Mission Survival

Year 47 BC. While the Republic of Rome is trying to get out of the civil wars between Caesar and Pompey, the young land surveyor Quintilius is engaged with a department of army engineers in the reorganization of some agricultural land south of Eporedia. Fortunately, some senior officers of the Caesarian faction offer him a way out of boredom and involve him in an unusual investigation to shed light on the sudden, dubious enrichment of unknown origin of some generals stationed in the Province of Macedonia. The investigation focuses on ancient mines abandoned for centuries in Attica, and ...

On the fourth planet, Infinity, the Voyagers journey deep underground, through a complex maze of tunnels. The tunnels are full of alien life - and danger. And before they can escape, one of their own will be taken from them....

Seattle sci-fi author Robert Blevins' third novel is an exciting tale in the spirit of works such as Marooned and Red Planet. A new U.S. President with vision has challenged NASA to do the impossible - launch a manned mission to Mars within four years, when Earth and Mars make their closest approach in a decade. The Mars 1 mission is a calculated risk and the stakes are high for both NASA and the Canadian Space Agency, who have combined forces to make it happen. Conflict between a stubborn mission commander and the woman assigned to get everyone safely to the Martian surface increases those...

When the silo’s alarm signals all-out trouble, Summer Lane and her friends jump into action. What they face next is beyond their wildest imagination. To survive, they’ll have to enlist the help of the Nomad and together, shed what’s left of their humanity. In this ultimate clash to the death, Summer will need to summon all her skills as a leader and as a warrior. Otherwise, the silo might be lost forever when an old nemesis returns with a vengeance.

They tried to eliminate him. Now they can't control him. "Great reading. Very Exciting....Very enjoyable action thriller! "The master of assassin novels, Vince Flynn, now has serious competition." Librarian review for The Golden Catch Book 1 in the OFFSHORE Series CIA Director Will Harlock has a secret: Working off-the-books, using the CIA as a cover and also working from an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, he reigns over OFFSHORE--the smallest, most elite, and most secret intelligence organization in the world. With a handful of eclectic agents, he oversees an operation to discover what...

They tried to eliminate him. Now they can't control him. "Great reading. Very Exciting....Very enjoyable action thriller! "The master of assassin novels, Vince Flynn, now has serious competition." Librarian review for The Golden Catch Book 4 in The OFFSHORE Series CIA Director Will Harlock has a secret: Working off-the-books, using the CIA as a cover and also working from an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, he reigns over OFFSHORE--the smallest, most elite, and most secret intelligence organization in the world. With a handful of eclectic agents, he oversees an operation to discover what...

David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary and one of the greatest European explorers who ever lived. He fought all his life against slavery, and is remembered as a national hero for opening up the interior of the so-called "Dark Continent"; his expeditions had a tremendous influence on the colonization of Africa and the relation between Europeans and Africans. The son of a Christian missionary himself, Livingstone felt a spiritual calling to reach people in the interior of Africa in order to find new commercial routes and thus free the Africans from the plague of slavery.

Jungle Hostages, CIA Ties, and a Ghost Helicopter The Shocking True Story of Operation Jaque Fifteen hostages. A fake NGO. A guerrilla army conned on live radio. This isn’t fiction. This is psychological warfare at its most daring. On July 2, 2008, a battered helicopter lifted off from the Colombian jungle. Inside were shackled hostages—three American contractors, a former Colombian presidential candidate, and others who had endured years of brutal captivity under the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). But something was wrong. The helicopter crew weren’t rebels—they were...

Operation Reckoning The explosive conclusion to the Steele Armstrong Series After the devastating events of Operation Mirage, Captain Jason "Steel" Armstrong and his team are fractured, their morale shaken, and their trust tested. As Phantom's deadly syndicate expands its reach, a terrifying new threat emerges: Inferno Eclipse, a weaponized satellite system capable of global destruction. To stop Phantom's endgame, Steel must reunite his team, confront betrayal, and form uneasy alliances with new operatives. From treacherous jungles to the icy peaks of Eastern Europe and the heart of a ...

Amidst Dubai's dazzling skyline, 'Death Before Dishonor: To Live and Die in Dubai' is a thrilling tale of espionage, loyalty, and the quest for redemption. In this gripping narrative, a seasoned US Army Airborne soldier, haunted by his past in the Contra scandal, finds himself thrust once again into the clandestine world of covert operations by a shadowy agency. Reunited with his Special Forces comrade, Henry, they embark on a mission in the Middle East, believed to be routine yet fraught with hidden dangers. As they navigate through the opulent cityscapes of Dubai and the mysterious aura ...

