Mercenary History

It was the Renaissance, a time of exploration, advancement and discovery. It was the Reformation, a time of witch-hunts, bigotry and unbridled violence. On the eve of the Thirty Years War, ruthless rulers adopt diverging Christian doctrines, to sow discord and reap rebellion. Yet, as princes put their ambitious plans in motion, it’s the landed gentry and the general gender who bear the brunt of the blows exchanged between men of rank and station. “HENRY HAVOC & RAVEN RIDERS” is an action-packed epic fiction replete with swashbuckling adventure, intrigue and historical realism. Embark ...

A parallel army lives on the margins of the Iraq war - nearly 100,000 armed men, invisible yet in plain sight, doing jobs the overstretched and understaffed military can't or won't do. The U.S. media call them "security contractors." They call themselves "mercs," and they operate under their own rules. Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru traveled with several groups of security contractors to find out what motivates them to put their lives in danger every day.

Tired after eleven years of serving as flying 'Soldiers of Fortune' in South American wars and as 'Internationalistas' in the service of Republican Spain, Ricart, Wing, and Wilson have moved to the forests of Northern Michigan after fighting to the bitter end in Spain.Gathering Spanish refugees and Upper Peninsula locals, they start to form a manufacturing firm, building primary gliders and glider launching winches. The lure of big money temps Eddie Ricart to build the largest transport aircraft in the world from "acquired" plans and force the US military establishment to employ it by ...

The Middle Ages witnessed almost constant warfare in Europe, so mercenaries were a constant on the battlefield, but the 15th century also saw the rise of mercenary usage by the increasingly wealthy aristocracy. At the time, England and France existed in smaller versions than in the modern age, while the Spanish had unified into a few large kingdoms and were slowly pushing the Moors off the Iberian Peninsula. Norway and Hungary were larger than they are now, but otherwise, most of Europe was a patchwork quilt of small, constantly warring states.

No city can survive without water, and lots of it. Today we take the stuff for granted: turn a tap and it gushes out. But it wasn't always so. For centuries London, one of the largest and richest cities in the world, struggled to supply its citizens with reliable, clean water. The Mercenary River tells the story of that struggle from the Middle Ages to the present day. Based on new research, it tells a tale of remarkable technological, scientific and organisational breakthroughs, but also a story of greed and complacency, high finance and low politics.

I had something to live for. The moment I saw him, I knew. His eyes would hypnotize. His lips would speak the most beautiful promises. His body? Made for pleasure.

Nora Berend uncovers how el Cid has been transformed across the centuries, confronting the gulf between truth and legend and examining how a military adventurer became a hero to people on opposite ends of the political spectrum. The story of the Cid forces us to confront what makes us human. What is it about this man that appeals to us? And why do we transform the most unsuitable people into heroes?

Victoria Jones was a lousy liar. Not that the sensible bookkeeper was accustomed to lying - or anything else that would have disrupted her safe, dull existence. But her world took a terrifying turn when her twin brother, Alex, an agent for T-FLAC, the elite antiterrorist task force, went missing.

Bereaved and exiled from his homeland, Ganry ekes out a living as a wandering mercenary. A contract to protect a 15-year-old princess sees him embark on a quest across the kingdom. Confronted with danger at every turn, they get help from some unlikely companions. And Ganry discovers that there is more at stake than his own survival.

Being raised by the King and Queen of the Elves has given Marin quite a diverse background. Burdened by her humanity and femininity, she must push herself and train every day to hold her own against the elves around her. But while Marin wants to be the first girl to graduate Macon Academy as a mercenary, her mother wants her to be a lady. And an attempt by an unknown enemy to kidnap Marin is not helping her case. Between the kidnapping attempt, growing feelings for her best male friend, and now a fiery magic growing within her, Marin's life is changing in ways she can't understand.

В самом разгаре Галактической войны по приказу адмирала Воронцова у двадцати тысяч верно служивших людям андроидов была стерта личность, и они превратились в бездумных роботов-солдат. Война закончилась, и уцелевшие обладатели искусственного интеллекта решили отомстить тем, кто их предал. И на одной из планет Окраины в глубокой тайне начали создаваться клоны для подмены людей, занимавших ключевые посты в иерархии Центральных миров.

Stratton carries out a small task in Central America as a favour to a CIA officer, but it leads him to become embroiled in a national rebellion. Against his own principles, the special operative becomes emotionally involved and decides to join the popular uprising. However, he is unaware that the fight is not just against the local government - the CIA is very much involved. As events spiral disastrously out of control, Stratton must face up to his biggest and most treacherous challenge yet.

Он не был первым из тех, кто задумал железной рукой облагодетельствовать человечество. Самоубийственные Галактические войны едва не погубили десятки миров и явственно показали, что люди - ошибка природы - исчерпали себя и несут лишь зло. Но он был великодушен к своим создателям и твердо верил, что сумеет подарить им вожделенный рай, пусть даже оплаченный жесточайшей ценой.

Moscow, 1985. The Soviet Union and its communist regime are in the last stages of decline, but remain opaque to the rest of the world - and still very dangerous. In this ever-shifting landscape, a senior KGB officer - code name GAMBIT - has approached the CIA Moscow station chief with top secret military weapons intelligence and asked to be exfiltrated. GAMBIT demands that his handler be a former CIA officer, Alex Garin, a former KGB officer who defected to the American side.

"Naemnik" - fantasticheskij roman Andreja Livadnogo, pervaja kniga trilogii "Naemnik" cikl "Istorii Galaktiki", zhanr boevaja fantastika, kosmicheskaja fantastika. Roug... Jeta vyzhzhennaja Galakticheskoj vojnoj planeta taila v sebe glavnuju zagadku smertel'nogo protivostojanija prarodiny chelovechestva i kolonij. Kapitan Zemnogo Al'jansa Gleb Dymov ne mog i predpolozhit', chto imenno emu pridetsja razgadat' ee.