War Action Historical Fiction

Am 9. Mai 1941 kaperte die Royal Navy im Nordatlantik das deutsche U-Boot U-110 und sicherte sich dabei eine Enigma-Maschine, deren Chiffrierschlüssel und Codebücher. Die Briten konnten somit den gesamten Funkverkehr zwischen Dönitz und seinen U-Booten mitlesen. Der einzige Vorteil der Deutschen Kriegsmarine war jedoch, dass die Briten im Anfangsstadium noch sehr viele Stunden für die Entschlüsselung nur eines einzigen Funkspruches brauchten.

En los años sombríos del nazismo, desaparecen de un rincón secreto de la prisión de Spandau unas valiosísimas monedas de oro. Casi cincuenta años después, caído el Muro de Berlín, dos personajes oscuros pero poderosos, con un pasado político turbio, contratan cada uno por su lado a dos "antiguos combatientes", Juan Belmonte -el que tiene nombre de torero- y Frank Galinsky. En "paro" laboral e ideológico, ambos deben partir en busca de un botín robado que nadie se atreve en realidad a reclamar oficialmente.

It is 1942, and civilization as the world knows it teeters on its edge. Nazi Germany stands at the height of its power. Anton Rider is now a desert commando engaged in obliterating Nazi air bases and petrol dumps. His old friend, Ernst von Decken, a German soldier of fortune, has become the enemy. Meanwhile, in North Africa, the brilliant General Rommel's panzers threaten the Suez Canal, the oil fields of the Middle East, and the trade route to Asia.

The tidal wave of war crashed upon them, fracturing France like a faultline. This second instalment in the warpath saga lights the spark to ignite an inferno, engulfing Captain Jack Churchill and his Merry Men of the Second Manchester Regiment. Following the events of the L’Épinette ambush, Operation Dynamo becomes initiated to full effect. This is the complete evacuation of the entire British Expeditionary Force out of Dunkirk.

When a bloody raid in Libya turns up nothing but a camp of terrorists who know nothing about any bombs, the elite American fighters find themselves ordered to Portugal to follow up a new lead. Once there, they learn every undercover agent from every country working in Portugal has been taken out of play, leaving the door wide open for staging an apocalyptic attack. If the Black Berets fail to locate the bombs and take out the merciless cabal that stole them, it could mean the end of the world as they know it. For these five warriors, the stakes have never been higher.

Letting a struggling Chicano gas company run its pipeline across their Louisiana land struck the Black Berets as a good idea—especially once Cowboy got an eyeball on Isabella Cifuentes, its stunning, sultry president. But the contract, it seemed, contained some very fine and lethal print. A Texas oil magnate allied with a fanatical right-wing cult had made an unholy alliance to keep the territory free of Mexicans and competition—even if it meant taking his grievance to the people next door.

Three orphans of mixed race struggle to survive on the streets of Saigon amidst the calamity of war, the total rejection of their culture, and adversaries that hunt them daily. Will they live to see the sunrise of another day? That is the question that haunts them during their constant struggle.

Summer 1940. The defense of a nation depends on just a few young pilots. After invading and occupying half of mainland Europe, Adolf Hitler set his sights on the British Isles. Although the Royal Navy and the British Army were ready to fight, the first line of defense was the Royal Air Force and the men of fighter command. Call Sign Panther tells the story of the Battle of Britain as seen through the eyes of a young pilot, Jack Sommers.

Cymbeline Igloo is bored. Bored of home learning, bored of lockdown, bored of not being able to do anything. And to make things even worse, his mum accidentally gave away his favourite football shirt. But then Mrs Stebbings, the beloved school cook, is taken into hospital, and suddenly coronavirus seems much closer to home. When Cym starts a project all about Mrs Stebbings’ childhood in World War II, he can’t know that it’s the beginning of something incredible and even dangerous.

1939. Tres niños supervivientes de la turbulenta última década, se ven obligados a medrar en la Barcelona conquistada por las tropas nacionales y maltratada por el resultado de la Guerra Civil. Tres vidas muy distintas con una única cosa en común: la derrota.

