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For Vicky Sandoval, home is wherever the she and Cam can make a life together, whether that’s back in the Commonwealth or right there in this strange new part of the galaxy. But the only way for any of them to find a home is to hunt down the mysterious Seekers, the faction of the ancient alien Predecessors who were tracking the source of the mindless Skrela war drones which had chased them off Earth tens of thousands of years ago. The Seekers have the gate and, just as importantly, they know where to find the demonic Skrela and put an end to them.

Ulfenkarn ist eine Stadt der Albträume. Ihre Vampirherrscher frönen in den schattigen Gassen ihrer Blutlust und verwandeln die ehemals stolze Metropole in ein Schlachthaus. Die sterblichen Bewohner leiden bereits lange unter der Tyrannei von Radukar dem Wolf und seinem Dürstenden Hofstaat, doch nun versetzt sie eine Reihe grausamer Morde in noch größere Angst. Um diesen Angriffen auf den Grund zu gehen, findet sich eine ungewöhnliche Heldengruppe zusammen: ein Vampirjäger aus Carstinia, ein Freiheitskämpfer aus den Elendsvierteln, ein skrupelloser Zauberer und eine Soldatin, welche gleichzeitig die letzte Überlebende ihres Adelsgeschlechts ist.

With the team learning more about themselves and how far they are willing to go to help others, Yasuko, the ship’s AI, finds her own purpose as she emerges from the Haven shackles on her capabilities to work alongside her human crew. Their determination to help brings together a disparate people, building hope in the wreckage of past mistakes. But the squad still face devastating life and death decisions, ones that will change some of them forever. And as thousands die, Zuri rises to the challenge among the city ruins, where the alien swarm descends to feed on the living and the dead.

Tom Loftus is accepted in the elite special ops Panther Unit. By taking the position, he leaves the love of his life Kath behind in the rural town of Appleton Vermont. They had planned to have a family and settle down in Appleton. Loftus leaves on a bus out of town watching Kath slowly fade as he begins his time in the Defense Secret Service. After intensive basic training Loftus meets his lifelong buddy Zach Grasso.

Only one world in the cluster remains in enemy hands. Admiral Jack Romanoff and his crew have one remaining nut to crack before they can turn their attention to the people that overthrew the Confederation. The Vesuvius system has become a fortress, so it won’t be an easy fight, but it is one they cannot lose and survive. When force alone won’t do the trick, add guile.

Es hat viele Jahre und unzählige Opfer gefordert, doch letztendlich ist Ahriman, ehemals oberster Librarian der Thousand Sons, doch nun Exilant und Hexer, bereit, die bedeutendste und wagemutigste Tat seines ganzen Lebens zu vollbringen. Seine Suche nach Wissen und Macht diente einem einzigen Ziel, das nun zum Greifen nahe ist. Welches Ziel? Nichts Geringeres als die Wiedergutmachung seines größten Scheiterns, die Umkehrung des Rubrica-Zaubers, der seine Legion verdammte.

The souls of Leo and Iona are trapped in hell, their bodies inhabited by the souls of Alex and her henchman Bartholomew. Now disguised as Iona, Alex launches her centuries-old plan to restore her power and take control of both Earth and Viridi. Unable to communicate with their allies, the real Leo and Iona embark on a journey, hoping to somehow break through hell’s impenetrable gates. Along the way, they meet a strange woman, a Reaper who believes she can help them escape.

The enormous aliens known as Gimfa attacked the planet Lewa, and the Guardians thought they took them down. But instead, the aliens established a beachhead on the colony world and are readying a larger army to eliminate humanity once and for all. First Earth and now Lewa… unless the Guardians can stop them. More of the advanced Guardians are in development and may be ready to stand alongside Vortex Stingray and the others as the Galactic Alliance joins humanity’s effort to clear Lewa of the Gimfa.

Paul Thompson’s third combat rotation is a real ballbuster. Hundreds of light-years from Earth, he’s with an advisor team attached to an infantry battalion fighting a vicious dissident movement among Pashtun settlers. Between the untrustworthy allies, the nihilistic terrorists, and the constant chaos, this counterinsurgency operation has him near the breaking point. A masterwork of military science fiction, In the Valley takes an unvarnished look at military life through the eyes of a soldier reflecting back on how he ended up among the carnage in Pashto Khel, a village in the Baradna ...

There's nothing glorious about war—despite what movies and books often show. Military veteran and author Jason Lambright shares its ugly side in the sci-fi novel The Captain's Cauldron. Captain Paul Thompson can't just shake off the rigors of war after his combat on Juneau 3, and his injuries are severe enough that his military career may be over. But the trauma runs even deeper—impacting not only him, but also those he loves. Paul finds his way back thanks to his family and treatment at a veterans hospital. He marries his high school sweetheart, and life is good. But the happiness is ...

