In a near-future new age of corporate control, hacker mercenaries, and electronic terrorism, a public relations executive on the rise finds herself caught in the violent epicenter of a data war.
Two decades into the twenty-first century, the world’s nations are becoming irrelevant. Corporations are the true global powers, with information the most valuable currency, while the smaller island nations have become sanctuaries for data pirates and terrorists. A globe-trotting PR executive for the large corporate economic democracy Rizome Industries Group, Laura Webster is present when a foreign representative is assassinated on Rizome soil during a conference for offshore data havens. Dispatched immediately on an international mission of diplomacy, Laura hopes she can make a difference in a volatile, unsteady world, but instead finds herself trapped on the front lines of rapidly escalating third-world hostilities and caught up in an inescapable net of conspiracy, terrorism, post-millennial voodoo, and electronic warfare.
During the 1980s, science fiction luminary Bruce Sterling envisioned the future . . . and hit it almost dead-on. The author who, along with William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, and Rudy Rucker, helped create and define the cyberpunk subgenre imagines a world of tomorrow in Islands in the Net that bears a striking—and disturbing—resemblance to our present-day information-age reality. Nominated for the Hugo and Locus Awards and winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, Sterling’s extraordinary novel is a gripping, eye-opening, and remarkably prescient science fiction classic.
Countdown in Kapstadt. 5 Uhr 37. Ein Telefonanruf reißt Inspector Griessel aus dem Schlaf. Eine junge Amerikanerin ist ermordet aufgefunden worden, eine andere wird durch die Stadt gejagt, und eine berühmte Sängerin hat offenbar ihren Mann erschossen. Und dann ruft auch noch seine Frau an. Sie will ihn treffen, um ihm zu sagen, wie es mit ihnen weitergehen soll. Bennie Griessel hat dreizehn Stunden, die Morde aufzuklären - und sein Leben wieder in Ordnung zu bringen. Zwei Morde halten die Polizei von Kapstadt in Atem. Eine junge Amerikanerin wird gefunden - mit einem Messer tödlich verletzt. Offenbar eine Touristin, die möglicherweise Drogen geschmuggelt hat. Doch wo ist ihre Freundin Rachel, mit der sie am Tag zuvor aus Namibia gekommen ist? Inspector Griessel erfährt, dass Rachel durch die Stadt gejagt wird. Zur selben Zeit findet ein Hausmädchen einen Musikproduzenten tot in seinem Haus. In all dem Schlamassel ruft seine Frau Griessel an und bittet um ein Treffen: Sie will ihm endlich sagen, was aus ihrer Ehe werden soll. -
Ein hochspannender Krimi über den Mord am schwedischen Ministerpräsidenten Olof Palme, der bis heute aktuell ist: Wer hat den Politiker 1986 kaltblütig auf offener Straße ermordet? Ein Mann kauft in Südafrika eine Waffe, und ein Schuldiger verlässt das Land. Doch wie hängt das alles mit dem Mord in Stockholm zusammen? Diese fiktive Erzählung führt einen hinter die Kulissen einer Zeit, in der jeder potenziell schuldig sein konnte, die Polizei im Dunkeln tappte und sich die Angst in Schweden breit machte... -
Eigentlich dachte Untersuchungsrichter Jacques Ricou, er wüsste, zu welchen Scheußlichkeiten Menschen fähig sind. Doch als er durch einen banalen Anlass auf angesehene Männer stößt, die alle menschlichen Werte missachten, kann er nicht mehr so tun, als handele es sich hierbei um Alltägliches. Jacques Ricou ist entschlossen, die Verbindungen zwischen Waffenhändlern und Ölmagnaten, zynischen Politikern und skrupellosen Geheimdienstagenten mit ihren illegalen Geschäften in Angola aufzudecken. Doch je näher er sich mit dem Fall befasst, je brisanter die Lage für seine Gegenspieler wird, desto gefährlicher wird sie für ihn. Konfrontiert mit den tiefsten Niederungen der menschlichen Habgier, schlägt er selbst die Warnungen von Lyse, der geliebten Frau, die mehr weiß, als gut für sie ist, in den Wind und fliegt nach Luanda. Und damit in den fast sicheren Tod.-
Ex-special forces soldier Alex Abbott escaped the Middle East under a cloud and now lives hand-to-mouth in Singapore. Scraping a living as a gun for hire and estranged from his family, Abbott is haunted by ghosts of the past, drinking to dull the pain. Life's tough, but there is one upside - at least he's not in Baghdad.
That's about to change.
When a job goes badly wrong, Abbott's in hot water. Next he learns that his military son, Nathan, is missing in Iraq. Knowing something is wrong, needing to find his son and desperate for redemption, Abbott has no choice but to go back.
Returning to Baghdad, Abbott renews old acquaintances and begins his search for Nathan. The body count rises as old wounds open and he struggles to confront his demons, self-medicating the only way he knows how. But when one of his old crew turns up dead in mysterious circumstances and the link with Nathan is clear, Abbott begins to suspect a trap.
But who is the hunter? And who is the hunted?
An explosive thriller sees the Blindeye team take down a terrifying threat to UK national security, from former MI5 officer, Tom Marcus, author of the bestselling Soldier Spy.
When no one knows you exist, you don’t have to play by the rules . . .
Meet former MI5 officer Matt Logan, now part of a totally deniable government organization known as ‘Blindeye’, with full licence to do whatever it takes to neutralize threats to the UK’s national security.
When intelligence comes through that the Kremlin plans to launch a terror attack in London, Logan and the team set in motion a surveillance operation on a billionaire Russian oligarch who may be connected with the incoming threat.
As they dig into the man’s life, they soon discover a network of incredibly dangerous individuals whose plans could tear the nation apart. Battling personal demons of his own, Logan must defend his country from a terrifying enemy, or die trying . . .
