Military Violence

When a former teammate of Chunk’s is killed in a shocking ambush, rumors begin to fly that the Lion of Ramadi, the infamous Iraq War sniper who racked up dozens of American kills, has returned with a mission to target American SEALs. Chunk and his core team—Saw, a skilled and lethal sniper; Riker, who has an uncanny ability to escape death; and Whitney Watts, a former CIA analyst who sees patterns everyone else seems to miss—are mobilized to prosecute the threat.

In The Field of Blood, Joanne B. Freeman recovers the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the US Congress. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, she shows that the Capitol was rife with conflict in the decades before the Civil War. Legislative sessions were often punctuated by mortal threats, canings, flipped desks, and all-out slugfests. When debate broke down, congressmen drew pistols and waved Bowie knives. One representative even killed another in a duel. Many were beaten and bullied in an attempt to intimidate them into compliance, particularly on the issue of slavery.

The World is Dead. The Hunt Has Begun. It started as a calculated attack—terrorist squads infected with a deadly virus unleashed on the U.S. and Europe. But no one predicted what came next. The virus mutated, spreading like wildfire, consuming entire nations. Millions died. The unlucky ones came back. Mindless. Rabid. Driven by a single, relentless instinct—to hunt and kill the few who remain. Hunter, a battle-hardened Iraq War veteran, was ready to leave violence behind. But when civilization collapses overnight, he finds himself back in the fight of his life. Teaming up with a band of...

The scourge of the Savage Lands, an ancient dragon allied to a gathering storm of dark forces threatening the world of Ruin, becomes the next target of the most fearsome shock troops ever conceived, prepared, and trained for total war: US Army Rangers. Deep beneath a once-fantastic ruined empire, a creature more terrible, diabolical, and malevolent than any myth ever told lies atop a vast horde of wondrous treasure and deadly magic, dreaming dreams of greed and terror.

Violence of Action is much more than the true, first-person accounts of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Global War on Terror. Within this audio are the heartfelt, firsthand accounts from and about the men who lived, fought, and died for their country, their regiment, and each other. Objective Rhino, Haditha Dam, recovering Jessica Lynch, the hunt for Zarqawi, the recovery of Extortion 17, and everything in between...

The revised and updated edition of Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's modern classic about the psychology of combat, hailed by the Washington Post as "an illuminating account of how soldiers learn to kill and how they live with the experiences of having killed". In World War II, only 15 to 20 percent of combat infantry were willing to fire their rifles. In Korea, about 50 percent. In Vietnam, the figure rose to more than 90 percent. The good news is that most soldiers are loath to kill.

General Stonewall Jackson was like no one anyone had ever seen. In April of 1862 he was merely another Confederate general with only a single battle credential in an army fighting in what seemed to be a losing cause. By middle June he had engineered perhaps the greatest military campaign in American history and was one of the most famous men in the Western World. He had given the Confederate cause what it had recently lacked: hope.

You walk into a restaurant and get an immediate sense that you should leave. You are about to step onto an elevator with a stranger, and something stops you. You interview a potential new employee who has the résumé to do the job, but something tells you not to offer the position. These scenarios all represent "left of bang", the moments before something bad happens.

1983: the United States Marine Corps experiences its greatest single-day loss of life since the Battle of Iwo Jima when a truck packed with explosives crashes into their headquarters and barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. This horrifying terrorist attack, which killed 241 servicemen, continues to influence US foreign policy and haunts the Marine Corps to this day. Now, the full story is revealed as never before by Jack Carr and historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott.

My husband, in a rage, hit me in front of the wrong person. Diego, or Kincaid to most, beat the hell out of him for it. I left with Diego anyway. Even though he could turn on me just like my husband did, I knew I had a better chance of survival with Diego. That was until I realized Kincaid could hurt me so much worse than my husband ever could. Physical pain pales in comparison to troubles of the heart.

Dexter Lock was a SEAL for twenty years before his final mission that destroyed his hips. Lost and drowning in an endless pool of alcohol and women, he needed to take control of his life before it was too late. Taking a random safari, he encountered the heinous act of poaching and was forever changed. His life now had a new mission. When his work takes him to Louisiana and the home of his old friends from REAPER, he finds the one thing he never expected...a woman that leaves him speechless. Marie Robicheaux is the oldest sister of the Robicheaux clan. Once married and living away from home,...

