Resultados para "Sand" en Guerra y ejército

In this “spellbinding and totally original thriller” (Philipp Meyer, author of The Son) a lonely veteran’s gruesome discovery throws him right into the face of danger as a twisted investigation unravels the secrets of his dark past. One early morning on a Norfolk beach in Virginia, a dead...

Nineteen-year-old Kate Brady joined the army to bring honor to her family and democracy to the Middle East. Instead, she finds herself in a forgotten corner of the Iraq desert in 2003, guarding a makeshift American prison. There, Kate meets Naema Jassim, an Iraqi medical student whose father and little brother have been detained in the camp. Kate and Naema promise to help each other, but the war soon strains their intentions. Like any soldier, Kate must face the daily threats of combat duty, but as a woman, she is in equal danger from the predatory men in her unit.

A rescue at sea plunges an ex-marine into a deadly people trafficking conspiracy. Sam Ireland wants to raise his daughter in peace, but when he saves a woman and child from drowning, he's drawn into a dangerous web of human trafficking. Joining forces with Waleed, an Egyptian intelligence chief...

Operations always start in places that it’s not supposed to. When Staff Sergeant Benjamin Daria and his squad head to Iran, they end up tangling with the Wonkas and Grays. Not to mention the paramilitaries disguising themselves as terrorists. Benjamin and his team will have to fight all sides just to extract a target out of Tabas. Benjamin has to struggle with his time at home. While keeping his team on code. They’re Warriors in a constant global struggle of politics and covert missions.

Fifteen murdered. Seven witnesses. One by one, they fall. As crime reporter Will Finch puts the final touches on his latest book, private investigator Eve Noon makes her way to his remote island retreat. But someone is watching. Someone is waiting. And before she arrives, the nightmare has...

1978, Jonestown. 909 dead. Two children survive. Where are they now? In the chaos of Jonestown's final hours, two children vanished into the Guyanese jungle, escaping the horror that claimed nearly a thousand lives. Given new identities and a second chance, they were supposed to be safe. Forty...

Raven and her elite mercenary group, The Flock, are thrust into a perilous mission to dismantle a shadowy network trafficking stolen artifacts to fund deadly arms deals. Their journey takes them across Egypt's ancient ruins, Ethiopia's rugged highlands, and the vast, unforgiving deserts of Niger. But as they unravel the smugglers' trail, they uncover more than just stolen treasures—a conspiracy that could ignite chaos across the region.

Sie sind Elitesoldaten der ganz besonderen Art, denn sie stehen allein im Dienste Gottes: DIE RITTER DES VATIKAN. In einer verlassenen Kirche tief in der syrischen Wüste wartet Pater Jenkins zusammen mit einer Gruppe Kriegswaisen verzweifelt darauf, von den Vatikanrittern evakuiert zu werden. Doch ein Trupp skrupelloser ISIS-Terroristen macht sämtliche Hoffnungen auf eine sichere Rettung zunichte. Als letzter Ausweg bleibt ihnen nur eines: Die gefährliche Flucht durch die Wüste, verfolgt von den Soldaten des ISIS, die es auf eine ganz besondere Fracht in ihrer Mitte abgesehen haben.

In the year 1799, British army captain William Mason and fiery Irish convict Sean find their fates entwined. The sole survivors of a shipwreck, they find themselves stranded on a deserted island. Despite their mutual distrust toward each other, both men realise they must cooperate to survive and over time, animosity gives way to a fragile camaraderie. To pass the time, William tutors the previously illiterate Sean in reading, arithmetic, and even French, and he discovers an astonishingly brilliant and poetic soul within the young rebel.

The Dispersion series continues with Zach going back to the Middle East to clear up a government conspiracy. As tensions build, he enlists the help of the US-based agents. Enjoy the continuation of the saga.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME! THE EAGLE IN THE SAND is the action-packed seventh novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. Essential reading for fans of Bernard Cornwell. 'Scarrow's [novels] rank with the best' Independent Judaea in AD 46. Roman...

Every story has a beginning — though we don’t always recognize it when we’re standing in it. Before the war stories. Before the headlines. Before the hard lessons that would come to define us — there were just a few young kids, trying to make sense of who they were and what they were meant to be. Big Boys in the Sand is where their story begins. It’s where loyalty was tested, courage was learned the hard way, and where a kid named Jack first started to carry the weight that would follow him the rest of his life.

Als aufgebrachte Bauern eine Viehpfändung vereiteln, gerät in einer norddeutschen Kleinstadt alles aus den Fugen. Intrigen und politische Ränke werden geschmiedet, dem Spiel um Geld und Macht kann sich keiner entziehen. Mit diesem lebendigen, zutiefst menschlichen Roman entwirft Fallada ein...