 | Men in Blue (Badge of Honor)
Release Date: October 1, 1988| Series: Badge of Honor (Book 1) A cop has been shot--cold-bloodedly gunned down while trying to prevent a holdup. Regulations say the investigation is to be handled like any other homicide. But when a cop is killed in the line of duty, it is different. And the brotherhood in blue will stop at nothing to bring the killer to justice. Original. ...
 |  | In Gallant Company (Richard Bolitho Novels, No. 3) (The Bolitho Novels) (Volume 3)
Publication Date: April 1, 1998| Series: The Bolitho Novels (Book 3) As the American Revolution rages on the mainland, the British Navy prepares for action at sea. Against a growing fleet of American and French privateers, the navy must maintain its blockade of Washington's vital military supplies. Caught up in the turmoil, junior officer Richard Bolitho finds himself having to make momentous decisions in the heat of battle—decisions that could affect the lives of many men and, perhaps, even the fate of nations. ...
|  | Chosen of Khorne
Release Date: October 9, 2012Deep within the Eye of Terror, the followers of the blood god Khorne war amongst themselves to win their patron’s favour, and for the right to lead a new crusade against the Imperium in his name. Argus Brond, berserker champion of the old World Eaters Legion, has called upon his old comrade Kharn for assistance – surely, this legendary warrior will break the deadlock and secure victory for him? But Kharn, known with good reason as ‘the Betrayer’, is far more than just a crazed killer, and his own agenda will always come first... ...
|  | A Soldier of the Great War
Publication Date: May 6, 1991An old man's magnificent tale of love and war-a recapitulation of a life and a reckoning with mortality told by one of America's most acclaimed novelists. ...
|  | The Last Dragon of Steeple Morden
Publication Date: June 6, 2012The Last Dragon of Steeple Morden is an incredible story of survival. Chicago's Top Fighter Pilot in World War II is shot down, deep behind German lines, in the apocalyptic twilight of the war. What happens over the subsequent two weeks tests the young pilot's resolve to survive and affirms mankind's propensity for severe brutality as well as its overwhelming capacity for compassion in the face of death.One of the most fantastic aspects of this story is that it is all true. ...
|  | The Eagle's Prophecy: A Novel of the Roman Army
Release Date: August 4, 2009In this sixth entry of Scarrow’s page-turning Roman historical series, it is spring a.d. 45 and Centurions Macro and Cato are trapped in Rome, waiting for the investigation in their involvement in the death of a fellow officer. It is then that the imperial secretary, the devious Narcissus, makes them an offer they can’t refuse: to rescue an imperial agent who has been captured by pirates operating from the Illyrian coast.With him were scrolls vital to the safety of the emperor and the future of Rome. However, Narcissus also sends Vitellius, an old enem...
|  | The Mullah's Storm
Release Date: June 7, 2011A transport plane carrying a high-ranking Taliban prisoner is shot down in a blizzard over Afghanistan's mountainous Hindu Kush. The storm makes rescue impossible, and for two people-navigator Michael Parson and a female Army interpreter, Sergeant Gold-a battle for survival begins against not only the hazards of nature, but the treacheries of man: the Taliban stalking them, the villagers whose loyalties are unknown, and a prisoner who would very much like the three of them to be caught. ...
|  | Those Who Dare: Book One in the Raiding Forces Series (Second World War Fiction)
Publication Date: August 1, 2010| Series: Second World War Fiction The first in a series of meticulously researched World War II novels about hit-and-run raids against Hitler's war machine by British forces - under the command of a U.S. soldier - "Those Who Dare" is sure to appeal to avid military fiction fans. By May 1940, panzer divisions had decimated Belgium and reached Calais. Lieutenant John Randal of the U.S. 26th Cavalry Regiment volunteers his expertise to help slow their advance. What unfolds is a blend of military guerrilla tactics, suspense, humour, cultural and social co...
|  | Oliver Wiswell
Publication Date: June 1940| ISBN-10: 0385047932 | ISBN-13: 978-0385047937| Edition: 1st Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Doran ...
|  | G.I. Joe: Cobra Command Volume 1 (G. I. Joe (Graphic Novels))
Publication Date: June 19, 2012| Series: G. I. Joe (Graphic Novels) The Cobra Civil War is over, but there's no risk of a peace outbreak. "Cobra Command" starts here as the new Cobra Commander kicks off his reign with total war as he invades a sovereign nation with all the military might under his power. The world is outraged but uncertain of how to retaliate. So the JOEs take to the field to battle a new, more dangerous version of their oldest foe. ...
