It's 1950 and Charlie Bassett has been working in the commercial airline industry. But once in the RAF - it seems you're theirs forever. Called back to active duty, Charlie is sent up to Scotland for training. He doesn't know where he'll be sent or what he'll be doing. When it turns out that Egypt will be his next port of call he's more than a little disappointed. What could there possibly be to interest him there? Quite a lot as it turns out. Egypt is a land of opportunties for the enterprising mind - and Charlie is nothing if not enterprising. Views: 11
The cataclysm that began with coordinated reactionary coups in South Africa and Germany caught America completely unprepared. Overnight, new enemies have emerged and joined forces to attack U.S. and European shipping lanes, setting off a global conflagration raging in deadly earnest. And this time the devastating weapons of choice used by the Berlin-Boer Axis will be tactical nuclear weapons. The enemy boat Voortrekker prowls beneath the ocean’s surface, carrying more onboard firepower than that of many of the world’s nations. A deep-diving state-of-the-art German ceramic-hulled submarine, Voortrekker has the ability to evade all Allied sensors and can fire torpedoes from any angle, further masking its location. There is only one weapon in America’s arsenal that can match the silent killer: the crippled sub USS Challenger , presently in dry dock in Connecticut. It will take three weeks to get the U.S. ceramic-hulled sub back into fighting shape and by then it will be too late. The Axis Powers have already proven they can get past America’s frontline seapower defenses. And the Voortrekker is moving into position for the ultimate strike. Brash, brilliant, and battle-tested, Captain Jeffrey Fuller is the driven naval officer who must oversee the miracle that will put Challenger back into action in an improbable forty-eight hours. Then Fuller himself will have to do the impossible, piloting his damaged sub toward a life-and-death confrontation with the Axis leviathan. Fuller has already faced the Voortrekker ’s ruthless, ingenious commander head-to-head — and unlike so many others, he survived. But this time the fight will take place in waters far too deep for a normal sub to withstand — in the terrifying blackness at the ultimate submarine’s crush depth. And this time the prize will be America. Views: 11
Open Season is a thrilling, eye-opening insider's view of a little-known facet of the political campaign process: the multi-million dollar opposition research industry, or oppo as it's called. For sixteen years authors Alan Huffman and Michael Rejebian have been digging up dirt on political candidates across the country, from presidential appointees to local school board hopefuls. Open Season is a fascinating, riveting, sometimes funny, sometimes shocking look at the unseen side of political campaigning—a remarkable chronicle of a year in the life of two guys on a dedicated hunt to uncover the buried truths that every American voter has a right to know. Views: 10
The Allied Powers continue their uncertain and deadly war against the Fascist Berlin — Boer Axis. The Russians remain ostensibly neutral — but their actions hint at something far more dangerous. When the U.S. discovers that the Russians are providing the Axis powers with weapons technology that could shift the balance of power, Captain Jeffrey Fuller, one of the most decorated heroes in the U.S. Navy, is called in to put an end to this potentially catastrophic Russian involvement. The plan to punish Russia is audacious. It is bold. And it is potentially suicidal. Jeffrey Fuller's orders are to clandestinely transport commandos to Russia, where they will infiltrate a nuclear missile facility, and fire one of their weapons — at the United States. If the plan is successful, the commandos, posing as German forces, will destroy the missile at it reaches the atmosphere, creating a dramatic shift in global politics and forcing Russia to ally with the United States against Germany. Views: 10
Afternoon Tea Mysteries, Volume Three: A Collection of Cozy Mysteries (Afternoon Tea Mysteries Collection)Cozy Mystery One: Sisterhood – A Kristen Carter Mystery! Written by Tory HagemanKristen Carter, is a plain Quaker woman in her thirties who finds herself “thrown upon the world penniless and all but friendless” in 1920's London. With no way to earn a living, she decides to try her luck as a detective--which has the unfortunate effect of cutting her off from her friends and original position in society. In this story: Sister Monica has rented a house in fever-haunted Paved Court in Redhill, probably not the best location for the Sisterhood’s home for orphans. The Sisters take children begging around local villages each day and strange to relate, burglaries seem to follow in their tracks…Cozy Mystery Two: A Jury of Her PeersA classic short mystery by Susan Glaspell. A man is found murdered in his bed. Suspicion falls on his wife. The local women examine her kitchen and gradually piece together the sequence of events.Cozy Mystery Three: The Trees of PrideA novella by celebrated author, G. K. Chesterton. A man goes missing. Time passes. Bones are found in a well. And the locals in this English village are full of superstition. But is everything as it seems?Cozy Mystery Four: One of My SonsIn this mystery written by acclaimed mystery author, Anna Katharine Green, a dying man accuses one of his sons of his murder. Can the brilliant but reclusive detective, Ebenezer Gryce (featured in “An Ebenezer Gryce Mysteries Collection”) and Caleb Sweetwater get to the bottom of the mystery. Cozy Mystery Five: Poor Miss FinchA mystery by Wilkie Collins. Lucilla is blind. She loves Oscar and has frissons every time he is near. What will happen when she regains her sight and discovers Oscar’s secret? Views: 9
A gripping first-hand account of life at home after World War One. When underage soldier, Joe Henry, returns from the war in 1918, the England that he comes home to is very different from the one he left behind. His father is injured and the Spanish flu is raging... Joe may have survived World War One, but the danger isn't over yet. Views: 9
Iran is building nuclear devices, and it's up to Murdock and his platoon to stop them. Only one person is qualified to dismantle the warheads…an expert by the name of Katherine Garnet. Views: 9
This Halcyon Classics ebook contains twenty-five novels from the pulp era and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, spanning the 1930s to the 1960s. A few earlier important works are also included.Many of the masters of science fiction are here, including works by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ray Cummings, Clifford Simak, Edmond Hamilton, Randall Garrett, A. Merritt, Andre Norton, H. Beam Piper, Jules Verne, and Stanley G. Weinbaum.This ebook is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.contentsTHE DOOR THROUGH SPACEBy Marion Zimmer BradleyJETTA OF THE LOWLANDSBy Ray CummingsBROOD OF THE DARK MOONBy Charles Willard DiffinSUPERMINDBy Randall GarrettTHE DOOR INTO INFINITYBy Edmond HamiltonA VOYAGE TO ARCTURUSBy David LindsayTHE PANCHRONICONBy Harold Steele MacKayeVOYAGE TO ETERNITYBy Stephen MarloweGIANTS ON THE EARTHBy S. P. MeekTHE METAL MONSTERBy Abraham MerrittGREENER THAN YOU THINKBy Ward MooreVOODOO PLANETBy Andre NortonSTAR SURGEONBy Alan E. NourseARMAGEDDON--2419 A.D.By Philip Francis NowlanTHE COSMIC COMPUTERBy H. Beam PiperBLACK MAN'S BURDENBy Mack ReynoldsLEGACYBy James H. SchmitzEMPIREBy Clifford D. SimakHIGHWAYS IN HIDINGBy George O. SmithMASTERS OF SPACEBy Edward E. Smith & E. Everett EvansJOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTHBy Jules VerneDAWN OF FLAMEBy Stanley G. WeinbaumCUE FOR QUIETBy T. L. SherredTHE SECRET OF THE NINTH PLANETBy Donald WollheimThis unexpurgated edition contains the complete text with errors and omissions corrected. Views: 9
