In the Brave New World of terrorism--where anybody with a spare AK-47, a knowledge of kitchen chemistry, or simply the will to die can become a player--the old rules no longer apply. Established with the knowledge of President John Patrick Ryan, "the Campus" is always on the lookout for promising new talent, its recruiters scattered throughout the armed forces and government agencies--and three men are about to cross its radar. ...

China uses nuclear terror and espionage to control the outcome of the U.S. presidential elections. "Thomas Blood has lived the political life for more than two decades and now he writes about it as only an insider can. And what a wonderful writer he is!"--Dennis Wholey, host of PBS's "This Is America". ...

A major novel by the author of "Echo House", set in Indochina in 1965. Sydney Parade, a trained political scientist, runs away to Saigon in an effort to become something larger than himself--and begins--but only begins--to understand something of the complexities of Western survival in the Third World. ...

The last man standing... <BR>At the height of the cold war, a few elite secret agents earned the title of "4 Phase Man." From Berlin to the Middle East, only two of them survived.... <BR>The first man in... <BR>Once he was a man with a family and a home. Then Gerald Goldman rose through the ranks of the CIA with his ability to survive in any situation, and to kill. Now he is called Xenos, the outsider, the exile. But Xenos has ...

Simon Abelard -- black Oxford graduate from Cardiff's dockland -- was recruited by British intelligence to be a spy. But since the Berlin Wall came down he finds that he's working as a glorified cop. Then Abelard is given the dangerous job of "bringing back" a colleague who's changed sides. But Julian Browling has not defected to the Russians, the Chinese, or the Iraqis. Instead, he took advantage of his security service training to become a big ...

Poyer unleashes a heart-pounding new novel combining the thrilling elements of military intrigue, Pentagon politics, Chinese espionage and human drama. Deep within Washington's military industrial complex, Lieutenant Dan Lenson is assigned to shepherd a controversial weapon through the Navy's testing process to deployment. But powerful forces are lined up against the Tomahawk missile--and against Lenson. Martin's Press. ...

In "The Vendetta Defense," "New York Times" bestselling author Lisa Scottoline delivers a wonderfully rich, vivid story of past sins, love, and justice.<P>Lawyer Judy Carrier takes the case of her career when an elderly pigeon racer named Anthony Lucia is arrested for the murder of his lifelong enemy, Angelo Coluzzi. "Pigeon Tony," as he's known to all his South Philly neighbors, confesses he killed Coluzzi because of a vendetta begun more ...

A salvage expert works to recover sunken treasure and protect himself against the Cuban government which is intent on sabotaging his mission in this technothriller from the author of "Seaglow" and "Cabot Station." ...

Wolf uses the games of checkers and dominoes to parallel the wins and losses of the Soviet-U.S. war. ...

The author takes his readers along for the demise of a medical doctor who loves his wife too much and of a wife who loves stardom too much. Trapped is the story of a husband who would do anything to keep his wife, and a wife who would do anything to become a star.<P>Greed rules all in this passion play.<P>Never before have the drug and abortion problems been so dramatically and realistically depicted in a novel. ...