At the start of 1991, 11-year-old Ali Fadhil was consumed by his love for soccer, video games, and American television shows. Then, on January 17, Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein, went to war with 34 nations led by the United States. Over the next 43 days, Ali and his family survived bombings, food shortages, and constant fear. Ali and his brothers played soccer on the abandoned streets of their Basra neighborhood, wondering when or if their medic father would return from the war front. Cinematic, accessible, and timely, this is the story of one ordinary kid's view of life during war.

My name is Gunner Michaels. I'm a hard-core, badass ex-Marine. I love my motorcycle, my gym that I'm a part-owner in, and food. That's pretty much it until she walks into my gym needing my help. She nearly knocks me off my feet but when she turns and runs, I chase her pretty butt down. I've never been affected by a woman like I am by Darby Greer and when I find out she has a little girl who looks exactly like her...I'm cooked. Call me daddy - because I'm done. I've never had much luck with men...like zero. My ex-husband didn't want me, didn't want our daughter, didn't want our life. His ...

Joseph Redhawk is nearing the end of his career as a Delta Operative. He's also in the darkest place a man like him can be. Senseless lives lost; acts against humanity; and a feeling of helplessness and hopelessness that won't seem to leave him. Who would have believed that the sweet, shy, little sister of Paige Anderson would be his savior. Julia was always a surprise for Joseph, but now a grown woman, she was sitting across from him looking unbelievably beautiful. And just like that, the cloud was lifted. It happened so fast, he couldn't catch his breath. But someone is trying to kill ...

Quincy "Zulu" Slater spent his life serving others, first as an elite Navy SEAL, then as a member of the Steel Patriots motorcycle club. But for fifteen of those years he's been plagued with dreams of an ethereal, angelic woman leaning over him. Her sweet lips, luscious scent and striking coloring letting him know she wasn't real. He thought he was losing his mind until the woman of his dreams literally walked through the gates of the Steel Patriots club. Now he would do everything in his power to make sure she was not only safe, but never left his side. Dr. Gabrielle London was an ...

Dominic Quinn is settling into his life with RP after serving, what seemed, a lifetime in the Marine Corps. On one of his first assignments, he's sent to guard an actress in town for a movie premier. Initially, he dreads the detail, but it turns out that Livvi Downs is a lot more than meets the eye. She's funny, kind, smart, and sexy; seriously sexy. Their paths are not meant to cross again, except when Dom and his teammates see the news that she's in trouble, he can't help but worry about her. Leaping into action, he rescues Livvi from one fate, only to have to save her from another. Livvi...

The stories of World War 2 will forever be imprinted in our collective human mind. Unrivaled in loss of life, boundless destruction, and decisions that changed the world as we knew it, these stories have gone down in history. From concentration camps to aerial strikes, the war waged in increasingly brutal ways as it progressed. But how much do you really know about what happened during those years? These are the stories you won’t read about in any textbook. The Wanton massacre of civilians and the torture of prisoners of war was only the beginning. It can be easy to forget the horrors ...

Hawk Gunner "HG" O'Neal is feeling a bit left out when his brothers and AJ are married within weeks of one another. He never thought he'd be the one to want a family. He also never thought a woman would show up claiming the child in her arms was his. HG knew immediately that the boy didn't belong to him, but he also knew that the woman was stirring something inside him he couldn't ignore. When he finds out she's in trouble, he can't turn her away. Fighting terrorist drug dealers, traffickers is a walk in the park compared to what they have to fight with this villain. It will change the RP ...

Leo Tilbury has been alone a long time. Intentionally. Joining Voodoo Guardians changes his perspective on life and love. Conversations with Mama Irene, Matthew, and others start to work their way into his brain and give him thoughts of love. It really changes the day he meets Tillie Sung. She's brave, beautiful, and captures his attention in ways that no one else has. When they hear that she and her volunteer team have been kidnapped in Botswana, Leo is the first to volunteer to go. But then again, there are no shortages of volunteers at Belle Fleur. Tillie Sung has never reacted to a man ...

Tyler "Tango" Green is as alpha as they come...confident in everything he does in his life. He's produced some of the finest motorcycles in the world; women always said yes; and he can hold his own in any fight. So when he finally works up the nerve to ask the little blonde pixie out and then she gets kidnapped, he is lost as to what to do. He knew he loved her from the moment he saw her and now he has to save her, not once but twice. Now he has her in his home, but she is so skittish, inexperienced, and more than a little broken it's taking all his patience. He needs to seriously control ...