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1) Darwin's Radio
Bear, Greg

Darwin's Radio
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 2000. From the back cover: "Ancient diseases encoded in the DNA of humans wait like sleeping dragons to wake and infect again-or so molecular biologist Kaye Lang believes. And now it looks as if her controversial theory is in fact chilling reality...". Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine.. (more information)

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2) Hawke
Bell, Ted

Hawke
Bristol, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Pocket Star, 2005. From the back cover: "As a direct descendant of a legendary English privateer, Lord Alexander Hawke is skilled in the ways of sea combat-and one of England's most decorated naval heroes. Now, Hawke returns to the Caribbean on a secret mission for the American government...". Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine.. (more information)

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3) Doctored Evidence
Biehl, Michael

Doctored Evidence
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 2003. This is a new, unread copy. From the back cover: "A medical device failed. A patient died. Was it an accident - or murder? Only one person knows. And it's not hospital attorney Karen Hayes. Investigating the alleged wrongful death of the hospital's own chief financial officer, Karen uncovers a betrayal of trust, both professional and personal...". Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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4) Larry Bond's First Team
Bond, Larry

Larry Bond's First Team
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC. Larry Bond, master of the technothriller, and his accomplished cowriter, Jim De Felice, kick off a series with this first volume about the Team, a maverick group formed by the CIA. Unencumbered by the usual governmental or military red tape, the Team is charged with handling threats to national security considered to be out of the ordinary. Their objective here is to locate radioactive waste in a former Soviet republic before someone turns it into a dirty bomb aimed at the U.S. The mission is jeopardized when their unknown opponent frames some of the Team for the murder of a local Russian fixer.. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. (more information)

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5) Wings of Fire
Brown, Dale

Wings of Fire
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 2003. This book has no spine creases. It does, however, have a crease on the front cover from someone who has the habit of bending the book back over their fingers. A couple of the pages had also been folded at the top corners. The book is, however in lovely shape with no markings, writing or cracks. From the back cover..."North Africa is in turmoil. The new Libyan president has had the new Egyptian president assassinated, and the latter's widow, Susan Salaam, vows revenge. She enlists the high-tech help of McLanahan and his Night Stalkers. But the Libyans, and their scheming secret allies, hold a trump card - one with a deeply personal meaning for McLanahan - and it may be one that will leave enen the Night Stalkers powerless..." Ggreat read if you like thrillers that keep you going until the last page.. Mass Market Paperback. New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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6) Dreamland: Satan's Tail
Brown, Dale; Defelice, Jim

Dreamland: Satan's Tail
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Jove Pubns, 2004. From the back cover: "Hidden in the Nevada desert is America's most advanced aerospace weapons-testing facility. Dreamland is the place where the nation's top minds come to develop artillery and aircraft that push beyond the cutting edge. And where the Air Force's top guns come to test them - on the front lines of a new era in warfare..." . Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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7) Dale Brown's Dreamland: Nerve Center
Brown, Dale; Defelice, Jim

Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Avon Books, 2004. From the back cover: "In the Nevada desert, the high-tech futureof warfare is being conceived and constructed ata top-secret military facility calledDreamland Strike Zone. An Asian war that would have escalated into a nuclear nightmare has been halted, thanks to the raw courage, unparalleled skill, and total commitment of the Dreamland force. But an analysis of radar data has revealed the presence of an unknown super-weapon in the area: a robot warplane with terrifying capabilities, dubbed the "ghost clone." Though strikingly similar to Dreamland's own U/MF Flighthawk, no one knows where this fearsome instrument of destruction originated, but a rogue nation possessing a squadron of them could wreak unimaginable havoc on an unsuspecting free world. Now nothing less than a brazen, brilliantly conceived deception will lure the ghost clone out of hiding -- and only a daring strike on enemy soil can avert a tomorrow too terrible to consider ... if it isn't already too late. . Mass Market Paperback. Fine. (more information)

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8) Cimarron Rose: A Novel
Burke, James Lee

Cimarron Rose: A Novel
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hyperion, 1998. Publisher's Note: "Texas attorney and former Texas Ranger Billy Bob Holland has many secrets in his dark past. Among them is Vernon Smothers' son Lucas, a teenaged boy about whom only Vernon and Billy Bob know the truth. Lucas is really Billy Bob's illegitimate son, and when Lucas is arrested for murder, Billy Bob knows that he has no choice but to confront the past and serve as the boy's criminal attorney. During Lucas's trial, Billy Bob realizes that he will have to bring injury upon Lucas as well as himself in order to save his son. And as a result, Billy Bob creates enemies that are far more dangerous than any he had faced as a Texas Ranger.". Mass Market Paperback. As New. (more information)

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9) The Home Team: Undeclared War
Chalker, Dennis; Dockery, Kevin

The Home Team: Undeclared War
Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Avon Books, 2005. From the back cover: "Now secretly working for the Department of Homeland Security, ex-Navy SEAL Ted "Grim" Reaper believes the spectacular prison break that freed a powerful drug kingpin could have been engineered only by Spec Ops experts...". Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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10) The Home Team: Undeclared War
Chalker, Dennis; Dockery, Kevin

The Home Team: Undeclared War
Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Avon Books, 2004. From the back cover: "In the hellish chaos of Bosnia, U.S. Navy SEAL Chief Ted "Grim" Reaper disobeyed a direct order from a corrupt superior officer, hoping to preventa massacre -- and he paid with his careet. Forced to retire or face court martial, he left the military life. But now his war has come home. Reaper thinks his fighting days are over -- until a hated face from his past walks into his gunshop to strongarm him into accepting an illegal shipment of weapons. When he refuses, he's hit hard where he's most vulnerable: his family. With his wife and son taken captive, and a disbelieving police force refusing to help, it's time for one angry ex-SEAL to take extreme action. Gathering together his own strike force of former SpecOps personnel, he's about to launch a covert mission into America's heartland -- exploding unchecked and unsanctioned into a deadly nest of guns, drugs, and terrorist links -- where failure is no option if his family, his men, and his country are to survive.. Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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11) Persuader
Child, Lee

