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A hauntingly enchanting creature dwells in the westernmost reaches of Cornwall near Land's End. The Daisy Faerie. Long a subject of rumor and ancient legend, the tiny faerie cannot be seen by human eyes. At least adult human eyes. Of course, children know all about Daisy Faeries. But don't children know more of all the wonderful things in life than cynical old adults? The tale of Daisy Faeries began long ago and ever so far away. But it continues today and on into the future as far as the mind can see.

Chinese Islamists are poised to strike at the heart of Asia, as they unleash a plan to create a state in the heart of China. NATO has uncovered a plan to blackmail Beijing with the threat of a genocidal attack. Uighur terrorists have created a weapon of mass destruction, and threaten to unleash it on the capital city of the most populous nation on earth if their demands are not met. Yet the threat is not just confined to China.

South Korea, 1970s: A rash of armed robberies at local Korean banks doesn't concern the American military - until a fatality occurs, and proof surfaces that US soldiers are behind the crimes. The case has been assigned to CID Agents Jake Burrows and Felix Slabem, but they certainly won't do anything that might make 8th United States Army look bad. So Sergeants George Sueno and Ernie Bascom have decided to step in and investigate the robberies - and murder - themselves.

Set against the heroism and heartbreak of World War II, former army officer Ed Ruggero's Comes the War brilliantly captures the timeless stories of ordinary people swept up in extraordinary times.

After a harrowing war patrol in the Sea of Japan, the US submarines of Wolfpack 351 are low on fuel, torpedoes, and morale. Their only means of escape is a narrow passage teeming with enemy aircraft, mines, and coastal batteries - and guarded by a menacing Japanese fleet led by a legendary admiral hellbent on stopping them. Facing the imminent destruction of the entire wolfpack and with few options remaining, the American admirals in Pearl Harbor turn to an aging submarine, the only boat close enough to help.

VPB-117 - the Blue Raiders - was unique not only because its B-24 Liberators flew for the US Navy and not the Army, but also because most of the Raiders’ missions entailed bombers venturing out over the Pacific, alone, to seek and destroy on long-range missions of a thousand miles out and a thousand back, often at altitudes close enough for sea spray to cloud their windows. This is their story.

In a return to sweeping social history of wartime, Patrick Bishop explores the lives and wartime experiences of thousands of men and women who served in all units of the air force. On 1st April 2018, the Royal Air Force will be 100 years old - a short life by military standards but an extraordinarily important and eventful one. From the start it was special, standing sometimes awkwardly but always proudly a little apart from the existing services.

Gestrandet weitab ihrer Heimat, hineingestoßen in einen unerklärlichen Konflikt und ohne zu wissen, wer Freund oder Feind ist: die Odyssee der Crew des Polizeikreuzers Scythe strebt ihrem Höhepunkt entgegen. Als eine alte Nemesis aus dem Verborgenen tritt, das äonenalte Werk einer rätselhaften Zivilisation zu scheitern droht und ein ehrgeiziger Anführer eine neue Machtbasis zu etablieren trachtet, müssen sich die Menschen auf der Scythe entscheiden: Rückkehr in die Heimat oder ein Schicksal im Exil?

North Korea has achieved a breakthrough with nuclear warheads and is about to arm their strategic missiles - weapons that could set the world ablaze. The Echo Six unit commander, Abe Talley, is ordered to take his men across the 38th Parallel. Their mission is to locate and destroy the nukes, as well as their creators. They must enter the heart of the most secretive, repressive, and brutal nation on Earth - and somehow find a way back.

Civil War tore across the Union Empire, leaving countless dead in its wake. It was a war started by one man once beloved by the Empire. His betrayal still lingers in the memory of those who lived through it. Decades later, his son, Felix Drake, is a Warden tasked with both protecting the ruling members of the Union Empire and its Council and bringing those powerful and influential people to justice should they break the law.

Dr. Wyatt Barton, a retired CIA operative and now civilian surgeon, reluctantly accepts a call to leave retirement and participate in one last Black Ops mission. Meanwhile, a charming and well-respected US defense firm executive hides in plain sight and secretly plots high-tech terror attacks in the sleepy, self-absorbed United States. The overseas mission is compromised, and during the battle, the terrorist leader’s son is killed, and Wyatt is now targeted for assassination by the embedded terrorist organization.

When I came back to Sin Valley, the mission was simple—avoid the ex-girlfriend who broke my heart. At all costs. Too bad I just (accidentally) moved in next door to her. And her battery-operated boyfriend(s). Plural. Crap! No matter how hard I try to steer clear of Desiree Grant, fate keeps tossing us together. And, so far? It’s not going too well for me.

Auserwählte oder Gefangene? Die Besatzung des Polizeikreuzers Scythe, gefangen in einer rätselhaften Raumsphäre, muss herausfinden, welche Rolle sie in dem Drama spielt, in das sie geworfen wurde. Innerhalb des Gefängnisses, zusammengepfercht mit Hunderten anderer Zivilisationen, stehen die Zeichen auf Sturm. Ein wahnsinniger Potentat will den erlösenden Krieg, um Lebensraum zu schaffen, der mysteriöse Zentralkern beginnt erstmals seit Jahrtausenden eigene Aktivitäten zu entfalten – und es gilt, Menschen zu helfen, die sich selbst nicht mehr helfen können.

Das Irdische Konkordat ist ein Sternenstaat voller Frieden und Wohlstand. Allein eine kleine Polizeistreitmacht sorgt dafür, dass interstellare Verbrechen nicht ungesühnt bleiben. Der Polizeikreuzer Scythe jagt einen vorbestraften Verbrecher, und das nun schon seit Jahren. Der höchst gefährliche Täter kann ihnen jedoch immer wieder entkommen.

On June 6, 1944, US troops on Omaha suffered the worst casualties of any of the five Allied invasion beaches — so many casualties, and so much tactical difficulty, that Omaha almost didn’t succeed. One big reason why Americans gained a foothold on Omaha was Gen. Norman “Dutch” Cota. A graduate of the West Point class of 1917 (alongside famous classmates Matthew Ridgway, Mark Clark, and Lightning Joe Collins), Norm Cota played football with Dwight Eisenhower, who graduated two years earlier.

Graham Peck had his life planned out. Serve in the Coast Guard like the rest of his family. See the world. But an innocent New Year’s kiss - with another man - leads to a vicious attack that forces him back into civilian life. A life he has no idea how to navigate. Until he hooks up with a group of deadly, battle-worn soldiers. They don’t care who he loves - as long as he stays on mission.

Das Universum endet, und das ist auch gut so. Aber nicht jeder ist dieser Ansicht, und so finden sich das intelligente Raumschiff Aume und eine zusammengewürfelte Crew aus zunehmend verzweifelten Menschen und Aliens in einer unhaltbaren Situation wieder - sie müssen eine Krise stoppen, die unaufhaltsam erscheint, und jemanden bekämpfen, der sie doch alle retten will. Während die Endphase des Kalten Krieges das Imperium der Menschen wie alle anderen bekannten Zivilisationen dem Untergang weiht, reagiert jeder für sich.

Woher kommt die mysteriöse Schiffsintelligenz Aume - und was ist ihre wahre Mission? Ein zusammengewürfeltes Team wird mit einer Geschichte konfrontiert, die nicht nur weit in die Vergangenheit reicht, sondern auch unabsehbare Konsequenzen für die Gegenwart hat. Die Angriffe der Kalten erreichen eine neue Qualität, das Imperium kann sich auf die eigenen Leute nicht mehr verlassen, und die lange verschollen geglaubten Kath treten auf den Plan. Für Aume und ihre Begleiter beginnt eine Reise, deren Ende höchst ungewiss ist.

Das Imperium der Menschen in ferner Zukunft: ein politischer und wirtschaftlicher Gigant auf tönernen Füßen, mit Feinden an allen Grenzen und einem aggressiven Kurs der Expansion. In ihm leiden Menschen wie Außerirdische unter Kriegsbedingungen: Seit Jahren lebt das Imperium mit einem militärischen Konflikt, den es wahrscheinlich verlieren wird. Der Kalte Krieg zehrt an den Ressourcen und an den Nerven, innere Konflikte brechen auf und Loyalitäten werden infrage gestellt.

The fate of humanity lies on the shoulders of Burt Radcliffe, the new head of NASA's Near Earth Object program. He's been rushing the completion of DefenseNet, a ring of satellites that are both part of an early-warning system, as well as the means to eliminate incoming threats. Yet Burt knows that despite the world's best efforts, nothing can be done about the alert he's just received. Coming out of deep space is a danger that's been approaching since the dawn of time. A black hole. An unstoppable threat that promises death for all in its wake.