War Action Historical Fiction

The Powder of Death opens with a returned envoy to China meeting an English scholar in Oxford in the mid-13th century; their purpose is to share a deadly secret. They vow that the knowledge of gunpowder must die with them. The audiobook tells the story of its rediscovery, one man's obsession with the powder of death, and Edward III's determination to use it to his advantage. The nature of warfare is changed forever, and the world hears the death knell of knightly chivalry.

The New York Times best-selling Tunnels series continues with this fifth installment from acclaimed authors Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. In Spiral, horror spreads across England in the form of the Styx, malevolent creatures carrying a dark secret that could spell doom for all Topsoilers. All is not lost, however. Will Burrows and a small band of former commandos vow to stomp out the threat - even if it means placing their lives in mortal danger.

The Second Civil War has come to an end in Idaho. The Feds have taken the fight to other fronts, and Danny and his friends are free of US dominance. But that freedom comes with considerable costs, from Danny's disturbing flashbacks to the war, to the Brotherhood of the White Eagle, whose "security" for Freedom Lake looks more like outright thuggery. After Danny makes a shocking discovery about the Brotherhood's final aims, he and his friends lead a group of townspeople on a dangerous journey across a ravaged Idaho.

Pilot Pete England used to think there was nothing more exciting in the world than flying off into the wild blue yonder. But lately, the blue yonder hasn’t been wild at all...it’s been downright dull. Pete’s hungry for adventure - and he’s about to get his fill. Pete has fallen into a rut, flying the same route - New York to DC - with the same passengers, day after day after day. He might as well be driving a bus...until “her highness” climbs aboard. Apparently a princess, and for one flight, she’s bought up every ticket on the plane.

Berlin, November 1943. With bombing raids commencing, the city is blanketed by explosions. Siblings Gerta and Max Hoffmann live a surprisingly carefree childhood amid the raids. Berlin is a city going about its business, even as it's attacked almost nightly. But one night, the air raid sirens wail, and the Hoffmanns' neighborhood is hit. A mortally wounded man comes to their door, begging to be let in. He asks for Karl Hoffmann, their father. Gerta and Max watch as Karl tries in vain to save the man's life.

When it comes to flying gliders, ace pilot Breeze Callaghan is as smooth as they come. He perfects a skill that will prove vitally important for decades to come - even into the jet age, as demonstrated by Captain Sully Sullenberger, who famously landed his disabled passenger plane on the Hudson River.

It's 1952. More than a decade since humiliation at Dunkirk brought an end to Britain's war and the beginning of an uneasy peace with Hitler.

In Africa, the swastika flies from the Sahara to the Indian Ocean. The brutal presence of the SS is visible everywhere. Now, however, the demonic plans of Walter Hochburg - architect of Nazi Africa - threaten Britain's ailing colonies.

In England, ex-mercenary Burton Cole is offered one last contract. He jumps at the chance to settle an old score with Hochburg.

Os soldados do 27o batalhão dos punidos batem em retirada. Bombas aliadas estão espalhadas por cidades alemãs e estão sujeitas a uma terrível remoção. Os tanques se arrastam pela estepe russa durante um inverno brutal, em uma marcha mortal que não parece ter fim. Milhares de refugiados inundam as estradas. Os jatos de guerra russos voam baixo, como açougueiros, transformando a massa de refugiados em gritos aterrorizados atravessando os céus.

It is 1757, the third year of the French and Indian War. Deep in the forests of New York State, the brave woodsman Hawkeye and his loyal Mohican friends become involved in the bloody French and Indian War. Hawkeye, a colonial scout, Chingachgook, the Mohican chief, and Uncas, his son, risk their lives to guide two English sisters through hostile territory and evade the evil Huron chief, Magua, who is determined to destroy them. The thrilling events that lead to the final tragic confrontation between rival war parties create an unforgettable, spine-tingling picture of life on the frontier.

In one of his beloved early bestsellers, Pulitzer Prize–winning author James A. Michener crafts a tale of the American men who fought the Korean War, detailing their exploits in the air as well as their lives on the ground. Young and innocent, they arrive in a place they have barely ever heard...

