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"In September 1939, Nazi mystic Heinrich Himmler, The Holocaust's mastermind, conscripts physicist Peter Winter to devise a secret weapon of supernatural power, and a revolutionary aircraft to deliver it. Himmler wants to win both World War II and the contest to succeed Hitler. But Peter, and his Jewish wife, Rachel, have their own agenda. In April 1945, novice Aerial Photographer Specialist Jimmy Righetti arrives in England from Brooklyn, spoiling for a fight. But with Germany reeling, Jimmy's running out of war. In 2020 Pakistan, the elite terrorist known only as The Asp survives a US drone strike, then undertakes a solo mission to penetrate America's heartland, and revive Radical Islam. In 2021, aircraft historian Cass Gooding and aging Colorado cowboy Frank Luck unlock an aviation relic's secret. Atop North America's backbone, old secrets collide with new, and Cass and Frank must prevent World War III, or die trying"-- Provided by publisher

LIVE FOREVEROR DIE TRYING When the worlds richest man is the victim of a car bomb and literally blown off the Golden Gate Bridge the attack is attributed to terrorists and the world moves on. But some still wonder. Was Manuel Colibri targeted because, as Silicon Valley rumor has it, he was about to make the dream that people alive today can live to be one thousand come true? Two people are pursuing the truth. Tech journalist Kate Boyle and recovering Iraq war veteran Ben Shepard race through the Bay Area chasing the only clues the reclusive Colibri left behind. They discover not only each other but a cosmic secret that can change human

The balance point of interplanetary Cold War II between Earth and monolithic Yavet tips unexpectedly toward peace. Covert ops Captain Jazen Parker and his sharp-shooting lover and partner Kit Born slide from world-saving hazardous duty to escorting a telepathic alien monster home from Earth to mate.

Set in a Paleozoic-era planet resembling Earth, the story follows Lt. Jazen Parker, an ace intelligence operative. Tasked with dismantling the local political structure, he faces daunting challenges that test his skills and resolve. As he navigates this primitive world, the mission proves to be more complex than anticipated, highlighting themes of survival and political intrigue in an alien landscape.

Jazen Parker, a young hero fresh from his service in the Legion, faces a grim future with a bounty on his head in just four months. Struggling with amnesia and a lack of direction, he embarks on a perilous quest for his past and future on the most dangerous planet in existence. This journey promises not only physical challenges but also a deep exploration of identity and survival in a hostile environment.

First Time in Mass Market for These Two Perennially Top-Selling Heinlein Books in a Single Volume. “Not only America’s premier writer of speculative fiction, but the greatest writer of such fiction in the world.” —Stephen King Two of the Grand Master’s finest: The saga of the opening of the space frontier as courageous men and women risked their lives to build the first space station and colonize the Moon and Venus, while praying for one last landing on the globe that gave them birth, to return to The Green Hills of Earth. From a mysterious region on Earth, where a more advanced lifeform may be studying the interesting creatures called “humans,” to the first moon colony, where a young girl’s relationship with her boyfriend is endangered by the beautiful Menace from Earth. Classic Heinlein, in a new two-for-one package.

Jasona Wandera čeká poslední bitva. Čeká ho Sirotkův triumf? Jason osiřel hned po prvním úderu Slimáků na Zemi. Vstoupil do armády a vypracoval se z pěšáka až na velitele pozemských posádek na spojeneckých planetách. Pomohl odvrátit zkázu Země, navázat spojenectví s ostatními lidskými planetami a zabezpečit vratkou alianci před slimáckou hrozbou. Nyní se poměr sil začíná měnit a lidstvo, vybavené ničivou zbraní a mocnou flotilou, se chystá přejít do útoku a definitivně zničit Slimáky. Po překvapivé nepřátelské operaci však dojde k nečekanému zvratu a Jason se opět musí postavit svému celoživotnímu nepříteli…

Země sice získala spojence pro válku se Slimáky, lidi kdysi dávno převezené na jiné planety, ale to její problémy zdaleka neřeší, spíše komplikuje. Jason Wander, vyslaný jako vojenský poradce na jednu z planet, velice rychle zjistí, že hrát si na politika poletujícího mezi planetami může být ještě těžší, než velet armádám v boji. Mezitím se schyluje k bitvě se Slimáky o nesmírně důležitou mezihvězdnou křižovatku a Jasona čeká další nemožný úkol.

The third book in this fast-paced high-action military SF sequence, where extraterrestrial life has led Earth's population to the verge of extinction.

The second book in this fast-paced high-action military SF sequence, where extraterrestrial life has led Earth's population to the verge of extinction.