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When you kick over a rock, you never know what's going to crawl out. Alex Velesky is about to discover that the hard way. He's stolen records from the Swiss bank that employs him, thinking that he'll uncover a criminal conspiracy. But he soon finds that he's tapped into the mother lode of corruption. Before he knows it, he's being hunted by everyone from the Russian mafia to the CIA. Court Gentry and his erstwhile lover, Zoya Zakharova, find themselves on opposites poles when it comes to Velesky. They both want him, but for different reasons.

It is night in Manhattan. The president of the United States is scheduled to have dinner with an old friend, but in the building across the street a man has disabled the security and stands at a window, a rifle in his hand. The assassination doesn't go according to plan, but this is only the beginning. Someone is recruiting a shadowy network of agents with the intention of creating terror. Their range is broad, their identities masked, their methods subtle.

When Amy Chang, partner of NSA hacker Trevelle Williams—a friend of Jon Reznick—is found dead on a Manhattan subway, everyone says it was a suicide. But Trevelle knows that someone had been watching Amy’s every move, and he isn’t about to let them slip away. Trevelle calls on Jon Reznick to help him uncover what happened to Amy and protect Amy’s brother, Kevin Chang, a Hong Kong student-activist living in New York. Before long, two government organizations are hunting them, forcing the trio to go on the run.

For hostage rescue specialist Jonathan Grave, every mission is a matter of life or death. But he faces his most personal challenge yet when two boys are abducted while being driven to Resurrection House, the school Jonathan founded as a sanctuary for children of incarcerated parents. The boys were entrusted to Jonathan's care. Now they're missing. It's time to fight fire with fire. The boys' mom, Connie Kendall, is awaiting trial on drug smuggling charges. Prosecutors want her to testify against the brutal Cortez Cartel to help bring down their ruthless operations.

After saving the kidnapped heir to the British throne, gentleman spy and MI6 legend Alex Hawke is due for some downtime. He’s got a new custom built sailing yacht and a goal: to get closer to his son Alexi during an epic cruise across the seven seas. But fate and the chief of MI6, Lord David Trulove, have other plans. There’s an unholy alliance of nations who are plotting to attack Western democracies. The wily intelligence leader plans to use Hawke to drive a knife into the heart of this conspiracy.

After his successful takedown of a dangerous terrorist, Bob Lee Swagger learns that no good deed goes unpunished. Summoned to court by the United States Congress, Swagger is accused of reckless endangerment by a hardheaded anti-gun congresswoman. But what begins as political posturing soon turns deadly when the auditorium where the committee is being held is attacked.

With nations shifting to high alert, Miranda Chase lands once more in the midst of the fray. But first she must fight battles of her own. Can she conquer the emotional chaos her autism unleashes amid the loss of her past? In time to save her team? —And avert the disaster playing out under the Northern Lights?

A leak at GCHQ–the UK’s version of the NSA–means that sensitive Allied and Israeli intelligence is being fed to Iran and Israel’s wider enemies. ODIN, the Five Eyes’ ultra-secret Special Operations Office, has teamed up their best operative, Alex Mason, with the Mossad’s Captain Aila Gallin to investigate and plug the leak.

Sie sind Elitesoldaten der ganz besonderen Art, denn sie stehen allein im Dienste Gottes: DIE RITTER DES VATIKAN. Als der Islamische Staat in Damaskus einen Kardinal entführt und Lösegeldforderungen stellt, entsendet der Vatikan ein Team aus Vatikanrittern, um diesen zu befreien. Doch die Rettungsaktion entpuppt sich als Hinterhalt und auch die Vatikanritter werden gefangengenommen. In seiner Verzweiflung wendet sich der Vatikan an den einzigen Mann, der ihnen noch helfen kann – Kimball Hayden.

Nachdem sich die Ereignisse zuletzt überschlugen, lässt Anna ihr Leben Revue passieren. Die Pariser Wohnung ist eine Zeitkapsel, die viele Erinnerungen an Annas Kindheit und Jugend auslöst. War ihre Agenten-Karriere von langer und unbekannter Hand geplant? Hatte Klaus Gudwin - der Vater, der ihren Vater ermordete - schon seit Annas frühester Kindheit geplant, sie in genau diese Situation zu bringen? Und welche Rolle spielt ihre verschwunden Mutter Tatjana dabei - die aufgrund der Faktenlage nicht Annas leibliche Mutter sein kann?

Jody Reed will Anna alias Hannah Herold für sich gewinnen und macht sie auf den ungewöhnlichen BND-Erfolg bei der Überwachung der Sauerland-Gruppe aufmerksam. Doch warum hilft die CIA-Agentin, etwas Konkretes gegen Manfred Mor in die Hand zu bekommen? Annas Aussprache mit ihrem Vater Klaus Gudwin entwickelt sich derweil völlig anders als erwartet. Aber die Ereignisse erfordern es, dass beide weiterhin zusammenarbeiten. Lino die Conti erhält unerwartet Besuch und muss sich für seine Zusammenarbeit mit Klaus Gudwin verantworten.