Counterattack

Counterattack

Eric Meyer

Professional & Technical / Reference

The biggest airborne landings of WWII are underway. Thousands of airborne troops drop on Holland, an audacious plan to seize the many bridges across the country and hold them until Allied armor and infantry arrive.Company B of the 82nd has taken the bridge at Nijmegen, but the Germans launch a fierce counterattack. At the forefront of the fighting, 1st platoon engages in a desperate scramble to defend the bridge at all costs from infantry and artillery. And from tanks. PFC Ray Cassidy and his buddy Harry Byrd, armed with a borrowed bazooka, embark on a mission to take on two Tigers that threaten to wipe them out. The destruction of one Tiger is cause for celebration, but the second is commanded by a wily German, not likely to allow them to get close enough to use the bazooka. Yet the alternatives are grim. Do or die. And neither man is planning his funeral. They press on, battling overwhelming odds and German ambushes, and the end is, literally, explosive.Heroes...
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Under Attack (Battleground Vietnam Book 3)

Under Attack (Battleground Vietnam Book 3)

Eric Meyer

Professional & Technical / Reference

Vietnam in 1968 is a hotbed of turmoil and death. Some as a result of the war, others not. Some are planned assassinations yet to happen.A C-130 transport aircraft flying close to the DMZ crashes in deep jungle. The aircraft was carrying a squad of Army CID experts on a confidential mission to investigate rumors of a planned assassination of the Saigon President., yet the investigation ended when the crash resulted in the deaths of all aboard. The South Vietnamese insist the plane was brought down by a North Vietnamese missile. The Communists agree and even admit to shooting it down. An open and shut case, and MACV dispatches Warrant Officer Carl Yeager along with a female officer from the Saigon Police to sign off on what is a routine casualty of war.Things go wrong from the start. Yeager stumbles across a dying survivor, and his story is at odds with the official version. The evidence stinks, and while the war rages Yeager starts to dig further into the reasons...
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Under Fire

Under Fire

Eric Meyer

Professional & Technical / Reference

PFC Carl Yeager, a rookie infantryman, is on his first Tour of Vietnam. Like most new arrivals to war-torn South Vietnam he has no idea of what he’ll be up against. Going on his first patrol with mixed feelings, his platoon runs into a VC ambush. Fighting off an enemy who appeared from nowhere, he gathers together a scratch unit and pursues the Vietcong ambush party deep into the jungle. Until they disappear, melting into the gloom like ghosts.   Where did they come from, and where did they go? Desperate for tunnel ‘experts’ the Army Commander in South Vietnam assigns him to a recon unit. Their task is to enter the Iron Triangle and search for the elusive tunnels. Despite his terror of dark, cramped and enclosed spaced. A terror he must overcome if he is to fight and defeat the Vietcong on their own ground.   Soon he discovers a shocking and gruesome discovery. The bodies of his former platoon mutilated and dismembered in a gruesome attempt to undermine American morale. Yeager is now a man with a life or death mission. To find and kill Commissar Trinh Tac, the man who ordered the massacre. He is reported to be hiding inside the Iron Triangle just as Operation Cedar Falls begins. The plan is to wipe out the nest of VC dug into the subterranean maze. Yeager’s unit is tasked to go in and wipe out one man. Commissar Trinh Tac.
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Strike on Iran

Strike on Iran

Eric Meyer

Professional & Technical / Reference

When the US learns of a planned genocidal attack by Middle East terrorists, Bravo Platoon is called in. They must fight their way through to a besieged Syrian town to bring out the Israeli agent who first flagged the threat. Leaving behind a long, bloody trail of Syrian bodies, they battle their way out to carry the data back for analysis by NSA.The recovered decrypts show a rogue element of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the Pasdaran, is building a dirty bomb, to be used on Israel and the US. Bravo Platoon is sent back into action, this time to Iran, the terror capital of the world and America's sworn enemy. They must locate and destroy the bomb making facility before the weapons can be deployed.Faced by overwhelming odds, their task becomes a fierce struggle to complete the mission before the weapons of mass destruction can be used to devastating effect, and before they are themselves destroyed. Black Ops III is an action packed sequel to the best selling Seal Team Bravo –...
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Devil's Guard- The Complete Series Box Set

