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1) Provenance
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Following her record-breaking debut trilogy, Ann Leckie, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke and Locus Awards, returns with an enthralling new novel of power, theft, privilege and birthright. A power-driven young woman has just one chance to secure the status she craves and regain priceless lost artifacts prized by her people. She must free their thief from a prison planet from which no one has ever returned. Ingray and her charge will return...
Author
Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
A second prequel to Ender's Game continues the sci-fi history of the Formic Wars and finds the warring nations and corporations of Earth struggling to set aside their differences to defend against an imminent alien invasion.
"A coalition of Earth's nations barely fought off the Formics' first scout ship. Now it's clear that there's a mother-ship out on edge of the system, and the aliens are prepared to take Earth by force. Can Earth's warring nations...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Description
"When Nick Flynn left the US Air Force to join the Quartet Directorate, he did so with the full knowledge that no one could ever know. This covert private force--called Four by its members--promised him the chance to lead his own missions and make his own decisions, thought the risks are high. When a former senior CIA executive goes dark, Flynn and his team--including the daring Laura Van Horn--are ready to step in. What begins as a quiet check on...
4) Tilly & Tank
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Tilly the elephant is taking her morning stroll when she notices something strange on the horizon. Is it another elephant? The newcomer has a trunk and tail, but he s a very curious shade of green. Tank, on the other hand, notices an odd-looking creature approaching. It has a barrel and a turret, like Tank, but is a curious shade of blue. Is it a new enemy tank? Tank's alarm sounds and he goes BOOM, scaring Tilly off. But when Tilly returns with a...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Formats
Description
"When a team of assassins murder a high-ranking North Korean general and his family in their sleep, making it look like a robbery, events are set in motion that could shake the balance of world powers. Meanwhile, a U.S. naval combat ship, the USS Milwaukee, is attacked by North Korean forces in the middle of a training exercise off the shore of South Korea, and Commander Kate Bigelow is forced to ground the ship to avoid being captured. The crew takes...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
They call it the Taskforce. Their existence is as essential as it is illegal. Commissioned at the highest level of the U.S. government. Protected from the prying eyes of Congress and the media. Built around the top operators from across the clandestine, intelligence, and special forces landscape. Designed to operate outside the bounds of U.S. law. Trained to exist on the ragged edge of human capability. Pike Logan was the most successful operator...
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Taylor Palmetta has spent the past year in Europe building her art career and hiding from Navy SEAL Quinn Lambert, the man who broke her heart. But Taylor can't seem to hide from trouble. When Taylor seeks safety with her family in Virginia Beach, a series of threats puts her on high alert--and puts Quinn into protective mode.
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
p2010
Description
Special Agent Vanessa Lauton, posing as a member of the Dominican Republic's most powerful crime family in order to infiltrate a Caribbean terrorist organization, reunites with U.S. Navy SEAL squad member Seth Johnson--the man Vanessa nearly married six years earlier--to stop terrorist kingpin Akil Ramir from launching an attack on American soil.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Army Criminal Investigation Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor have been separated for five months following their last assignment, a dangerous mission in Venezuela to locate and detain an infamous Army deserter. Now, in Berlin, they are reunited and tasked with investigating the murder of one of their own: CID Special Agent Harry Vance of the 5th MP Battalion, an accomplished counterterrorism agent who had been stationed in western Germany, and...
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Navy SEAL Kel Bennett is still alive, although gravely injured from the Saint Squad op that thwarted a terrorist attack in the southwestern U.S. While his wife Marilyn is relieved to have him stationary in a hospital bed, the backlash from the foiled terrorist mission brings Halim Karel to the States. When Marilyn becomes a central ploy in Halim's revenge plan, she struggles to find needed trust and confidence in the military man she loves.
12) Ghost talkers
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Harford, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force ... Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence...
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Taylor Palmetta has spent the past year in Europe building her art career and hiding from Navy SEAL Quinn Lambert, the man who broke her heart. But Taylor can't seem to hide from trouble. When Taylor seeks safety with her family in Virginia Beach, a series of threats puts her on high alert--and puts Quinn into protective mode.
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Deep in the shadowy woods outside Nashville, young activist Brooke Clayton stumbles on something she was never meant to see -- something she can never reveal if she values her life. The only thing between her and death is Hunter, aka Owl, a highly trained military operative.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Now reissued in a new cover style. Twelve hundred British soldiers isolated on the small island of Kheros off the Turkish coast, waiting to die. Twelve hundred lives in jeopardy, lives that could be saved if only the guns could be silenced. The guns of Navarone, vigilant, savage and catastrophically accurate. Navarone itself, grim bastion of narrow straits manned by...
Author
Formats
Description
The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Winter 1943, and US General Carnaby has been captured by the Nazis. He is being held in a fortress high in the Bavarian Alps. headquarters of the German Secret Service, and in his head are plans for the invasion of Normandy. A special team of British commandos, a US Army ranger and a female secret agent is hurriedly assembled. Their mission: parachute into the area,...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003], c1978
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Description
In the deepest reaches of space, the fight to save all human life from extinction has begun. Hoping for lasting peace following centuries of intense warfare, the Twelve Colonies gather to sign a treaty with their dreaded enemies, the Cylons. But after an act of treachery, the Cylons launch a devasting surprise attack, destroying the Colonies home planet. A lone flagship, the Galactica, remains to aid the surviving colonists on their epic journey to...
19) 12 strong
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"The story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban." --
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
College-bound Sam Witwicky learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. He will have to accept his destiny and join Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in their epic battle against the Decepticons. The Decepticon forces, who have returned stronger than ever, have come to Earth on a mission to take Sam prisoner and destroy the world.
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