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Black site Black site Dalton Fury "After September 11, 2001, Delta Force troop commander Dalton Fury was given the secret mission to hunt down and kill the most wanted man in the world, the details of which were recounted in his extr… OL16142327W
The watch The watch Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya "At a stark outpost in the Kandahar mountain range, a team of American soldiers watches a young Afghan woman approach. She has come to beg for the return of her brother's body. The camp's tense, clau… OL16167740W
Hazardous duty Hazardous duty William E. Butterworth III Mexican drug cartels are shooting up the streets of Laredo and El Paso. Somali pirates are holding three U.S. tankers for ransom. The President of the United States is fed up and has what he thinks i… OL17746642W
The narrow road to the deep north The narrow road to the deep north Richard Flanagan "A novel of love and war that traces the life of one man--an Australian surgeon--from a prisoner-of-war camp on the Thai-Burma Death Railway during World War II, up to the present"-- OL17754449W
The trench angel The trench angel Michael Keenan Gutierrez "Colorado, 1919. Photographer Neal Stephens, home from the war, is blackmailed by the sheriff over his secret marriage to a black woman in France. When the sheriff is murdered and both Neal and his s… OL17885080W
Sand and fire Sand and fire Thomas W. Young "Gunnery Sergeant A. E. Blount...sets out with his strike team to kill or capture [a North African] terrorist leader, only to fly into a trap. [Friends] Sophia Gold and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Pa… OL17906009W
The dealer and the dead The dealer and the dead Gerald Seymour "In a Croatian village near the Serbian border, no one who survived will ever forget the night they waited for the weapons they needed to make a last-ditch fight against the advancing Serbs. The prom… OL19704968W
On leave On leave Daniel Anselme "When On Leave was published in Paris in 1957, as France's engagement in Algeria became ever more bloody, it told people things they did not want to hear. It vividly described what it was like for so… OL19708145W
The smoke at dawn The smoke at dawn Jeff Shaara The story of the last great push of the Army of the Cumberland sets the stage for a decisive confrontation at Chattanooga that could determine the outcome of the war. OL19709412W
The furies The furies Mark Alpert "For centuries, they have lived among us. When they were discovered, they were called witches, vampires, or devils and sentenced to a quick death. They are human just like us, except for a rare genet… OL19709427W
Waiting for Eden Waiting for Eden Elliot Ackerman Eden Malcom lies in a bed, unable to move or to speak, imprisoned in his own mind. His wife Mary spends every day on the sofa in his hospital room. He has never even met their young daughter. And he … OL19761179W
I shall be near to you I shall be near to you Erin Lindsay McCabe "An extraordinary novel about a strong-willed woman who disguises herself as a man in order to fight beside her husband in the Civil War, inspired by a real female soldier's letters home Rosetta does… OL19974543W
Until the sea shall give up her dead Until the sea shall give up her dead Sean Russell "Charles Hayden returns in the thrilling new naval adventure from bestselling author S. Thomas Russell, today's 'Patrick O'Brian for a new generation' (Kirkus Reviews). Master and Commander Charles H… OL19990212W
Blue stars Blue stars Emily Gray Tedrowe "Emily Gray Tedrowe has written an extraordinary novel about ordinary people, a graceful and gritty portrayal of what it's like for the women whose husbands and sons are deployed in Iraq. BLUE STARS … OL19993202W
The outsiders The outsiders Gerald Seymour "MI5 officer Winnie Monks has never forgotten - or forgiven - the death of a young agent on her team at the hands of a former Russian Army Major turned gangster. Now, ten years later, she learns that… OL19994415W
The knife The knife Ross Ritchell "A powerful, dark, and morally provocative debut novel about a U.S. Special Forces unit operating in Afghanistan, written by a former soldier--No Easy Day meets Redeployment.."-- OL19995833W
The Madagaskar plan The Madagaskar plan Guy Saville "Guy Saville's The Madagaskar Plan imagines a disturbing alternate history in which Nazi victory in World War II brings their "Final Solution" ever closer. The year is 1952. There is peace in Europe,… OL20005938W
Fortunes of war Fortunes of war Olivia Manning "It's the spring of 1941 and the German army's eastward march appears unstoppable. In the Egyptian desert, the young officer Simon Boulderstone, twenty years old and wet behind the ears, waits in dre… OL20006610W
Noonday Noonday Pat Barker "A new novel from the Booker Prize winning Pat Barker, author of the Regeneration Trilogy, that unforgettably portrays London during the Blitz (her first portrayal of World War II) and reconfirms her… OL20020545W
Resurrecting home Resurrecting home A. American "Against all odds, Morgan Carter and his family have endured despite the deteriorating conditions surrounding them. Armed with survivalist tactics, Morgan's crew, alongside their new friends from th… OL23213759W
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