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Best for readers who like action thrillers with dangerous journeys, relentless pursuit, and high-stakes rescues.
The Iron Tiger
Mystery · Thriller · Action Thriller · Military Thriller · War Fiction
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From New York Times bestselling author Jack Higgins, former British Navy pilot Jack Drummond is stranded in the Himalayas after his plane is destroyed. Tasked with escorting a sick child to the Indian border alongside a nurse and priest, he discovers the boy is being hunted by men willing to kill. Best for readers who like action thrillers with dangerous journeys, relentless pursuit, and high-stakes rescues.
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A pilot's struggle for survival against both nature and man from the international bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed and The Midnight Bell.
Jack Drummond has always flown by his own radar. After getting drummed out of the British Navy, he's made a rough-and-tumble living flying wherever the money takes him. But after one last weapons drop to Tibetan guerillas fighting the Communist Chinese, he's ready to hang up his wings.
Unfortunately, a short stop in the tiny Himalayan country of Balpur ends with his plane in flames and Drummond out of luck—until he's approached with a very strange offer. He must help deliver a sick child over land to the Indian border. It's not his typical job, but it's all he's got. Accompanied by a nurse and an elderly priest, he sets out to make one last delivery.
What Drummond doesn't know is that the boy is no simple mercy case. He's precious cargo. And there are men on his trail who want him badly enough to kill. Now, as war rages around them with their enemies relentlessly on the hunt, only Drummond and his motley band can save an innocent child's life.
This thrilling novel from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Sean Dillon series showcases his natural talent for breakneck pacing, electrifying plot twists, and a story that will keep you guessing until the last bullet is fired.
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A strong match for readers who enjoy World War II historical fiction centered on friendship, military service, and the personal costs of war.
The Eleventh Man
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Called “intensely suspenseful and moving” by Scott Turow, The Eleventh Man follows eleven Montana college football teammates whose lives change after Pearl Harbor. While ten serve in World War II, Ben Reinking is assigned to chronicle their experiences for military propaganda, an assignment that brings unexpected love and forces him to confront the risks of war. A strong match for readers who enjoy World War II historical fiction centered on friendship, military service, and the personal costs of war.
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After Pearl Harbor, the lives of eleven Montana college football teammates are changed forever in an "intensely suspenseful and moving" novel (Scott Turow).
In the early 1940s, the starting lineup of Treasure State University's football team are local heroes. But as America is pulled into World War II, they feel called to become heroes of another kind.
Now, ten of them are scattered around the globe in the war's lonely and dangerous theaters. The eleventh man, Ben Reinking, has been plucked from pilot training by a military propaganda machine. He is to chronicle the adventures of his teammates, man by man, for publication in small-town newspapers across the country like the one his father edits. Ready for action, Reinking chafes at the assignment—not knowing that it will bring him love from an unexpected quarter and test the law of averages, which holds that all but one of his teammates should come through the conflict unscathed . . .
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A strong match for readers drawn to sweeping historical fiction about justice, redemption, sacrifice, and social inequality.
Les Misérables
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · War Fiction
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Les Misérables follows ex-convict Jean Valjean as he tries to rebuild his life while Inspector Javert relentlessly pursues him, set against poverty, political unrest, and revolution in 19th-century France. A strong match for readers drawn to sweeping historical fiction about justice, redemption, sacrifice, and social inequality.
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A brilliant modern translation by Christine Donougher of Victor Hugo's thrilling masterpiece, with an introduction by Robert Tombs.
This is the best translation of the novel available in English, as recommended by David Bellos in The Novel of the Century.
Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty.
