Browsing: Military Thrillers

From the author of A Town Like Alice: After his sister dies, a modest man must sail the globe to reclaim his orphaned niece’s inheritance. “Nevil Shute was, in brief, the sort of novelist who genuinely touches the imagination and feeling” (The Times).

An “impressive” New York Times bestseller (The Washington Post): Spanning nearly two millennia, this sweeping saga follows the lives of four interconnected families in Russia. “An expansive tapestry of Russian lore with a vivid exploration of the historical influences on the modern Russian psyche” (Publishers Weekly).

From a “crackling good storyteller” (Publishers Weekly) comes an epic tale: Young orphan Uhtred is raised by Vikings, but his fate is intertwined with the only remaining English kingdom… “Bernard Cornwell does the best battle scenes of any writer I’ve ever read” (George R. R. Martin).

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With the war in Europe winding down in the spring of 1945, the United States turns its…

A New York Times bestseller from the author of The Shadow of the Wind: Bookseller Daniel and his friend Fermín embark on a dangerous adventure that takes them into the past… A masterful historical novel “with the blissful narrative drive of a high-class mystery” (The Guardian).

With nearly 2,400 five-star Goodreads ratings: Francis Crawford of Lymond embarks on a frenzied search across the Ottoman Empire to find his missing son — and is soon drawn into a world of betrayal and murder… “Dunnett is a master of suspense and misdirection” (The New York Times).

Like a modern Scheherazade, incarcerated Libertad González spins a spellbinding tale for her fellow inmates. Written by an award-winning screenwriter, this “warm and ingenious novel” (Alexander Payne, screenwriter of Sideways) is also a “whimsical, humorous, and passionate mystery” (Univision’s Jorge Ramos).

From David Baldacci–the modern master of the thriller and #1 worldwide bestselling novelist-comes a hero: a lone Army Special Agent…

From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell—one of the greatest yet little-known skirmishes of the Revolution: the Penobscot Expedition,…

From two Hugo and Nebula Award–winning masters of science fiction! With six suns in the sky, an entire world has known only daylight — but when darkness finally comes, can civilization survive?