War & Military

Half-sister to Emperor Honorius, unmarried and powerless, twenty-year-old Galla Placidia watches from the shadows as imperial policies are made and unmade. Her plans to gain power and influence are halted when the city is besieged and captured by a vast army led by Alaric the Visigoth. Taken hostage, travelling out of Italy, Galla Placidia falls in love and marries a barbarian king. At a time when Rome's power is fast dwindling, its authority diminishing year upon year, she embarks on a dangerous and remarkable journey towards the imperial throne.

England, 1940: When seventeen-year-old John Sharratt’s life is shattered by a single, devastating bomb dropped by the Luftwaffe, he is thrust into a world of loss and longing. With his family gone and his heart heavy, John’s conscription into the army offers a refuge and a new beginning, even in the face of turmoil. As he dons the battledress of a British soldier at Seaforth Barracks, John embarks on an intense journey of transformation.

In 1849, Brigham Young declared independence. In 2025, the United States declares war. In the heart of the American West lies Deseret—a Mormon theocratic nation born of faith, isolation, and resilience. For nearly two centuries, it has stood as a testament to independence and religious devotion. But now, Deseret finds itself at the center of a global conflict, its survival threatened by the world's only remaining superpower: the United States.

Born to a groom at the elegant manor house Foxden Hall, the Dudley sisters never imagined the impossible choices World War II would force upon them. When London’s bombs destroy her teaching dreams, Bess returns to Foxden Acres as a Land Girl, watching on as the man she’s always loved plans a life with another, until tragedy violently changes everything. In the glittering West End, her sister Margot grasps stardom on the stage, only to be trapped between her ambitions and falling bombs. And in Nazi-occupied France, Claire gambles her life as an undercover agent.

Billy Budd, a handsome sailor working on a British naval ship in the eighteenth century, is falsely accused of mutiny against the ship’s captain by the master-at-arms, John Claggart. Billy, who unfortunately obtains a speech impediment, is overcome by the accusation and unable to verbally defend himself against Claggart’s unfounded hate for him. Instead, he lashes out at Claggart, much to his own demise. An instant classic once published, Billy Budd is a tragic tale that has been adapted into film, plays and even an opera. This audiobook edition is narrated by the talented Christopher Ragland.

In the grandeur of the Roman Empire, Centurion Marcus Antonius Maecilius is a man of honour and valour. Yet, fate deals him a cruel hand when he is falsely accused of cowardice and sentenced to serve as an oarsman on a bireme, a slave to the rhythm of the waves and the lash of the overseer. Broken and embittered, he resigns himself to the monotonous toil of the galley—until the day a mysterious group of five men board his ship in Hispana with orders for the captain to take them to Belgica in the northern seas.

When Carver finds out that Rich Polaski, a man he served with in the SEALS, is on an NSA watch list, he goes to warn him out of a sense of duty. He arrives in the small town of Bickham, Illinois, a spotless town with almost zero crime, no chain stores, and an aesthetic from a time long past.

Nach einer herausragenden Karriere als amerikanischer Spion ist Nathan Grant bereit, die CIA hinter sich zu lassen. Doch Leider sind seine Widersacher nicht bereit, ihn so einfach ziehen zu lassen. Als eine letzte Mission mit dem Tod von zwei russischen Spionen endet, wird Grant zu einem gesuchten Mann. Um stehts einen Schritt voraus zu sein, muss er die Identität eines Maulwurfs aufdecken, der sich tief im Inneren der CIA versteckt hält.

Neue Helden steigen aus der rauchenden Asche der Menschheit auf...aber auch neue Bedrohungen. Eine von Menschen verursachte Seuche hat die Menschheit verwüstet, das Militär liegt in Trümmern und Chaos herrscht auf der Welt. Hoffnung scheint nichts weiter als ein Traum zu sein. Captain Dominic Holland ist entschlossen, das Unvermeidliche aufzuhalten. Seine Töchter sind endlich in Sicherheit und seine Crew hat neue Wege gefunden, die Skulls zu bekämpfen.

A long-lost airship with a deadly cargo. . . In 1939 a secret airship departed Germany in the dark of night filled with some of the most influential people of its time, each carrying their most valuable possessions. One such item amongst them was as dangerous as it was priceless. The airship never reached its destination. In present day, former Marine troubleshooter Sam Reilly discovers a missing clue about the lost airship, triggering a violent treasure hunt against the most dangerous and ruthless men in the world today. . .. . . and time is running out.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce is a gripping short story that masterfully blends psychological suspense with the brutal realities of war. Set during the American Civil War, the narrative follows Peyton Farquhar, a Southern planter condemned to hang from a railroad bridge for attempting to sabotage Union forces. As the noose tightens, Farquhar experiences a vivid and surreal escape that blurs the line between illusion and reality.

Beneath the frozen Arctic, a Russian stealth submarine disappears, triggering a high-stakes pursuit. Jack Raines, a former Navy SEAL turned intelligence officer, is sent to track the rogue admiral responsible. But when his mission leads him to a long-abandoned Cold War research station, Jack uncovers a chilling secret: a weapon that can erase entire fleets from existence.

Young and eager to prove himself, Ranger Lieutenant Jim Hollister leads his six-man reconnaissance team on risky missions deep into enemy territory. The special volunteers who make up Long Range Patrols are tasked with setting up ambushes and conducting dangerous night patrols, helicopter insertions behind enemy lines, and fire support in the hottest of fights.

