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È una prigione diversa dalle altre. Qui comanda la disciplina militare. I suoi sistemi di sicurezza non hanno uguali. Nessuno dei prigionieri può nemmeno sognare la fuga. Sanno benissimo che fuggire è impossibile... fino ad ora. Il fratello maggiore dell'agente speciale John Puller, Robert, è stato condannato per alto tradimento e attentato alla sicurezza nazionale. La sua inspiegabile evasione lo rende il criminale più ricercato del Paese. Alcuni esponenti del governo sono convinti che l'agente rappresenti la loro migliore occasione per catturare Robert vivo.

John Puller è un veterano di guerra e il miglior agente speciale del Comando dell'esercito degli Stati Uniti per le indagini penali. Suo padre era una leggenda dell'aeronautica e suo fratello, un alto ufficiale dell'esercito, sta scontando una condanna all'ergastolo per tradimento in un carcere militare di massima sicurezza. Puller non è il tipo d'uomo interessato alle medaglie, parla poco, ha uno spirito indomito, molte cicatrici e una tenacia inarrestabile per trovare la verità.

Un assassino spietato e una ragazzina. Esiste una coppia più letale? Una casa, una famiglia, una vita normale: queste sono solo alcune delle cose che Will Robie non potrà mai avere, un obiettivo impossibile da raggiungere, quasi quanto quelli che il lavoro gli impone.Narcotrafficanti, terroristi, ricchi sceicchi e criminali di ogni genere: se gli Stati Uniti ordinano, lui esegue, e questi individui spariscono dalla faccia della terra. Ma cosa succede quando entra in gioco la coscienza e non premere quel grilletto innesca una serie di pericolose reazioni a catena.

It's 1949. When war veteran Aloysius Archer is released from Carderock Prison, he is sent to Poca City on parole with a short list of dos and a much longer list of don'ts: do report regularly to his parole officer, don't go to bars, certainly don't drink alcohol, do get a job - and don't ever associate with loose women. The small town quickly proves more complicated and dangerous than Archer's years serving in the war or his time in jail.

When Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are called to London, North Dakota, they instantly sense that the thriving fracking town is ripe for trouble. The promise of a second gold rush has attracted an onslaught of newcomers all hoping for a windfall, and the community is growing faster than houses can be built. The sudden boom has also brought a slew of problems with it, including drugs, property crimes, prostitution—and now murder.

Amos Decker and his FBI partner Alex Jamison are visiting his hometown of Burlington, Ohio, when he's approached by an unfamiliar man. But he instantly recognizes the man's name: Meryl Hawkins. He's the first person Decker ever arrested for murder back when he was a young detective. Though a dozen years in prison have left Hawkins unrecognizably aged and terminally ill, one thing hasn't changed: He maintains he never committed the murders. Could it be possible that Decker made a mistake all those years ago?

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FBI Agent Atlee Pine’s search for her twin sister, Mercy, coincides with Military iInvestigator John Puller’s high-stakes case, leading them both into a global conspiracy from which neither of them will escape unscathed. Ever since Mercy was abducted after a brutal incident when the girls were just six years old, Atlee has been relentless in her search for the truth.

This is it. Vega Jane has tried to outrun, outsmart, and outlast her enemy, but the showdown she has dreaded is finally here. Her ragtag crew must take a stand against a fully trained army, knowing the odds are impossible, knowing each of them could die for nothing. But when evil comes, heroes stand to meet it. When injustice appears, the only choice is to stand and fight.

Estados Unidos tiene enemigos, algunos de ellos personas sin escrúpulos a quienes no pueden detener ni la policía ni el FBI ni el ejército siquiera. En esos casos, el gobierno recurre a Will Robie, un sicario frío e implacable que nunca hace preguntas y siempre atrapa a su presa. Pero quizá Will Robie acaba de cometer el primer—y último—error de su carrera.

Vega Jane is 14 when she is secretly given a map that reveals a mysterious world and dangerous creatures beyond the walls of Wormwood, a place no one has ever left - or wanted to. Until now. The map makes her question everything she has ever been told about the place she calls home. Her friend, Delph, and her dog, Harry Two, are the only ones Vega trusts. Trapped by secrets and lies, they want freedom and truth. But she will have to fight for freedom. And the truth may cost Vega her life.

Seven seconds. That's all it took for Web London to lose everything: his friends, his team, his reputation. Point man of the FBI's super-elite Hostage Rescue Team, Web roared into a blind alley towards a drug leader's lair, only to meet a high-tech, custom-designed ambush that killed everyone around him. Coping with the blame-filled words of anguished widows and the suspicions of colleagues, Web tries to put his life back together.

Master storyteller David Baldacci is back with Vega Jane, the heroine from his instant number-one global best-selling and award-winning fantasy series. Vega Jane discovered the truth about Wormwood. She made it through the Quag alive. She has come farther than anyone before her. But nothing can prepare her for the devastation that lies ahead. Global best-selling author David Baldacci hits hard and fast with Vega Jane and a world like nothing you've seen before.

Fourteen-year-old Vega Jane lives in the village of Wormwood, where life is nasty, brutish, and short. Villagers have been told that there is nothing outside of Wormwood except for the Quag, a foul forest filled with terrifying beasts. No one comes, no one goes, and Wormwood has stayed this way for generations. Until Vega's friend Quentin Herms disappears. Quentin leaves Vega a secret message hinting that there's a way out of Wormwood and something extraordinary on the other side.

Vega Jane was always told no one could leave the town of Wormwood. She was told there was nothing outside but the Quag, a wilderness filled with danger and death. And she believed it - until the night she stumbled across a secret that proved that everything she knew was a lie. Now, just one thing stands between Vega Jane and freedom - the Quag. In order to leave Wormwood and discover the truth about her world, Vega and her best friend, Delph, must find a way to make it across a terrifying land of bloodthirsty creatures and sinister magic.

Will Robie è fuggito dalla sua piccola città natale di Cantrell, Mississippi, dopo il liceo, interrompendo tutti i legami personali senza mai guardarsi indietro. Fino a quando suo padre, Dan Robie, pilastro della comunità e giudice della città, non viene arrestato e accusato di omicidio. Nonostante il prestigio della sua posizione, la maggior parte degli abitanti di Cantrell lo ritiene colpevole.

Die ehemalige Polizistin Mickey Gibson macht in ihrem Job reiche Steuer- und Kreditbetrüger ausfindig. Als eine neue Kollegin sie bittet, persönlich ein Inventar von einem großen Anwesen zu erstellen, denkt Mickey sich nichts dabei. Doch kaum dort angekommen, findet sie in einem geheimen Zimmer die Leiche des Besitzers. Wie sich herausstellt, ist Mickey einer Betrügerin auf den Leim gegangen. Denn die Polizei verdächtigt sie, den Mann vergiftet zu haben. Aber wer hat sie so aufs Glatteis geführt?

Der sechste Fall für Memory Man Amos Decker. FBI-Agent Amos Decker reist nach North Dakota, um den Mord an einer jungen Frau aufzuklären. Ihr verstümmelter Körper wurde in der Prärie gefunden. Ist sie zwischen die Fronten skrupelloser Ölfirmen, zwielichtiger Regierungsbeamter und religiöser Außenseiter geraten? Oder war sie einem ganz anderen Geheimnis auf der Spur? Als weitere Morde geschehen, braucht Decker sein perfektes Gedächtnis und die Unterstützung eines überraschenden Verbündeten.