|  | With Every Drop of Blood:A Novel of the Civil War
Release Date: December 1, 1996Despite his promise to take care of his family, Johnny embarkson a bold mission to supply the Confederates, only to be taken prisonerby a runaway slave, in a novel that explores the reasons for the CivilWar. Reprint. VY. SLJ. PW....
|  | Her Privates We
Publication Date: November 15, 1999A brilliant book that makes it impossible to forget the barbarity of war. ...
|  | Relentless Pursuit (The Bolitho Novels)
Publication Date: September 1, 2002| Series: The Bolitho Novels (Book 25) Summoned to the Admiralty by Sir Edward Pellew, Captain Adam Bolitho is ordered to sail his 46-gun frigate Unrivalled into African waters to aid His Majesty's campaign against slave-runners. Preoccupied with avenging his uncle Richard's death while confronting an entrenched adversary and the aggressive opposition of the Algerian overlord, he fears he may be setting his crew on a course of doom. ...
|  | The Recipient's Son: A Novel of Honor
Publication Date: September 15, 2012Set at the U.S. Naval Academy in the 1990s, this novel tells the story of a young man's struggle to come to terms with his legacy as the son of a war hero and with doubts about his own courage. Donald Durago's father was killed in the Vietnam War where his actions as a POW earned him the Medal of Honor. That honor provided Durago with an appointment to the Naval Academy, a benefit offered to all children of Medal of Honor recipients. But in his plebe year, Durago struggles under the burden of being worthy of his father s memory. With the help of Master Chi...
|  | Hide and Seek: A Novel
Publication Date: July 1, 2012Amelia Lennon no longer wears a uniform or carries a weapon. An Army trained Foreign Affairs Officer, she’s negotiating a dispute with the Kyrgyzstan government that threatens to leave the U.S. without an airbase in that region. She traded her gun for the power of words, but now she needs both.While following her government contact - Jildiz Oskonbaeva, the lawyer daughter of Kyrgyzstan’s president - Amelia witnesses an attempt to abduct her. She manages to prevent the kidnapping, but now the two women are on the run in a city that’s erupting in...
|  | Dark Lady's Chosen (Chronicles of the Necromancer, Book 4)
Release Date: December 29, 2009The fourth thrilling installment of Gail Z Martin's Chronicles of the Necromancer series sees Tris's kingdom on the brink of collapse and fate of Jonmarc Vahanian hanging in the balance as the vampires and the undead enter into a deadly civil war and threaten to unleash an even greater danger onto the world ...
|  | Faded Coat of Blue
Publication Date: August 1, 2012"Sometimes unwittingly funny, Jones's narrative voice is a feast of fine language and well-rendered dialectical precision." --Publishers Weekly A New York Times bestsellerWon the Herodotus Award for historical fiction, sponsored by the Historical Mystery Appreciation SocietyAbel Jones, a Welsh immigrant and Union army enlistee, investigates the death of Anthony Fowler, a young volunteer captain whose murder is blamed on the ConfederatesJones pursues the blood of the battlefield through the intrigues of Washington, D.C., where evil and good intertwine ...
|  | Tandia
Publication Date: September 27, 2007Tandia sat waiting anxiously for the fight to begin between the man she loved the most and the man she hated the most in the world. Tandia is a child of Africa: half Indian, half African, beautiful and intelligent, she is only sixteen when she is first brutalised by the police. Her fear of the white man leads her to join the black resistance movement, where she trains as a terrorist.With her in the fight for justice is the one white man Tandia can trust, the welterweight champion of the world, Peekay. Now he must fight their common enemy in order to save b...
|  | Barefoot Gen, Vol. 3: Life After the Bomb
Publication Date: May 1, 2005Volume three follows Gen, his mother and baby brother as they search for a place to rest in the bomb's aftermath. Facing rejection, hunger and humiliation, they come to realize that they still have--and can share -- self-respect, hope, and inner strength. ...
|  | Shadow Princess: A Novel
Publication Date: March 22, 2011Critically acclaimed author Indu Sundaresan picks up where she left off in The Twentieth Wife and The Feast of Roses, returning to seventeenth-century India as two princesses struggle for supremacy of their father’s kingdom. Trapped in the shadow of the magnificent tomb their grief-stricken father is building for his beloved deceased wife, the emperor’s daughters compete for everything: control over the imperial harem, their father’s affection, and the future of their country. They are forbidden to marry and instead choose to back different b...
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