Grant Blackwood Books

The mission seems simple enough: extract a pharmaceutical magnate from Russian soil, a volatile man who holds the secret to a deadly bio-weapon. But nothing is as it appears to be. A conspiracy of world-shattering scope unravels as Tucker and Kane struggle to keep one move ahead of their deadly enemies. From the frozen steppes of Russia to the sun-blasted mountains of South Africa and Namibia, a biological threat millions of years in the making strikes out at the heart of America. All that stands in the way of a global apocalypse is one man and his dog. But can even Tucker and Kane thwart an ecological menace from the ancient past to save the world's future?

Thousands of years ago, the Persian king Xerxes the Great was said to have raided the Treasury at Delphi, carrying away two solid gold pillars as tribute. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumble across the pillars in the Pennine Alps. Unable to transport them Napoleon creates a map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. And when Napoleon dies, the bottles disappear. Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Delaware when they are shocked to discover a World War II German u-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon's 'lost cellar.' Fascinated, the Fargos set out to find the rest of the collection. But another connoisseur of sorts has been looking for the bottle they've just found. He is Hadeon Bondaruk - a half- Russian, half-Persian millionaire. He claims to be a descendant of King Xerxes himself. And he wants his treasure back.

TRAITOR——OR HERO?Third Echelon's Sam Fisher is one of the deadliest men in the world. Even the FBI and CIA are in the dark about the black ops that he takes on. He's known as a Splinter Cell, and sometimes he's the only force holding the country together...Third Echelon is training new recruits who will be given a necessary but terrible mission. They must capture or kill one of their own, a man who's gone rogue and sold out his government...Sam Fisher, Splinter Cell®.

Set against the backdrop of a top-secret initiative by the National Security Agency, the narrative follows a highly skilled field operative tasked with safeguarding the United States from emerging threats. This operative operates in secrecy, utilizing a range of lethal skills, including espionage, theft, and assassination, to uphold American freedoms. The story delves into the moral complexities and high-stakes nature of modern national security efforts.

Well-heeled American corporations have long had a financial stake in undermining scientific consensus and manufacturing uncertainty. In The Triumph of Doubt, former Obama and Clinton official David Michaels details how corrupt science becomes public policy -- and where it's happening today. Opioids. Concussions. Obesity. Climate Change. America is a country of everyday crises -- big, long-spanning problems that persist despite their toll on the country's health. And for every case of government inaction on one of these issues, there is a set of familiar, doubtful refrains: The science is unclear. The data are inconclusive. Regulation is unjustified. It's a slippery slope. Is it? The Triumph of Doubt traces the ascendance of science-for-hire in American life and government, from its origins in the tobacco industry in the 1950s to its current manifestations across government, public policy, and even professional sports. Amid fraught conversations of "alternative facts" and "truth decay," The Triumph of Doubt wields its unprecedented access to shine a light on the machinations and scope of manipulated science in American society. It is an urgent, revelatory work, one that promises to reorient conversations around science and the public good for the foreseeable future.

HE'S A ROGUE AGENT-ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF FREEDOM.Officially, he doesn't exist. Working outside of the law and under the radar, Third Echelon special operative Sam Fisher takes risks the CIA and FBI won't take. And he's America's number-one weapon in the war against terrorism.An Old friend of Fischer's, a former Justice Department investigator, is found dead of radiation poisoning. Trace amounts in the man's body point Fisher to a poison so lethal that only a few countries produce it. Following the radiation trail, Fisher winds up in Kyrgystan, where a radical Islamic leader who dreams of the past will do anything in his power to ensure that the future is destroyed – by hitting the world where it hurts: oil.Only one man stands in his way. Sam Fisher, Splinter Cell®.

The Snow Maiden, an operative for a covert organization aiming for global control, becomes the target of U.S. Special Forces Captain Alexander Brent and his team. They must navigate a dangerous landscape filled with a ruthless terrorist faction determined to eliminate her. The story unfolds with high-stakes action and intrigue as Brent's team races against time to protect her while confronting formidable adversaries.

As part of a top-secret initiative called Third Echelon, National Security Agency special operative Sam Fisher has been given license to spy, steal, destroy, and assassinate to protect America. And he does...

A fortune lost for ages. A millionaire pursuing his destiny. Sam and Remi Fargo are about to encounter both.

HE OPERATES OUTSIDE OF EVERY LAW ... AND KILLS IN THE LINE OF DUTY.Few know he exists. But when millions of American lives are at stake, Third Echelon special operative Sam Fisher is the man to depend on. He handles covert missions either too sensitive or too risky for even the CIA or FBI. And he operates alone.Fisher is called off of a training exercise to intercept a cargo freighter loaded down with radioactive material and heading straight for the U.S. coast. He has minutes to disable the ship-or die trying. While he races to beat the clock, another attack has hit its target. As the residents of a small town in New Mexico start dying of radiation poisoning, Fisher weaves through a tangled web of clues to find the mastermind behind the strikes: one of the greatest enemies of the free world ...All in a days work for a Splinter Cell®.