'A magnificent achievement. It reads easily, sometimes racily, and Hugo's narrative power is never let down ... An almost flawless translation, which brings the full flavour of one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century to new readers in the twenty-first' - William Doyle, Times Literary Supplement
'The year's most interesting publication from Penguin Classics was [...] a new translation by Christine Donougher of the novel we all know as Les Misérables. You may think that 1,300 pages is a huge investment of time when the story is so familiar, but no adaptation can convey the addictive pleasure afforded by Victor Hugo's narrative voice: by turns chatty, crotchety, buoyant and savagely ironical, it's made to seem so contemporary and fresh in Donougher's rendering that the book has all the resonance of the most topical state-of-the-nation novel' - Telegraph
'Christine Donougher's seamless and very modern translation of Les Misérables has an astonishing effect in that it reminds readers that Hugo was going further than any Dickensian lament about social conditions [...]The Wretched touches the soul' - Herald Scotland
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A #1 bestseller, When The East Wind Blows follows Elisabeth and her four children during the final six months of World War II as they flee the advancing…
When The East Wind Blows
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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A #1 bestseller, When The East Wind Blows follows Elisabeth and her four children during the final six months of World War II as they flee the advancing Russian front in Nazi Germany and face bombing in the West. Based on a true story, it has a 4.2-star rating from more than 600 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for historical fiction readers interested in civilian survival, family, and the final months of World War II.
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A fast-paced World War II historical novel based on the true story of holocaust survivors
This historical novel, based on a true story, brings World War Two to a new level of reality and a descriptive intensity that will leave the reader spellbound.
It brings to life the dramatic experiences of a woman caught between a ruthless government and the will to survive with her children during the last six months of World War 2 in Nazi Germany as she flees the incoming Russian front in the East and right into the carpet bombing in the West.
This book brings this war down to a human level in a way that will leave the reader with a stunning new perspective never told in America and represents the missing link in the historical annals of this time.
A sequel called WEST WIND is being written at this time and deals with the chaotic aftermath of the collapse of the Third Reich and the survival of Elisabeth, her four children and Helga, the maid. It also describes her husband's experiences in an American prison camp in the south of France.
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A good pick for readers who like historical spy thrillers built around wartime intelligence, pursuit, and undercover intrigue.
Prince of Spies
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller · Political Thriller · War Fiction · World War 2
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Young detective Richard Prince hunts a German spy who comes ashore on a Lincolnshire beach in 1942, pulling him into a WWII espionage case, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 4,000 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for readers who like historical spy thrillers built around wartime intelligence, pursuit, and undercover intrigue.
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Find the truth; risk everything. A gripping WWII spy novel full of intrigue and peril from a modern master.
1942: A German spy comes ashore on a desolate stretch of Lincolnshire beach. But he is hunted down by a young detective, Richard Prince. The secret services have need of a man like him...
In occupied Europe, Denmark is a hotbed of problems for British intelligence. Rumours of a war-ending weapon being developed by the Germans are rife.
Sent to Copenhagen, Prince is soon caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Dodging Gestapo agents, SS muscle and the danger of betrayal, his survival and the war effort hangs in the balance.
Gripping and intense, Prince of Spies is the first in a new espionage series that will delight fans of Alan Furst, Philip Kerr and John le Carr.
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A strong match for readers drawn to military historical fiction, ancient-world politics, naval combat, and loyalty tested under pressure.
The Mercenary of Rome Trilogy
Historical Fiction · Pre-History | Ancient History · War Fiction
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Called “Strong characters, excellent action” by Conn Iggulden, The Mercenary of Rome Trilogy collects three historical novels following Roman sailor Atticus Perennis through naval warfare, piracy, mercenary uprisings, prejudice, and political betrayal during Rome’s conflict with Carthage. A strong match for readers drawn to military historical fiction, ancient-world politics, naval combat, and loyalty tested under pressure.
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Experience the glory and gore of the ancient world with all three of John Stack’s astonishingly vivid Mercenary of Rome novels—now in one volume!
From Sunday Times bestselling author John Stack comes a sweeping trilogy of blood, betrayal, and brotherhood at the heart of the Roman navy.