Devil's Guard- The Complete Series Box Set

Eric Meyer

Professional & Technical / Reference

The complete SIX-BOOK bestselling series that has sold over a million copies. Devil’s Guard traces the exploits of a German who fought in World War II on the Eastern Front, and went on to fight for the French and then the Americans in Vietnam. This massive volume includes the complete text of the novels DEVIL’S GUARD: BLOOD AND SNOW, DEVIL’S GUARD: BLOOD AND IRON, DEVIL’S GUARD: THE REAL STORY, DEVIL’S GUARD: VIETNAM, DEVIL’S GUARD: COUNTERATTACK, AND DEVIL’S GUARD: AFGHANISTAN. These epic novels are a breathtaking account of the harsh, brutal reality of one man’s war. Jurgen Hoffman’s grueling career takes him from the vast snowy wastelands of the Russian Steppes, all the way to the steaming jungles of Vietnam. His enemy shouts the same, shrill slogans, and uses the same weapons. On the Eastern Front in Russia, they call themselves communists. In Vietnam, they are the Vietcong. Their motivation is the same. Killing, and more killing. To subdue and terrorize those who would challenge their absolute authority. This is a fictional tale of the part one man played in the long, bloody battles. It is also the story of millions of fighting men. Of their guns, their tanks, their airplanes, and for some, their women. Six full length novels. A rip roaring read from the first page to the last. This box-set includes every book in the bestselling Devil’s Guard series: DEVIL’S GUARD: BLOOD AND SNOW It is February 1943 in the snowy wastes around Kharkov, in the Soviet Union. Stalingrad has fallen and a resurgent Soviet army is pushing the German forces back. Newly commissioned Jurgen Hoffman takes up his posting with SS Division Das Reich, part of von Manstein's Army Group South. He soon displays formidable military talents in a series of brutal, hard fought actions, but he finds his enemies do not all wear Russian uniform. DEVIL’S GUARD: BLOOD AND IRON The second thrilling book in the Devil's Guard series. The SS Officer Jurgen Hoffman has another battle to face. Kursk, the showdown between German and Soviet armor. The story begins before the battle when the commanders of both sides are fighting an intelligence war. Sent on a mission behind the lines into the heavily defended Kursk salient, Hoffman and the remnants of his platoon fight their way back to their own lines. DEVIL’S GUARD: THE REAL STORY The French Foreign Legion recruited widely from German soldiers left unemployed and homeless by the defeat of Germany in 1945. They offered a new identity and passport to men who could bring their fighting skills to the jungles and rice paddies of what was to become Vietnam. They were ruthless, trained killers, brutalized by the war on the Eastern Front, their murderous abilities honed to a razor's edge. DEVIL’S GUARD: VIETNAM There is to be no respite for the Waffen-SS veterans who fought for the French against the Vietcong. Some of the veterans still fight the communists, but this time for the Americans. Jurgen Hoffman and Paul Schuster are compelled to use their brutal fighting skills and expert knowledge of the terrain to once more wage a secret war in the steaming cauldron of the South East Asian jungle. The Devil's Guard is on the march again. DEVIL’S GUARD: COUNTERATTACK It is 1968, and the fighting in Vietnam escalates. Body counts continue to rise, and the fighter-bombers and gunships prowl the skies in the relentless hunt for their elusive enemy. Jurgen Hoffman is no longer in uniform. He runs a small civilian airline, with other old comrades from his time with the French Foreign Legion.
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The Arches of Orkney County

The Arches of Orkney County

Ryan Holden

Business & Investing / Professional & Technical

Long ago in the county of Orkney there were two towns that faced each other. They were near each other as the crow flies and worlds apart in every other way. Seasons came and went, and each day was as like to the one before as it was to the one after, until because of a child's bauble and a boy's wits and a girl's face it was not so. 25 minute read.Long ago in the county of Orkney there were two towns that faced each other. They were near each other as the crow flies and worlds apart in every other way. Seasons came and went, and each day was as like to the one before as it was to the one after, until because of a child's bauble and a boy's wits and a girl's face it was not so.In this 25 minute read, meet a boy born on the wrong side of the ravine, forced to do something about it, and how Orkney County will never be the same.
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Righteous Strike

Righteous Strike

Eric Meyer

Professional & Technical / Reference

A new insurgency is brewing on the Afghan-Pakistan border. General Ishaq Khan, known as the ‘Hammer of God,’ is the architect of this new terror. During a bloody battle, Khan kidnaps a group of journalists following Congresswoman Barbara Adams. Her work was to highlight injustices against women, yet now Adams and her party have become the victims. The Bin Laden raid on Abbottabad has left diplomatic ties shattered, making an official rescue mission impossible. The Congresswoman’s husband turns to former Navy SEAL for help. Rafe Stoner is a drunk loner with little to live for. His refusal is brief and to the point. Until he discovers General Ishaq Khan, beloved leader of the Haqqani insurgency, has made the biggest mistake of his life. He has given Stoner a reason to live. A reason to fight.He agrees to take on the mission with his best friend Grigory Blum. They are about to enter the gates of hell as they pit their skills and weapons against the might of the Haqqani. What began as a rescue becomes a desperate fight for survival. At the end, one question remains. Who will live, and who will die?Heroes of Afghanistan: Hammer of God is an incredible story of tough, violent men in a tough, violent land. This is the latest title by the bestselling author of many SpecOps series. These include the popular SEAL Team Bravo stories, Heroes of Afghanistan, Raider, Echo Six, and Devil's Guard titles.
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Sneak Attack