Second Lieutenant Theodore "Caveman" Loomis is about as useful as a football bat. Fresh out of ROTC and obsessed with dinosaurs, he’s failed more Army schools than he's passed. But when his platoon is tapped for a high-stakes training op in the swampy wilderness Fort Polk, partnered with shadowy corporate contractors from Zeiss Defense Technologies, everything goes sideways fast.

1931. As Thomas Edison was dying, he left test tubes of what he believed would be his final breath, until it was. His intent was to leave his “last breath,” for his protégé, friend, and confidant, Henry Ford. But forty-two tubes were lost after he died. Then, year after year, one of the tubes of Edison’s breath would arrive at Ford’s Florida winter home where Ford would open it and breathe in the breath of his dead friend. He thought it brought him strength and wisdom.

Before Captain Jake Baylor became the leader of Task Force Raven, Texas' elite counterterrorism unit, he was a Green Beret with ODA 911, fighting on the front lines of America's longest war. Raven’s Wrath is a relentless, high-octane military thriller that takes readers deep into the brutal, unforgiving battlefields of Afghanistan—where only the strong survive, and the mission always comes first. Assigned to disrupt enemy supply lines, Baylor and his Special Forces team uncover intelligence that reveals a far greater threat: a ruthless warlord with ties to international terrorist networks.

De razendspannende thriller van special forces-senstatie Sander Aarts Als een oud-Special Forces-teamlid Tom vraagt terug te keren voor een gevaarlijke undercovermissie, moet hij zijn verleden onder ogen komen Afghanistan, 2009. Tom Stoutenbeek leidt zijn Special Forces-team naar een doelwit in Uruzgan. Ze hebben hier jaren voor getraind. Alles lijkt goed te gaan maar het is stil in de quala. Te stil. Als het team tot de aanval overgaat, blijken ze in een hinderlaag te zijn gelopen. Tom brengt het er levend van af, maar dat kan hij niet van al zijn teamleden zeggen.

The Philippines, 1941. Rose Williams arrives in Manila on her first assignment as a US Army Nurse, enthralled by the new environment and its promise of adventure. Although worlds away from the land she grew up in, Rose feels connected to her father, who worked in the Philippines before he died. War seems like a distant threat as Rose takes midnight dips in a warm sea with the other nurses, explores secret corners of the island, and strikes up a romance with a locally stationed US Army soldier.

Lieutenant Steven Collins is forced to crash land his aircraft in the French countryside after a fierce encounter with a wing of Luftwaffe aircraft. Wounded, he is cared for by a French nurse in the hilltop village of St. Remi. Evaline Boudreau had never really experienced true love before, the handsome English pilot would change that forever. Evaline uncontrollably falls madly in love with the handsome pilot. Those magical weeks sped by all too quickly but there was a raging war escalating across Europe. Would England be next to fall?

Status-6: Poseidon’s Shadow An International Techno-Thriller by Michael J. Melton THEY DIDN’T LOSE CONTROL. THEY JUST LET YOU THINK THEY DID. When Russia “accidentally” leaks that ten of its doomsday torpedoes—autonomous, undetectable, and nuclear—have been stolen by terrorists, the world panics. But the truth is even more terrifying: the weapons were never lost. They were deployed. Across oceans. Beneath cities. Waiting. As NATO scrambles to respond, satellites begin to go dark. Bliznets, Russia’s ghost satellites, hijack Western communications.

Die Verantwortung lastet schwer auf den Schultern des zwölfjährigen Holger. Seit ihre Eltern von den Nationalsozialisten verschleppt wurden, liegt es an ihm, seine jüngeren Geschwister vor der Gestapo zu verstecken. Gräfin Sophie will endlich mehr tun als nur reden. Deshalb schließt sie sich einem Widerstandsnetzwerk an. Ihr erster Auftrag: drei Kinder an einen sicheren Ort bringen. Doch in Berlin ist man nirgendwo außer Gefahr. Als ein Bombentreffer den Rückzugsort zerstört, schmieden die Mitglieder des Netzerks einen waghalsigen Plan zur Flucht aus dem Reich.

It is the autumn of 1852, and the British warship Spartan, commanded by James Rutherford, continues her mission for the East India Company, to destroy a criminal consortium led by the Scorpion, a Chinese criminal named Liang Ziu, who controls an alliance of ruthless pirates, complicit local rulers and corrupt western traders. Attack is followed by counter-attack, including an attempt on Rutherford’s own life, with treachery, extending to the higher echelons of the company, an additional threat, as the hunt for the Scorpion and his allies ranges across the Far Eastern Seas.

Can a secret weapon change the course of war and history? Himmler is convinced of this, so much that he commissions the best expert in ancient history to search for a relic that originates in the mists of time. Does it exist or is it just an ancient legend? The adventurous search in burning Europe leads the archaeologist to go back over history and places, risk his own life, and make unexpected encounters. In the shadows, however, someone tries to protect the precious relic, but a dilemma grips Heinrich von Schuster throughout the investigation: is it right to hand it over to the Third Reich?

It is the late summer of 1863 and the third year of the war in North America. In the wake of the defeat at Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee has returned, with his Confederate army, to Virginia. But a further crisis to the west, in the Tennessee theatre of the war, compels the general to detach a part of his army, to journey west to north Georgia in order to reinforce the beleaguered southern forces there.

In the chaos of post-plague France, a bastard noble, a disgraced knight, a cunning thief, and a blasphemous priest embark on a treacherous journey to reclaim a stolen birthright. Betrayal lurks in every shadow, and the Hundred Years’ War has made mercenaries cheap—but loyalty even cheaper. As assassins, warlords, and scheming nobles close in, survival demands wit, steel, and a willingness to gamble it all. In The Ale-Stained Chronicles, honor is a myth—only the ruthless endure.