Government Thrillers

Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his loved ones are dead, and his old allies gone. Pursued by enemies and demoralized by a divided community, he's found sanctuary on a former cotton plantation above the Mississippi River. But Penn's self-imposed exile comes to an abrupt end when a brawl at a Bienville rap concert triggers a shooting - one that nearly takes the life of his daughter Annie.

It's a beautiful summer night in Portland, Oregon. Ami Vergano, a young attorney and single mother, arrives at her son Ryan's little league game with their tenant and new friend, Dan Morelli. When the assistant coach calls in sick, Morelli seems happy to help out. But then one player roughly blocks another and a fight erupts. Before the game ends, Ami witnesses violence that shocks and horrifies her and makes her question everything she thought she knew about Morelli.

They took away our history. But they can’t steal our souls. I'm Ellan Weis, a teen kickboxer. Something happens to me, where I can sense disaster. Before it happens. I live in a world where everyone has a com chip in their wrist...where the only truth of the past cataclysm lies in darkweb. The schools are rough, bullies walk the halls, gangs work the streets. My mother’s a key player in rolling out the new haloband, a smart-VR headgear technology at Starcom. My brother’s a hacker working at the same company. A conspiracy is among us. Something to do with the haloband. My family is in ...

"When we are happy, we are always good," says Lord Henry, "but when we are good, we are not always happy." Lord Henry’s lazy, clever words lead the young Dorian Gray into a world where it is better to be beautiful than to be good; a world where anything can be forgiven - even murder - if it can make people laugh at a dinner party. Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Oscar Wilde original by Jill Nevile.

When Imran Awan, an IT aide for Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), was arrested by the FBI as he tried to fly away to Pakistan, the media didn’t know what to make of the story. Was this just a bank fraud case or something more? Why was this team of congressional IT administrators paid chief-of-staff-level salaries? Why did they provide fraudulent data to Capitol Police? How had they evaded background checks?

When Fiona Rockford's father becomes the President of the United States, vowing to preserve, protect and defend the nation, she believes all of her dreams are finally coming true. That is until she learns there are terrifying secrets far beyond the realm of possibility living in the bowels of the White House. To survive, Fiona must decide if she will endure the nightmare of her reality or risk her life to escape it.

He tried to be a hero, but the bomb still went off. Months after failing to save his city, Griffon longs for redemption. But he cannot turn back the anarchy that has overtaken Chicago. For one killer, it’s the perfect setting to unleash a deadly new virus. And he plans to use Griffon as Patient Zero. In a race against death, Griffon’s quest for redemption might be the downfall of everyone.

An assassin on a mission in an African country ... But can he do it? And will he kill the right man? Ben Gabriel is damaged. There is not a nicer way of putting it. Discharged from the British Special Forces, he is now trying to pick up the pieces of a life that has fallen apart. And Ouagadougou, capital city of Burkina Faso, deep in the heart of Africa, is probably not the best place to do that. Because Gabriel is here to kill a man ... But can he do it? Will he overcome the damage that haunts him and make the right decision? Or is Gabriel no more than a weapon in the hands of his masters?...

Once, it looked like humanity was capable of global peace. It wasn’t. Now the world is a wasteland, and a divided humanity stands on the brink of another war after a king’s brutal execution. Caught in the middle of a political uprising, former Chief of Security Ziavir Yiros flees the palace with a secret that would unravel an empire. With a vindictive assassin on his trail, Ziavir races against time and a country turning against him to protect the one woman who carries the key to humanity’s survival. Can Ziavir defeat his greatest rival and insure the last hope for humanity? Or will ...

A secret organization. A deadly program. A global power struggle hidden in plain sight. When a covert research facility in the Mongolian mountains is destroyed in a brutal attack, a sinister chain of events is unleashed. Behind it all lurks a legendary secret society "The Brotherhood" an elite shadow network that controls governments, militaries, and corporations across the world. A powerful Chinese billionaire with ties to criminal empires seeks to hijack the Brotherhood’s ultimate prize: global domination. But when their worlds collide, only one force can stop them from igniting a war ...

