Resultados para "The Fall" en Guerra y ejército

Se acerca el invierno y a Jack Reacher lo buscan desde el corazón mismo del poder: el Servicio Secreto de los Estados Unidos lo necesita. La misión es tan secreta como urgente, y el más mínimo fallo puede poner en riesgo la democracia más sólida del planeta. Entre pistas ambiguas, profundas desconfianzas y la presencia fantasmal de su hermano, Reacher deberá afinar al extremo sus sentidos y mantener su cabeza despejada –si su corazón se lo permite– para investigar las intrigas de Washington y de las fuerzas de seguridad.

"Me llamo Cristina y he salido a buscar a mis muertos. Caminando. Buscar a mis muertos para no matarme yo. ¿Para vivir? No estoy segura. Convocarlos, dialogar con mis muertos." La protagonista de este libro, que no por casualidad se llama como la autora, emprende un viaje –físico e...

I lost track of the drinks...Deeper and deeper I go...This next stop may be my last. Another town, another problem. Former Marine Daniel Briggs slips from locale to locale, the haze a comforting pillow, but inevitably the chips fall hard. Daniel finds himself in Maine, courtesy of a small hamlet called Old Orchard Beach. While everything seems quaint on the surface, the veteran sniper soon finds himself pitted between evils. Which one will he choose...or which one will choose him? Is this a story about vigilante justice, or a hero on a righteous path?

Sergeant Major John Phillips lives two lives. In one, he teaches cadets at the United Entities Mechanized Warfare Academy how to pilot massive war machines. In the other, he is the Voice of the Fall, stealing government secrets and writing revolutionary doctrines for the Harbingers of the Fall, an organization bent on bringing down civilization so that humanity can rebuild from the ashes.

Ken Follett’s magnificent new historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An...

Jesse McDermitt has been grieving the loss of a loved one to terrorists. He’s been holed up on his secluded island home for months, numbing his mind and body with endless, mundane tasks. But he has a plan for vengeance. A friend approaches Jesse seeking help for her dad who's been pressured into running drugs for a dangerous Cuban smuggler. When Jesse learns that the smuggler is also an arms merchant for Hezbollah, the terrorist organization responsible for the death of someone close, he once again looks to settle the score.

The tide is turning, and the forces of the Empress are making inroads into King Stephen's lands. The Warlord of the North rides south to help the Earl of Gloucester with one final push to dislodge the Usurper, but fate has a twist in the tail.

On Memorial Day, 1992, three decorated navy officers disappeared in the sleepy beach town of Hansville, Washington. Thirty years later, their medals were found in the marshlands of Foulweather Bluff. So were their bones. For private investigator Thomas Austin, this case hits close to home. The son of a JAG lawyer, Austin grew up around the navy. To solve the case, he must piece together clues buried in the marshlands and dark secrets hidden in navy history.

When a remote Peruvian village is reduced to ash in seconds, the Shepherds face a horrific question: Is this the work of a man-made weapon of unthinkable power, or is God raining down judgment from above, as some believe? As the recently installed leader of the Joshua Bravo team, Jedidiah Johnson shifts into covert operation mode to follow rumors of a new energy-based weapon able to incinerate a target―even a human target―with no warning. With the assistance of the CIA, Jed’s team deploys to Hong Kong to extract the Chinese scientist who helped develop the weapon.

Still haunted by the British army’s treatment of soldiers during World War I, Lieutenant Adam Bowen returns to Dublin in 1919 - and discovers a new war destroying his hometown. When his well-bred family ignores the violence between Irish revolutionaries and the British government, Adam turns his back on Britain and secretly aligns with the Irish Republican Army. Then Adam meets golden-haired, blue-eyed Tara Reilly, and finds himself drawn to her quiet beauty.

When an old Delta Force buddy comes to Jon Reznick for help, paranoid and fearing for his life, Reznick feels duty-bound to protect him. As a black-ops specialist, loyalty to his brothers in arms comes before everything—even the law. But Jerry White proves difficult to protect. A runaway from a top-security psychiatric facility in upstate New York, he's considered a danger to himself and others, and Reznick is powerless to stop shadowy senior hospital managers taking Jerry back by force.

In a history where war's darkness intertwines with ancient terrors, John Cody and the soldiers by his side fight a hopeless battle across a darkened 1940s Europe. What begins as a quest to liberate a fallen world quickly reveals an even deeper nightmare: towns and cities swallowed by silence, histories erased, and an unearthly presence lurking in the void.

"Far Cry Absolution" est le tout-premier roman dans l'univers de la série iconique de jeux vidéo en monde ouvert "Far Cry" d'Ubisoft ! Écrit par le talentueux Urban Waite, les événements de "Far Cry Absolution" se déroulent juste avant le jeu "Far Cry 5". Nichée aux creux des montagnes et des plaines du magnifique Montana, la petite ville de Fall's End, et ses habitants, sont aux prises avec la présence grandissante d'un culte fanatique dans leur vie quotidienne : le Projet d'Eden's Gate.

Admiral Lenson leads Operation Rupture, the invasion of South China, in a bid to finally end the war and restore peace. Meanwhile, Captain Cheryl Staurulakis fights to take a radical new “super ship” to sea, even though its power and capability may introduce more risk than reward.

Kara Wright is a former Royal Air Force Intelligence Analyst. Her best mate, Tien Tran, is a veteran of the British Army's Intelligence Corps. Both served in Afghanistan, and both were lucky to make it home. Now, they are private investigators in the service of an off-the-books agency. When reports of British weapons in the hands of ISIS are ignored by those in government, Kara is tasked with finding out how it could have happened.

Loyalty and courage are put to the test when the Yankees attack on Christmas Day 1864. Willie and his destitute friends beg, steal, and scavenge from confederate soldiers of Fort Fisher near Wilmington, North Carolina, to stay alive. To the boys’ horror, they are caught in the bombardment of shot and shell. Even Henry Hoke, Willie’s personal enemy turns to him for help

Deep in the Korean mountains, US sniper Caje Cole and his squad are on patrol when they witness a dogfight that ends with an American pilot being shot down over enemy territory. Cole leads the rescue effort that puts him in conflict with a deadly Chinese sniper, but that turns out to be the least of his worries. Enemy forces are on the move, starting with the capture of an outpost just beyond the American line.

Ken Follett’s magnificent new historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An...

Irina Petrenko, a Soviet naval officer, faces Ragnarok: the end of the world. Can she prevail? There are signs of a thaw in the Cold War, and not all are happy with it. On both sides of the Iron Curtain, shadowy groups and factions of the KGB lurk and bide their time. Beneath the swamp of deceit, the East and West have joined forces. But nuclear war looms.

Ashley Royce is chosen to represent Smithtownon a diplomatic mission, her heart is stolen by a handsome prince. However her father begins to scheme and soon war across the continent breaks out. Ann Royce is caught in the middle and returns to Red Castle, the home of her former masters. The war takes an ugly turn and soon Ann must choose between her humanity and her people. All of our beloved characters have their moments in this exciting novel.