Search Results: Fiction: War/Military from pacaritambo books

Berkley/Penguin, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Tim Robinson DJ art. CONDITION: NEW 2019 Berkley hardcover (black boards) and dust jacket, first Berkley edition, first printing. Tim Robinson DJ art. CONTENT: British intelligence operative and hardened assassin, Max McLean, battles a nightmarish enemy in this stunning debut thriller from an award winning war correspondent. When it comes to killing terrorists British intelligence has always had one man they could rely on, Max McLean. As an assassin, he's never missed, but Max has made one miscalculation and now he has to pay the price. His handlers send him to Sierra Leone on a seemingly one-way mission. What he finds is a horror from beyond his nightmares. Rebel forces are loose in the jungle and someone or something is slaughtering innocent villagers. It's his job to root out the monster behind these abominations, but he soon discovers that London may consider him the most disposable piece in this operation.

Grand Central Publishing/Hachette, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Chapter decorations. CONDITION: NEW 2019 Grand Central large hardcover (turquoise boards), first edition, first printing. Gold foil decorations and dragonflies front panel DJ. 2 lb book. CONTENT: At the height of World War II, a handful of idealistic young Americans receive a mysterious letter from the government, asking them if they are willing to fight for their country. The men and women from very different backgrounds -- a Texan athlete with German roots, an upper-crust son of a French mother and a wealthy businessman, a dirt-poor Midwestern fly fisherman, an orphaned fashion designer, and a ravishingly beautiful female fencer -- all answer the call of duty, but each for a secret reason of her or his own. They bond immediately, in a group code-named Dragonfly. Thus begins a dramatic cat-and-mouse game, as the group seeks to stay under the radar until a fatal misstep leads to the capture and the firing-squad… Read More

Minotaur Books, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. No Illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2019 Minotaur Books hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. The title is in embossed gold foil as is the eagle. Author's name embossed. This is a really nice book - well put together -font makes reading it easy and the DJ is outstanding. CONTENT: February, 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of war. In New York City, twenty-two thousand cheering Nazi supporters pack Madison Square Garden for a raucous, hate-filled rally. In a Hell's Kitchen bar, Charles Mossman is reeling from the loss of his job and the demise of his marriage when a group draped in Nazi flags barges in. Drunk, Charlie takes a swing at one with tragic results and a torrent of unintended consequences follows. Two years later. America is wrestling with whether to enter the growing war. Charles's estranged wife and six-year-old daughter, Emma, now live in a quiet… Read More

DAW Books, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Steve Stone DJ art; Chapter decorations. CONDITION: What makes this book "AS NEW?" Small remainder dot bottom edges near spine. UNREAD 2018 DAW hardcover (grey boards) and dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Beautiful DJ art by Steve Stone. Embossed title & Author embossed on DJ. Chapter decorations. CONTENT: Kerida Nast and her companions have succeeded in finding Jerek Brightwing, the new Luqs of Farama, and uniting him with a part of his Battle Wings, but not all their problems have been solved. Farama is still in the hands of the Halian invaders and their Shekayrin, and it's going to take magical as well as military strength to overcome them. Unexpected help comes from Bakura, the Princess Imperial of the Halians, whose Gifts have been suppressed. As the Voice of her brother the Sky Emperor she has some political power over the Halian military, and she will use it to aid the Faramans, if Kerida can free her from what she… Read More

William Morrow, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Chapter decorations. CONDITION: NEW 2021 William Morrow trade paperback, first edition, first printing. Chapter decorations. CONTENT: Two sisters join the Paris Resistance in this page-turning new novel inspired by the real-life bravery of Catherine Dior, sister of the fashion designer and a heroine of World War II France. Paris, 1944: The war is nearly over, but for members of the Resistance in occupied France, it is more dangerous than ever before. Twenty-five-year-old Gabby Foucher loathes the Nazis, though as the concierge of 10 rue Royale, she does her best to avoid conflict-unlike her bolder sister Yvette, who finds trouble at every turn. Then they are both recruited into the Resistance by Catherine Dior and swept into a treacherous world of spies, fugitives, and intrigue. While Gabby risks everything for the man she is hiding from the Nazis, Yvette must decide whether to trust an enigmatic diplomat who seems to… Read More

Grand Central Publishing/Hachette, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. No illustrations. CONDITION: NEW 2021 Grand Central Publishing hardcover (lime green and navy boards) & dust jacket, first edition, first printing. No illustrations. CONTENT: One woman must make the hardest decision of her life in this unforgettably moving story of resistance and faith during one of the darkest times in history. Santa Cruz, 1953. Jean-Luc is a man on the run from his past. The scar on his face is a small price to pay for surviving the horrors of Nazi occupation in France. Now, he has a new life in California, a family. He never expected the past to come knocking on his door. Paris, 1944. A young Jewish woman's past is torn apart in a heartbeat. Herded onto a train bound for Auschwitz, in an act of desperation she entrusts her most precious possession to a stranger. All she has left now is hope. On a darkened platform, two destinies become intertwined, and the choices each person… Read More

W W Norton & Company, 2019. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. B&W Bozeman Trail map; Cover art by Leo Nickolls. CONDITION: NEW 2019 Norton hardcover (black boards) & dust jacket, first edition, 2nd printing. B&W map of the Bozeman Trail & the forts, 1866. Cover art by Leo Nickolls. CONTENT: 1866, Dakota Territory. Red Cloud's coalition of tribes is battling the U.S. Army to reclaim hunting grounds in the Powder River Valley. Against this background, Wolves of Eden sets four men on a deadly collision course in a narrative that explores the cruelty of warfare, the power of love and the resilience of the human spirit. Lieutenant Martin Molloy and his loyal orderly are sent west to investigate a triple murder at a frontier fort, and Irish immigrant brothers Thomas and Michael O'Driscoll, who survived the brutal frontlines of the Civil War, find themselves as both hunters and the hunted in another bloody campaign. Blending intimate historical detail and… Read More