Some treasures are best left buried . . . Scuba diving off the Tanzanian coast, husband and wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo discover a huge ship's bell, covered in cryptic carvings. But as they struggle to first recover the bell and then decode its clues, they find they are not alone in wanting to discover it secrets When news of the find is publicized, Mexican President Quauhtli Garza is forced to act. He knows that this bell comes from a former Confederate ship that sank off the African coast and he fears that the discovery of a missing piece of a Quetzalcoatl statuette, which was aboard the ship, will undermine his plans for Mexico's future. With Garza determined to stop the Fargos investigation at all costs, the couple are drawn into a deadly conspiracy that connects the 1883 Krakatoa explosion with an attempt to resurrect the fallen Aztec empire . . . 'Clive Cussler is hard to beat'Daily Mail 'The guy I read'Tom Clancy

FREEDOM HAS A COST. ONE MAN PAYS THE PRICE.In response to the growing use of sophisticated digital encryption to conceal potential threats to the United States, the National Security Agency has ushered forth the new dawn of intelligence-gathering techniques. The top-secret initiative is dubbed Third Echelon. Its existence denied by the U.S. government, Third Echelon deploys a lone field operative. He is sharp, nearly invisible, and deadly. And he has the right to spy, steal, destroy, and assassinate to protect American freedoms.His name is Sam Fisher. He is a Splinter Cel®.

For the first time ever, Tom Clancy's greatest characters come together in one electrifying thriller. For years, Jack Ryan, Jr., and his colleagues at the Campus have waged an unofficial and highly effective campaign against the terrorists who threaten Western civilization. The most dangerous of these is the Emir. This sadistic killer has masterminded the most vicious attacks on the West and has eluded capture by the world's law enforcement agencies. Now the Campus is on his trail. Joined by their latest recruits, John Clark and Ding Chavez, Jack Ryan, Jr., and his cousins, Dominick and Brian Caruso, are determined to catch the Emir, and they will bring him in ... dead or alive.

Thousands of years ago, the Persian king Xerxes the Great was said to have raided the Treasury at Delphi, carrying away two solid gold pillars as tribute. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumble across the pillars in the Pennine Alps. Unable to transport them Napoleon creates a map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. And when Napoleon dies, the bottles disappear? Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Delaware when they are shocked to discover a World War II German u-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon?s ?lost cellar.? Fascinated, the Fargos set out to find the rest of the collection. But another connoisseur of sorts has been looking for the bottle they?ve just found. He is Hadeon Bondaruk?a half- Russian, half-Persian millionaire. He claims to be a descendant of King Xerxes himself. And he wants his treasure back?

The next day Jack is summoned to an apartment where two men claim Seth has disappeared gone to ground with funds for a vital intelligence operation Jacks oldest friend has turned they insist leaving Jack with a warning if you hear from Seth Gregory call us immediately and do not get involved But they dont know Jack He wont abandon a friend in need

When Texas oil baron Charlie King contacts Sam and Remi Fargo he has an unusual request. He hired an investigator - and good friend of the pair - to locate his missing father in the Far East. But now the investigator has vanished. Would Sam and Remi be willing to look for them both?

**'Exhilarating. No other novelist is giving so full a picture of modern conflict' Sunday Times** Someone wants Jack Ryan Dead - and fast... Covert operative Jack Ryan Jr is enjoying some well-earned R&R when an attempt is made on his life. He survives, only to learn that another attempt on his life is imminent. Having barely survived the first time, Jack sets out to find out who wants him dead, and why... Using clues left by his would-be assassin, Jack follows a trail that leads through France and Switzerland to Rostock, a shadowy security firm based in Germany. Jack knows its head, Jurgen Rostock, from a previous operation - one that has apparently drawn the man's fury. Without the resources of The Campus - the elite agency from which he is on a leave-of-absence - but with the help of an investigative journalist, Jack embarks on his own secret campaign to uncover the truth about Rostock. And what he finds is that they are up to something both big and very, very bad. But what can one man do against all Rostock's might? The world is about to find out.

