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Marc Cameron

    1 gennaio 1961

    Attingendo a quasi tre decenni di esperienza come U.S. Marshal, Marc Cameron infonde nelle sue narrazioni una comprensione autentica delle forze dell'ordine. I suoi incarichi in terreni molto diversi offrono uno sfondo ricco per le sue storie avvincenti. Il lavoro di Cameron esplora spesso la complessa interazione tra giustizia e disordine, informato dalla sua vasta carriera.

    Marc Cameron
    Breakneck
    Cold Snap: An Arliss Cutter Novel
    Tom Clancy Red Winter
    Bad River
    Tom Clancy's Chain of Command
    Tom Clancy Command and Control
    • Tom Clancy Command and Control

      • 576pagine
      • 21 ore di lettura

      A Russian plot to seize the Panama Canal plunges President Jack Ryan into a desperate fight for his life in the latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. For a century, the Panama Canal has served as the path between the seas. Control of this vital waterway is the difference between free trade and chaos in world markets. So when Panamanian President Rafael Botero asks for a show of support against the socialist opposition, his old friend President Jack Ryan can’t turn down an invitation to visit the country, but what seems like an ordinary opportunity to preach the values of democracy quickly turns into a nightmare when a full-blown coup d’état erupts. President Ryan and his Secret Service team are cut off and out of communication. In Washington, the Vice President is coordinating a military response, but there's still one more obstacle. One of the main forces behind the coup is the ruthless criminal organization known as the Camarilla. They’ve had their tentacles deep inside the plot to overthrow the government. All of their hard work has just presented them with an unexpected opportunity they can’t resist—the chance to kill President Jack Ryan.

      Tom Clancy Command and Control
      4,3
    • Tom Clancy's Chain of Command

      • 512pagine
      • 18 ore di lettura

      America is under attack from within. Patients in hospitals, clinics, and at home are dying when the drugs they need for survival turn out to be ineffective copies. A corrupt pharmaceutical billionaire has spent millions supporting radical groups while using the chaos they engender to cover his money-making schemes, but for a man with such towering ambitions, the only real goal is power. To get that, he'll have to eliminate the only impediment in his path - President Jack Ryan. The question is, how do you attack the most closely guarded man in the world? For a man who has built his fortune on underhanded dealings and misdirection, the answer is as simple as it is shocking: He'll have to kidnap the First Lady.

      Tom Clancy's Chain of Command
      4,3
    • Arliss Cutter embarks on a perilous journey from an Arctic village to South Dakota, driven by the need to uncover the truth behind his brother's disappearance. As he navigates the treacherous Alaskan wilderness, he encounters a chilling mix of murder and madness. Marc Cameron, a New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. Marshal, masterfully portrays the stark beauty and harsh realities of both human nature and the environment in this gripping high-stakes suspense novel.

      Bad River
      4,3
    • Tom Clancy Red Winter

      • 419pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      For the twenty-year anniversary of Tom Clancy's classic novel Red Rabbit, this is a white-knuckle prequel set in 1985, introducing a never-before-seen Jack Ryan at the beginning of his career[Bokinfo].

      Tom Clancy Red Winter
      4,3
    • Cold Snap: An Arliss Cutter Novel

      • 500pagine
      • 18 ore di lettura

      The discovery of a dismembered human foot along the Alaskan coast intensifies the search for a serial killer, leading investigators to a suspect arrested for attacking a jogger in Kincaid Park. While many believe they have found their culprit, one deputy remains unconvinced, suspecting that the real killer is still on the loose. This tension between certainty and doubt drives the narrative, exploring themes of justice and the complexities of criminal investigation.

