Author: Patrick Robinson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407098675
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Fans of Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler and Frederick Forsyth will love this fast-paced, unputdownable and breath-taking action thriller from the international bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson. You won't be able to put it down... 'The new Frederick Forsyth' - GUARDIAN 'An absolutely marvellous thriller writer' - Jack Higgins 'Britain's answer to Tom Clancy' - Sarah Broadhurst, BOOKSELLER 'A good thrilling ride' -- ***** Reader review 'Great story telling from start to end' -- ***** Reader review 'Spine chilling' -- ***** Reader review 'Set in the present it is a believable piece of fiction but on a breath-taking scale.' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************* FAST. FATAL. HEADING OUR WAY... When the murder of a prominent geophysicist coincides with the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the White House views this as coincidence. But Admiral Morgan suspects the involvement of his nemesis, terrorist Major Ray Kerman. Then comes the chilling threat - Kerman has a nuclear device, Scimitar SL-2, which he intends to launch straight into the heart of the volcano Cumbre Vieja, causing a massive tsunami to devastate the East Coast of the United States. Shocked into action, Admiral Morgan returns to the White House to run Operation High Tide - a desperate race to evacuate the East Coast and locate the nuclear submarine before it launches its deadly weapon... A volcano. A nuclear missile. An explosive, deadly threat to the West.
Scimitar SL-2
Author: Patrick Robinson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407098675
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Fans of Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler and Frederick Forsyth will love this fast-paced, unputdownable and breath-taking action thriller from the international bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson. You won't be able to put it down... 'The new Frederick Forsyth' - GUARDIAN 'An absolutely marvellous thriller writer' - Jack Higgins 'Britain's answer to Tom Clancy' - Sarah Broadhurst, BOOKSELLER 'A good thrilling ride' -- ***** Reader review 'Great story telling from start to end' -- ***** Reader review 'Spine chilling' -- ***** Reader review 'Set in the present it is a believable piece of fiction but on a breath-taking scale.' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************* FAST. FATAL. HEADING OUR WAY... When the murder of a prominent geophysicist coincides with the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the White House views this as coincidence. But Admiral Morgan suspects the involvement of his nemesis, terrorist Major Ray Kerman. Then comes the chilling threat - Kerman has a nuclear device, Scimitar SL-2, which he intends to launch straight into the heart of the volcano Cumbre Vieja, causing a massive tsunami to devastate the East Coast of the United States. Shocked into action, Admiral Morgan returns to the White House to run Operation High Tide - a desperate race to evacuate the East Coast and locate the nuclear submarine before it launches its deadly weapon... A volcano. A nuclear missile. An explosive, deadly threat to the West.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407098675
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Fans of Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler and Frederick Forsyth will love this fast-paced, unputdownable and breath-taking action thriller from the international bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson. You won't be able to put it down... 'The new Frederick Forsyth' - GUARDIAN 'An absolutely marvellous thriller writer' - Jack Higgins 'Britain's answer to Tom Clancy' - Sarah Broadhurst, BOOKSELLER 'A good thrilling ride' -- ***** Reader review 'Great story telling from start to end' -- ***** Reader review 'Spine chilling' -- ***** Reader review 'Set in the present it is a believable piece of fiction but on a breath-taking scale.' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************* FAST. FATAL. HEADING OUR WAY... When the murder of a prominent geophysicist coincides with the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the White House views this as coincidence. But Admiral Morgan suspects the involvement of his nemesis, terrorist Major Ray Kerman. Then comes the chilling threat - Kerman has a nuclear device, Scimitar SL-2, which he intends to launch straight into the heart of the volcano Cumbre Vieja, causing a massive tsunami to devastate the East Coast of the United States. Shocked into action, Admiral Morgan returns to the White House to run Operation High Tide - a desperate race to evacuate the East Coast and locate the nuclear submarine before it launches its deadly weapon... A volcano. A nuclear missile. An explosive, deadly threat to the West.
Scimitar SL-2
Author: Patrick Robinson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9785559171296
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A terrorist hatches a bold plan to blow up a volcano and devastate America inthis work by "a rising master of technothrillers" ("Kirkus Reviews").
