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Blackwater: The Rise of the Most Powerful Mercenary Firm in the World

Blackwater: The Rise of the Most Powerful Mercenary Firm in the World

by Jeremy Scahill

Meet Blackwater USA, the powerful private army that the U.S. government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil. With its own military base, a fleet of twenty aircraft, and twenty-thousand troops at the ready, Blackwater is the elite Praetorian Guard for the "global war on terror"-- yet most people have never heard of it. It was the moment the war turned: On March 31, 2004,... (more)

The Dogs of War

by Frederick Forsyth

In a remote corner of Zangaro, a small republic in Africa, lies Crystal Mountain. At certain times of the day the mountain emits a strange glow. Only Sir James Manson knows why. The mountain contains ten billion dollar's worth of the world's most valuable mineral, platinum. "Not only exciting but truly surprising"--Atlantic. Now the only question is, how to get hold of it. Sir James knows how. Invade the ... (more)

Big Boy Rules: In the Company of America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq

Big Boy Rules: In the Company of America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq

by Steve Fainaru

There are tens of thousands of them in Iraq. They work for companies with exotic and ominous-sounding names, like Crescent Security Group, Triple Canopy, and Blackwater Worldwide. They travel in convoys of multicolored pickups fortified with makeshift armor, belt-fed machine guns, frag grenades, and even shoulder-fired missiles. They protect everything from the U.S. ambassador and American generals to shipments of... (more)

Ready

by Lucy Monroe

They’re the good guys fighting the bad guys. They’ll get the job done—if the price is right and so is the cause. And what cause could be nobler than the heart’s desire? Rough and ready, tough and tender—when it comes to love and security, these hunks are definitely for hire... As a writer, Lise Barton is used to coming up with wild scenarios for her characters, but the one that’s playing out for her right now... (more)

Willing

by Lucy Monroe

They’re the good guys fighting the bad guys. They’ll get the job done—if the price is right and so is the cause. Meet three sexy men who individually are READY, WILLING, and ABLE to go the distance—and together, are unstoppable… Josie McCall has been raised to be a soldier, and she could be the best—if she wanted it. Instead, she left her dad’s mercenary school behind for a normal job in computers. But now... (more)

Soldiers of Fortune: A History of the Mercenary in Modern Warfare

Soldiers of Fortune: A History of the Mercenary in Modern Warfare

by Tony Geraghty

The freelance solider, or mercenary, whether fighting for money or reputation or an adopted cause, has always been a fascinating and controversial phenomenon. Now, as a result of the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has become not simply a mercenary but a vital part of modern and privatized warfare. For some, he is a heroic figure, doing the work governments are too squeamish to admit to; for others, he is... (more)

The Ugly Duckling

by Iris Johansen

If fate suddenly made you more beautiful that you ever dreamed possible, would it be the beginning of a fairy tale, or your worst nightmare? The brutal attack should have killed anybody, but Nell Calder did more than survive. She emerged a woman transformed, with an exquisite beauty found only in fairy tales. Nell Calder deserved a happy ending. Instead, her descent into terror has just begun. Her attacker is... (more)

Midnight Rainbow

by Linda Howard

Taken captive in the middle of a conspiracy of international proportions, wealthy socialite Jane Hamilton Greer finds hope in government agent Grant Sullivan, who finds his mission complicated by his feelings for Jane. Reissue.

Full Metal Panic! Volume 1

by Shouji Gatou, Retsu Tateo

A tie-in to the smash-hit anime series of the same name, the Full Metal Panic! manga is the story of gung-ho young secret agent Sosuke Sagara, assigned to go undercover and protect high-school honor-student Kaname Chidori from a band of international terrorists. Needless to say, Sosuke's background as a counterinsurgent guerilla isn't the best possible preparation for high school!

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Ethan of Athos

by Lois McMaster Bujold

Drafted into aiding a quest for ovarian tissue samples, Chief of Biology Dr. Ethan Urquhart confronts the female members of his species, who have been forbidden to live on their home planet. Reprint. AB. "

Forlorn Hope

by David Drake

They had fought long and hard, and damn near won in spite of everything. But now the men who hired them are going to sell them to the enemy...and so begins a novel of adventure in which a band of Star Mecenaries is driven across the face of a planet by enemies bent on their distruction. With only the guns in their hands, this tiny band must battle ships, artillery, treachery, and the most powerful tank in the... (more)

ROLLING HOT (David Drake Hammer's Slammers)

ROLLING HOT (David Drake Hammer's Slammers)

by David Drake

Paying the Piper (Drake, David.)

by David Drake

Colonel Alois Hammer: to the galaxy, a legendary commander of mercenaries. To his troops, a leader who can be trusted to always back them to the hilt - and meet a payroll. When the situation on a planet has gone beyond desperate, it's time to call for Hammer's Slammers.

Mercenaries

by Angela Knight

In an embattled, sexually-charged new world of the future, the adventure begins... Beautiful Trinity Yeager's mission: join Nathan August's star-hopping team of mercenary soldiers. With one condition: Trinity must prove her resilience as a lover for him and his first officer, Sebastian Cole. Trinity not only sees Nathan's bet. She raises it... Now, from galactic dens of depravity to far-reaching... (more)

The Deed of Paksenarrion: A Novel

by Elizabeth Moon

All three novels in the epic trilogy, Deed of Parksenarrion, appear in an omnibus edition that includes Sheepfarmer's Daughter, Divided Allegiance, and Oath of Gold. Reissue. AB.

Falkenberg's Legion

by Jerry Pournelle

Wild Orchids

by Karen Robards

Vacationing in Cancu+a7n, Kansas English teacher Lora Harding is abducted by ""Max"" Maxwell, a man whose handsome features challenge her to cast aside her reservations, learn his story, and give herself over to his irresistible touch. Reissue.

The Spellbound Bride

by Theresa Meyers

A Love that Kills Twice married, twice widowed and still a virgin, Sorcha MacIver is far from a merry widow. Her clan suspects her of using witchcraft in the deaths of her husbands and her latest father-in-law wants her burned at the stake. She has lived with the cruel and bitter fact that everyone she loves dies. As a child, her mother and siblings died in a fire. Her father fell to his death... (more)

Someone Else's War

by Anthony Rogers

The world's most elaborate military missions have been conducted by mercenaries. They are highly trained soldiers that have participated in many of the world's elite military units and are capable of quick results, even though they may be outnumbered 100 to one. Featuring actual photos, this book details the work of mercenaries from 1960 to the present day. December '98 publication date.

Fortune's Warriors: Private Armies and the New World Order

Fortune's Warriors: Private Armies and the New World Order

by James R. Davis

From West Africa to the former Yugoslavia, in every global hot spot a private army waits, ready to step into the fray. Professional soldiers of fortune have always existed--but now they're on the brink of playing a new role in world affairs. A former mercenary takes a hard look at the conflicts presently raging, contrasting the success of these armies in achieving peace with the often inept and confused actions of... (more)

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by Jeremy Scahill

by Frederick Forsyth

by Steve Fainaru

by Lucy Monroe

by Lucy Monroe

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by Iris Johansen

by Linda Howard

by Shouji Gatou, Retsu Tateo

by Lois McMaster Bujold

by David Drake

by David Drake

by David Drake

by Angela Knight

by Elizabeth Moon

by Jerry Pournelle

by Karen Robards

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