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Hundred of years after the first waves of the bubonic plague swept through Europe, a new, more dangerous version threatens London. Joe Ledger’s old enemy the Red Empire—reborn as a far more powerful political and military group—has bioengineered a weaponized version of yersinia pestis—the bacteria responsible for The Black Death that killed tens of millions in the Middle Ages.

1805-നും 1813-നും ഇടയ്ക്കു നടന്ന നെപ്പോളിയന്‍ ചക്രവര്‍ത്തിയുടെ റഷ്യനാക്രമണമാണ് ഇതിഹാസ സമാനമായ ഈ നോവലിന്റെ ഇതിവൃത്തം. പത്തൊന്‍പതാം നൂറ്റാണ്ടിന്റെ ആദ്യപാദങ്ങളിലെയും പതിനെട്ടാം നൂറ്റാണ്ടിന്റെ അന്ത്യപാദങ്ങളിലെയും യുറോപ്പിന്റെയും റഷ്യയുടെയും ചരിത്രത്തിലെ ഉജ്ജ്വലമായ ഒരു അദ്ധ്യായം യുദ്ധവും സമാധാനവും അനാവരണം ചെയ്യുന്നു. നാടകീയമായ രംഗങ്ങളും അവിസ്മരണീയ കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളും ഇടതിങ്ങിനില്‍ക്കുന്ന ഈ ഗ്രന്ഥത്തില്‍ മനുഷ്യമനസ്സിന്റെ വൈവിദ്ധ്യവും വൈചിത്ര്യവും അഗാധതയും എല്ലാം ഒരു ബഹുമുഖ മായാദര്‍പ്പണത്തിലെന്നപോലെ കാണാം. മഹര്‍ഷിതുല്യമായ അവധാനതയോടെ ടോള്‍സ്‌റ്റോയ് ജീവിതത്തിന്റെ അന്തസ്രോതസ്സുകള്‍ വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു.

Pearl Harbor has been bombed. The Nazis unleash their U-boats against the east coast and sink American ships. Young men overwhelm the recruiting offices and James Brand is determined to serve in the U.S. Navy and not in some research laboratory. He plans to become just another recruit, but his talents are known to most of the scientific community, including Einstein.

וינסטון שלנו, שוויתר על חייו באמריקה, מתגנב לשטח האויב על מנת להשלים את מלאכתו החקלאית-פואטית. כאשר עולה השחר מתקפת האביב מתחילה, וגיבורנו נקלע לקרב שנמשך 24 שעות, בעודו שרוע על האדמה, לכוד במלחמה בין אדם לרעהו: האחד נלחם למען שחרור העולם החופשי, והאחר נלחם על מנת לשעבדו. ברקע נשמעים רעשי פגזים ותחמושת חיה, מוזיקת התותחים, אך בהפוגות מצליח וינסטון לחשוב ואף לחלום. כל חייו נפרשים לנגד עיניו כמניפה ועומדים במבחן: זיכרונות של חיים בארץ החלומות, מלווים ברגעים אקזיסטנציאליים.

Gun fire, explosions, bombs, and maybe even instant death lie in wait as you follow the lives of two young men and their families from opposite sides of the globe as they become enmeshed in deadly world events that culminate in the war-torn skies above Europe.

When Mulanyin meets the beautiful Nita in Brisbane – or Edenglassie, as it was once briefly known – his community still outnumbers the British settlers. Tensions are simmering just beneath the surface of a fragile peace, but hopes for independence are running high. Yet when colonial unrest tears through the region, Mulanyin's passion for his new bride clashes with his loyalty to a homeland in danger.

From every corner of America, they crossed the Atlantic to destroy the Nazi war machine on its own turf: the B-17 bomber crews flying bloody bombing missions over northern Europe. On March 6, 1944, General Doolittle launched a massive operation he believed would change the air war. The largest air armada the Eighth Army Air Force had ever launched. The first full-scale daylight bombing of Berlin, capital of the Third Reich.

Master is a lone soldier, relying on near-future technology and his own creativity to survive in the Gray Zone of the Ukrainian warzone. The year is 2028. The simmering conflict has transformed into a new kind of battlefield, where military streamers compete for followers and views while carrying out often deadly missions. Armed with an arsenal of experimental technology—including an advanced computer-brain interface, a multifunctional prosthetic arm, AI, and drones controlled with his mind—Master embarks on a desperate run for his life as he searches for missing fellow streamers.

In an age of facial recognition and constant electronic surveillance, Kaine is struggling to keep a step ahead of the world's security agencies. When a child, orphaned by flight BE1555, needs The 83 Trust's help, Kaine has to find a way. In deepest Wales, he and his team are the only people between a gang of violent thieves and the boy's new family. But while Kaine looks out for the boy, who's looking out for him?

