Combat Fiction

After the furious battles around Dak To and the horrific fight for Hill 875, Youth in Asia is a new novella of young Americans trapped in the jungles of Vietnam's Central Highlands in a war they did not understand. Youth In Asia relives the friendships, loyalties and betrayals of young men in combat, and for those that survive, the memories they carried home.

Luna et sa sœur Sylnor sont envoyées par Matrone Zesstra dans l'antre de la déesse Araignée. Mais la cadette, loin d'être une alliée pour Luna, se révèle être une drow endurcie, prête à trahir et même à tuer pour assouvir sa soif de violence. Malgré tout, quand Sylnor se retrouve à la merci de la cruelle déesse, Luna n'hésite pas à lui venir en aide en acceptant le marché que lui propose son bourreau.

Colonel Yuri Andrenev, a respected test pilot, is trusted to evaluate the latest Soviet fighter, the Sukhoi Su27 "Flanker", from a secret test facility near Moscow. Surely he is above suspicion. With thoughts of defection in his mind, and flying close to the inner German border, could he be tempted to make a daring escape across the most heavily defended airspace in the world?

Le classique de George Orwell lu par Arthur Teboul, la voix de Feu! Chatterton. Quand les animaux de la ferme du Manoir, las des abus, renversent leur maître, l'acoolique Mr Jones, et reprennent le contrôle de leurs existences, ils imaginent le début d'une douce vie de liberté et d'égalité. Mais petit à petit, les cochons, à coups de manipulation, cupidité, orgueil, et mauvaise foi s'imposent sur leurs camarades, et les autres comprennent à leurs dépends que "Tous les animaux sont égaux, mais certains sont plus égaux que les autres".

Una extrapolación futurista de la Compañía B, la primera de la Operación Avalancha de Rocas del 503, ambientada en el Universo Hammers Slammers. Cabe señalar que este no es un libro "verdadero" de Hammers Slammers. , del libro en miniatura "Hammer's Crucible", ya que esa era literalmente la única otra información que tenía disponible. No tenía la intención de hacer las batallas masivas de tanques, etc., etc. que David Drake pretendía originalmente.

He went in as a military history buff, a virgin, and a teetotaler. He came out with a war bride, a taste for German beer, and intimate knowledge of one of the darkest parts of history. His name is Dean Joy, and this was his war. For two months in 1945, Joy endured and survived the everyday deprivations and dangers of being a frontline infantryman. His amazingly detailed memoir, self-illustrated with numerous scenes Joy remembers from his time in Europe, brings back the sights, sounds, and smells of the experience as few books ever have.

Interpol cop, Anna Leyton, spirals down into a hopeless vortex of sexual and emotional turmoil, as she fights to keep her professional cool in her latest assignment. A boxing referee is dead in a river, and millions of dollars are placed on sexy boxer and playboy Freddie La Salle's next fight. What will happen when the charismatic suspect she is tracking turns on his charm and seduces her? Will passion take control? Find out in this suspenseful, action-filled, pulse-pounding adventure that will take you on a roller-coaster ride of passionate romance, deception, danger, and love.

Echoes of Valor A gripping historical military thriller inspired by true events. In the final months of World War II, the fate of the Italian campaign rests on an impossible mission: the daring assault on Riva Ridge. Captain James Tanner and the elite soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division face an unforgiving climb through icy terrain, brutal German defenses, and their own inner demons. Every decision Tanner makes carries the weight of his men’s lives—and the future of the war effort. With courage forged in the crucible of battle, Tanner’s team must overcome overwhelming odds to seize...

A NATO reinforcement exercise held at a British airbase in West Germany brings British, American, and French fighter crews together to practice the air corridor policing mission. When a Pembroke transport aircraft engaged in a covert reconnaissance mission is intercepted by a MiG fighter and forced to land in East Germany, events escalate. Will the crew become a pawn in the relentless confrontation as the Soviets increase the rhetoric?

The Siliou universe vectors back in time. The Battle of Middle Forsda sends us to our heroine’s childhood amongst friends and foes on Rivalex. Before transformation, before a memory was lost, The Kaianan Prequels see our heroine commence rigid training and develop defiance alongside her Liege, Dersji Brikin. A young boy in Giliou Xandou confronts Forsda trials, while the unsettlement of the volatile and war-hungry Necromancers positions the Gorgon and Giliou on the edge of civil war. Growing up, Kaianan searches for belonging and fun, adventure and acceptance, only to come face to face ...