Defend or Die is the second in Tom Marcus's breathtaking series featuring tortured MI5 operative Matt Logan, following on from Capture or Kill.
From an Edgar Award-winning author – “Evocative language, tight plotting, and memorable characters” make this historical mystery set in colonial America a standout. —Publishers Weekly, starred review
With the aid of the Native American Shaman Conawago, Duncan McCallum has begun to heal from the massacre of his Highland clan by the British. But his new life is shattered when he and Conawago discover a dying Virginian officer nailed to an Indian shrine tree. To their horror, the authorities arrest Conawago and schedule his hanging. As Duncan begins a desperate search for the truth, he finds himself in a maelstrom of deception and violence.
The year is 1760, and while the British army wishes to dismiss the killing as another casualty of its war with France, Duncan discovers a pattern of ritualistic murders related to provincial treaty negotiations and struggles between tribal factions. Ultimately he realizes that to find justice, he must brave the sprawling colonial capital of Philadelphia. There the answers are to be found in a tangle of Quakers, Christian Indians, and a scientist obsessed with the electrical experiments of the celebrated Dr. Franklin. With the tragic resolution in sight, Duncan understands the real mysteries underlying his quest lie in the hearts of natives who, like his Highland Scots, have glimpsed the end of their world approaching.
“The pleasures of Eliot Pattison’s books, and Eye of the Raven is another smashing example, are threefold: high adventure in perilous landscapes, a hero stubbornly seeking the truth, and the haunting mysteries of ancient cultures.” —Otto Penzler, editor of The Big Book of Female Detectives
After a devastating political assassination, two reporters stand between the truth and a conspiracy that will shock the world.
Tom Novak and Stella Mitchell are covering the aftermath of a chilling terror attack on the British Prime Minister and a U.S. Cabinet member. But the further the American and English pair investigate, the more holes they find in the official version of events.
With help from a maverick CIA officer and a brilliant intelligence analyst, Novak and Mitchell uncover evidence of an extraordinary conspiracy involving the White House, the British government, and a shadowy deep-state organization.
As conspirators close in from all sides, Novak and Mitchell must risk everything to track down the one source who can break their story and expose the truth. On the run for their lives, they will find out just how far those in power are willing to go to preserve their secrets...
An Amazon UK No.1 Political Thriller and multi-bestseller, Official Secrets is “explosive” (bestselling author Mason Cross), packed with globetrotting action and rollercoaster twists.
If you like David Baldacci, J.B. Turner, Stieg Larsson, and Brad Thor, this addictive series will leave you telling yourself ‘just one more page’.
From the bestselling author of the Night School series and The Echo Killing, comes a new political young adult thriller.
Eight months ago, Gray Langtry’s mother became prime minister… now someone wants her dead
Gray’s life has been in turmoil ever since her mother was chosen to lead the country. First, they had to leave their home and move into the prime minister’s official residence at Number 10 Downing Street. Now, everywhere she goes, she must be accompanied by bodyguards. Worst of all, the media won’t leave her alone — she’s in every tabloid, and her behaviour, her appearance, the length of her skirts… everything is judged. The scars from her parents’ divorce and her mother’s abrupt remarriage are still raw. She doesn’t like her stepfather. She doesn’t like this life.
When she’s photographed drunk outside a London nightclub, it makes headlines. Gray is grounded and given new bodyguards – younger, cooler, and harder to fool than the last batch. It’s Julia, the new bodyguard, who tells her that a new terrorist organisation issued a threat, and the threat is credible. They say they’re going to kill her mother and Gray. When Gray tries to find out more though, no one will tell her. One of the few people who understands what’s happening is Jake McIntyre — the son of her mother’s political enemy. But can she trust him?
Late one night, while sneaking through dark government halls, she overhears a terrifying conversation. The situation is much worse than even her mother’s security team suspects. But will anyone believe the prime minister’s wild child daughter? Afraid for herself, her mother, and her country, Gray is determined to find proof. But she must move fast.
The clock is ticking.
Eilidh's explosive dossier reveals massive corruption and criminality breeding in the dark heart of the UK Establishment – sound familiar?
Her investigation exposes layer after layer of fraud in government procurement, and other shady dealings? Pin-striped backsides are on the line. Organized crime is involved. The police too.
As a result, Eilidh is taken with callous efficiency and dragged off into an insane world of confusion, despair, whimsical cruelty and murder. The disparate members of the corrupt partnership operate to their own agendas and act
Her big brother Sam comes to London for a visit. Okay, he has an interesting past, but he isn't expecting a brutal reception. SURPRISE!
A deadlocked election. A brutal fight for the Presidency. Will deadly intrigue in this thrilling story of ruthless political blackmail and intimidation control the deciding vote
After serving his country well, retired Navy SEAL Jack does his best to keep a low profile. But when an election standoff plunges the nation into turmoil, he leaves his Miami detective agency to help elect his ambitious father. While Jack steps into the ruthless fight, unscrupulous powermongers go beyond the law to sway the results at any cost.
With the contents of a top-secret file threatening to implode multiple careers, Jack flies into action to prevent international chaos. But when the critical votes come down to a handful of key, vulnerable people, Jack may be the only person who can save his country from anarchy, even as he is sucked into a vortex of intrigue.
With the foundation of democracy threatened, can Jack stymie traitors or does he join them to ensure his father claims the cherished prize of the Presidency?
The St. Clair Series is a rollercoaster thrill ride involving intrigue, romance and action that shuttles between Miami and Washington. If you like compelling characters, government intrigue, and a race against time, then you’ll love Ridge King’s gripping adventure.
Get this audiobook now to hop aboard for an electrifying political thrill-ride today!
