Resultados para "Fire" en Guerra y ejército

The best-selling author of Gates of Fire and A Man at Arms presents a gripping, genre-bending story of a mercenary in late medieval Spain and the eternal costs of violence. Spain, the 1500s. The Iberian Peninsula is splintered by faith and ambition, its kingdoms locked in endless struggle...

Who killed 2,000 innocent people, and how? More importantly, can they be stopped from striking again?Infectious disease expert Dr. Susan Lyle teams up with Blaine McCracken, ex-CIA operative, in the search for answers. Hideously deformed cadavers and a missing teenage genius are their only leads. The chase takes them all the way down the eastern seaboard and across the country, and they soon realize that at the heart of the puzzle lies a whole new generation of biological weapons.

They never fired a shot. They didn’t have to. When the USS Constitution, America’s most advanced aircraft carrier, enters contested waters, the crew expects surveillance and posturing. What they don’t expect is infiltration. A subtle telemetry spike. A shadow beneath the hull. A satellite drifting into perfect position. Then the ship’s own systems begin to respond. Captain Daniel Mercer and Commander Elena Varga uncover a coordinated multi-domain operation targeting sea, cyber, and space — not to destroy the carrier, but to map it, predict it, and manipulate the perception of power itself.

April 30, 2033—the day World War III erupted in the open. Across Europe and Asia, the fragile illusion of restraint shattered as missiles, drones, and armor surged forward in coordinated fury. In Eastern Europe, EDEP armored formations thundered across Poland like a steel storm. Their objective was clear: the Vistula River. If it fell, so would the heart of NATO’s eastern defenses. Tank battles, manned and robotic, raged across shattered towns and muddy fields as outnumbered defenders fought to slow an enemy built for mass, speed, and annihilation.

WWII flares again. This time in space. It's 2207, and the Allies and Axis clash. On Earth, the Wehrmacht marches across America, heading toward Washington. Across the solar system, Nazi starships bombard our fleet. And among the stars, the SS hunts us like ghosts. But we fight back! Two universes. One of freedom, one of tyranny. One universe in which we won WWII. Another where the Nazis conquered the world. Now they're here. In our reality. They conquered their universe, and now they want ours. They cannot have it. James King, admiral of the Freedom Fleet, is an old space dog.

1940, Great Paxford, Cheshire: When a spitfire crashes in the village, the lives of an extraordinary community of women will change forever: Frances Barden’s greatest challenge is only just beginning; Pat Simms received a respite when her abusive husband went to war, but now he's home Pat...

Author Glyn Haynie, a Vietnam veteran, draws upon his own experiences to create a vivid and authentic portrayal of the war, immersing listeners in the intense action, camaraderie, and sacrifices made by the soldiers on the ground. As Carter and his men face the constant threat of enemy fire and the unforgiving terrain, they are thrust into a harrowing battle for survival when a raging inferno engulfs the hillside.

1940, Great Paxford, Cheshire: When a spitfire crashes in the village, the lives of an extraordinary community of women will change forever: Frances Barden’s greatest challenge is only just beginning; Pat Simms received a respite when her abusive husband went to war, but now he's home Pat...

1940, Great Paxford, Cheshire: In Britain's darkest hour, an extraordinary community of women strive to protect the Home Front. When a plane crashes in the village, every one of their lives will change forever. The women of Great Paxford are no strangers to hardship and the extraordinary power...

A heart-pounding military adventure in the air! For fans of Derek Robinson, James Holland, Frank Barnard and Jack Higgins. Can the female pilots stop an attack on London…? Autumn, 1943Sisters Anna and Jennifer Nightingale have been flying in top missions with the Secret Sirens all-female RAF unit for nearly a year. Their squadron of twelve Mosquitos stages a raid on Rouen to divert the enemy’s attention from the Lancasters that are coming in to bomb the marshalling yards and port.

Born into an aristocratic German Jewish family, Ernst Baerwald is a gifted linguist, talented musician, and fearless idealist. When he’s recruited in 1900 to become a spy—his cover working for a company that would become the notorious chemical conglomerate IG Farben—his life becomes an extraordinary adventure spanning two continents, two world wars, and impossible choices that will haunt him forever.

Jack Cody is on a healing path, recovering from the personal trauma of loss that left this top American agent with the nickname “Suicide”. But Cody’s recovery, his personal relationship with his CIA control officer, Sara Durell, and everything else goes on hold when Cody is thrust into his most dangerous mission yet. Facing off against a deadly axis of evil—American Nazis, Islamic terrorists, and stolen Russian nukes—Cody tracks a bullet-splattered trail of deception in a race to stop the destruction of Houston, Texas, under a mushroom cloud....

Mason and trouble have had a long relationship. They’re about to renew their vows. “Ladies and gentlemen, this is a robbery!” Two heavily armed gunmen crash into a quiet Florida bank, and army veteran Mason Sharpe is caught in the middle of a deadly heist. Later, the cops describe the...

No one expected war, and the U.S. Navy has paid the price. Once the greatest Navy in the world, by 2039, American submariners find themselves outnumbered and outgunned by an alliance of France, India, and the enemy lurking in the dark: Russia. It’s not their fault that the politicians back home didn’t expect war as the world expanded into underwater territory, but now sailors like Commander Alex Coleman are left facing the consequences.

An empire in the balance. War has come to the continent, and Lieutenant Commander Ky, a test pilot from the far future and Consul of the Britannic Empire, leads armies scattered across Germania and Hispania to liberate them from Carthaginian rule. The Carthaginians, however, refuse to surrender...

Soaring through smoke-filled skies to douse the flames – Fire Angels. At the Fire Angel air base in Pocatello, Idaho, a ragtag group of aerial firefighters face increasingly intense forest fires. These skilled airmen fly in low, targeting water drops on raging wildfires with post-war, military surplus airplanes.

The enemy is relentless, but they made one fatal mistake: they underestimated him. Australian mercenary Tyler Reid, known as "The Ghost of OZ," has a talent for evading detection, a skill that has caught the eye of multiple government agencies. When a shadowy group targets a CIA asset and her revolutionary drug ND1, the Deputy Director calls in Tyler. Eager for action, Tyler takes the job. He soon realizes that the enemy is not only after the drug, but also out for his blood. Then the mission goes south, and he is forced to seek an unlikely ally.

In Britain's darkest hour, an extraordinary community of women strives to protect the Home Front...

With elegant simplicity and unswerving honesty, Irene Nemirovsky chronicles the brutalizing effects of war on three ordinary Parisian families whose lives intertwine, spanning the years between 1912 and 1941. What starts out as a glorious campaign in 1914, full of optimistic declarations of France's greatness, soon turns to shame and cynicism as the conflict drags on. Parisians, suffering from cold and hunger, seem unable or unwilling to comprehend the horrors of the trenches.

Things seem to be almost improving, but you can’t let the smooth taste fool you. Too much improvement makes you expect things to be easier. They aren’t. Not everyone wants things to get better. Some people seem to be enjoying themselves a little too much. Now, it’s time to try and bring some order from the chaos. To return things to a more civilized society. The world fell apart two years ago and now it’s time to try and put it back together, one small piece at the time.