For the first time, you can listen to all three of the Keeper of Secrets books in the one super-sized audiobook edition. This collection tell the stories of two women divided by two generations. Susan is inspired by the written adventures of her secretive grandmother. Daisy started her fantastic career as a spy during World War Two. Susan lives in the present day and employs a secret that belonged to her grandmother - her "keeper of secrets". Susan's world is one of an ordinary housewife with two sons and a husband, but she has another life procuring industrial secrets.

In the wake of a hard-won triumph, England’s peace hangs by a thread. A wronged Norseman, denied his rightful place, rallies a legion of forsaken warriors. His eyes burn with the fury of the betrayed, and his ambition threatens to set the kingdom ablaze. From Kent’s windswept shores to Northumbria’s shadowed wilds, one ruler girds for war, his future staked on fragile alliances and fading hope. As the armies gather on the silent plains of Thetford, fate prepares its blade, and history holds its breath.

1944, Chicago. From desperate small-town teen to star of the burlesque circuit, Violet Ernte has survived tough choices and more than one reinvention. Now, framed for an underworld murder, she has one way out: agree to keep Marcie, a reckless USO showgirl and mobster's daughter, on the straight and narrow. Vi's new act: play innocent ingenue and join the all-American song-and-dance troupe bound for overseas to a war-torn Italy.

On the eve of the Normandy landings, a celebrated war photographer inadvertently shoots pictures of a treacherous meeting between Field Marshall Erwin Rommel and members of the Allied top brass. The images could serve to curtail or prolong the war, and a frantic chase will decide which it’s to be, while revealing the true colors of the hell-bent protagonists.

Ireland, 1856. Samuel Kingston can’t shake his guilt over his father’s death. Blindsided when his aristocratic enemies freeze his funds and steal incriminating papers, he becomes desperate for cash. To save the family estate, he makes a bold deal with Cornelius Vanderbilt to smuggle weapons to Costa Rica and arm the foes of the filibuster, William Walker.

April 1865. Richmond, Virginia. Two trains. One treasure. And a question worth millions. As the US Civil War was drawing to a close, and Grant was about to take Richmond, two trains left the city in the dark of night. One carried Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his cabinet. The other carried the Confederate Treasury guarded by a young midshipman from the CSA Navy. A few weeks later, Davis was captured by Federal troops near Irwinville, Georgia, and the treasure...was gone. People have been speculating on what happened to the Confederate treasure for decades.

Elisa es una niña que huye de Sartaguda (Navarra) para evitar los tremendos abusos que los vencedores de la guerra civil española están cometiendo en el pueblo con los vencidos. En su huída es arrinconada poco a poco teniendo que pasar a Francia donde es instalada en un campo de refugiados para terminar siendo entregada a los nazis. Su paso por los campos de concentración, a causa de las terribles experiencias vividas, la convertirán en una mujer de forma prematura. Pero la otra cara de la moneda es que vivirá una bonita historia de amor con un partisano.

Chivalry comes naturally to Royal Marine captain Thomas Pennywhistle, but in the savage Peninsular War, it's a luxury he can ill afford. Trapped behind enemy lines with vital dispatches for Lord Wellington, Pennywhistle violates orders when he saves a beautiful stranger, setting off a sequence of events that jeopardize his mission.

In this ninth action-packed Victorian military adventure, Paul Fraser Collard's roguish hero Jack Lark - soldier, leader, impostor - crosses borders once more as he pursues a brand-new adventure in Africa. As he journeys across the table-top mountains of Abyssinia to the fortress of Magdala, Jack quickly discovers that nowhere is safe and nobody can be trusted. Expect devious spies, brutal murders, treasure hunting and action aplenty.

September, 1943. Tuscany, Italy. In the hilltop town of Barga, everyone holds their breath. Even the bells fall silent. Everything Vittoria Guidi knows and loves is at risk. German troops occupy the mountains around her home, as America's Buffalo Soldiers prepare to invade. As Vittoria's country is torn in two, so is her conscience. Should she side with her Scots-Italian father or her Fascist mother? Should she do what she is told - or what she believes in?