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Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 9
Language
English
Description
"In New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor's latest heart-stopping thriller, Pike Logan returns with his most dangerous and personal threat yet: a Taskforce Operator gone rogue. For years, the extralegal counterterrorist unit known as the Taskforce has worked in the shadows, anticipating and preventing attacks around the globe. Created to deal with a terrorist threat that shuns the civilized rule of law, it abandoned the same, operating outside...
4) The knife
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A powerful, dark, and morally provocative debut novel about a U.S. Special Forces unit operating in Afghanistan, written by a former soldier--No Easy Day meets Redeployment.."--
Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 5
Publisher
Dutton, published by the Pneguin Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
" Retired Delta Force commander Brad Taylor returns with the fifth propulsive thriller in his New York Times bestselling Pike Logan series. Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill are used to putting their lives at risk, but in The Polaris Protocol it's Jennifer's brother and countless more innocents who face unfathomable violence and bloodshed. Pike and Jennifer are in Turkmenistan with the Taskforce-a top-secret antiterrorist unit that...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In a nation where the military is revered, America's Special Operations Forces are the exception to the rule. From raiding enemy compounds under cover of night to advising international resistance movements, special operators have earned a reputation for extraordinary skill and daring. Yet, by the same token, they are accused of overreaching, siphoning personnel from other units, and recklessness that does more harm than good. In Oppose Any Foe,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The thrilling new novel featuring Jack West, Jr. from New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Matthew Reilly! A shadow world behind the real world. When Jack West, Jr. won the Great Games, he threw the four legendary kingdoms into turmoil. A world with its own history, rules and prisons. Now these dark forces are coming after Jack...in ruthless fashion. That is reaching into our world...explosively. With the end of all things rapidly...
Author
Series
Jack West Jr. novels volume 4
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
" Jack West, Jr. and his family are living happily on their remote farm when Jack is brutally kidnapped and he awakes in an underground cell to find a masked attacker with a knife charging at him. Jack, it seems, has been chosen--along with a dozen other elite soldiers--to compete in a series of deadly challenges designed to fulfil an ancient ritual. With the fate of the Earth at stake, he will have to traverse diabolical mazes, fight cruel assassins,...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
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In the not-too-distant future, the Obermeyer Institute (OI) has made a revolutionary discovery: With special training, humans can tap into the brain's hidden telekinetic powers.The training is strenuous, though, and it works only for those with natural potential. Tough girl Mac has that potential, and she's a devoted member of the OI. But there's one rule she can't help but bend. Her boss thinks celibacy is key to their work.
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A riveting follow-up to Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishals account of the most memorable missions of the Mossad, No Mission Is Impossible sheds light on some of the most harrowing, nail-biting operations of the Israeli Special Forces. In No Mission Is Impossible, Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal depict in electrifying detail major battles, raids in enemy territory, and the death- defying commando missions of the Israeli Special Forces. The stories...
11) Sylo
Author
Series
SYLO chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"They came from the sky parachuting out of military helicopters to invade Tucker Pierce's idyllic hometown on Pemberwick Island, Maine. They call themselves SYLO and they are a secret branch of the U.S. Navy. SYLO's commander, Captain Granger, informs Pemberwick residents that the island has been hit by a lethal virus and must be quarantined. Now Pemberwick is cut off from the outside world. Tucker believes there's more to SYLO's story. He was on...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
From the world's #1 bestselling writer - 3 pulse-pounding novels in one book!THE MOORES ARE MISSING with Loren D. Estleman: The Moore family just vanished from their home without telling a soul. A last-minute vacation? A kidnapping? A run for their lives? You'll never see the truth coming.THE HOUSEWIFE with Sam Hawken: Maggie Denning is a former chief detective adjusting to a quiet life in the suburbs with her family. But when the woman next door...
14) Domino theory
Author
Series
Rogue Warrior series volume 14
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Encountering a seemingly endless stream of terrorist plots against the upcoming Commonwealth Games in India, Rogue Warrior Demolition Dick and his team discover that one of the plots is to steal seventy nuclear warheads.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A former Navy SEAL chronicles the history of the special operations unit, from their beginnings as unarmed World War II frogmen to their rise to America’s first permanent commando force, deployed on counterterrorism and capture-kill missions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Still recovering from traumas both physical and emotional, Jad Bell is tasked with bringing in the Uzbek, principal organizer of the terrorist attack that nearly cost Bell his ex-wife and daughter. But the Uzbek's just the beginning: his employer, the Architect, has already set in motion another, even more devastating attack. At the center of it all are two women under deep cover. One, as beautiful as she is deadly, has just been dispatched on American...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A look at Britain's special operations force, the SAS, including information on its creation and history, selection and training, uniforms, equipment, and current operations.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"In 2013, President Obama began the drawdown of troops in Afghanistan. But only a year into the withdrawal, Obama began allowing the U.S. military to resume combat operations, relying almost entirely on U.S. Special Operations forces. It was the beginning of a new, covert war. Reporter Jessica Donati shows how policy shifted, and argues that the war is undermining American interests both at home and abroad. It is eroding morale among America's most...
19) Extinction edge
Author
Series
Extinction Cycle volume 2
Publisher
Orbit/Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The dust from Dr. Kate Lovato's bioweapon has settled. Projections put death counts in the billions. Her weapon was supposed to be the endgame, but it turned a small percentage of those infected with the Hemorrhage Virus into something even worse. Survivors call them Variants. Irreversible epigenetic changes have transformed them into predators unlike any the human race has ever seen. And they are evolving. With the doomsday clock ticking, the fractured...
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