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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"James Byrne's The Gatekeeper introduces Dez Limerick in the most anticipated new thriller in years. A highly trained team of mercenaries launches a well-planned, coordinated attack on a well-guarded military contractor - but they didn't count on one thing, the right man being in the wrong place at the right time. Desmond Aloysius Limerick ("Dez" to all) is a retired mercenary, and enthusiastic amateur musician, currently in Southern California, enjoying...
2) Shadow war
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Elite American mercenary Tom Locke navigates perilous obstacles and deadly enemies throughout a secret mission to save a businessman's family in Eastern Europe.
3) Aloha
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs, the US Space program in Honolulu, Hawaii, and reconnects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The Isles of Scilly off the coast of England are remote, windswept and wild. They're the perfect place for Ray Powell to recuperate after the toughest Afghanistan mission the military contractor has ever run. Except instead of the peace and quiet he so desperately needs, he's faced with a beautiful American woman who instantly challenges his iron control. Seeking her own safe haven, Michelle Cole is intrigued and flustered by the intensely compelling...
Author
Series
Publisher
Köehlerbooks
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Jake Palmer accepts an offer from a defense contractor and his former SEAL teammate to consult with the company on the death of an engineer assigned to the top secret Perseus Project, the development of an experimental Navy drone. Two days into the case, Palmer finds the defense contractor shot dead, and he realizes that someone within the company is working with terrorists to seize control of the drone during a live fire test in Afghanistan.
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"An ex-mercenary and an embattled journalist find themselves unlikely allies against a corrupt defense contractor in this "noir for modern times" (Ace Atkins). Ray Devlin is retired, living a simple life off the grid in Florida, when a visit from an old colleague stirs some bad memories--and ends with a gunshot. Soon Devlin is forced to again face a past he'd hoped to leave behind, as a member of a mercenary force that helped put a brutal South American...
7) Aloha
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs, the US Space program in Honolulu, Hawaii, and reconnects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.
Author
Publisher
Mythic Island Press LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Army veteran True Brighton left the service when the development of robotic helicopters made her training as a pilot obsolete. Now she works at Requisite Operations, a private military company established by friend and former Special Ops soldier Lincoln Han. ReqOp has embraced the new technologies. Robotics, big data, and artificial intelligence are all tools used to augment the skills of veteran warfighters-for-hire. But the tragedy of war is still...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"When Nebraska police officer and divorced mother of three Kathryn Bolkovac saw a recruiting announcement for private military contractor DynCorp International, she applied and was hired. Good money, world travel, and the chance to help rebuild a war-torn country sounded like the perfect job. Bolkovac was shipped out to Bosnia, where DynCorp had been contracted to support the UN peacekeeping mission. She was assigned as a human rights investigator,...
Author
Series
Tom Locke novel ; 3
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"En route to the National Prayer Breakfast, the U.S. vice president's motorcade is hit in a vicious, expertly planned attack that throws Washington, D.C. into chaos. Everyone assumes it's ISIS--everyone but young FBI agent Jennifer Lin. She is certain that Russia is behind the strike. Half a world away, military contractor Tom Locke has his own doubts about what happened--and who did it. He suspects his former employer, Apollo Outcomes, might be involved....
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Provides an insider account of the shadowy world of private military contracting, revealing operations too dangerous and sensitive to be officially acknowledged, including the search for Osama Bin Laden and the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi.
Author
Publisher
Knox Press Book, an imprint of Permuted Press
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"Guns, Girls, and Greed is an unvarnished, behind-the-scenes, tell-all account of the scathing and dangerous life of mercenaries at war in Iraq. Experience the world of private contractors conducting high-threat missions for a nascent Iraqi government in the hopes of rebuilding after the fall of Saddam Hussein. With limited support, the men of Blackwater protected US diplomats as the country descended into sectarian violence. It was a hazardous mission...
Publisher
Activision
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Call of duty: advanced warfare takes place in a plausible future in which technological progress and today's military practices have converged with powerful consequences. In this carefully researched and crafted vision, private military corporations (PMCs) have become the dominant armed forces for countless nations outsourcing their military needs, redrawing borders and rewriting the rules of war. And Jonathan Irons, the founder and president of...
Publisher
Activision Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Black Ops returns - in your face. Featuring gritty, grounded, fluid Multiplayer combat, a massive Zombies offering with 3 full undead adventures at launch, and Blackout, where the universe of Black Ops comes to life in one huge battle royale experience featuring the largest map in Call of Duty history, signature Black Ops combat, characters, locations and weapons from the entire Black Ops series. Soldier up for all-out combat -- tailor made for the...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Aloha: A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs, the US Space program in Honolulu, Hawaii, and reconnects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.
The midnight meat train: Struggling photographer Leon Kauffman's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late-night commuters, ultimately butchering...
Language
English
Description
"Prepare to go dark, Modern Warfare is back! The stakes have never been higher as players take on the role of lethal Tier One operators in a heart-racing saga that will affect the global balance of power. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare engulfs fans in an incredibly raw, gritty, provocative narrative that brings unrivaled intensity and shines a light on the changing nature of modern war. Developed by the studio that started it all, Infinity Ward delivers...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The name Blackwater, the world's largest private military contractor, became infamous early in the Iraq War, when four of its men were murdered by a mob in Fallujah and hung from a bridge. Since then, Blackwater has expanded dramatically; its men have been involved in scandals, including a shooting spree in Iraq that caused the Iraqi government to blacklist the company. As author Suzanne Simons reveals in this first-ever inside look, based on extraordinary...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"U.S. Marine veteran Mason Hackett has tried to convince himself that what happened 15 years ago--the people who died, the lives that were ruined--doesn't matter. But when he suddenly sees the face of a dead friend and gets a mysterious email about a CIA operation gone bad, he begins a search for the truth. A search that leads him to Eastern Europe, international arms dealers, and a covert war."--