"On a routine intelligence gathering mission in Tehran, Jack Ryan, Jr., has lunch with his oldest friend, Seth Gregory, an engineer overseeing a transcontinental railway project. As they part, Seth slips Jack a key, along with a perplexing message. The next day Jack is summoned to an apartment where two men claim Seth has disappeared--gone to ground with funds for a vital intelligence operation. Jack's oldest friend has turned, they insist. They leave Jack with a warning: If you hear from Seth Gregory, call us immediately. And do not get involved. But they don't know Jack. He won't abandon a friend in need. His pursuit of the truth will lead him across Iran, through the war-torn Caucasus, and finally deep into territory coveted by the increasingly aggressive Russian Federation. Along the way, Jack is joined by Seth's primary agent, Ysabel, a enigmatic Iranian woman who seems to be his only clue to Seth's whereabouts. Jack soon finds himself lost in a maze of intrigue, lies, and betrayal where no one is who they seem to be--not even Seth, who's harboring a secret of his own that harkens back to the Cold War. A secret that is driving him to the brink of treachery. Racing against the clock, Jack must unravel the mystery: Who is friend and who is foe? Before it's over, Jack Ryan, Jr., may have to choose between his loyalty to Seth and his loyalty to America"-- Provided by publisher

Die Spezialstreitkräfte der U.S.A. sind bekannt für ihre Effektivität bei geheimen Einsätzen hinter feindlichen Linien.§Innerhalb dieser speziell ausgebildeten Kampfverbände§gibt es eine Sondereinheit, die alle anderen in Sachen Geheimhaltung und tödlicher Präzision in den Schatten stellt:§Die Soldaten der sogenannten Ghost Recon.§Captain Scott Mitchell und sein Ghost Recon-Team befinden sich in Afghanistan, mitten im Herz des von Taliban kontrollierten Gebiets. Ihr Auftrag ist heikel. Sie sollen den Terroristenführer Mullah Mohammed Zahed unschädlich machen. Doch die Menschen der Umgebung sind vorsichtig.§Sie trauen den Verheißungen der fundamentalistischen Terroristen mehr als irgendwelchen Versprechungen der Supermacht USA. Umzingelt von Feinden müssen Mitchell und sein Team eine Mission vollenden, die immer mehr einem Himmelfahrtskommando gleicht.

Die Special Forces der US-Army sind für ihre hochspezialisierte Ausbildung und ihren Mut hinter feindlichen Linien bekannt. Doch innerhalb ihrer Reihen gibt es eine Einheit, die sogar noch geheimer und tödlicher agiert. Die Mitglieder dieses Trupps gehören zu den besten Sondereinsatzkräften der Welt und werden Ghosts genannt – Geister. Captain Scott Mitchell und sein Ghost-Team infiltrieren die Ostküste Chinas, um eine radikale, umstürzlerische Organisation mit dem Codenamen »Frühlingstiger« aufzuspüren und zu zerschlagen. Diese Gruppe abtrünniger chinesischer Militärführer plant, die Macht über Taiwan an sich zu reißen und zwischen China und den USA einen Krieg um die Vorherrschaft im Pazifik zu entfesseln. Als Mitchell jedoch erkannt, dass ein alter Erzfeind den Verschwörern zur Seite steht, wird der Versuch, den 3. Weltkrieg zu verhindern, mit einem Mal zu etwas ganz Persönlichem ...

After Saudi Arabia and Iran destroy each other, Russia is determined to rise to global power, forcing America to send an elite strike force to the heart of Moscow to capture an eccentric warrior who holds the key to Russia's next major invasion plan.

More than 30 of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning authors offer heart-pumping tales of suspense in all its guises. Authors include Lee Child, James Siegel, James Rollins, Eric van Lustbader, F. Paul Wilson and Christopher Reich.

A Former Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his war dog Kane are thrust into a global conspiracy that threatens to shake the foundations of American democracy in this second exciting Sigma Force spinoff adventure from New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Grant Blackwood. Tucker Wayne's past and his present collide when a former army colleague comes to him for help. She's on the run from brutal assassins hunting her and her son. To keep them safe, Tucker must discover who killed a brilliant young idealist - a crime that leads back to the most powerful figures in the U.S. government. From the haunted ruins of a plantation in the deep South to the beachheads of a savage civil war in Trinidad, Tucker and Kane must discover the truth behind a mystery that leads back to World War II, to a true event that is even now changing the world . . . and will redefine what it means to be human. With no one to trust, they will be forced to break the law, expose national secrets, and risk everything to stop a madman determined to control the future of modern warfare for his own diabolical ends. But can Tucker and Kane withstand a force so indomitable that it threatens our very future?

Per rispondere alle crescenti minacce alla sicurezza degli Stati Uniti, l'Agenzia per la Sicurezza Nazionale ha istituito una nuova organizzazione supersegreta, Third Echelon, specializzata nella raccolta di informazioni. I suoi agenti sul campo sono abilissimi, invisibili, micidiali. Operano in assoluta solitudine e hanno licenza di spiare, rubare, distruggere, assassinare. Ma se dovessero cadere in mani nemiche, nessuno muoverà un dito per salvarli. Sam Fisher è uno di loro, il migliore. In un crescendo di tensione e colpi di scena, Fisher deve scontrarsi con un'organizzazione terroristica ancor più pericolosa di Al Qaeda e con un micidiale cartello di trafficanti d'armi...