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Sahara

Clive Cussler · 572 pages

1996, Egypt. Searching for a treasure on the Nile, DIRK PITT thwarts the attempted assassination of a beautiful U.N. scientist investigating a disease that is driving thousands of North Africans into madness, cannibalism, and death. The suspected cause of the raging epidemic is vast, unprecedented pollution that threatens to extinguish all life in the world's seas. Racing to save the world from en

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American Assassin

Vince Flynn · 435 pages

Follow Mitch Rapp, as he takes on his first, explosive counterterrorism assignment.

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Red Storm Rising

Tom Clancy · 696 pages

Terrorists attack the USSR, they respond by attacking western Europe to replace the oil assets destroyed by the terrorists. Who will win?

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Use of Force

Brad Thor · 360 pages

As a storm rages across the Mediterranean Sea, a terrifying distress call is made to the Italian Coast Guard. Days later, a body washes ashore. Identified as a high value terrorism suspect (who had disappeared three years prior), his name sends panic through the Central Intelligence Agency. Where was he headed? What was he planning? And could he be connected to the "spectacular attack" they have b

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The Trident Deception

Rick Campbell · 504 pages

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Deadly Straits

R.E. McDermott · 308 pages

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True Believer

Jack Carr · 485 pages

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Portrait of a Spy

Daniel Silva · 455 pages

After failing to stop a suicide bomber attack in London, master art restorer and assassin Gabriel Allon is summoned by the CIA and is faced with an organization riddled with dissent--and ill-equipped to deal with the deadly new face of global jihadist terror.

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America

Stephen Coonts · 400 pages

When the public launching of the country's most sophisticated nuclear submarine is followed by a violent hijacking, only Admiral Jake Grafton stands between the deadly cargo and its intended target: the nation's capital.

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Gideon's War

Howard Gordon · 320 pages

Exposed to covert information by his work as an international negotiator, Gideon Davis is tapped by a government bigwig to chaperone a rogue agent, Gideon's brother, whose surrender is foiled by a terrorist plot involving a multi-million-dollar oil rig.

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Zero Day

David Baldacci · 448 pages

John Puller is a combat veteran and the best military investigator in the U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigative Division. His father was an Army fighting legend, and his brother is serving a life sentence for treason in a federal military prison. Puller has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable drive to find the truth. Now, Puller is called out on a case in a remote, rural area in West Virginia

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The Bourne Ultimatum

Robert Ludlum · 691 pages

David Webb must once again assume the identity of assassin Jason Bourne as he matches wits with his mortal enemy, Carlos, a deadly and elusive terrorist known as "the Jackal," in a final confrontation.

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Scorpia

Anthony Horowitz · 368 pages

Still reeling from the terrible discovery he has made about his father, teenage MI6 superspy, Alex Rider, is determined to find out more. Travelling to Italy, he manages to infiltrate the glamorous world of Claudia Rothman, beautiful society hostess and member of the international criminal organization, Scorpia. She reveals that Alex's father was murdered by MI6, in an operation masterminded by He

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First Strike

Ben Coes · 500 pages

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Line of Control

Jeff Rovin · 372 pages

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Black Sea Affair

Don Brown · 336 pages

As the U.S. Navy searches for weapons-grade plutonium that has been smuggled by terrorists out of Russia, a submarine mishap in the Black Sea brings the United States and Russia to the brink of nuclear war. It is a race against the clock, with Russian missiles activated and programmed for American cities.

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The Silent Man

Alex Berenson · 432 pages

From the #1 New York Times– bestselling author comes another remarkable novel of espionage today— and right around the corner.Alex Berenson's The Faithful Spy was declared "one of the best spy stories ever told" (The Wall Street Journal), and The Ghost War "mesmerizing . . . an extraordinary achievement. Wells is a complex blend of smarts, scars, cynicism and wile. And the book's imaginings seem n

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Devil's Gate

Clive Cussler, Graham Brown · 488 pages

A weapon of unspeakable power... A madman holds the world hostage... Only Kurt Austin and the NUMA team can stop him. NUMA Special Assignment Team leader Kurt Austin, and his right-hand man, Joe Zavala, are looking forward to a submersible race to test out their prototype Barracuda, in an effort to enjoy their own special brand of rest and relaxation. But then a Japanese cargo ship cruising t

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The Day of the Jackal

Frederick Forsyth · 408 pages

In a class by itself. Unputdownable' Sunday TimesOne of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the electrifying story of an anonymous Englishman who in, the spring of 1963, was hired by Colonel Marc Rodin, Operations Chief of the O. A. S., to assassinate General de Gaulle. The Jackal. A tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. A killer at the top of his pro

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Ring of Fire

Brad Taylor · 433 pages

"Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill as they come face-to-face with an insidious threat to strike terror into the heart of America. Fifteen years ago, in order to win a contract in the Kingdom, a desperate defense contractor used a shell company to provide a bribe to a wealthy Saudi businessman. Now a powerful player in the defense industry, he panics when the Panama Papers burst on

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The Copper Scroll

Joel C. Rosenberg · 376 pages

Saddam is gone, Arafat is dead, and a new Iraq is rising. But when a suicide bomber strikes Washington and assassinations unfold from London to Los Angeles, Jon Bennett and Erin McCoy are drawn back into a world of terror they thought was over. At the heart of the mystery lies a 2,000-year-old scroll describing unimaginable treasures that could lead to the Third Jewish Temple. Some call it history

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The Janus Reprisal

Jamie Freveletti · 356 pages

Oman Dattar, a Pakistani warlord being tried for crimes against humanity, escapes prison and puts in motion a murderous, ambitious plot to exact his revenge and bring down the West once and for all--unless Covert-One and operative Colonel Jon Smith can stop him.

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Vulcan's Forge

Jack Du Brul · 372 pages

It begins deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, where a nuclear bomb strikes at the fiery hot heart of the earth. Churning, spewing boiling lava, a volcano rises with unnatural speed from the ocean floor -- the source of a new mineral that promises clean, limitless nuclear power.It continues in hot spots around the globe: Hawaii, where a secessionist movement is about to turn violent and the American ar

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London Bridges

James Patterson · 395 pages

In broad desert daylight, a mysterious platoon of soldiers evacuates the entire population of Sunrise Valley, Nevada. Minutes later, a huge bomb detonates a hundred feet above the ground and lays waste to homes, cars, and playgrounds: a town annihilated in an instant.Alex Cross is on vacation in San Francisco with his girlfriend, Jamilla Hughes, when he gets the call. The Russian supercriminal kno

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