Sneak Attack

Eric Meyer

Professional & Technical / Reference

The 82nd is advancing closer to Germany. They have reached the eastern side of Belgium, a dense forest known as the Ardennes. Once past the Ardennes, they have short journey across Luxembourg before they cross into the Reich for the final destruction of Hitler's forces.To their astonishment 1st Platoon runs into a unit of Allied soldiers. Men who shouldn't be there, for the 82nd is in the forefront of the advance. The soldiers are in American uniform, driving an American Willys jeep. Yet they are Germans, and they have inadvertently run into the first part of a Nazi plan for a surprise attack to blunt the Allied advance toward Germany. Ray Cassidy and Harry Byrd on point, and they manage to kill the disguised Germans, but the fight is not over. They narrowly avoid a Panther heavy tank and trailing in its wake four, half-tracks. German half-tracks, filled German soldiers wearing American uniforms. Part of a concerted effort to flood the Ardennes forest with disguised...
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Black Operator--Complete Box Set (Books 1-6)

Black Operator--Complete Box Set (Books 1-6)

Eric Meyer

Professional & Technical / Reference

The thrilling complete six-book set which details the efforts of the Kremlin to kill a political opponent of the President. Maria Tereshkova must flee for her life, and only a burned-out DEA agent, Cris Rhodes, stands in the way of the shadowy gunmen sent to kill her. A series of breathtaking chases packed with violent action.Includes:Black Operator: The Russian AssassinBlack Operator: The Kremlin AssassinsBlack Operator: Red Square AssassinsBlack Operator: The Siberian AssassinBlack Operator: The Moscow AssassinsBlack Operator: The Gulag Assassins
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A Land Torn

A Land Torn

Spencer Johnson

Business / Professional & Technical / Fiction

Now edited by an actual editor. Many thanks to Robin S. Enter a tale of intrigue, secrets, betrayals, and a continent on the verge of falling apart. Woven from a number of characters, each with their own hopes, fears, and dreams, the story chronicles the birth of a new age in Den'dra. A teenaged boy awakens one morning after a nightmare and sees it coming to pass in the waking world. He takes flight to escape a terrible fate. The Asgare, a fabled assassin that vanished fifteen years ago, has a surprise encounter that precipitates a trek across the land in search of his son. A dragon patrolling the border between draconic and human lands discovers a human child that is not all it seems. A princess watches her father's health decline and dreads the consequences held in her future. Their goals are not as disconnected as would first appear. In the end, they must all rely on each other to survive the coming trials.
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Gitmo Getaway

Gitmo Getaway

Eric Meyer

Professional & Technical / Reference

A small unit operation inside Colombia results in the death of a politician, a man guilty of living off the cocaine trade. The Colombians ambush the four Navy Seals, led by Chief Petty Officer Kyle Nolan, and condemn them to a speedy execution.There is an island in the Caribbean, the US Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. Home to the most notorious of America's enemies. Men who will go to their deaths to strike a blow at the US. Ten men have managed against the odds to escape, ten of the most hardened and fanatic prisoners.The two separate events come together, to form a thrilling story of vicious and cruel fighting. A chase across the Caribbean, through Mexico and into America itself. A chase where the ultimate prize is everything the US holds dear.This is Eric Meyer's best to date. A story that is full of explosive twists and turns. Seal Team Bravo: Black Ops VI Guantanamo is a worthy, action packed sequel to the first five best selling Seal Team Bravo Black Ops books.
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Fury of the Tiger

Fury of the Tiger

Eric Meyer

Professional & Technical / Reference

June 6, 1944. The Allies have launched the most ambitious and dangerous mission of the war. An operation that must secure a beachhead or risk the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives. Pitched into this hellish scenario is Sergeant Josh Grant and his Sherman tank, Minnie Mouse. Fighting through the corpse-littered Omaha Beach, the crew of Minnie Mouse is confronted by the full horrors of war. Every yard of ground must be fought and paid for in blood.For Grant, the invasion has become a personal quest. He wants revenge for the death of his brother, and like the rest of his crew, he wants to kill Nazis. All of them. Beyond the German lines the terrifying Tiger I heavy tanks await them, famous for their legendary armor and 88mm guns. One such behemoth is commanded by an SS officer, a veteran of the Russian Front. His crewmen are young members of the Hitler Youth, their fanatical loyalty beyond question. When Minnie Mouse and the Tiger engage in a series of violent engagements, only...
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Assault on Iran

Assault on Iran

Eric Meyer

Professional & Technical / Reference

A raid on a drug trafficker's factory uncovers a secret that sends a cold chill through the heart of NATO. An Iranian cleric, captured in the raid, tells of a conspiracy at the heart of the Ahmadinejad's Iranian government. A terrorist group, part of the Revolutionary Guard is on a mission to acquire nuclear warheads. Weapons which will enable them to launch a conflict that would threaten the peace and security of the world, and trigger Armageddon. Echo Six is sent into action. They are to cross the border into Iran and eliminate the leader of the group, even if it is Ahmadinejad himself. They must stop the weapons transfer at any cost.Once more Echo Six, the elite NATO Special Forces unit, is called upon to carry out a mission that will put them at the heart of one of the most repressive police states in the world. Thrust into the enemy capital, where every man is hostile, they discover that even their allies are not to be trusted.Fighting their way out of double-cross and...
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