Britannia, 45 AD: Vespasian's brother, Sabinus, is captured by druids. The druids want to offer a potent sacrifice to their gods – not just one Roman Legate, but two. They know that Vespasian will come after his brother and they plan to sacrifice the siblings on midsummer's day. Vespasian must strive to save his brother whilst completing the conquest of the south-west of the haunted isle, before he is drawn inexorably back to Rome and the heart of Imperial politics.

Reinfried dreams of glory as he travels south to the Republic of Antenor with his uncle, a legendary fencing master, in search of adventure. They reach the Golden City only to mistakenly foil the assassination of a princess from Visaria. She is a survivor from the unstoppable horde invading her homeland. Legions of soldiers march to war behind a banner not seen in a thousand years. The fearless Princess Ikarae rallies an unlikely band of heroes to help save Visaria. Franz von Müller and Reinfried are the first, soon joined by Henry Hawkins, Captain Harlac, and Adept Uriel.

England in 1468 is a nervous kingdom. King Edward IV has fallen out with his chief ally during the Wars of the Roses, the powerful Earl of Warwick.

The latest action packed novel from Vincent FormosaIt has been a long war for Tim Chavell. A veteran of operations in France, Malta, the Adriatic, and off the Dutch coast, he is long overdue for a rest. Instead, he finds himself posted to Scotland to take command of a Mosquito strike wing at RAF Aberdour. In headlong retreat, the Germans are being pressured from all sides. The iron ore that keeps heavy industry going comes from a precarious supply line that must be protected at all costs.

A former Legionnaire had been working as an investigative journalist in Paris. He meets a mysterious American, of Jewish and Latino descent, by chance when the latter sails into a quiet fishing village nestled in a remote Andalusian bay in Spain. The yachtsman, also a former French Foreign Legionnaire, explained that he had been working in private security, and he tells a story that dates back to the dark days of Nazi Germany and it at first seems to be fictitious. However, the journalist began to question what he had been told.

After numerous negotiations, the Indigenous still remained scattered throughout the wilds of Northern Ontario, Canada. In spite of treacherously cold conditions, they remained steadfast to the land, refusing to give up their lifestyle while trying to survive from Mother Nature's unpredictable temperament. Captain Jesse Burn's illegitimate son was among them. Father and son, a pair of strong-willed rival enemies, co-existed in a strange and deadly kinship while getting caught up in a changing way of life that neither would accept.

Starbucks drittes Abenteuer! Captain Nate Starbuck mag noch so sehr durch Wagemut in der Schlacht glänzen, sein größter Gegner steht ihm nicht im Feld gegenüber. Es ist ein Feind im eigenen Lager. So kämpft Starbuck im glühend heißen Sommer 1862 nicht nur gegen die Yankees, die auf die Hauptstadt der Konföderation marschieren, sondern ebenso gegen einen missgünstigen Vorgesetzten, General Washington Faulconer, der seinem besten Mann nichts weniger wünscht als Degradierung – und den Tod. Bernard Cornwells Historienreihe aus dem amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg.

Griechenland im Kampf gegen die größte Kriegsflotte der Welt. Als erfahrener Schiffsführer kämpft Arimnestos von Platäa in der epischen Konfrontation zwischen Griechen und Persern: der Seeschlacht von Salamis. Eine Schlacht, bei der Blutvergießen mit Blutvergießen vergolten, alter Groll beigelegt, Ruhm erlangt und Verrat entlarvt wird. Eine Schlacht, bei der Griechenland alle Differenzen begraben und vereint kämpfen muss. Denn dem Land gegenüber steht Großkönig Xerxes, der die größte Kriegsflotte der Welt zusammengebracht hat.

Lord Drysten, now widely considered to be the savior of Britannia despite his past transgressions, is being tested by a new enemy he never knew he would need to face. Kingship. The mantle of responsibility was never something he thought he would bear the weight of, and his enemies, past and present, see this as well.

Die verfeindeten griechischen Stadtstaaten sind mit der ständig wachsenden Bedrohung durch die Perser konfrontiert. Arimnestos erhält von Leonidas I., König von Sparta, den Auftrag, eine Gesandtschaft zum Hof des neuen Großkönigs Xerxes I. zu begleiten, um dort Friedensverhandlungen zu führen. Doch die Gespräche in Susa scheitern. Der Großkönig lässt sich nicht umstimmen. Er hält an seinem Vorhaben fest, die griechische Welt vollständig zu unterjochen... Die schlachtenreiche Reihe aus der Antike von Christian Cameron.