Set at the heart of political power in Washington, DC, Absolute Power was the novel which launched David Baldacci's career as a worldwide best seller of thrilling fiction. The movie, starring Clint Eastwood, was a major box office success across the world. In a heavily guarded mansion in the Virginian countryside, professional burglar and break-in artist Luther Whitney is trapped behind a one-way mirror. What he witnesses destroys his faith in not only justice but all he holds dear.

Walter Eekhaut, a veteran of the Belgian police force who has a problem with authority, is dispatched to Amsterdam to aid the Dutch security service in investigating the activities of a well-connected Russian oligarch, with ties to Putin. Some of the Russian's business is legitimate, but some may well not be. In Amsterdam, Eekhaut is seconded to Chief Superintendent Alexandra Dewaal and her team, and begins to learn about the city's shady underside.

A secret from the past holds the key to saving the future. Calla Cress, top government codebreaker, thought she had defeated the world's most dangerous man. But when she made the fatal mistake of letting him live, she never could have imagined what would follow. The billionaire criminal mastermind, locked away in a high-security prison, is now luring the globe's smartest minds into his cell, where they emerge in comas and his lethal hacks infiltrate government systems worldwide. As a museum curator turned undercover agent, Calla is at the center of a dangerous game. She holds a secret, ...

لعل الرواية هي النوع الأدبي الأكثر ملاءمة للتعبير عن حركة التاريخ وصانعيه، لا بل إعادة صياغته وقراءته قراءة واعية. فإن فهمت الماضي فسيرشدك إلى حل ألغاز الحاضر وربما استشعار المستقبل

Oliver, a gunslinger from Purgatory, must rescue a family of telepaths who are key to the end of days. Enter a world of auras, telekinesis, insanity and heart stopping adventure. Margret Stewart’s family has been ripped apart by a secret government experiment which gave them telekinetic powers. This experiment’s success has drawn the attention not only of powerful government forces who want to capture, imprison and use them for their own purposes, but also supernatural powers that see the family as a vital link in the war between good and evil. It is written that they will have a child ...

As he steps out of his hotel in Atlanta with the love of his life, the last thing President Tucker expects is to be greeted by the flashing cameras of the media. Or for his affair to be revealed to the world. The President must act to stop the scandal from spiralling out of control, just weeks before the vote for a second term. But not before he figures out how to keep the First Lady on his side. Grace Tucker, however, has other plans. Betrayed and deeply hurt, she heads for a safe haven outside the capital. But when her security detail loses all trace of her, all hell breaks loose.

This mystery adventure novel takes the reader on a dangerous journey to Greece. FBI agent Gene McKay must find a missing Greek scientist before the Chinese and Russians can capture the man and confiscate his revolutionary oil drilling invention. The Agency’s instructions to Gene are clear: find the inventor, bring him safely back to the United States, and cure your drinking problem, or your employment will be terminated.

In suburban Australia, Mim and her two children live as quietly as they can. Around them, a near-future world is descending into chaos: government officials have taken absolute control, but not everybody wants to obey the rules. When Mim’s husband, Ben, mysteriously disappears, Mim realises that she and her children are in great danger. Together, they must set off on the journey of a lifetime to find Ben. The government are trying to track them down, but Mim will do anything to keep her family safe—even if it means risking all their lives.

Cliff Todd devoted his life to bringing bomb makers to justice. He and his colleagues at the Ministry of Defence's Forensic Explosives Laboratory are the unsung heroes of terrorist bomb attacks—the men and women in white suits who piece together who planted the bombs, what a device consisted of and how the perpetrators might give themselves away. They played a pivotal role in uncovering the secrets behind some of the world's most horrifying terrorist outrages. Explosive tells the stories of these high-profile cases.

Within the elaborate game of geopolitical strategy, ISIS caliphate, terrorist provocations, and global markets, Putin launches guerrilla warfare under the sea with the use of Seaborne Spetsnaz and submarines. He knows his plan will only work if the attacks are perpetrated by Islamic extremist. A war in which Putin has the ultimate advantage of stealth and surprise.