Publisher:
ISBN: 9785559171296
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A terrorist hatches a bold plan to blow up a volcano and devastate America inthis work by "a rising master of technothrillers" ("Kirkus Reviews").
U.S.S. Seawolf
Author: Patrick Robinson
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061829730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Armed with stolen U.S. military technology, the Chinese are producing a frightening new breed of weaponry,led by the ICBM submarine Xia III--a vessel that just might be able to launch a nuclear warhead across the Pacific Ocean and take out an American West Coast city. National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan can't let that happen, and he dispatches the most stealthy hunter-killer submarine in the U.S. fleet, the 9,000-ton ultrasecret Seawolf, deep into the dark, forbidden waters of the South China Sea. But then the unthinkable happens: Seawolf, collides with a Chinese destroyer and falls into enemy hands. A team of cunning Navy SEALs--the biggest Special Forces assault group assembled since Vietnam--is sent in to free the captive Seawolf, crew and bring them home. The American Eagle confronts the Chinese Dragon with the balance of world power on the line. Failure is not an option...
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061829730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Armed with stolen U.S. military technology, the Chinese are producing a frightening new breed of weaponry,led by the ICBM submarine Xia III--a vessel that just might be able to launch a nuclear warhead across the Pacific Ocean and take out an American West Coast city. National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan can't let that happen, and he dispatches the most stealthy hunter-killer submarine in the U.S. fleet, the 9,000-ton ultrasecret Seawolf, deep into the dark, forbidden waters of the South China Sea. But then the unthinkable happens: Seawolf, collides with a Chinese destroyer and falls into enemy hands. A team of cunning Navy SEALs--the biggest Special Forces assault group assembled since Vietnam--is sent in to free the captive Seawolf, crew and bring them home. The American Eagle confronts the Chinese Dragon with the balance of world power on the line. Failure is not an option...
Hunter Killer
Author: Patrick Robinson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407097032
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Fans of Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler and Frederick Forsyth will love this horribly compelling and devastatingly engrossing political action thriller from international bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson. An edge-of-your-seat terror ride that drives the reader relentlessly to its stunning dénouement... 'Britain's answer to Tom Clancy' -- Bookseller 'An absolutely marvellous thriller writer' -- Jack Higgins 'Mind-blowing' -- The Daily Mirror 'Fast, sharply-focused, engine-driven action' -- Express 'These books are kicking and screaming to be made into films. I'm now on my seventh and still going strong!' -- ***** Reader review 'Simply brilliant' -- ***** Reader review 'Authentic, exciting and political dynamite...One of the best naval fiction novels I have ever read' -- ***** Reader review 'An all-round great read that will keep you turning pages into the early hours' -- ***** Reader review ***************************************************************************************** ONE COMMODITY HAS THE POWER TO CAUSE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION... Saudi Arabia is on the brink of revolution. While the Royal Family is ransacking the dwindling coffers, the country seethes with unrest. Vowing to end the destructive rule, Crown Prince Mohammed sets in motion a top-secret operation to destroy the Saudi oil industry. In search of an ally with a naval power willing to help in return for a share of the oil wealth, he turns to France. Her lethal Hunter Killer submarines can inflict devastating damage to the country's massive oil installations and help shift the power structure of the world's oil giant. On the other side of the globe, as the ferocious battle for the desert kingdom begins and the world's oil markets plunge into chaos, Admiral Morgan, former Security Advisor to the President, and Lt. Commander Ramshawe are summoned to the White House. Here, they discover the masterminds behind the evil plot: a mysterious French Colonel they call 'The Hunter', and none other than Morgan's arch enemy, HAMAS General Ravi Rashood. Let battle commence...
