, Book 4)

by John Ringo

Sequel to Ghost , Kildar and Choosers of the Slain . Michael Harmon has been there and done that. Rescued co-eds, killed major terrorists, stopped nuclear assaults. Now he'd just like to kick back and relax with his harem of lovelies. Unfortunately, the world keeps turning. Mike and the Keldara are back tracking down terrorists, rogue Russian bio-scientists and the doomsday weapon to end all doomsday weapons.... (more)

Path of the Fury

by David Weber

While the Imperial forces are busy searching for planet-wrecking pirates, Alicia turns pirate herself and steals a cutting-edge AI ship from the empire in order to begin her vendetta.

Choosers of the Slain (Paladin of Shadows, Book 3)

Choosers of the Slain (Paladin of Shadows, Book 3)

by John Ringo

Sequel to Ghost and Kildar. Former SEAL Michael Harmon (Ghost, Kildar) has a pretty good life. He's settled down in the country of Georgia and built a solid commando-quality militia out of his local retainers. The Keldara have an ancient history of being first-class mountain warriors and all they needed was a few million in modern weapons and training to bring them up to speed. Now, with the Keldara keeping the... (more)

Fade

by Kyle Mills

A former Navy SEAL who speaks perfect Arabic, Salam al-Fayed (a.k.a. “Fade”) had been one of the deadliest weapons in America’s arsenal—until a mission gone wrong put a bullet in his back, requiring risky surgery the government refused to pay for. Embittered by a wound that could one day immobilize him, Fade isn’t exactly cooperative when Homeland Security insists on putting him back on the payroll. But they’re... (more)

Ender Quartet: Book 1

Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the... (more)

The White Lioness (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

Kurt Wallander: Book 3

The White Lioness (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

by Henning Mankell

Third in the Kurt Wallander series. The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case even though there is no obvious suspect. But then Wallander learns of a determined stalker, and soon enough, the cops catch up with him. But when his alibi turns out to be airtight, they realize that what seemed a simple crime of passion is actually far more complex—and dangerous. The search for the... (more)

Bob Lee Swagger: Book 1

Point of Impact

by Stephen Hunter

He 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. The... (more)

Twilight Saga: Book 2

New Moon

by Stephenie Meyer

Legions of readers entranced by the New York Times bestseller Twilight won't be disappointed by this gripping sequel. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist....

The Copper Scroll

by Joel C. Rosenberg

Saddam is gone, Arafat is dead, and a new Iraq is rising. But when a suicide bomber strikes Washington and assassinations unfold from London to Los Angeles, Jon Bennett and Erin McCoy are drawn back into a world of terror they thought was over. At the heart of the mystery lies a 2,000-year-old scroll describing unimaginable treasures that could lead to the Third Jewish Temple. Some call it history's greatest... (more)

The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

The Road is a post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy - the tale of a journey taken by a father and his young son over a period of several months, across a landscape blasted by an unnamed cataclysm that destroyed all civilization and, apparently, most life on earth. The novel was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 2006.

Harry Bosch: Book 5

Trunk Music (A Harry Bosch Novel)

by Michael Connelly

When B-grade L.A. movie producer Tony Aliso is found stuffed into the trunk of his Rolls Royce, all signs point to “trunk music” —a mob hit. Detective Harry Bosch, just back from an “involuntary stress leave,” is not so sure. And when he finds the money trail, he follows it…all the way to Vegas. Seems this Tony had his share of enemies, and in no time, so does Harry: Vegas thugs, LAPD’s organized crime unit, a... (more)

Harry Bosch: Book 10

The Narrows

by Michael Connelly

Private investigator Harry Bosch confronts the most terrifying killer he's ever known - the monster known to millions as the Poet.

Angels Flight (Detective Harry Bosch Mysteries)

Harry Bosch: Book 6

Angels Flight (Detective Harry Bosch Mysteries)

by Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly, whose novel The Poet won the 1997 Anthony Award for Best Mystery, is already recognized as one of the smartest and most vivid scribes of the hard-boiled police procedural. Now, with his much-anticipated sixth Harry Bosch novel, Angels Flight, Connelly offers one of the finest pieces of mystery writing to appear in 1998. Bosch is awakened in the middle of the night and, out of rotation, he is... (more)

Harry Bosch: Book 2

The Black Ice

by Michael Connelly

The corpse in the hotel room appears to be that of a missing LAPD narcotics officer. Rumours abound that he had crossed - selling a new drug called Black Ice from Mexico - and the LAPD brass are quick to declare his death aside.But Harry Bosch isn't so sure; prompted by odd, inexplicable details from the crime scene, and attraction to the widow, he begins his own investigation. An investigation that takes him over... (more)

Harry Bosch: Book 4

The Last Coyote (A Harry Bosch Novel)

by Michael Connelly

Harry Bosch's life is on the edge. His earthquake-damaged home has been condemned. His girlfriend has left him. He's drinking too much. And after attacking his commanding officer, he's even had to turn in his L.A.P.D. detective's badge. Now, suspended indefinitely pending a psychiatric evaluation, he's spending his time investigating an unsolved crime from 1961: the brutal slaying of a prostitute who happened to... (more)

Place Called Freedom, A

by Ken Follett

Sentenced to a life of misery in the Scottish coal mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only ally: beautiful high-born Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell. In 1766, from the teeming streets of London to the infernal hold of a slave ship headed for the American colonies to a sprawling Virginia plantation, two restless young people, separated by politics and position, are... (more)

The Hyperion Cantos: Book 2

The Fall of Hyperion

by Dan Simmons

In the best-selling sequel to Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs open to reveal their secrets to seven pilgrims, secrets that will change the shape and nature of the universe forever. Reissue.

River of Blue Fire (Otherland, Volume 2)

River of Blue Fire (Otherland, Volume 2)

by Tad Williams

New York Times bestselling author Tad Williams presents... The mass market edition of Volume Two... "A powerful, near-future cyberthriller."-- Booklist "Williams proves himself as adept at writing science fiction as he is writing fantasy....Fascinating." -- Publishers Weekly "An exciting addition to the growing virtual reality literature."-- Library Journal * A bestselling author-- New York Times , Los... (more)

The Holcroft Covenant

by Robert Ludlum

The Fourth Reich is waiting to be born. The only man who can stop it is about to sign its birth certificate. In 1945 the children of the Third Reich were secretly hidden all over the world-to be concealed until the 1970's, when they would come of age. Then the most elaborate plans and $780 million in a Swiss bank would be waiting. There would even be an unsuspecting outsider to set the plan into action. that... (more)

Mary Russell: Book 8

Locked Rooms

by Laurie R. King

Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes are back in Laurie R. King’s highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling mystery series. And this time the first couple of detection pair up to unlock the buried memory of a shocking crime with the power to kill again–lost somewhere in Russell’s own past. After departing Bombay by ship, Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes are en route to the bustling modern... (more)

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