Twee groepjes ontdekkingsreizigers ondernemen een expeditie naar ‘het verste punt van de beschaving’. Wie arriveert het eerst, het groepje met Summerfield, Johns en Cook? Of toch de groep met Thegn, Tostig en Guthrum? Lang blijft in het ongewisse wat precies het doel is van deze expeditie, die zich afspeelt in een onduidelijke periode van de geschiedenis. Tot op een dag de muilezels die de bagage dragen gaan dwarsliggen…

Mitch Rapp is gewend te winnen. Samen met vriend en collega Scott Coleman gaat Rapp de strijd aan om Pakistaanse kernwapens uit handen van terroristen te houden. Daar komt bij dat Rusland ook geïnteresseerd is en beslist niet met dezelfde reden als Rapp en Coleman. Al snel wordt het angstaanjagend duidelijk dat de krachten in Moskou zijn gebundeld om nog meer chaos en onrust in het Midden-Oosten te creëren, en moet Rapp diep infiltreren op Russisch grondgebied, waar hij zich als een Amerikaanse IS-rekruut voordoet. Daar legt hij een plan bloot dat veel gevaarlijker en sluwer is dan hij ooit had kunnen denken en dat weleens vergaande en catastrofale gevolgen kan hebben.

SUMMARY: Gerald Dunwoody is a wizard. Just not a particularly good one. He's blown up a factory, lost his job, and there's a chance that he's not really a Third Grade wizard after all. So it's off to New Ottosland to be the new Court Wizard for King Lional.It's a shame that King Lional isn't the vain, self-centered young man he appeared to be. With a Princess in danger, a talking bird who can't stay out of trouble, and a kingdom to save, Gerald soon suspects that he might be out of his depth. And if he can't keep this job, how will he ever become the wizard he was destined to be...THE ACCIDENTAL SORCERER is the first novel in the Rogue Agent trilogy, from one of fantasy's newest stars.

From Publishers Weekly

The prolonged and intense Axis bombing of Malta and the British efforts to deliver squadrons of new Spitfire fighters in aid of the strategic Mediterranean island's defense provide the dramatic backdrop for Mills's WWII spy thriller. Maj. Max Chadwick negotiates a narrow path feeding info via his weekly bulletin in the Maltese newspaper Il-Berqa, putting a positive spin on Malta's depressing situation, and seeking to separate rumor from fact. When Chadwick learns that a British submariner may be a serial killer targeting sherry queens (e.g., dance hostesses who worked the bars and bawdy music halls in the capital city's disreputable quarter), he has to consider carefully what to reveal. If the murders become public, they could tip the precarious balance of local support against the British. Mills (Amagansett) paints a vivid portrait of a tenacious people, embattled and besieged troops, and a principled man trying to resolve the conflict between duty and justice. (Feb.)
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From Bookmarks Magazine

Mark Mills's third novel--as magnificent as it is sober and chilling--evokes the horror of Malta under siege. The war, however, provides more than a backdrop to this superb spy thriller, gripping mystery, and work of historical fiction; it directs Max's choices as he sets out to investigate the murders. Critics lauded the plot's complexity, smooth pacing, and attention to detail. However, it was the sadistic killer--and his incisive, depraved musings--that really caught most reviewers' attention and that elevates this novel above its genre. In sum: a standout work deserving of a wide readership.

With U.S. intelligence agencies wracked by internal power struggles and paralyzed by bureaucracy, the President is forced to establish his own clandestine group - Covert-One - selected from the very best operators America has to offer. It is only activated as a last resort, when the threat is on a global scale and time is running out. In Northern Uganda an American Special Forces team is wiped out by a group of normally peaceful farmers. Video of the attack shows even women and children possessing almost supernatural speed and strength, consumed with a rage that makes them immune to pain, fear, and all but the most devastating injuries. Covert-One's top operative, Army microbiologist Colonel Jon Smith, is sent to investigate the attack and finds evidence of a parasitic infection that for centuries has been causing violent insanity and then going dormant. This time, though, it's different. The infection is purposely being kept alive and the director of Iranian Intelligence is in Uganda trying to make a deal for a biological weapon to unleash on the West. As Smith and his team are cut off from all outside support, they begin to suspect that forces much more powerful than the Iranians are in play - forces that can be traced to Washington itself.

When Sgt. Dan Mills and the rest of the 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, flew into Iraq in April 2004, they were supposed to be winning hearts and minds. They were soon fighting for their lives.Within hours of their arrival in Iraq, a grenade bounced off one of the battalion’s Land Rovers, rolled underneath, and detonated. The ambush marked the beginning of a full-scale firefight during which Mills killed a man with a round that removed his assailant’s head. It was going to be a long tour.Like some postapocalyptic Mad Max nightmare, the place had gone to hell in a handbasket. Throat-burning winds, blast bombs, and well-trained, well-organized militias armed with AKs, RPGs, and a limitless supply of mortar rounds were the icing on the cake.For the next six months, isolated, besieged, and under constant fire, their battalion refused to give an inch. Sniper One is a breathtaking chronicle of endurance, camaraderie, dark humor, and courage in the face of relentless, lethal assault.