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407097032
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Fans of Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler and Frederick Forsyth will love this horribly compelling and devastatingly engrossing political action thriller from international bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson. An edge-of-your-seat terror ride that drives the reader relentlessly to its stunning dénouement... 'Britain's answer to Tom Clancy' -- Bookseller 'An absolutely marvellous thriller writer' -- Jack Higgins 'Mind-blowing' -- The Daily Mirror 'Fast, sharply-focused, engine-driven action' -- Express 'These books are kicking and screaming to be made into films. I'm now on my seventh and still going strong!' -- ***** Reader review 'Simply brilliant' -- ***** Reader review 'Authentic, exciting and political dynamite...One of the best naval fiction novels I have ever read' -- ***** Reader review 'An all-round great read that will keep you turning pages into the early hours' -- ***** Reader review ***************************************************************************************** ONE COMMODITY HAS THE POWER TO CAUSE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION... Saudi Arabia is on the brink of revolution. While the Royal Family is ransacking the dwindling coffers, the country seethes with unrest. Vowing to end the destructive rule, Crown Prince Mohammed sets in motion a top-secret operation to destroy the Saudi oil industry. In search of an ally with a naval power willing to help in return for a share of the oil wealth, he turns to France. Her lethal Hunter Killer submarines can inflict devastating damage to the country's massive oil installations and help shift the power structure of the world's oil giant. On the other side of the globe, as the ferocious battle for the desert kingdom begins and the world's oil markets plunge into chaos, Admiral Morgan, former Security Advisor to the President, and Lt. Commander Ramshawe are summoned to the White House. Here, they discover the masterminds behind the evil plot: a mysterious French Colonel they call 'The Hunter', and none other than Morgan's arch enemy, HAMAS General Ravi Rashood. Let battle commence...
Studies in Long Range Target Identification
Author: William L. Warnick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Ghost Force
Author: Patrick Robinson
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061827347
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
The year is 2011. An oil-hungry world is starving . . . . . . and Argentina, with Russia's help, is determined to brutally wrest the petroleum-rich Falkland Islands from British hands. Enraged over this brazen act of international piracy, Great Britain dispatches a battle fleet to the islands for the second time in thirty years—unaware that Viper K-157, a lethal Russian Akula-class submarine, lies in wait, stuffed to the gunwales with ship-killingtorpedoes. America cannot sit idle as hell explodes in the South Atlantic and, under the stern eye of Admiral Arnold Morgan, the military's most powerful weapon is unleashed to hammer Argentina into submission: the U.S. Navy SEALs. The outcome of the unforeseen war that's igniting in America's backyard ultimately depends upon her awesome "ghost force” and their successful execution of two remarkable clandestine missions—while the consequences of failure may be too terrible to consider.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061827347
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
The year is 2011. An oil-hungry world is starving . . . . . . and Argentina, with Russia's help, is determined to brutally wrest the petroleum-rich Falkland Islands from British hands. Enraged over this brazen act of international piracy, Great Britain dispatches a battle fleet to the islands for the second time in thirty years—unaware that Viper K-157, a lethal Russian Akula-class submarine, lies in wait, stuffed to the gunwales with ship-killingtorpedoes. America cannot sit idle as hell explodes in the South Atlantic and, under the stern eye of Admiral Arnold Morgan, the military's most powerful weapon is unleashed to hammer Argentina into submission: the U.S. Navy SEALs. The outcome of the unforeseen war that's igniting in America's backyard ultimately depends upon her awesome "ghost force” and their successful execution of two remarkable clandestine missions—while the consequences of failure may be too terrible to consider.
