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Intrigue, espionage, engaging characters, a clever backdrop and an intelligent conclusion, what more could you ask for in a thriller. This one singes and tingles with heaping doses of adrenalin. In Expedition Indigo, the tension, suspense and action come across in an incredibly real and personal way. Heroine, Riley Cooper, is a great addition to the literary world of explorers. Genuine, innocent in some ways, and brave, a welcome change from a world...
22) Pickett's Charge
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A comedy, a tragedy. Threadgill Pickett, veteran of the Civil War, breaks out from an Alabama old folks home and starts a quest northward to kill the last living Union Soldier-this to avenge his twin brother, who was needlessly killed by Union soldiers, outside of any conflict. On his journey, Threadgill encounters two brothers building a time machine, a trio of Ku Kluxers, a man collecting raccoons that turn out to be rabid, a wannabe country singer,...
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Former SEAL Chris Paladin leaves SEAL Team Six to become a pastor, but CIA spook Hannah Andrade pulls him back into Special Operations Group, the ultra-secret unit that SEAL Team Six operators and others served under to eliminate bin Laden. Chris and Hannah are joined by Delta Force's Sonny Cohen to stop a new terrorist threat from launching a deadly cyber-terror against the United States.
24) Riot Act
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Charlie Fox book two is the second in Zoe Sharp's highly acclaimed Charlotte 'Charlie' Fox crime thriller series. "I am a violent man, Miss Fox," Garton-Jones said, without bravado or inflection. "I can and will do whatever is necessary to control this estate. Remember that." A self-defense expert with a motorbike and an attitude, Charlie Fox doesn't need to go looking for trouble. It generally finds her. House-sitting for a friend seems like an easy...
25) War Trap
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During the Second World War, following an ambush carried out in a fort by German troops, Eugène, an allied soldier, finds himself trapped underground. Now fighting for his survival, his destiny will play out alongside that of another survivor and both must find a way extricate themselves from certain death, unaware of the terrible battle that awaits them on the outside.
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2024
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There were conjugal visits in the slave camps of the USSR. Valiant women would travel continental distances, over weeks and months, in the hope of spending a night with their particular enemy of the people, in the House of Meetings.
The consequences of these liaisons were almost invariably tragic.
House of Meetings is about one such liaison. It is a triangular romance: two brothers fall in love with the same girl, a nineteen-year-old
...27) RonnieandLennie
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Ronnie and Lennie are twins fused in the womb who join a world that is unprepared to separate them. Seemingly chained for life, the boys unexpectedly break free but life apart is not all it's cracked up to be. Trouble strikes. They become prisoners of another kind. RonnieandLennie spans decades and visits numerous venues as it chronicles the lives of twins conjoined by a rogue band of flesh.
28) Pathogen
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A luxurious cruise ship is found grounded with all aboard dead. A frantic search for the cause sets off international repercussions as a horrific sixty year old secret is revealed. The discovery of the source is only the beginning of clouded history of two multi-nation corporations and their involvement with the governments they support.To protect their interests and the secrets they have been hiding for over half a century,the corporations must stop...
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Serving in the Army is an experience all of its own as Walt was soon to learn. His assignment of working in a stockade resulted in friendships that carried over into civilian life. After their discharge, four friends joined together to operate Discrete Inquiries, a private investigation agency.
They soon became embroiled in a case involving a young girl, her family and the hoodlums who preyed upon her. The unfeeling judge, an unfair assistant DA...
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THE ALKANO LETTERS is the first in a three book series following the exploits of archaeologist Erin Mathews and retired Major Craig Johnson.In this story, Erin and her team have discovered twenty-four ancient letters whose content she believes has the potential of undermining the foundation of modern-day Christianity.Believing the assignment will involve little more than a way to earn some easy money; Craig accepts a position to supervise a contingent...
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Sheesh, when did adventuring get so complicated? All I'm after is the teensiest bit of ultimate power from the legendary Claire Bible in the Kingdom of Dils... but now I've got secrets I'm keeping from Xellos AND secrets I'm keeping from the rest of the group. And that's not even touching on the fact that Dils appears to be gearing up for war. Yes, Amelia, I know it looks shifty, and I'll admit that a demon COULD be behind it... But I've seriously...
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A clue hidden in an ancient Druid tomb, revealed by an earthquake, leads Archaeologist Karen Blakehurst on a frantic treasure hunt across Britain. Did the Templar Knights hide the Holy Spear of Destiny somewhere in England centuries ago?Does the Spear really hold the power legend claims? Does it even exist? No one knows! But influential and wealthy men dog her every step, waiting for the opportunity to take it for themselves should she discover its...
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Nine-year-old Susannah Winston is sent to stay with her Uncle Dennis, an officer with the Mounties - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police - in Regina, Saskatchewan, and has many adventures on the prairie. Made into the blockbuster Hollywood film starring Shirley Temple!
35) Purple paradox
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Han pasado varios miles de años desde que la raza humana fue aniquilada casi al completo por los monstruos que continúan rondando el planeta, amenazando con terminar de extinguir a nuestra especie. Para asegurar nuestra supervivencia se crearon los Kojin Slayers, encargados de exterminarlos usando sus habilidades únicas. Ajeno y aislado en un bosque, un joven es obligado por sus padres a pelear a muerte con bestias hasta que un día su familia...
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When a leather parchment of Montezuma's map is found in great-grandfather Evans' old chest, April and the twins know this summer is going to be a memorable one. The girls want to search for it but their father is against it for some mysterious reason. With Julia's help, she and the girls convince John to go on a treasure hunt. Is Montezuma's treasure a legend or reality? Whatever the case, John insists on keeping their little treasure hunt a secret....
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La main du diable (Autobiographie du "terroriste" Andreas Gabriel Klein) La main du diable" décrit la vie d'Andreas Gabriel Klein, qui, de "poster child" de sa ville natale, devient un terroriste et un meurtrier multiple.Insatisfait de l'injustice de la société d'abondance, Andreas Gabriel Klein part pour l'Inde afin d'y trouver un environnement meilleur et plus juste, mais il est également déçu, retourne en Allemagne, puis se rend à nouveau...
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As MPs, Patrick, the Captain, and Juliet, his Sergeant, at Fort Shafter, Oahu, Hawaii, pursue a seemingly routine weapons theft case, but find there is more to it, that there are much larger forces operating behind the scenes, both good and bad, their mysterious Colonel eventually initiating and guiding them into these worlds that are even deeper than those of the DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) and the CIA, and ever onwards towards the ultimate...
39) Lost in the Ce
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Excitement and anticipation are all around the university campus as students look forward to the upcoming summer holidays. Kiska and her friends are already planning summer jobs and island adventures. Everything changes when she is told that there has been a terrible accident. Immediately they are thrown into another wild adventure; and to add to the turmoil, Kiska's self-declared enemy Thees returns. Will he make good on his threats against her and...
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After S.E.A.L. Team Omega's First Platoon are left for dead, it is soon discovered there's more behind the plot than simple revenge.Treachery deep inside Navy Intel and a threat from much darker foes could mean the end of the team as Commander Ethan Tremayne fights to learn who his foes are and also keep not only his team safe but also someone much closer to him!See Flames of Betrayal.
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