PRAISE FOR JOHN STACK:
‘Strong characters, excellent action.’ — Conn Iggulden
‘Peopled with characters both fictional and historical, this debut novel gives a fascinating and evocative insight into the high politics and military life of the times.’ — Daily Mail
Sicily, 241 BC. Carthage has been battered by years of war—but Rome’s ambition is only just beginning.
Veteran Roman sailor and outsider Atticus Perennis commands the Orcus, a powerful quinquereme warship. Fighting pirates, mercenaries, and Rome’s own deadly politics, Atticus must prove his loyalty again and again—while surviving treachery on all fronts.
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Best for readers who like historical thrillers with espionage, wartime stakes, Nazi-occupied Europe, and fast-moving plots.
THE SHADOWS OF WAR
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Called “Well researched and splendidly exciting” by Frederick Nolan and “Nerve-racking entertainment” by the Irish Times, this four-book set follows spies, resistance fighters, surgeons, and operatives through dangerous World War II missions. Best for readers who like historical thrillers with espionage, wartime stakes, Nazi-occupied Europe, and fast-moving plots.
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GET *FOUR* THRILLING WORLD WAR II ADVENTURES IN ONE GREAT-VALUE BOX SET.
PRAISE FOR PETER MACALAN:
‘Well researched and splendidly exciting. Peter MacAlan is a real find.’ Frederick Nolan, author of Brass Target
‘Nerve-racking entertainment. An engrossing thriller.’ Irish Times
‘A fascinating story, painstakingly researched, and gripping to the last.’ Manchester Evening News
‘Charged with suspense.’ Edinburgh Evening News
‘A sizzling thriller . . . moves at a sparkling pace.’ Glasgow Post
Dive into four gripping WWII thrillers where spies, resistance fighters and daring operatives put everything on the line to change the course of the war. From the frozen fjords of Norway to the heart of Nazi Germany, each mission brings life-and-death stakes. These fast-paced adventures, packed with historical intrigue and unforgettable characters, will have you gripped from the first page to the last.
Perfect for fans of Robert Harris, Ken Follett, John le Carré, Jack Higgins and Alistair MacLean.
IN THIS FOUR-BOOK COLLECTION:
BOOK 1: The Valkyrie Directive
Norway, April 1940. With the Third Reich's swift advance, Britain’s leadership is in turmoil. A prominent British figure is gravely ill, and only three surgeons in Europe can save him—two German, and one, Dr. Didrik Stenersen, a prisoner in Nazi-occupied Norway. Churchill orders Operation Valkyrie, a high-risk rescue mission to bring Stenersen to London, but with spies everywhere and German intelligence hot on their trail, the stakes couldn't be higher.
BOOK 2: The Windsor Protocol
August 1940. Hitler plans to reinstall the Duke of Windsor as puppet king, a move that could spark a civil war and cripple Britain’s defences. With the German army poised to invade, British intelligence races to stop the Duke’s manipulation. If the Nazis succeed, the course of the war could be changed forever.
BOOK 3: The Judas Battalion
1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Austin Roberts has a daring plan to assassinate Hitler and end the war. Operation Hagan will send a British agent deep undercover in the Nazi British Free Corps, posing as one of Hitler’s bodyguards. They just need someone willing to risk everything. Charlie Collins, a convicted mutineer, seizes the chance to escape prison and embark on a deadly mission: to stop Hitler’s propaganda and end the war—no matter the cost.
BOOK 4: The Doomsday Decree
Germany 1945. With the Allies closing in on Berlin, Hitler’s last hope lies in the V4, a devastating new weapon. Paul Horder, a surgeon, uncovers Projekt Wotan—Hitler’s nuclear bomb project—when a mysterious SS corporal disappears. As Paul’s colleague and family are seized by the Gestapo, he is determined to stop the deadly weapon before it’s too late.
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A good pick for readers who like WW2 military fiction, espionage puzzles, battlefield action, and historical thrillers.
