Combat Fiction

Emma Parker and Morgan Price are Glock-toting, high-kicking divorce lawyers. In the course of investigating a child custody case, Parker and Price step on the toes of more than one crime syndicate, uncover a murder plot, and lock horns with the FBI. The duo meets the challenge with humor, wit, aplomb, and more than a little strip-mall karate-studio-acquired kickboxing.

1989. Pro wrestling reaches the summit of its golden era. Kids of all ages watch, bowls of sugar cereal in hand, as psychedelic heroes battle big bad villains on Saturday morning television. But the true soap operas begin after the cameras stop rolling.

HOLMES IS STILL MISSING BUT NOW HIS GOOD FRIENDS HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE HE MIGHT BE. A DUPLICATE HOLMES APPEARED WHEN SHERLOCK VANISHED. HIS NAME IS STEAMPUNK HOLMES. WHILE STEAMPUNK HOLMES, A LONG GUN TOTING STEAMPUNK COWBOY DETECTIVE, MESSES WITH WATSON’S MIND IN A FORCED PARTNERSHIP, THE REAL HOLMES IS WAKING UP TO AN EMPIRE DRIVEN BY BRUTAL FORCES AND VIOLENCE.

They told him to shrink. He chose to suplex society instead. Ricky "Napalm" Stubbs just got fired for body-slamming a vending machine—and that was before the smart scale insulted his BMI in a British accent. Unemployed, overweight, and overwhelmingly pissed off, Ricky creates the Chunky Combat Club: a secret underground league for misfits who are thicc, ticked, and totally over it.

La fin est proche. La guerre ravage le Nord et Logen Neuf-Doigts n'a plus qu'une seule bataille à livrer, sans doute la plus dure. Il est temps pour le Neuf-Sanglant de rentrer chez lui affronter son plus vieil ami, devenu son pire ennemi. Au sud, le Supérieur Glokta mène un autre type de guerre, plus meurtrière encore. Et si ses anciens talents de guerrier lui font défaut, il lui reste ses armes de prédilection : le chantage, la menace et la torture. Quant à Jezal, il a choisi d'abandonner la vie militaire pour l'amour, mais la gloire n'en a pas tout à fait fini avec lui...

Stax Stonecutter has lived a peaceful - if unremarkable - life in his small town in the Overworld. The son of great adventurers and wise builders, Stax prefers an easier life. He loves to tend to his gardens and play with his cats all day, rather than venturing out to explore the surrounding lands. It’s quiet on his estate, even lonely sometimes, but it suits Stax well enough.

In the high-stakes world of experimental fighter jets, only the elite survive. Lieutenant Peng Keppa is the Alliance's hotshot pilot, tasked with taming the volatile new Skydemon stealth interceptor. But when the jet's deadly prototype claims one of his comrades, Keppa must overcome his doubts to master the Skydemon's cutting-edge systems...or be its next victim. His skills are pushed to their limits when renegade Coalition stealth drones accidentally target the coastal city of Cape Town. With only an unarmed prototype at his disposal, Keppa must take the fight directly to the unmanned ...

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 ...

After the decade long war the European Space Union is looking for ways to pay off the massive war debt the Royal Dutch Ministry of Defense started to look ways in order for it to remain fiscally stable and also help pay off its large debt as well. After some decisions a select Battalion sized element, Second Squadron was developed to execute that decision. 2/4 Cavalry, being part of the Kommando since Book 5: Eagle Hammer was brought in to perform this mercenary themed short story. The story is based on the real world template that became known to the world as Black Hawk Down. Given that ...

Ramon was a young man with secrets, and a talent for violence. Born into Spanish nobility, his full given name was Ramon Banu Lasso de la Vega, and as a boy, he dreamed of a life of purpose and acceptance. He dreamed of a peaceful life of family and belonging. It was a dream that would never be fulfilled. The Edge of Nobility is a gritty historical novel that will carry you away to the landscapes of France and Spain in the early 1900s, as Europe became embroiled in World War 1. It was a time when two breeds of men emerged. One that came forward to serve their fellow countrymen as a patriot ...

La grande saga historique, par l'auteur du Sorceleur ! Hiver 1429. Médecin herboriste, combattant et espion à ses heures perdues, Reynevan mène une existence toujours plus tumultueuse, affrontant de redoutables agents secrets comme des forces impures qui ne cachent pas leurs origines démoniaques.

Tutoyant avec aisance, à rebours des modes, une forme classique très maîtrisée, Michel Houellebecq met en scène dans ses poèmes un quotidien contemporain et urbain. Ses vers nous parlent de lui, nous parlent de nous et accèdent à l'universel, installant ainsi leur auteur, comme un Villon de la modernité, au rang des grands poètes populaires.

Depuis son retour à Sosua, en République dominicaine, Ruth se bat aux côtés d'Almah qui n'a rien perdu de son énergie, pour les siens, pour la mémoire de sa communauté, pour contribuer à faire de sa terre natale le pays dont elle rêve, alors que les touristes commencent à déferler sur l'île. Gaya, sa fille, affirme son indépendance et part faire des études de biologie marine aux États-Unis, où Arturo et Nathan mènent leurs vies d'artistes.

What happens when you're worth more dead than alive? A decorated fighter pilot is lost in combat, and his death is used to inspire waves of fresh recruits. Recruits desperately needed to fight in the long-running war. Sam Willet is one such recruit, but she's different. Different because the missing hero is her brother, and Sam has questions. Questions nobody wants asked. Questions that will probably get her killed. Raiders is a complete, standalone novel in the Secret War series. Simon Haynes has been writing fiction for over twenty years. Raiders is his twenty-third novel.

Earth fights back, but is it too late?Humanity has one last chance of turning back the rising chaos: Task Force Zero- a multinational combat unit composed of the best special operations soldiers the world has to offer. Perry knows this is their one last roll of the dice, for the alternative is defeat and enslavement. But the war is being fought on several fronts- there are those aiding the unknown enemy, and others who may hold the key to mankind's destiny... On the run, Piper discovers a shocking secret about her family. Thorne's insidious machinations begin to bear fruit as he manipulates...

À la nouvelle lune, les hordes infernales du Cœur se mettent en quête des deux seuls hommes susceptibles d'incarner le Libérateur légendaire, capable d'éradiquer les démons de la terre.

Quatre adolescents, évadés de leur orphelinat prison, reprennent la lutte perdue par leurs parents quinze ans plus tôt. Leur combat, hymne grandiose au courage et à la liberté, semble désespéré. Et pourtant...

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Through his experience of boxing - learning to get hit and to hit back; wrestling with the camaraderie of the gym; confronting the betrayals and strength of his own body - McBee examines the weight of male violence, the pervasiveness of gender stereotypes and the limitations of conventional masculinity. A wide-ranging exploration of gender in our society, Amateur is ultimately a story of hope, as McBee traces a way forward: a new masculinity, inside the ring and out of it.

Avec l'aide d'une IA de commandement, Hazel et ses amis ont réparé la brèche dans le Daedalus. Mais ce faisant, ils ont éveillé l'hostilité des « yis », les extraterrestres qui maîtrisent en réalité l'arche spatiale. Après avoir échappé de justesse au piège tendu par ces créatures, la petite bande de Hazel doit à présent convaincre les habitants du Daedalus de l'existence des yis et de la nécessité de les combattre pour survivre. Cependant, les dirigeants humains y voient un défi à leur autorité traditionnelle.