Military Ships

A thief turned spy, turned bounty hunter, turned hero! After surviving an all-out implosion of catastrophic proportions following the failed fusion of twin stars Mira A and B in a class B Supernova, the people of galaxy Proxima Centauri have pressed forward with dreams and hopes of finally living in peace. But for Bounty Hunter Steel Reign, the clock of destiny is speeding ahead at a steadfast pace as he desires to hunt down a group of rogue super-soldiers before they can plot against King William Derry and his kingdom on planet Fabricius.

On June 19, 1864, just off the coast of France, one of the most dramatic naval battles in history took place. On a clear day with windswept skies, the dreaded Confederate raider Alabama faced the Union warship Kearsarge in an all-or-nothing fight to the finish, the outcome of which would effectively end the threat of the Confederacy on the high seas.

A hundred and fifty years ago, naval warfare entered a new phase with the introduction of ironclad vessels. On March 9, 1862, the USS Monitor, prototype of this new class of warships, fought the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads, Virginia, after the Virginia had ravaged the Union fleet blockading the James River, sinking larger, seemingly more powerful wooden warships in a potent demonstration of the power of an armored, heavily-gunned, steam-powered warship.

The Alexander is the last true warship, a relic from the days of interstellar war. She's destined for the scrapyard, and her captain, Richard Hammett, is about to retire. Their last mission is a training run with a ship full of cadets. It's supposed to be a routine hop through a wormhole gate. But gates have been going offline, one after another, and Hammett knows in his bones it means trouble. The kind of trouble only a real warship can handle.

The Alpha Ship One crew are famous for two things: making Earth heaps of money and doing it under the cover of deep space. The mercenary ship is commissioned to run missions on dangerous planets, to reap great rewards from unsuspecting alien races and to take minerals, precious metals, and invaluable resources for Earth's galactic expansion. They do the work that no other ship in Earth's fleet would dare consider. Why? Because if they get found out, then Earth abandons them; leaves them to rot in the middle of the universe, unaided and unheard of until the very end of time itself.

As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to force a standoff. Its secret weapon? A state-of-the-art raiding ship whose mission was to sink the U.S. merchant fleet. The raider's name was Shenandoah, and her executive officer was Conway Whittle, a 24-year-old warrior.

Katrice Wylde, ex-Empire special forces, has just finished stealing the most advanced starship in the known galaxies, along with the AI that controls it. This task has taken two long years, but home is finally in sight. Ryker Mallory, her lover and employer, is waiting for her but the reception is not what she expects. Her ship and crew are destroyed before her eyes while Ryker watches from safety. Smiling, he sets off one last explosion to kill her.

Sie können ihn nicht kontrollieren, also versuchen sie mit allen Mitteln, ihn zu töten. Daniel Hunt ist der tödlichste Söldner der Galaxis–wenn er sich nur daran erinnern könnte! Fünf Jahre nachdem er ohne Erinnerungen aufwachte, befindet sich seine Gegenwart auf Kollisionskurs mit seiner Vergangenheit und der Zukunft der gesamten Galaxie. Der Ort, an den er gehen muss, ist die Erde. Doch die Erde ist tot. Die Menschheit ist auf Mond und Mars geflüchtet, um nicht mit ihrer Heimat unterzugehen. Auf dem, was von ihr übrig geblieben ist, kämpfen wilde Banden um die Vorherrschaft.

Bill Paterson narrates Captain Robin L. Hutchison’s fascinating and humorous insider’s take about life onboard some of Scotland's most iconic ships including the Waverley, Queen Mary II, Caledonia, Jupiter, and Hebridean Princess. Bill brings his natural warmth and authenticity to the story of one of the Clyde's longest-serving captains.

Their memories will have to be enough…. Ashley has grown content with her life. Her husband is in the United States Coast Guard but has been assigned a land unit. Which means more time with him and no chance of danger. Travis has gotten bad news. He's been put on special duty assignment that will mean months of deployment in various open waters. But deployments in the Coast Guard aren't the same as in other branches and he leaves assuring Ashley nothing will go wrong.

The story of men who rose to heroism, and then to something greater, HMS Ulysses is the compelling story of Convoy FR77 to Murmansk - a voyage that pushes men to the limits of human endurance as they are crippled by enemy attack and the bitter cold of the Arctic.

Whether you're an avid paranormal enthusiast or a curious listener seeking a thrilling adventure, Haunted Ships & Boats promises to captivate, entertain, and inspire your imagination. Each chapter offers a captivating exploration of a unique maritime haunting, complete with historical context, spine-tingling eyewitness accounts, and the eerie legends that persist to this day.

During the Revolutionary War, 14-year-old Nathan Wade joins forces with his older cousin, the inventor David Bushnell, to secretly build the first submarine used in naval warfare.

After his father is killed fighting for the Union, 13-year-old Tom Carroll takes a job at a Brooklyn ironworks to support his family. He quickly learns that they are building an iron-clad, "unsinkable" ship to be called the Monitor to finally sink the Confederates' "unsinkable" ship, the Merrimac.

For more than 100 years, a submarine lay buried beneath the ocean floor near Charleston, South Carolina. This Civil War stealth weapon, the H.L. Hunley, made history in 1864 as the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship. But something went wrong during that daring mission. The Hunley never returned to port.

During World War I, British and American ships were painted with bold colors and crazy patterns from bow to stern. Why would anyone put such eye-catching designs on ships? Desperate to protect ships from German torpedo attacks, British lieutenant-commander Norman Wilkinson proposed what became known as dazzle. These stunning patterns and colors were meant to confuse the enemy about a ship's speed and direction. By the end of the war, more than 4,000 ships had been painted with these mesmerizing designs.

Despite Russia's imposing image in the world, less apparent weaknesses within the tsarist government threatened the country's stability. Several events in the early 20th century led to an eroding loyalty among Russian military forces, and Potemkin was the first modern ship to reveal it, an act that would bring it fame and make it the subject of some of the most well-known works of film and literature in Russian history.

The mercs of Team Omega have lost their gunship along with their android companion, and now find themselves the newest crew of the prototype vessel Paradiso. Out of options and betrayed at every turn, the team sides with the enigmatic Simon Haddo in his mission to destroy Hell Gates positioned throughout the solar system that, if left unchecked, will usher in a new dark age of misery and suffering at the hands of demonic beings from another reality in this surreal and violent sci-fi remix of Dante's Paradiso.

Beaten, bloody, and shot, Katrice is coping with her injuries. All while racing after an abducted girl. A girl who is the key to keeping humanity safe, for now. Kat and crew are outarmed, outmanned, and completely in the dark about what to do or what to expect. But, they do have the element of surprise. Kat is willing to risk her life to rescue this girl, not only to return the favor, but to help a friend. Their chance at survival is next to zero, but humanity hangs in the balance. She just hopes they get there in time.

A nightmare never really goes away, it lingers bidding it's time, waiting to shatter dreams. Katrice and Graven have been bounty free now for over a year, slowly working on their dream. Gathering enough goods to set up a new home on a remote frontier planet. Kat doesn't want to wait any longer, but is in need of credits. She convinces Graven and they take a simple - yet not legal - delivery.