Military Adventure

Keeping up-to-date with the most buzzworthy and cutting-edge science fiction requires sifting through countless magazines, e-zines, websites, blogs, original anthologies, single-author collections, and more - a task accomplishable by only the most determined and voracious readers. For everyone else, Night Shade Books is proud to introduce the latest volume of The Best Science Fiction of the Year, collecting the finest that the genre has to offer, from the biggest names in the field to the most exciting new writers.

The 2nd moon of Jupiter has been turned into a prison planet, where for several generations robot drone ships have been dumping the scum of the universe, and are patrolled by a ring of security satellites. After a century of research, old core samples for the ice moon reveal that the frozen oceans of Europa hold the base element for an immortality drug that can extend the human lifespan several-fold. Now greedy military corporations race to exploit this new fountain of youth, only to discover they can't disable the orbiting sentry that was programmed to guard the inmates at all costs. It ...

A scarred special operative meets his match with the woman determined to save him from himself. It was just a little accident—but it changed his life. Special Xtreme Ops team, River Hepburn wakes in the hospital to the sight of Sascha—his best friend’s little sister—watching over him. Their emotional bond over her brother’s death is undeniable, but he isn’t prepared to feel more. All he wants to do is return to the line of duty. Accident and injuries are words Sascha Lacey understands, but the name connected with them take her by surprise. Agreeing to nurse River’s injuries is...

While the crew of the UN Expeditionary Force's pirate starship Flying Dutchman are enjoying a luxury vacation cruise (not!), UNEF troops are still stranded on an alien-controlled planet. Major Emily Perkins and her team are busy picking up the pieces, and it's not easy, because there is trouble on Paradise...

On a routine intelligence gathering mission in Tehran, Jack Ryan, Jr., has lunch with his oldest friend, Seth Gregory, an engineer overseeing a transcontinental railway project. As they part, Seth gives Jack a key, along with a perplexing message. The next day Jack is summoned to an apartment where two men claim Seth has disappeared—gone to ground with funds for a vital intelligence operation. Jack’s oldest friend has turned, they insist.

🔥 Revised & Reloaded – May18th 2025 Update This version of Book 3 has been fully edited and tightened to deliver the sharpest, cleanest read yet. Previous reviews refer to the original edition. The Hunted Become the Hunters... But What They Find Might Be Worse. Dr. Elise Holloway and the broken remnants of her team survived the horrors of Site Sierra, but escape is only the beginning. Hunted by the ruthless Kestrel organization and stalked by unseen forces within the ancient forests, their only hope lies with Dr. Aris Thorne—a brilliant, perhaps unstable, scientist hiding secrets ...

In this sixth and concluding book of the Tunnels series, the Styx and their cohorts of deadly Armagi have swept across England, leaving death and devastation in their wake. It seems nothing can stop them now. Only a miracle can save the day and, in the inner world at the centre of the earth, Will and Elliott might just have stumbled upon one as they uncover ancient secrets that are fundamental to al human and Styx life.

1296 AD: the whole of Western Europe trembles on the brink of war. South of the Pyrenees, the Christian and Moorish kingdoms fight and scheme against each for control of Hispania. To the north, the rival kings of England and France feverishly enlist allies as they battle for supremacy on the Continent. Even as the armies clash, spies and double agents fight their own bloody war in the shadows. From the safety of old age, En Pascal of Valencia recalls his own exploits in this brutal and treacherous era.

Two hundred years after nuclear and chemical weapons have nearly annihilated the global population, the last of mankind struggles on in isolated communities. Law and order is carried out by the Political Office, black-clad police who rule through fear and violence, commanding the world's survivors how to think, how to act, and when to obey the call to the Gathering: the ritual massing for war against an unknown and unseen enemy. Now the call has come, and all nations must pay tribute.

One man stands against the forces of darkness! After his fiancée is slain by a murderous cult, Delta Force Operator Mark Talon dedicates himself to a new mission - hunting down twisted occultists around the globe and stopping them before they can unleash the forces of darkness upon an unsuspecting world. The Occult Assassin saga continues with a series of thrilling and terrifying new dark missions. This second boxset collects the next three books in the Occult Assassin supernatural action thriller series and includes a bonus short story. Titles included in the set: Spirit Breaker, Soul ...

A mercenary captain and his legendary swordsmen battle an unstoppable enemy! Gustav von Altenburg and his elite mercenaries, the Greatswords, are called to defend a town in the shadow of the Harz Mountains. But upon arrival they find the town ravaged by disease and fear, with neighboring villages crumbling under relentless bandit raids launched from a nearby ruined castle. But a greater threat looms. A ruthless army of Landsknecht mercenaries is sweeping through the region, looting and burning everything in their path—and now they march toward the town. Gustav must rally every man able to...

"What" he is has always been the focus of how he is seen. But she sees him for "who" he is. And that wasn't supposed to happen. It’s 1995 and an adventure of improbable events begins with movie royalty and a classified weapon arriving in Cable Glen on the same day -- Two worlds such as these were never meant to collide. She captivates the public simply by being herself. Avonlea Stone is the sweetheart of film and television, living a fairy tale in the eyes of her fans, the public, and the media. Her life was an open book until she was attacked by a stalker, which shattered her faith in ...

An advanced combat droid on the loose. Only one team to turn to. Standish and her team are long overdue for some R&R, but when a spaceship carrying enough droids to defend an entire planet vanishes, her team is brought into the fold and sent to investigate. With the fate of a whole planet hanging in the balance, the Prime team is deployed in search of the missing freighter and its deadly cargo, unsure of what caused its disappearance but aware that they could be up against a machine more lethal than any they’ve faced before.

It has been a year since the initial outbreak of an infection resulting from a failed terrorist attack. No corner of the globe was spared. Millions simply died during the early days of the outbreak, many more survived with most of those survivors turned into permanently brain-damaged feral creatures. All forms of modern society had collapsed, governments no longer functioned, and electric lights and running water become a thing of the past. A handful of survivors with natural immunity to the virus are alone in a world that now belongs to the infected. Hunter Ashcroft, a wounded vet of the ...

In the protection game, sometimes you have to be ruthless… Navy SEAL Montgomery Sparrow practically lives in the danger zone. It’s his job. So when terrorists bomb the nation’s capital, he’s at ground zero, prepared to rally his elite team and neutralize the threat. He was ready for anything. Well, anything except her—and just how far he’s willing to go to protect her. Homeland Security Agent Gia Watson is used to making grown men quake in their boots. But Sparrow is different. Teaming up with him to uncover intel on the extremist group throws her for a loop in the most ...

THRILLING STEAMY MILITARY ROMANCE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . ANNABELLE WINTERS STYLE! It was supposed to be a leisurely Darkwater team-bonding cruise across the Atlantic on the good ship Rivington. But when new Darkwater man Hogan just "happens" to bump into Hannah Brooks, nanny for a wealthy financier's family on board, it kicks off a series of events that send Hogan and Hannah tumbling down that rabbit-hole we all know so well. Except this time Benson might be playing a more dangerous game than ever before. A game which Hogan and Hannah might not be the ones destined to win. The 8th ...

It was supposed to be another Gideon business trip abroad… Until the jungle became a battlefield and each shadow concealed a potential enemy. Dev and Mitch head to a remote section of the Philippines to consult with Ryoko Yamada, a past client of Gideon as the woman brokers a deal with the government that will enable her father's Japanese energy firm to begin sustainable production in the Pacific. Only a Yakuza hit-team arrives first and will stop at nothing to bring the Yamada Corporation down. Mitch and Dev plunge into the hunt, pursuing the kill-squad through the jungle to stop them ...

For centuries, the Israelites and Philistines had been in constant battle, a conflict rooted in land, wealth, and religious turmoil. From King David's legendary slaying of a giant to the Philistines' daring theft of the Ark, the two nations have been locked in a struggle for supremacy. This relentless fight for Gibbethon, a border town between the two nations, was pivotal. Held by the Philistines, it was now under attack by the Israelites, who sought to reclaim their territory. An invitation for more soldiers to support the war effort echoed across the land. From the small town of Aphek, a ...

If hate is a game, this special ops man and ATF agent are out for blood. Or maybe they’re just fighting to see who will be on TOP. Special Ops Sergeant Lincoln Reed, aka Linc, doesn’t want to talk about how small, dark places make him want to blow shit up. He wants to forget about that time of his life and get back to his team. But now he’s trapped in an elevator with the annoying—and strangely pretty—ATF agent he’s spent weeks trying to get off his back. She’s a know-it-all on a power trip… and has he mentioned she’s pretty? One minute Nealy finds herself in a defunct ...

Combat Tracker Mitch Kearns is Back! Picking up a short time after their first harrowing mission together in Dead In Their Tracks, Mitch Kearns and Dev Leitner head across the globe in pursuit of a deadly pathogen that has fallen into the hands of a rogue covert agent. Mitch and Dev must join forces with a CIA operative and an old friend from Mitch's past in order to prevent the bioweapon from devastating humanity. From the boreal forest of Sweden to the jungles of Indonesia, the eclectic group must pool all of their abilities to overcome an adversary who is as skilled in evasion and ...