Drake’s War
Historical Fiction · Men's Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Called “spellbinding,” Drake's War follows Second Lieutenant Tennyson “Ted” Drake, a former schoolmaster caught behind the lines in the Ardennes in May 1940 with a bloodstained coded notebook and a mysterious raven sketch. As Blitzkrieg overwhelms the Allied defences, Drake must uncover the raven’s secret before it changes the war, with a 4.0-star rating from more than 700 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for readers who like WW2 military fiction, espionage puzzles, battlefield action, and historical thrillers.
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“A quick-paced, well-plotted novel…a propulsive, mystery-driven narrative.” KIRKUS REVIEWS
“Absolutely fascinating and highly informative… battles are described in electrifying detail.” V E H Masters of The Historical Novel Society
"As a portrait of military history, it doesn’t get much better. Unflinching realism… a genuine tour de force of nail-biting tension. Action sequences are exceptional. Frankly, they thrill." E.V. Seymour, best-selling author of The Patient
"If you liked Sharpe's Rifles, you'll love Drake's War" - Selected for the Bernard Cornwell reading club
It's May 1940.
The Allies are at a standoff with Hitler's Germany.
Second Lieutenant Tennyson "Ted" Drake, until recently a barracks schoolmaster, is on a shadowy reconnaissance trip deep in the Ardennes forest.
But when the German panzers burst across the border, Drake's commanding officer is killed, leaving Drake in a place he should not be, with no orders, just a bloodstained notebook filled with code - and a mysterious sketch of a raven.
As the Allied defences crumble before the onslaught of the Blitzkrieg, Drake must stay alive long enough to discover the raven’s secret - and stop its catastrophic consequences on the outcome of the war…
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A good pick for fans of family-centered WWII historical fiction with military detail, home-front tension, and multiple perspectives.
A Time to Serve
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Called “a suspenseful saga of one family's inspiring fight” by Lee Jackson, A Time to Serve follows the Cooper family as World War II pulls them from newlywed life and the home front into paratrooper training, wartime industry, dangerous work, and the brutal fighting in the Philippines, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 3,700 Amazon reviewers. A good pick for fans of family-centered WWII historical fiction with military detail, home-front tension, and multiple perspectives.
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As World War II begins, the Cooper family is thrust headlong into the fray, where they must face the ultimate test of courage—from the home front to the battlefield.
"...a suspenseful saga of one family's inspiring fight..." —Lee Jackson, author of After Dunkirk
It’s 1941. Clyde and Abigail Cooper are happy newlyweds. She’s from Seattle’s upper crust, and he’s from the wrong side of the tracks. Yet the two are deeply in love. All Clyde wants is to give Abby the life she deserves.
But his plans are dashed with the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
However much he loves his new wife, Clyde can’t ignore his duty to serve. His cousin Shawn Cooper enlisted months before, anticipating the coming war. He regales Clyde with his experiences with a fledgling, experimental US Army unit known as the paratroopers. Soon Clyde enlists with plans for the Airborne, hoping the longer training cycle will outlast the war…
Abby is devastated to part with her new husband, and she knows she needs to find something to occupy her time. While the war has brought many new opportunities for women in the workforce, Abby stumbles into something quite exciting…and dangerous.
For Abby’s father, Victor Brooks, America’s entry into the war means profit. Brooks Industries was on the brink of collapse, but the war has changed everything. The only thing that can stop him is his own insatiable greed.
Thousands of miles away in the Philippines, Clyde’s brother Frank, a US Army soldier, fights for his life against a relentless Japanese onslaught. Ill-equipped, with no chance of resupply, Frank and his unit fight a well-trained Japanese Army on the Bataan Peninsula. After months of bloody fighting, Frank finds himself on the final Allied strongpoint remaining in the Philippines—Corregidor Island.
A Time to Serve is the first book in this epic new WWII historical fiction series, told through the eyes of the different members of the Cooper family, and following the war through its conclusion. Recommended for fans of Jeff Shaara and Ken Follett.
