Middle East Thriller

Screams Without Words is a gripping fictionalized narrative inspired by real events that expose the devastating realities of war, the fragility of peace, and the resilience of the human spirit. When West Point graduate Mike Adams is recruited by the CIA after demonstrating exceptional leadership during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, he is thrust into the heart of the Middle East. Assigned to the CIA station at the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, Mike’s mission takes a dangerous turn as the Israeli-Hamas conflict erupts into brutal warfare. Tasked with rescuing American hostages ...

"I cannot think of any more crucial topic and anyone more qualified to discuss the Iranian situation than Mr. André Le Gallo, who witnessed the Iranian revolution firsthand and [observed] how the radical Islamists took the government apart. Will Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and others follow?” --Farhad Mansourian, former military intelligence officer, Iranian Army A radical Muslim group has dedicated itself to the restoration of the Caliphate, a global Islamic empire based on cruel medieval values and the conquests of the faith's glory years. These true believers will stop at nothing, ...

Robyn Shaw has amnesia, a recent trauma so great her mind has veiled her memory. When she starts a new life teaching at a research institute devoted to exceptionally gifted children, the last thing she expects is for those blocked events to be lying in wait for her. Plagued by dreams of death and blood that threaten to overwhelm her, Robyn is fragile and vulnerable. When she meets student Martin Oakley plucking sparrows from the air and breaking their necks, she is pitched into a vicious battle that threatens her grasp of her own mind. Attacked from without and within, Robyn struggles to ...

The electrifying continuation of the Bond of Brothers stories...Magnanotron: The Evolution takes the reader two years after the action filled Russia Affair. A remarkable new discovery has come to the creators of Magnanotron and now it has evolved into something much more deadly. Follow Jason Patrick and Commander Ryan as the call of duty comes from the President. America's Military and Special Forces enter the fight to stop another even more unthinkable threat. Now under the capable leadership of legendary sniper and Special Forces soldier Sergeant Major Tex Larson – with the help of ...

When Islamic terrorists attempt to take over the hotel where Steve Church is staying in Bahrain, he uses his CIA training to blunt the attack. That same day, the Director of the National Clandestine Service calls Steve to tell him he is needed at agency headquarters–urgently. Soon thereafter, Steve and his live-in girlfriend Kella, a former French intelligence officer, are off on a dangerous mission to collect intelligence on Iran's nuclear program. In the process, they learn the Islamic state is also preparing a massive cyber attack against the United States. Like The Caliphate, its ...

Yossi Abulafia, an Israeli policeman is on reserve army duty, and is photographing antelopes instead of watching the border. His post collapses suddenly, injuring him seriously. After recovering, he discovers that during the collapse he has unwittingly taken a picture of what appears to be a murder - on the other side of the border. Now on ‘easy duty’, he goes to an Interpol conference in Amsterdam where he meets a Jordanian police office, and they are attacked by an unknown assailant. After this second injury, he is discharged from the police force and takes a job in the Prime ...

It is the year 1915, and the British and Ottoman Empires clash in a deadly struggle in the Middle East. Tasked with keeping the Ottomans out of Suez Canal, Major Andrew Selkirk discovers that his real assignment is to retrieve a Bengali spy working for those who vow to see British rule out of India. After landing on the west coast of Palestine, Selkirk discovers the Ottomans have taken the spy captive. Even more troubling are the plans by Ottomans and Germans to draw Afghanistan and Persia into the war against Great Britain.

The final book in the Billionaire's Club Trilogy! A year after her best friend Amara's wedding united them, Kim Pritchard finds herself in the hospital with the baby she conceived with billionaire internet mogul Bel Hafiz. Not only has Kim neglected to tell Bel about his son, now she will have to tell him he's fighting for his life in the NICU. Since the handsome middle eastern playboy "ghosted" her, she wonders if he even cares enough about either of them to reach out. Little does she know that Bel Hafiz has plenty to hide, including the fact that he hasn't been able to get the gorgeous, ...

The Middle East is notoriously complex and difficult. This compact book on the topic by the University of Oxford's leading expert does not shirk the challenge. Organised thematically, and dealing with all the pivotal issues in the region, from oil and religion to gender and conflict, this comprehensive primer is both easy-to-read and full of insight. Stuffed with historical background, real-life examples, profiles of key figures from Nasser to Gadaffi, and even popular jokes from the area, The Middle East: A Beginner’s Guide will captivate tourists, students, and the interested general reader alike.

Twelve years ago, Johnny Harper’s archaeologist parents disappeared. They were never found. When Johnny receives a call to say that his grandfather, who raised him, is dying, he rushes to the hospital. His grandfather, also a renowned archaeologist and explorer, whispers his last request to Johnny. It seems simple enough. But it’s not – not by a long way. There is a riddle to solve, and a secret journal that will change Johnny’s life forever. The implications are astounding – what if what is written in ‘The Book of Enoch’ is true, Angels and all? What if it touches on the ...