Author Jimmy Ray Conner has done it again….. Heart-stopping, Nail-biting Action From The First Page. The Action in this Brutal Thriller will Keep You Awake. Book Two in The Honeymoon Trilogy - The Chris and Kate Taylor Mystery Series Homicide detective Chris Taylor and his attorney wife, Kate, are on a two-week vacation to sunny Southern California for golf, shopping, and sightseeing. The newly married couple looks forward to a well-deserved rest. Kate and her teenage friend Melody are violently abducted from the streets of downtown Palm Springs in broad daylight by a gang of human sex ...

Five friends, trapped inside a secret paradise: An industrial prince, heir to the new world his family has built; A dreamer from Earth who’s finally found a future worth fighting for; A trainee mech pilot, whose skills are about to be tested; A pop star: still in her teens but already yesterday’s news; And the sociopathic hacker that got them into this mess. Escape is only the start of their adventure. The View from Infinity Beach is the new science fiction novel from Writers of the Future and Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest winning author R.P.L. Johnson. Buy it now and join the ...

In a chilling near-future America, five women risk everything to expose a secretive agenda that could dismantle democracy forever. When Natalie Chambers, a skilled profiler, watches the inauguration of a controversial president, she senses that something far more dangerous lies beneath his patriotic speeches. Her suspicions are confirmed when she stumbles upon Project 2025, a classified handbook detailing an authoritarian blueprint to remake America from the inside out. As Natalie digs deeper, she brings together four unlikely allies: Nina, an ex-intelligence analyst haunted by her ...

This is an adventure story of a man on a mission to experience the most exciting life possible. This takes place over just three months out of a five year journey of living and nonstop traveling in a van, seeking out the deepest forests with the most beautiful and extreme mountain biking adventures nature has to offer. Two countries, six states, 32 cities, spent over 75 days with 42 rides. Somewhere, not just anywhere! and definitely not lost! Oh God! this isn't a dream! My legs are toast! Wow! What a ride!

A LitRPG of Frontier Reclamation, Nexus Expeditions, and Dimensional War Beyond the walls of Bastion, the Rift waits — and it is no longer mindless. Edwin Drayven and the newly transformed Expeditionary Force have carved the first foothold into Rift-touched lands. Outpost Alpha stands, the Nexus Node stabilized. But the Riftborn are evolving, adapting, and coordinating like never before. Intelligent Hive Lords rise. Frontier Nodes hide behind layers of corruption. And humanity’s survival demands more than defense — it demands expansion. 🏰 Secure the frontiers—activate Nexus Nodes...

How far would you go to save someone you resent? Sullen teenager Sam is trapped on a forced march up a mountain with Cal, the father he barely knows—a man more comfortable with past ghosts than with his own son. An argument on the trail leaves their raw emotional wounds exposed, with cruel words that can never be taken back. But when a sudden, brutal blizzard engulfs the peak and a catastrophic fall leaves Cal broken and helpless, their simmering conflict becomes a desperate fight for life. In a terrifying reversal of roles, Sam must become the rescuer. Battling blinding snow, relentless ...

Get up close and personal with science as Andrew Kessler narrates his hilarious journey inside NASA’s Phoenix Mars mission - a historic enterprise manned by a motley crew of rocket scientists. The Phoenix Mars mission was the first man-made probe ever sent to the Martian arctic.

There were more than 16 million Americans who served in World War II. Many of the heroes were not recognized in their lifetimes. Some ended in lessened circumstances, or torture and death, because of their efforts to save lives during the agonies of war. Millions died, but millions were saved by actions of people caught in a war that seemed like it would never end. Some of their stories are captured here.

What if your elite private school was secretly training the world’s next generation of spies? For Scott Smith, an 18-year-old with an ordinary name but an extraordinary fate, Ravenwood Academy was supposed to be a stepping stone to power and prestige. Instead, it became his greatest nightmare. The school is a front for a global espionage network, its graduates destined to infiltrate governments, corporations, and intelligence agencies. When Scott uncovers the truth, he is thrust into a deadly game of survival, betrayal, and secrets that could change the world. With allies like the sharp-...

To Westerners, the name Timbuktu long conjured a tantalizing paradise, an African El Dorado where even the slaves wore gold. Beginning in the late 18th century, a series of explorers gripped by the fever for "discovery" tried repeatedly to reach the fabled city. But one expedition after another went disastrously awry, succumbing to attack, the climate, and disease. Timbuktu was rich in another way, too. A medieval center of learning, it was home to tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts.