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21) The assassin
Author
Series
Ryan Kealey novels volume 2
Language
English
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A weapon of catastrophic destruction. A nation on the brink of unspeakable disaster. And the ultimate enemy lies closer to home than anyone realizes.
Only maverick CIA agent Ryan Kealey sees the threat for what it really is--but Washington refused to listen. With the lives of millions at stake, Kealey has only one option: to take matters into his own hands. And the clock is ticking. . .
Supercharged and fiercely intelligent, The Assassin is an action-packed...
Author
Series
Ashes series (William W. Johnstone) volume 34
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
When his small plane crashes in Canada's Northwest Territory, Ben Raines is on his own, with the advantage of a survivalist's skills and a couple of dis-advantages, including the fact that he doesn't remember his name.
24) The middleman
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English
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"This stunning stand alone from the author of New York Times bestseller The Tourist, follows the people on all sides of a domestic terrorist group, from the group's converts to the FBI agents investigating them. New York Times bestselling author Olen Steinhauer's next sweeping espionage novel traces the rise and fall of a domestic left-wing terrorist group. Told from the individual perspectives of an FBI agent, an undercover agent within the group,...
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English
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A new type of missile is stolen from its Russian test site by foreign agents. This leads to an uneasy alliance between the KGB and the CIA as they join forces to stop World War III. Their search leads them to Iran, where they meet "the Baron", an international criminal who plans on detonating the missile.
26) Goliath
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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Description
Terrorism. Acts of oppression. The threat of nuclear war. What if one madman aboard a vessel could end these fears forever?Commander Rochelle "Rocky" Jackson is aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan when the "unsinkable" naval vessel and its entire fleet are attacked from the depths and sunk. As Rocky struggles to stay alive, a monstrous mechanical steel stingray surfaces, plowing through the seas it now commands.The US Navy–designed Goliath...
27) Jackknife
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Series
Language
English
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No one captures the true spirit of America like William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. Jacknife is their most pulse-pounding and timely thriller yet.
America Is Under Attack
And this time, it's not New York City or Washington.
A sleeper cell of Middle Eastern terrorists are targeting the heartland: an all-American superstore on opening day, right outside of Fort Worth, Texas. The day after Thanksgiving. As insurance, the terrorists have also...
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English
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When Todd Belknap-a legendary field agent for Consular Operations with a reputation as something of a cowboy- is cut loose from the agency after an operation goes wrong, his best friend and fellow agent is abducted in Lebanon by a militia group with a vicious reputation. When the government refuses to either rescue him or negotiate for his release, Belknap decides to take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, hedge fund analyst Andrea Bancroft gets...
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English
Description
"Personal vendetta and political idealism collide when an American spy looking to avenge his father meets the beautiful daughter of an Argentinian revolutionary. As his path becomes further entwined with hers, the spy finds himself caught in a perilous web of passions, affiliations, and lies that spans three continents and stretches back to the Cold War"--
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Recruited as a field operative, Scot Harvath has just returned from his first assignment abroad when a bombing in Rome kills a group of American college students. The evidence points to a dangerous colleague from Harvath's past and a plan for further attacks on an unimaginable scale.
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English
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"How did a group of religious fanatics, clad in black pajamas and armed to the teeth, manage to carve out a violent, fundamentalist "Islamic state" in wide swaths of Syria and Iraq? How did the widely celebrated revolution against Syrian dictator Bashar Assad descend into a movement led by a psychopathically violent band of jihadists dedicated to the destruction of America? And just who are these brutal Islamic militants--many speaking unaccented...
32) Brilliance
Author
Series
Brilliance saga volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Nick Cooper, a federal agent, has gifts rendering him exceptional at hunting terrorists. His latest target may be the most dangerous man alive, a brilliant drenched in blood and intent on provoking civil war. But to catch him, Cooper will have to violate everything he believes in--and betray his own kind.
33) Falling
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English
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"You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don't know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot's family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight." --
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English
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The riveting story of two sisters' journey to the Islamic State and the father who tries to bring them home. Åsne Seierstad puts the problem of radicalization into painfully human terms, using instant messages and other primary sources to reconstruct a family's crisis from the inside. Eventually, she takes us into the hellscape of the Syrian civil war, as Sadiq risks his life in pursuit of his daughters, refusing to let them disappear into the maelstrom....
35) Furious 7
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After the team's activities in London leave criminal mastermind Owen Shaw comatose, Shaw's brother seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family, while Somalian terrorists try to steal a computer program that can turn any device into a weapon.
Author
Series
Sniper thrillers (Jack Coughlin) volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Author
Series
Scot Harvath thrillers volume 6
Language
English
Description
In the wake of his girlfriend's brutal murder by an assassin who is in possession of a strange radioactive isotope, covert counter-terrorism agent Scot Harvath discovers clues to a conspiracy with presidential ties that puts him at odds with his own agency.
38) Scratch one
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English
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"Playboy Roger Carr is handsome, wealthy, and connected. As an occasional lawyer, he's the right man to send to the French Riviera to secure a villa for an important client. It's the perfect assignment, complete with fast cars and fast women, until strange things begin to happen and Roger realizes that someone is trying to kill him. A ruthless terrorist organization called the Associates is carrying out assassinations from Egypt to Denmark. To stop...
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A global action thriller set in the present day. This original story follows a young Jack as he uncovers a financial terrorist plot. When Ryan believes he's uncovered a Russian plot to collapse the United States economy, he goes from being an analyst to becoming a spy and must fight to save his own life and those of countless others, while also trying to protect the thing that's more important to him than anything, his relationship with his fiancé...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
When the president is kidnapped by a terrorist who seizes control of the White House (Secret Service Code: Olympus), disgraced former presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team rushes to respond, they must rely on Banning's insider knowledge to save the president and prevent an even greater catastrophe.
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