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The best ground-attack support fighter jets ever built-the A-10 Thunderbolt "Warthogs"-are falling out of the sky. The Air Force brass repeatedly schemes to decommission this low-tech jet. They've been blocked by soldiers, pilots, and Congress...so far. The "Hog" lies at the crux of a high-tech struggle for power. An interagency skirmish that now rapidly descends into a battle fought on a global scale. Miranda Chase, air-crash savant for the National...

Miranda Chase, the heroine you didn't expect. Fighting the battles no one else could win. The US Army's brand new S-97 Raider reconnaissance helicopter goes down during final acceptance testing, hard. Cause: a failure, or the latest in a series of cyberattacks by Turkey. Miranda Chase, an autistic air-crash genius, and her team of NTSB investigators tackle the challenge. They must find the flaw, save the Vice President, and stop the US from being...

Delta Force operator Ricardo Manella nearly died in the Honduran jungle. But while captive in a drug lord's camp, he discovers a unique talent that saves his life. Michelle Bowman never thought about saving lives until a previously unknown telepathic connection to Ricardo saves his. However, her old college roommate's twin brother proves he possesses other powers-especially the skill to consistently piss her off. When they become involved in a security...

The White House Protection Force leaps into danger! Come meet the behind scenes specialists who keep our White House safe-even while they risk their hearts. Colby Thompson likes nothing better than his Secret Service patrol of the White House's South Lawn with his trusty German Shepherd, Rex. The role fits them both down to the ground. But when his childhood nemesis Marine Corps Major Ivy Hanson steps off the Marine One helicopter, his comfortable...

Delta Force recon specialist Hannah Tucker needs out of the Colombian jungle and she needs out now. Night Stalker pilot Jesse Johnson aims to oblige...until his helicopter is shot down. He finds that more than a little inconvenient. Stalked by guerillas, crocodiles, and other jungle unfriendlies, they must learn to control skills they never knew they had - or even existed! Together they discover an unpredictable psychic ability to project sound and...

An AC-130J "Ghostrider"-the latest variant of America's most lethal aerial gunship-goes down hard in the Colorado Rockies. Except the data doesn't match the airframe. Air-crash savant, and high-functioning autistic, Miranda Chase leads her NTSB team in to investigate. But what they uncover reveals a far greater threat-sabotage. If she can't solve the crash in time, a new type of war will erupt. One far too close to home which threatens to shatter...

The Antonov AN-124 Ruslan "Condor"-the heavyweight champ among production cargo jets. Russian tanks, American firefighting helicopters, rescue submersibles, satellites, city-sized power transformers...the Condor hauls them all over the world.But when one lifts a top-secret payload rated as too dangerous, the US government decides it must take action. Untraceable action. Call Delta Force? SEAL Team Six?No. They call Miranda Chase, lead crash investigator...

When God cheats at Scrabble, does Hell freeze over? After 14 billion years of cleaning up after God, the Devil descends into a mid-life crisis. Before she can settle into that perfect state of self-pity, a Buddhist Hungry Ghost steals the Software that Runs the Universe. And it all goes to Hell from there. She quickly assembles her crisis team: St. Peter - hacked his way out of Purgatory, been running Heaven ever since. Valerie - a Seattle cookbook...

Brody Jones flies Lifter Rescue-diving down into the hazards of Low Earth Orbit. There he saves who he can of Earth's last refugees. Captain Karina Rostov of the Future Night Stalkers can't understand Brody's career choice-neither his commitment to Lifter Rescue nor his refusal to fly with her. When a rescue flight forces them both to confront their pasts, each must finally face their own Heart's Refuge.

Japan disappeared 500 years ago. It's people didn't. Five hundred years ago, Japan hid itself from the rest of the world. Rather than technology, they discovered power. The emperor still rules, but the mystics hold sway. Hitomi is the youngest warrior in the history of the fighting Mura clan, who have evolved from the rough beginnings as the Ninja into the race's supreme weapons. But Hitomi stumbles upon a secret, one so vast that even the emperor...