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Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world's deadliest mercenary organization.

A British mercenary in Cuba is unable to ignore the corruption and brutality of the Batista regime when they want to hire him in putting down a brewing revolution.

A Pentagon military advisor is hired to squash rebel insurgents in a war-torn Central American country. When he witnesses atrocities being perpetrated by fighters who he suspects are his own countrymen, he must battle with his conscience.

When a billionaire tech CEO hires a team of mercenaries to protect a lethal piece of technology, the security expert and his team must race against the clock to protect the fate of the human race.

"The first battle has been fought, but the war has just begun. As Cadrith savors his success, the mercenaries deal with the aftermath of their last confrontation. The thread that's bound them to this point is hard to break and is pulling them into yet another conflict where even the gods are bracing their gates. The battle lines have been drawn. The pieces are in place. The conflict to come will be waged on many fronts and through many faces, but...

Under the command of Ben Raines, the Southern United States of America have defeated all corners - and carved out a stonghold in the Southwest desert. But now, two powerful forces are crashing in against the rebels from the North and the South. A cataclysmic war on two fronts has begun.

"When FBI special agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are sent to Fort Bird, North Carolina, to find Jack Reacher, powerful enemies with their backs against the wall will stop at nothing to keep the secrets Reacher left behind"--p. [4] of cover.

Partnering with ex-DGSE agent Caterina Boldieu, Frank Martin undertakes his most perilous, high-stakes assignments so far. As he risks his life to deliver highly sensitive cargo against the odds, the ever-growing uncertainty about who to trust looms. From deep in the Sahara to a small town in Belarus to a horse stable in Kentucky, Frank must make split-second decisions, all while sinister criminals set out to stop him.

"From the bestselling author of Gates of Fire comes an historical epic about the early years of the Roman Empire. A Man at Arms is a Western set in Jerusalem and the Sinai desert in the first century AD, a few years after the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. The villains are the Romans. They're in pursuit of a courier bearing an incendiary letter from Paul the Apostle. For agents of Rome, this letter represents an existential threat that will propagate...

"Members of Hanger's Horsemen, Mark Wallace and Jonah Brooks arrive in Llano County, Texas, to deliver a steed, never expecting they'd deliver a baby as well. Left with an infant to care for, they head to a nearby foundling home, where Mark encounters the woman he'd nearly married a decade ago. After failing at love, Katherine Palmer dedicated her life to caring for children, teaming up with Eliza Southerland to start Harmony House. From mixed ancestry,...