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1) The fox
Author
Language
English
Description
But what if the most dangerous weapon in the world isn?t a smart missile or a stealth submarine or even an AI computer programme?What if it?s a 17-year-old boy with a blisteringly brilliant mind, who can run rings around the most sophisticated security services across the globe, who can manipulate that weaponry and turn it against the superpowers themselves?How valuable would he be? And what wouldn?t you do to get hold of him? The Fox is a race-against-time...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
It was here that the air photography, obtained by reconnaissance aircraft flying over the whole of enemy and occupied Europe, was analysed by Photographic Interpreters: the Intelligence produced from their reports influenced virtually every Allied operation planned and carried out during the war. An analytical mind, curiosity, the ability search for clues and recognise the unusual were essential qualities for the Interpreters and found in men and...
6) The red moth
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
As Hitler's forces smash into Soviet territory, a German scout plane is forced down. Contained within is an inconsequential painting of a red moth. Military Intelligence dismisses the picture as insignificant, but Stalin suspects a German plot. He summons Inspector Pekkala to discover the real significance of this strange cargo.
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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
For years, Starfleet Intelligence agents have carried out undercover assignments deep within the Klingon Empire. Surgically altered and rigorously trained in Klingon culture, they operate in plain sight and without any direct support, while collecting information and infiltrating the highest levels of imperial power. Their actions have given Starfleet valuable insight into the inner workings of Klingon government and its relentless military apparatus....
8) Black 13
Author
Series
Scott Pearce volume 1
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
An exiled agent. A growing threat. A clandestine war. The world is changing beyond recognition. Radical extremists are rising and seek to enforce their ideology globally. Governments, the military and intelligence agencies are being outmaneuvered at every step. Borders are breaking down. Those in power are puppets. The old rules are obsolete. To fight this war a new doctrine is needed. In a world where nothing is as it seems, where trust is gone,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Ursula Kuczynski Burton was a spymaster, saboteur, bomb-maker and secret agent. Codenamed 'Agent Sonya', her story has never been told - until now. Born to a German Jewish family, as Ursula grew, so did the Nazis' power. As a fanatical opponent of the fascism that ravaged her homeland, Ursula was drawn to communism as a young woman, motivated by the promise of a fair and peaceful society. From planning an assassination attempt on Hitler in Switzerland,...
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Language
English
Description
Paris, 1943. The swastika flies from the top of the Eiffel Tower. Soldiers clad in field grey patrol the streets. Buildings have been renamed, books banned, art stolen and people disappeared. Amongst the missing is an Allied intelligence cell. Gone to ground? Betrayed? Dead? Britain's Special Operations Executive need to find out. They recruit ex-Parisian and Bletchley Park codebreaker Harry Mitchell to return to the city he fled two years ago. Mitchell...
11) The escape
Author
Series
John Puller volume 3
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Military CID investigator John Puller has returned from his latest case to learn that his brother, Robert, once a major in the United States Air Force and an expert in nuclear weaponry and cyber-security, has escaped from the Army's most secure prison. Preliminary investigations show that Robert - convicted of treason - may have had help in his breakout. Now he's on the run, and he's the military's number one target. John Puller has a dilemma. Which...
12) Ultimatum
Author
Publisher
Transworld Digital
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Ultimatum by Frank Gardner, read by Rupert Farley. Deep within a cave system at the Iranian military complex of Parchin, south-east of Tehran, and hidden from the prying eyes of Western satellites, scientists are working round-the-clock on a banned device. Acting on the orders of a renegade cell within the ultra-conservative Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, their intention is to propel Iran into the...
13) The pale house
Author
Series
Gregor Reinhardt volume 2
Publisher
No Exit Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
As the Nazi war machine is pushed back across Europe, defeat has become inevitable. But there are those who seek to continue the fight beyond the battlefield. German intelligence officer Captain Gregor Reinhardt has just been reassigned to the Feldjaegerkorps-a new branch of the military police with far-reaching powers. His position separates him from the friends and allies he has made in the last two years, including a circle of fellow dissenting...
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Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Description
In 1929, life for ten-year-old Mattie Price, born and raised in the back streets of Sheffield, is tough. With a petty thief for a father and a mother who turns to the bottle to cope with her husband's brutish ways, it is left to the young girl and her brother, Joe, to feed and care for their three younger siblings. But Mattie has others rooting for her too. The Spencer family, who live at the top of the same street, and Mattie's teachers recognise...
Author
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
THINK YOU KNOW THE SAS? THINK AGAIN... From no.1 bestselling SAS hero Chris Ryan, comes MANHUNTER: the first book in an explosive new series featuring Josh Bowman, a battle-worn Regiment soldier hand-picked to join a shadowy unit within the SAS. *Now available to pre-order in hardback, eBook and audiobook* When foreign governments act like gangsters, a new kind of SAS is needed . . . In London, assassins carry out a deadly chemical weapons attack...
Author
Publisher
Ebury Digital
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The instant New York Times Bestseller soon to be a major Apple TV series with Brie Larson. 'Reads as if a John le Carr ĚŚcharacter landed in Eat Pray Love' - New York Times ?Best book of the year? - Tom Marcus, author of Soldier, Spy "I?m here to prevent a major and imminent attack. One that will kill children. I?m alone and operational in the country where my colleague was taken and beheaded, and every hour I?m delayed is another hour for something...
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