      Cold Snap: An Arliss Cutter Novel
      4,0
    • Breakneck

      • 370pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      A train ride through Alaska’s icy wilderness turns into a desperate fight for survival. Off the northeast coast of Russia, a small crabbing vessel's crew is brutally murdered by the Russian mafia, with their bodies disposed of at sea. The killers scuttle the vessel and escape ashore. In Washington, DC, Supreme Court Justice Charlotte Morehouse prepares for her trip to Alaska, unaware that a killer plans to livestream her death. In Anchorage, Deputy US Marshals Arliss Cutter and Lola Teariki are assigned to security at a judicial conference in Fairbanks, where Lola is tasked with protecting Justice Townsend’s teenage daughter while Cutter handles counter-surveillance. What begins as a routine assignment escalates when mother and daughter decide to explore the Alaskan wilderness on the Glacier Discovery train. Chechen terrorists, hiding onboard, launch a surprise attack, seizing control of the engine. Cutter and Justice Townsend manage to escape by jumping off the moving train into the harsh wilderness, but they find themselves without supplies or communication. As they navigate the treacherous terrain, two terrorists pursue them, while others threaten the judge’s daughter on the train, planning to execute her on camera. With lives hanging in the balance, Cutter realizes he has two options: catch the train and eliminate the threat or risk losing everything.

      Breakneck
      4,2
    • Tom Clancy's Code of Honor

      • 544pagine
      • 20 ore di lettura

      Father Pat West, S.J., was a buddy of the young Jack Ryan when they were both undergraduates at Boston College. Father West left a comfortable job in the philosophy department at Georgetown to work with the poor in Indonesia. Now he's been arrested and accused of blasphemy against Islam. President Ryan is desperate to rescue his old friend, but he can't move officially against the Indonesians. Instead he relies on the Campus team to find out who is framing the priest. There's one other twist to the story. President Ryan discovers a text message on his private cell phone from the priest warning about a coming attack against America...

      Tom Clancy's Code of Honor
      4,0
    • Time Of Attack

      • 442pagine
      • 16 ore di lettura

      "One of the hottest new authors in the thriller genre. . .Awesome." --Brad Thor Fear Is Contagious In a small town in Utah, people are contracting a horrific disease with alarming plague-like symptoms. The CDC quarantines the area but outbreaks are already being reported in China, Japan, and England. Evidence suggests this is not a new strain of superbug--but an act of war, an orchestrated deployment of unstoppable terror. . . Special agent Jericho Quinn, hellbent on finding the sniper who attacked his family, steps into an even bigger, and deadlier, conspiracy: a secret cabal of elite assassins embedded throughout the globe. Infecting the very fabric of the free world. Exterminating targets with cold, silent precision. For Quinn, it's as insidious as the virus that claims new victims each day--and he plans to wipe it off the face of the earth. . . Praise for the novels of Marc Cameron "Action-packed, over-the-top."--Publishers Weekly on Act of Terror "Fascinating characters with action off-the-charts. Masterful."--Steve Berry on National Security

      Time Of Attack
      4,2
    • Cold snap

      • 456pagine
      • 16 ore di lettura

      Stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with three violent prisoners, Supervisory Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter finds himself in a desperate fight for survival. Following an early spring thaw, Anchorage police uncover a dismembered human foot, leading them to believe they've found a suspect in a series of murders. However, one deputy suspects they have the wrong man. Meanwhile, Cutter is escorting four dangerous prisoners on a small bush plane to Fairbanks, expecting a routine mission. When the plane crashes, chaos ensues as the prisoners murder the pilot and a guard, setting the plane ablaze. Back in Anchorage, deputy Lola Teariki links the dismembered foot to a missing girl and the serial killer responsible for her death—one of Cutter's prisoners. With no means of communication or supplies and dangerous wildlife lurking nearby, Cutter must navigate the harsh wilderness while evading a relentless killer. In this unforgiving landscape, nature proves cruel, but human nature is even more ruthless.

      Cold snap
      4,2
    • Tom Clancy's Shadow of the Dragon

      • 528pagine
      • 19 ore di lettura

      A prequel to the Jack Ryan series. When brilliant and eccentric scientist Liu Wangshu disappears from his apartment in China, the Ministry of State Security is furious, and certain they know what's happened- a defection to the Americans.President Jack Ryan knows how valuable an asset Liu would be - the inventor is responsible for much of China's recent technological progress, with his latest project rumoured to be the biggest yet. The problem is that none of Ryan's team have any idea where Liu is.And what's worse, Ryan discovers that China is already watching them closely- a mole, code-named SURVEYOR, has managed to infiltrate US intelligence, with a terrifying level of access.The new Cold War is about to get very hot indeed.

      Tom Clancy's Shadow of the Dragon
      4,1