Après le massacre de son clan, Oziel, fille de la maison du Drac, a réussi à fuir dans les bas-fonds de la cité labyrinthique d'Arkane. Là, elle va se mettre en quête de son frère aîné et organiser leur vengeance... De leur côté, Renn, l'apprenti-enchanteur de pierre, et Orik, guerrier venu d'une lointaine contrée arrivent en vue de la grande cité porteurs d'une bien sinistre nouvelle : l'arrivée imminente de l'invincible armée d'invasion qui a déjà anéanti le royaume d'Orik !

Post-World War II America and teenage boys dreamed of adventure growing up in the 1950s, listened to Elvis Presley and read Jack Kerouac, yet it wasn't cruising Route 66 in a Corvette that united them, but Highway 1, known as the Street Without Joy, on the way to Hue city during the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam. It was the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, Civil Rights and the pill, young girls in long boots and short skirts, but not for those in the jungle and rice paddies of Southeast Asia.

Now that Stetson Jeff has captured one of A.S.P.'s most dangerous operatives, he's on the trail of The Don. His pursuit of justice takes him to Gibraltar, Bilbao, and Pamplona, the site of Spain's greatest rodeo. Soon enough he's hiking his way across northern Spain on the Camino de Santiago, where he encounters a friendly band of modern Vikings. Together they must survive deadly attacks and hike all the way to Valhalla or something. But will Stetson Jeff be able to track down The Don before The Don finds him? And what's really behind A.S.P. and all these shadow government separatist groups?

The aliens are about to win. Humanity makes one last, desperate gamble to survive.The endgame has begun. China has gone over to the alien menace, and the world now stands at the precipice of ultimate defeat. All will be lost unless Task Force Zero somehow finds a way to reassert human control as the fate of civilization hangs in the balance. The odds are very long, and the final outcome now hinges on a few key individuals and where they stand. Piper is finally reunited with her long lost brother, but the boy displays frightening powers and has a vengeful mind of his own. Thorne’s ruse is ...

Harry Robinson lives an idyllic lifestyle. A brilliant computer engineer, he made his fortune pushing the limits of android design. When a neighbouring planet is hit by a global nuclear strike, he feels compelled to help. A chance encounter with a group of offworld soldiers launches him on the trail of the perpetrators. Prefect Olivia Johnson leads a Legion of disillusioned soldiers from both sides of the civil war. She blames herself for failing to prevent the attack. Now her mission is to hunt for its architect. But first, she must reclaim their adopted home from a different enemy. An ...

Authors Robert Toto and Richard Geschke have expanded their horizons of their original book, In Our Duffel Bags, Surviving the Vietnam Era, with a poetic interpretation of life in the army. Tracking their adventures in Germany, Panama and Vietnam, the authors wax the poetic version of what they found in their duffel bags looking deeper into the fast changing times of the Vietnam era. With Shadows of Combat the listener will sense the history of what took place in this crucial time in American history.

Prends le micro, trouve tes mots. Fais-toi entendre ! Bri a 16 ans et rêve d'être la plus grande rappeuse de tous les temps. Ou au moins de remporter son premier battle. Elle a de qui de tenir - son père était une légende du rap, jusqu'à qu'il soit tué par les gangs. Mais quand sa mère perd son emploi, que leur propriétaire menace de les mettre à la porte et que la violence enfle dans son quartier, Bri n'a plus le choix : réussir dans le rap n'est plus rêve. C'est une nécessité.

Espero que encuentres esta información útil y rentable. Cuando la mayoría de la gente escucha la expresión artes marciales, normalmente piensa en las del Lejano Oriente y es verdad que la mayoría de las artes marciales de las que se oye hablar se originaron allí.

Die Farm läuft reibungslos, die örtlichen Banditen wurden besänftigt und er beginnt zu verstehen, wie Magie funktioniert. Doch all das wird nichts nützen, wenn er seine Schicksalspunkte nicht unter Kontrolle bekommt.

Alexis o el tratado del inútil combate, una obra mayor en opinión de la crítica más cualificada, es el «retrato de una voz»—como ha llamado la misma Yourcenar a la larga carta que Alexis dirige a su esposa, en la que desmenuza dolorosamente su combate—en el que asistimos a la exposición de un tema del que pocos se atrevían a hablar en 1929, fecha en que fue publicado el libro.