Everybody starts at the bottom when they change careers. Alerio Sisera understood the concept. He even recognized the difference between being a military man who lived by the gladius and a politician who used a pen to craft agreements. But the theory went to Hades when a series of brutal robberies required Lictor Sisera to investigate the crimes. Bringing fresh eyes to the scenes, a different perspective to the questioning, and postulating a hypothesis ended when blades were drawn.

Ian and Jenny Bragg are rich, but they’re nothing like members of the billionaire’s club. They answer to a higher authority. Governments fear them while wanting their influence. Billionaires are rich enough to avoid public scrutiny. They only appear when they want, in the way they want. Essoe Cavindish is the billionaire playboy that romance stories love to portray. He has a dark secret, even though it’s public, but no one talks about it. He destroys the lives of young women who wander into his inner circle.

AD 797, Cyprus. Warrior-monk Hunlaf and his crew are on a voyage to acquire an important Christian relic before it falls into the hands of the Byzantines and their scheming Empress Eirene. Hunlaf’s crew receive unexpected help as they seek their treasure, but soon find themselves betrayed. About to leave for home empty-handed, the adventurers instead sail further east: to Jerusalem, the Holy Land, abundant in relics. And dangerous intrigues.

Von Afghanistan nach Düsseldorf: Der packende Thriller Purpurland von Bestseller-Autor Horst Eckert. Nach zwei gescheiterten Geiselbefreiungen, bei denen ein Unschuldiger ums Leben kommt, lässt sich SEK-Polizist Felix May in den Streifendienst versetzen. Seine Hoffnung auf einen ruhigeren Job wird jedoch schnell zunichte gemacht, als er bei einem Einsatz eine entstellte Frauenleiche findet – und wiedererkennt: Es handelt sich um Julia, die Frau des Bundeswehrsoldaten Tim Sander, den May erst kürzlich in der Reha kennenlernte.

Alex Coleman had a chance to end World War III before it started. Instead, he lost an unwinnable battle. Now, he finally has command of his own submarine, but USS Jimmy Carter is old enough to drink, his crew is a few beers short of a six pack, and no one—particularly the admiral who hates him—expects him to make a difference.

883AD, Scandinavia. Harald Fairhair is King of Norway, and Bjorn Ironside King of Sweden. To the west, the Crippled King of Mann builds an army in thrall to Loki. He threatens to destroy the Viking world and set Midgard on the road to the Ragnarök, the end of days.

Afghanistan vet Dexter Grant is broke, reeling from PTSD, and on the verge of divorce when he's approached by his old Army buddies to help rescue their former interpreter, the man who once saved Dex's life. It means ripping off a vicious queenpin's drug proceeds—but not to worry, they have it all worked out. And if anyone can pull it off, it's Dex's former team lead, Staff Sergeant Saenz.

Lisa Weedas Großmutter heißt Aleksandra und stammt aus der Ostukraine. Über dieses Land, auf das heute alle Welt schaut, hat ihre Enkelin einen fulminanten Roman geschrieben. Die Nummer 1 aus den Niederlanden, übersetzt in zahlreiche Sprachen. "Meine Familie lebt in einem Gebiet, das seit hundert Jahren von Konflikten geprägt ist. Das Schreiben dieses Buches ist meine Art, mich an dem Kampf zu beteiligen. Es ist ein Denkmal für meine Familie, die durch all diese schrecklichen Ereignisse hindurch stark geblieben ist."

Freuen Sie sich auf den 5. Band der brachialen Military Science-Fiction-Serie über einen anderen 2. Weltkrieg jetzt als rundum überarbeitete Neuausgabe! Nie war Alternativweltgeschichte aus Deutschland besser! Synopsis: Die Invasion Nordfrankreichs ist abgeschlagen, doch die Regierung unter Kanzler Halder hat im Inneren des Reiches nach wie vor Feinde. Während sich die Wehrmacht auf den entscheidenden Schlag gegen die Sowjetunion vorbereitet, tritt der gefährlichste Mann der Opposition in Aktion – der von NS-Widerständlern aus dem Gefängnis befreite frühere "Reichsführer SS“ Heinrich Himmler.

In the wake of Muammar Gaddafi's demise, the Mediterranean's strategic waters become the stage for a new power play. Ali Hakim Sherif, emerging as Libya's formidable strongman, dreams of resurrecting the glory of the Ottoman Empire. His eyes are set on the riches of Egypt, and he's willing to employ brutal tactics and ancient claims to seize control. Sherif's quest for dominance finds eager allies in Russia, Iran, and Qatar, setting the stage for an explosive confrontation.

In the dark days after Pearl Harbor, a small, untested arm of the United States Navy was all that stood between the shattered American fleet and the ascendent Japanese Empire. Far off in Western Australia, US submarine officer Benjamin Holt finds himself on the frontlines of World War II with nothing but a decades-old sub and a rusty crew. The green 25-year-old is ordered to stop Imperial Japan’s bloody expansion across the Pacific any way he can.