Barracuda 945
Author: Patrick Robinson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099439859
Category : Hijacking of ships
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Major Ray Kerman, a high-ranking SAS officer and renowned submariner, mysteriously disappears amidst a blood bath on the streets of Hebron. In the following months, a series of utterly devastating Hamas terrorist hits, stuns the British and American gover
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099439859
Category : Hijacking of ships
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Major Ray Kerman, a high-ranking SAS officer and renowned submariner, mysteriously disappears amidst a blood bath on the streets of Hebron. In the following months, a series of utterly devastating Hamas terrorist hits, stuns the British and American gover
Kilo Class
Author: Patrick Robinson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409069141
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
From the pen of international bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson comes a terrifyingly engrossing and mesmerising action thriller. If you like Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler and Frederick Forsyth, you will love this! 'Fast, sharply-focussed, engine-driven action.' - Express 'Robinson is one of the crown princes of the beach-read thriller' - Stephen Coonts 'A must read for any fan of this genre' -- ***** Reader review 'Great, exciting on the edge reading'-- ***** Reader review 'Simply brilliant'-- ***** Reader review 'Compulsive reading from start to finish'-- ***** Reader review *************************************************************** SILENT. UNDETECTABLE. READY TO LAUNCH. The Russian-built Kilo-Class submarine is the only true enemy of the American Carrier Battle Groups -- and it is up for sale. Having ordered ten, China primes its first three, ready to take control of the Taiwan Strait. Desperate to safeguard its ally on China's doorstep and stop the arrival of the Kilo-Class subs, America launches itself into a secret war, led by the President's National Security Advisor, Admiral Arnold Morgan. A battle over peace, power and money ensues, played out in the icy depths of the world's oceans and the hinterland of Russia's rivers and lakes. It soon becomes clear that there can only be one victor ...
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409069141
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
From the pen of international bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson comes a terrifyingly engrossing and mesmerising action thriller. If you like Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler and Frederick Forsyth, you will love this! 'Fast, sharply-focussed, engine-driven action.' - Express 'Robinson is one of the crown princes of the beach-read thriller' - Stephen Coonts 'A must read for any fan of this genre' -- ***** Reader review 'Great, exciting on the edge reading'-- ***** Reader review 'Simply brilliant'-- ***** Reader review 'Compulsive reading from start to finish'-- ***** Reader review *************************************************************** SILENT. UNDETECTABLE. READY TO LAUNCH. The Russian-built Kilo-Class submarine is the only true enemy of the American Carrier Battle Groups -- and it is up for sale. Having ordered ten, China primes its first three, ready to take control of the Taiwan Strait. Desperate to safeguard its ally on China's doorstep and stop the arrival of the Kilo-Class subs, America launches itself into a secret war, led by the President's National Security Advisor, Admiral Arnold Morgan. A battle over peace, power and money ensues, played out in the icy depths of the world's oceans and the hinterland of Russia's rivers and lakes. It soon becomes clear that there can only be one victor ...
Accordion Crimes
Author: Annie Proulx
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416588884
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Annie Proulx brings the immigrant experience to life in this stunning novel that traces the ownership of a simple green accordion. E. Annie Proulx’s Accordion Crimes is a masterpiece of storytelling that spans a century and a continent. Proulx brings the immigrant experience in America to life through the eyes of the descendants of Mexicans, Poles, Africans, Irish-Scots, Franco-Canadians and many others, all linked by their successive ownership of a simple green accordion. The music they make is their last link with the past—voice for their fantasies, sorrows and exuberance. Proulx’s prodigious knowledge, unforgettable characters and radiant language make Accordion Crimes a stunning novel, exhilarating in its scope and originality.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416588884
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Annie Proulx brings the immigrant experience to life in this stunning novel that traces the ownership of a simple green accordion. E. Annie Proulx’s Accordion Crimes is a masterpiece of storytelling that spans a century and a continent. Proulx brings the immigrant experience in America to life through the eyes of the descendants of Mexicans, Poles, Africans, Irish-Scots, Franco-Canadians and many others, all linked by their successive ownership of a simple green accordion. The music they make is their last link with the past—voice for their fantasies, sorrows and exuberance. Proulx’s prodigious knowledge, unforgettable characters and radiant language make Accordion Crimes a stunning novel, exhilarating in its scope and originality.
Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century British and American War Literature
Author: Adam Piette
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748653937
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 719
Book Description
The first reference book to deal so fully and incisively with the cultural representations of war in 20th-century English and US literature and film. The volume covers the two World Wars as well as specific conflicts that generated literary and imaginativ
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748653937
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 719
Book Description
The first reference book to deal so fully and incisively with the cultural representations of war in 20th-century English and US literature and film. The volume covers the two World Wars as well as specific conflicts that generated literary and imaginativ