He thought he’d left the past behind. But the past isn’t done with him. After a chance encounter in a Dubai hotel lobby, John Hayes knows something isn’t right. But he doesn’t expect it to follow him across the border. Now relaxing in the rugged beauty of Oman with the woman he loves, John lets his guard down—until Adriana is snatched without warning by a brutal team of mercenaries. The message is clear: someone from John’s past hasn’t forgotten… or forgiven. With no time, no support, and only his instincts to rely on, John must navigate an unforgiving desert landscape to ...

He made a choice, and it cost him everything. War brought him to Afghanistan, but for James Stone, it is a chance to help those trapped between the conflict. But in a land where every decision holds powerful and deadly consequences, a single act of kindness will cost him more than he ever thought possible. Western armies sweep through the country fighting a brutal and unpredictable enemy that thrives on chaos and destruction, no matter the cost. As the monsters of Afghanistan step out of the shadows, a simple mission quickly descends into a terrifying fight for survival for Stone and his ...

In 1958 a young Bible scholar stumbles upon a version of the Gospel of Mark far older than that recorded in the New Testament. Unfortunately, his discovery brings him nothing but vilification and accusations of forgery. Eventually, the secret gospel simply disappears. Fifty-one years later, the scholar is dead, the victim of an apparent heart attack. However, evidence found in his room, coupled with a letter to Cairo-based journalist Alex Fisher, suggests murder.

Mukhtaar Saeed, raised as a Muslim and Zaid Giladi, an Israeli Mossad agent, find their lives intertwined as each fights for survival against circumstances neither one could have imagined. From his birth in a remote mountain village in Russia, his childhood years growing up in Gaza, and on the battlefields of Afghanistan, Mukhtaar Saeed finds himself in a struggle with his personal demons, the demands of his religion and discovers a fact that makes living intolerable. That discovery results in a decision that alters his life and the lives of several Mossad agents, as each seeks to dominate ...

"Like the Wind I Go" is a sweeping memoir about identity and independence, as a young man grapples with his burgeoning adulthood and an ancient empire faces its final hours of existence. It’s 1978, and Iran is swept up in a revolutionary fever. Still in college, author Vahid Imani remains cautious, even as his friends and family celebrate a new vision for the country. The people demand democracy, but is that what awaits them? Then, a mysterious tragedy. Vahid stumbles upon the corpse of his missing neighbor, hanging from the beams of his warehouse. He’s just one of many acquaintances to...

In Israel and Palestine, religious and political tensions are boiling, threatening to explode an untenable status quo. A renowned baker and his son are at odds, one turning his back on Allah, the other determined to prove himself worthy of God’s love. A rich playboy shatters his life in the States and joins Israel’s special forces searching for purpose and meaning. An Israeli vixen with a tragic past and a penchant for violence finds herself torn between her work for the Russian mob and the people she loves.

There is something of both the absolutely spectacular and positively disgraceful about Tehran. But most writers around the world are inclined to think that their own sprawling metropolis is the capital of every imaginable vice and crime, of impossible love and tenderness and cruelty and malice in measures that seldom exist anywhere else. For me, Tehran's case is no different - except that there really is a difference here. The city may be a hothouse of decadence, a den of inequity, all that. But it still exists under the watchful eye of a very unique entity, the Islamic Republic.

A crossed telephone wire causes a call from the president of the United States to his ambassador in London to be overheard by geologist Tom Bartlett. Tom, preoccupied with thoughts of the conference he is to attend in Israel, puts the incident from his mind, unaware that he might not have been the only person listening in. He has not been in Tel Aviv a day, however, before the first attempt is made on his life. As Arab, Israeli, Russian and American agents begin to converge on him, it’s clear that someone wants Tom’s briefcase—and will stop at nothing to obtain it.

It is 2006. With Thailand facing political uncertainty, Bill Jedburgh, formerly of the Royal Hong Kong Police but now a gun for hire, travels to Dubai to free his half-sister Caroline from jail. In Dubai, the Boffin Twins – known as the Golden Dustmen - force him to pay off his sister’s debt with an assignment that takes the Reliable Man deep into the labyrinthine complexity of Middle Eastern politics as he bounces from Beirut to Basra via Oman and Chad, in pursuit of a criminal gang who are trying to steal millions of dollars of misplaced US aid. Some comments from readers: “Goldsilk...

Three years have passed, and Ally's memories of her kidnapping and torture still haunt her. Determined to keep her demons at bay, David refuses to leave her side. Until....the lies woven to protect come unraveled. Ally has no choice but to return to the land that once imprisoned her.