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Good for readers who want World War II thrillers with military action, sniper duels, and battlefield survival.
Pacific Sniper
Historical Fiction · Thriller · War Fiction · World War 2
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Pacific Sniper follows Appalachian rifleman Deacon Cole after Pearl Harbor as he joins the fight against Imperial Japan and faces a deadly enemy marksman in the battle for a Pacific island, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 3,800 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want World War II thrillers with military action, sniper duels, and battlefield survival.
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In December 1941, the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor plunges the United States into war. Fresh from the hardscrabble mountains of Appalachia, Deacon Cole joins the fight against Imperial Japan. In his first test against the enemy, he will use all his skill with a rifle against a deadly Japanese marksman. Across the beaches and jungles, they take part in the savage battle for control of a Pacific island. Can he protect his squad, or will they fall, one by one, under the enemy’s crosshairs?
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Best for readers who like Roman military fiction, historical adventure, political danger, and hard-fought battles.
Wounds of Honour
Historical Fiction · Pre-History | Ancient History · War Fiction
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A bestselling series opener called “A master of the genre” by The Times, Wounds of Honour follows Marcus Valerius Aquila, a condemned Roman officer who takes a new name and hides on Hadrian's Wall until rebellion forces him into brutal frontline command, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 1,900 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like Roman military fiction, historical adventure, political danger, and hard-fought battles.
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MEET MARCUS VALERIUS, THE LEGENDARY HERO.
'A master of the genre' The Times
Marcus Valerius Aquila has scarcely landed in Britannia when he has to run for his life - condemned to dishonourable death by power-crazed emperor Commodus.
The plan is to take a new name, serve in an obscure regiment on Hadrian's Wall and lie low until he can hope for justice.
Then a rebel army sweeps down from the wastes north of the Wall, and Marcus has to prove he's hard enough to lead a century in the front line of a brutal, violent war.
Thrilling, authentic and action-packed, Wounds of Honour launched the incredible EMPIRE series, and catapulted Anthony Riches to the very top of the historical adventure genre.
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This historical spy novel fits readers who want political intrigue, institutional tension, and a wide-canvas look at intelligence work.
The Company
Mystery · Historical Fiction · Thriller · Spy Thriller · War Fiction
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The Company turns Cold War espionage into a sprawling study of loyalty, power, and the cost of living behind false identities. Across decades of CIA history, agents move through Berlin, Hungary, Cuba, Afghanistan, and Moscow while fighting enemies abroad and fractures within their own ranks. This historical spy novel fits readers who want political intrigue, institutional tension, and a wide-canvas look at intelligence work.
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This realistic New York Times–bestselling epic spy novel captures the thrilling story of CIA agents in the latter half of the Twentieth Century.
The New York Times bestselling spy novel The Company lays bare the history and inner workings of the CIA. This critically acclaimed blockbuster from internationally renowned novelist Robert Littell seamlessly weaves together history and fiction to create a multigenerational, wickedly nostalgic saga of the CIA—known as "the Company" to insiders. Racing across a landscape spanning the legendary Berlin Base of the '50s, the Soviet invasion of Hungary, the Bay of Pigs, Afghanistan, and the Gorbachev putsch, The Company tells the thrilling story of agents imprisoned in double lives, fighting an amoral, elusive, formidable enemy—and each other—in an internecine battle within the Company itself.
"Compulsive reading from start to finish." —The Boston Globe
"Hugely entertaining . . . A serious look at how our nation exercises power. . . . Popular fiction at its finest." —The Washington Post Book World
"As it happens, this longest spy novel ever written turns out to be one of the best." —Chicago Tribune
"Reads like a breeze . . . guaranteed to suck you right back into the Alice-in-Wonderland world of spy vs. spy." —Newsweek
"If Robert Littell didn't invent the American spy novel, he should have." —Tom Clancy
"It's gung-ho, hard-drinking, table-turning fun." —Publishers Weekly
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