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The Bloc war is now in full swing, with Bloc forces having secured holdings across the Pacific, the China Sea, and even as far east as Iran. The threat that the United States presents, even weakened as it has been by economic turmoil, however, is not one that they can underestimate, and with American production lines already turning out fighter aircraft that are a threat to the Bloc's Type 198 Fighters, the Council finds that it must act.

Noah, Ben, and the rest of the crew have done the impossible—defied the Warden and lived to tell the tale. But for how long? Faced with the Warden’s retribution, they’ll have to put all their combined skills and teamwork to the ultimate test to survive. And even if they make it through the gauntlet in one piece, their reward is hardly a reward at all…

After an attempt by the UPMC to rescue Dr. Dunby fails, there is little hope that she will ever be rescued. Feeling that they failed in their mission at the Battle of Delpha to protect Dr. Dunby, Thomas and Black Squad set out on their own mission. They’ll bring back Dunby or die trying. Finding Dunby in a remote area of Krod, next to a military base, Black Squad’s odds of returning with the doctor diminish with every minute they’re on the enemy planet.

In One Last Song, Ayers invites thirty musicians to consider what song they would each want to accompany them to those pearly white gates. Weaving together their explanations with evocative illustrations and poignant interludes-what your song to die to says about you, what songs famous people have died to, and more. The book offers insight into the minds of famous artists and provides an entry point for considering how integral music is to our own personal narratives.

Trapped on the other side of the galaxy, Ben, Noah, and their companions are dragged into the midst of war by the mysterious Warden. Relentlessly hunted, they must choose the best of bad options and learn the ultimate lesson to prevail.

Despite having retro-temporal communication, the war against the 610 insectoid motherships infesting the spiral arm is proving to be difficult. And lurking in the background across the void in the Sagittarius spiral arm, are more insectoid ships of unknown size and number.

As the mysterious Rot devours worlds, the Ranger Corps is losing its fight to protect the Accord's citizens. Now an even greater threat looms: Hrawnor Deg, a ruthless criminal mastermind, is on the verge of unlocking Omnipotent—an ancient technology with the rumored power to rewrite life itself. Fin and the crew of the Black Sheep are all that stand between Deg and godlike power.

In the electrifying fourth novel of the Punk series, Admiral “Punk” Reichert faces a critical mission that could redefine naval warfare. With the future of the USS Gerald Ford—and the entire aircraft carrier program—hanging in the balance, Punk must prove that America’s pride can defend itself against the most advanced hypersonic missile threats. If he fails, long-range bombers may replace carriers, and the Navy’s legacy will be forever altered.

Every child needs to have a pet. No one could argue with that. But what happens when your pet is an owl, and your owl is terrorizing the neighbourhood? In Farley Mowat’s exciting children’s story, a young boy’s pet menagerie—which includes crows, magpies, gophers and a dog—grows out of control with the addition of two cantankerous pet owls. The story of how Wol and Weeps turn the whole town upside down is warm, funny, and bursting with adventure and suspense.

Camden 1192 has proven himself to Icon, the most powerful Sheen leader in their conquest fleet. He has a new secret ally, Admiral Coraxis Glayn of the Gray Fleet. Neither are trustworthy. With his own ship and a loyal crew, he must track down the most elite members of the Protectorate shock troopers and learn their fate before everyone he cares about follows them into oblivion.

Newly Updated From the “preeminent historian of Reconstruction” (New York Times Book Review), a newly updated abridged edition of the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War period which shaped modern America. “[A] smart book of enormous strengths.”--Boston Globe In this updated...

Follow commands or save his renegade family... He must choose. No one defies the Protectorate. They’ve got relentless cyborg assassins who never quit and never fail to take out their targets. Until one defies them by becoming a parent. Camden 1192, and ninety-nine other killers, are assigned to locate and capture the traitor. Orders specify taking the child alive, if possible. Only, there's one problem. The traitor happens to be Camden's sister, and the child, his nephew.

With the Borman suddenly out of commission and far beyond reach, cislunar space begins falling into chaos as critical satellites fail and valuable lunar mineral shipments begin disappearing in transit. Nothing is as it seems, and Marshall Hunter and the rest of the crew suspect none of it is by coincidence.

From bestselling author D. Ward Cornell comes the next installment in the stunning Echoes of Extinction saga. Following the destruction of the Dominion's hyperspace conduits in Alliance space, the stranded remnant bands together to attack Earth. President Kyle Wimberly, in collaboration with his daughters in Alliance Intelligence, discovers the Dominion's plans. As they prepare, an idea comes from an unexpected source—a means to enslave the spiders.

Camden never guessed how bad his life would suck after he covered the retreat of the Arcadia and everyone he cared about. Captured by the Sheen invaders, forced to fight for them against the Protectorate, he must begin a long game of power acquisition game before avenging humanity. The most prolific cyborg assassin of the protectorate must become a hero, a role he is unsuited for. Can he keep the members of his nascent resistance movement alive?

A catastrophic accident at one of the ancient alien portals unleashes a deadly contagion across multiple inhabited worlds. Time is running out, and it's up to a courageous team of explorers, soldiers, and scientists, all familiar faces from previous adventures, to embark on a perilous intergalactic mission. Through the enigmatic portals, they will journey to distant alien worlds, each with its own unique dangers and challenges, in a desperate race to avert disaster.

The trials for the US swimming team to the games in Paris are in full swing when a young swimmer is found dead in the pool. It looks like suicide, but as detectives investigate, Miami Jones is drawn into the defense of the team's star athlete. Miami learns of a bizarre death of another swimmer eight years ago that might be linked, and might put his almost client in the crosshairs.

When the Rot spreads to an Accord-protected planet, Yormanth, Ranger Fin Brooks and the ragtag Black Sheep crew plunge into action. But what begins as a mission to save one world quickly spirals into an ancient mystery that threatens the entire galaxy. Old criminal rivals are already a step ahead of Fin and the Rangers. They know what lies buried beneath treacherous jungles, prehistoric alien ruins, and deep, subterranean oceans teeming with dangerous secrets. Echoes of the past haunt the galaxy. History threatens to repeat.

The thrilling saga continues in The Lost Cities, the third and final installment of the electrifying ENIGMA Files series. Rhett, Dinah, and Fabien are back on the path less traveled, their destiny intertwined with the threads of ancient civilizations and inscrutable artifacts.

Our intrepid heroes—Rhett, Dinah, and Fabien—are plunged once again into the world of ancient artifacts and clandestine organizations.