Jason Lambright’s trilogy of military thrillers shows the mental scars inflicted by the true horrors of war. The last book in the trilogy, Immolation, is no exception. Lambright tells the very human tale of one soldier’s exhaustion and cynicism after countless battles against a race of cruel and hostile aliens nicknamed the “Harpies.” The battle on Brasilia has nearly broken Lieutenant Colonel Paul Thompson. Over two thousand soldiers in his regiment lost their lives in the campaign, and every medal and accolade Paul is given for his service feels empty in the face of his friends’...

Вся Средняя Азия покорилась русскому оружию, и только воинственное племя текинцев, укрывшееся от гнева русского царя в самом сердце пустыни, беспокоит набегами своих соседей. Но готовится новая экспедиция под командой ставшего уже легендарным Белого генерала — Михаила Дмитриевича Скобелева, для которого нет неразрешимых задач! И именно в его отряд попал наш современник Дмитрий Будищев, успевший стать известным изобретателем.

Blackmane becomes embroiled in an assassination plot that reaches into the very depths of the Imperium! Unused to such delicate political machinations, Ragnar must unleash the howling fury of the Space Wolves to save this noble dynasty and regain his honour!

TWO SWORN ENEMIES. ONE CHANCE TO SAVE THE GALAXY. In the midst of an unforgiving galactic war, Joel Chambers and his unit never expected their greatest challenge to come from beneath their feet. While engaged in a fierce skirmish on a primitive planet, their reality is upended as a mysterious starship bursts from the ground, altering the course of their mission — and the war itself. Suddenly, survival demands the unthinkable: an alliance with their sworn enemies. Chambers, leading his beleaguered team, must navigate this precarious truce in pursuit of a formidable adversary, one whose ...

Nachdem Kane Walker vom Militär zum weltumspannenden Geheimdienst der Menschheit, auch als die Agency bekannt, zwangsversetzt wurde, entwickelte er sich zu einem erstklassigen Spion und wurde für besonders heikle und gefährliche Missionen in aller Welt eingesetzt. Gemeinsam mit seinem neuen Freund und Technikexperten Jaxo und seiner widerwilligen Partnerin Jane wird er auf einen zunächst harmlos erscheinenden Mordfall angesetzt, der sich als Teil eines groß angelegten Plans für einen globalen Terroranschlag herausstellt, dessen Ausmaße in der Geschichte der Erde bis dato unvorstellbar waren.

Kane Walker hat nach seiner Vergangenheit als Krimineller mehrere Jahre beim Militär gedient und seinen Zwangsdienst geleistet. Seine herausragenden Fähigkeiten haben ihm den Posten des Anführers einer Spezialeinheit eingebracht. Mit diesem neuen Team, dem Thanatos-Trupp, muss Kane auf der ganzen Welt heikle Missionen durchführen, um die Konzerne und die Regierung zu schützen und deren Fehler auszumerzen. Dabei wird sein Können immer wieder auf die Probe gestellt und bis an die Grenzen seiner Belastbarkeit ausgereizt.

Когда отставному солдату, а ныне мирному инженеру, предлагают необычную работу, он соглашается — уж больно хорош гонорар. А работа — она необычная, и только. Какую опасность может представлять компьютерная игра, пусть сложная, пусть основанная на виртуальной реальности? Да никакой! Только почему-то убивают здесь вполне реально, а сгинуть так, что концов не найти, проще, чем высморкаться. И те, кто зашел раньше тебя, не вернулись. А главное, оттуда в реальность лезет что-то непонятное. И — страшное! Но и ты не лыком шит. Отметился на всех континентах и привык убивать.

Im dritten Teil der OPERATION-Reihe werden Captain Banks und das S/SQUAD nach Sibirien geschickt – als Eskorte für drei UN-Wissenschaftler, die den Zoo eines russischen Oligarchen unter die Lupe nehmen sollen. Die Männer erwarten, auf Elche, Bären und vielleicht ein paar wild gewordene Tiger zu treffen... doch stattdessen treffen sie auf Kreaturen aus der Eiszeit, die geklont und zu neuem Leben erweckt wurden. Und sehr hungrig sind.

Blending hard science fiction with suspenseful military action, this novel is an exotic adventure set in a future colony in the Alpha Centauri star system. Finding the crew of a remote space station wiped out by a killer virus, the captain of a patrol vessel imposes a quarantine lockdown. But a fearful crew attempts a mutiny to flee with the ship, threatening to spread a pandemic across the nearby planets. Courage and duty clash with panic and desperation in a perilous struggle to survive.

Lieutenant John Ezra woke up with 22 days left on a lackluster tour in a dead-end military watch station orbiting Saturn. By the end of the day, he would understand, as never before, the importance of duty and the value of every soldier, even those who sit and wait.