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An Australian billionaire has turned ordinary people into sleeper assassins. Nikki just discovered his secret. Now she's the target—and so is anyone trying to protect her. Sydney was supposed to be a break. Visit Scott's sister. Relax. Forget the blood and bullets for once. Then Nikki stumbles onto her boss's operation: Theodore Blazer has weaponized thousands of unwitting killers across the globe. One command, and a barista becomes a murderer. A taxi driver becomes an executioner. Anyone. Anywhere. Anytime.

Danny's past is catching up with him. And she wants him to suffer forever. Five years ago, Danny Pearson destroyed the Volkov empire. Now the heir wants payback—and death would be mercy. Annika Volkov spent five years rebuilding her father's Russian Mafia dynasty. Five years hunting the man who killed him. Five years planning the perfect revenge.

They tried to assassinate him. Big mistake. A secret organization controls the world from the shadows. Danny Pearson just became their biggest threat. A simple favour in Vienna. Pick up a package, get out clean. But when Danny arrives, a lethal Chinese assassin is already there—and he's not leaving witnesses.

Ein junger Schriftsteller bleibt eines Nachts während eines Unwetters mit dem Auto liegen. Er findet Zuflucht bei einem kultivierten Mann, der in dieser Nacht keinen Schlaf findet. Aus Dankbarkeit liest ihm der Autor aus seinem Manuskript vor. Die Märchen, die er dort zusammen getragen hat, hörte noch nie ein Mensch zuvor. Doch ahnt der junge Autor nicht, wer sein Gastgeber wirklich ist...

We are all fascinated by them - that enigmatic class of people often referred to as the rich. With all the emphasis on the rich and famous in America, it seems we would know everything about them. In reality, very few of us truly understand those who make up the very wealthiest Americans - those with liquid assets of $5 million or more. What is this new class of people, and how did they get that way?

Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest British frigate captain in the age of sail. Left fatherless at age eight, with a penniless mother and five siblings, Pellew fought his way from the very bottom of the navy to fleet command. Victories and eye-catching feats won him a public following. Yet he had a gift for antagonizing his better-born peers, and he made powerful enemies. Redemption came with his last command, when he set off to do battle with the Barbary States and free thousands of European slaves.

When a desperate government agency faces budget cuts and extinction, they make Danny the fall guy. His cover's blown. His handlers have vanished. And now he's got ex-special forces soldiers—men as lethal as he is—hunting him through the streets of London.

Danny Pearson just wants to be left alone. Haunted by the deaths of his wife and son, he's scraping by doing freelance security work—anything to fill the days. But when his best friend Scott calls in a favor, Danny stumbles into something bigger than both of them.

When the London mob collides with the Russian Mafia, ex-SAS soldier Danny Pearson faces an impossible choice: end the war or watch his family die. Fresh from the SAS, Danny takes a job with his uncle Harry Knight—only to discover Harry's empire is under siege. South of the river, Viktor Volkov wants Harry's territory, and he'll burn London to get it. Bodies pile up. The fragile peace shatters when Viktor's ruthless older brother arrives from Moscow.

In 1827 the Royal Navy purchased a Baltimore clipper and renamed her the Black Joke. Assigned to the Preventative Squadron, she patrolled the west coast of Africa and freed 3,692 captives from enslavement. Beloved by seafarers and celebrated by the public, the Black Joke would become the most famous weapon in the campaign for abolition. But in her previous life as the Henriqueta, the Black Joke had been a slave ship. Through the experiences of slavers and abolitionists, captives and crew, Stephen Taylor charts the vessel's extraordinary double life.

John Owen is widely regarded as one of the most influential English Puritans. As a pastor, he longed to see the glory of Christ take root in people’s lives. As a writer, he continues to encourage us toward discipline and communion with God. His high view of God and deep theological convictions flowed naturally into practical application and a zeal for personal holiness. Barrett and Haykin guide us through the seventeenth-century theologian’s life and doctrine, giving us a glimpse into the majestic vision that served as the foundation for his approach to the Christian life.

British maritime history in the age of sail is full of the deeds of officers like Nelson but has given little voice to plain, "illiterate" seamen. Now, Stephen Taylor draws on published and unpublished memoirs, letters, and naval records, including court-martials and petitions, to present these men in their own words. In this exhilarating account, ordinary seamen are far from the hapless sufferers of the press gangs.