Persuader
New York, U.S.A.: Dell Pub Co, 2004. About the book: "Jack Reacher takes an undercover assignment to investigate the disappearance of a federal agent from the home of a notorious drug dealer, but Reacher soon discovers that the dealer has ties to a man from Reacher's own past, one that Reacher supposedly killed...". Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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12) The Enemy
Child, Lee

The Enemy
New York, U.S.A.: Dell Pub Co, 2005. Synopsis This eighth novel featuring Major Jack Reacher covers an incident from Reacher's past. It's almost 1990, and the Cold War is coming to a close with the imminent fall of the Berlin Wall. On New Year's Eve, a two-star general is found dead of an apparent heart attack in a seedy motel. His briefcase has been stolen, its contents unknown. Soon, more deaths follow. As Reacher desperately attempts to put a lid on the situation, the jaws of a conspiracy begin to close on him.. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. (more information)

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13) Persuader
Child, Lee

Persuader
New York, U.S.A.: Dell Pub Co, 2004. Synopsis "Jack Reacher goes undercover to draw a bead on one Zachary Beck, a millionaire believed to have been involved in a scheme to sell weapons plans to Iraq government officials." From the back cover: "An ex-military cop and the ultimate loner. No family, no possessions, no commitments, no fear, Nothing-except a strong sense of justice.". Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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14) The Teeth of the Tiger
Clancy, Tom

The Teeth of the Tiger
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Berkley Pub Group, 2004. Synopsis: "Terrorists and drug lords join forces to conquer the world, but they have failed to count on President Ryan's secret black-ops force called "the Campus." And the men of the Campus have a secret weapon of their own--Jack Ryan, Jr.". Mass Market Paperback. As New. (more information)

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15) Tom Clancy's Power Plays
Clancy, Tom

Tom Clancy's Power Plays
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 2003. This is a new, unread copy. From the back cover: "Competition is heating up between the powerful telecommunicatons company Uplink International and new technological giant Armbright Industries. To keep UpLink on top, owner Roger Gordian is not above a little 'friendly snooping.' especially when one of Armbright's corporate sales agents disappears under mysterious circumstances...". Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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16) Red Rabbit
Clancy, Tom

Red Rabbit
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 2003. This is a New paperback. It is unread and has no spine creases. From the cover: "Tom Clancy returns to Jack Ryan's early days - in an extraordinary novel of Global political drama...It's the early 1980's - and historian, teacher, and recent ex-marine Jack Ryan is now a CIA officer on loan to the British SIS. On his very first day, an extraordinary document crosses his desk. Because of government repression in Poland, the new Pope, John Paul II, has threatened to resign his papacy. In Moscow, another man is contemplating the very same document. Yuriy Andropov, the chairman of the KGB, does not like what he reads, does not like what it means for him or for his nation. All it takes is one man to cause everything he has worked for to crumble. All it takes is one man to stop him. The Pope is very powerful, but he is also mortal...". Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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17) Op-Center 10. Sea of Fire
Clancy, Tom,Pieczenik, Steve

Op-Center 10. Sea of Fire
U.S.A.: Berkley, 2003. About the book: "Tom Clancy's Op-Center team returns here, called in when a pirate is found in the seas of the western Pacific bearing traces of radiation. Could it be that the corporation that's supposed to be disposing of nuclear waste is, instead, selling it to terrorists...". Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. (more information)

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18) Tom Clancy's Power Plays: Cutting Edge
Clancy, Tom; Greenberg, Martin; Preisler, Jerome

Tom Clancy's Power Plays: Cutting Edge
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Berkley Pub Group, 2002. About the book: "As a state-of-the-art fiber-optic cable system is laid down around the continent of Africa, two powerful men fight to control it--Roger Gordian, the head of UpLink Communications, and Harlan Devane, a ruthless blackmarket dealer who has kidnapped Gordian's daughter to get what he wants...". Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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19) The Second Time Around
Clark, Mary Higgins

The Second Time Around
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 2004. From the back cover: "When Nicholas Spencer, the charismatic head of a company that has developed an anticancer vaccine, disappears without a trace, reporter Marcia " Carley" DeCarlo is assigned the story. Word that Spencer, if alive, has made off with huge sums of money-including the life savings of many employees-doesn's do much to change Carley's already low opinion of Spencer's wife, Lynn, who is also Carley's stepsister and whom everyone believes is involved. But when Lynn's life is threatened, she asks Carley to help her prove that she wasn't her husband's accomplice. As the facts unfold, however, Carley herself becomes the target of a dangerous, sinister group that will stop at nothing to get what they want...". Mass Market Paperback. As New. (more information)

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20) No Second Chance
Coben, Harlen

No Second Chance
New York, NY, U.S.A.: N A L, 2004. This is a NEW, unread book. It is not a used item. From the back cover: "When the first bullet hit my chest, I thought of my daughter...Shot twice by an unseen assailant, Dr. Marc Seidman lies in a hospital bed. His wife has been killed. His six-month-old daughter has vanished. But when the ransom note arrives, it gives Mark one chance to bring her home alive. Then something goes wrong, and Marc spirals into a world of shock and surprise, of hope and yearning, where nothing is as it seems...". Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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21) Eleventh Hour : An FBI Thriller
Coulter, Catherine

Eleventh Hour : An FBI Thriller
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 2003. This is a brand new, unread copy. It is fresh and clean - from their synopsis: "When Father Michael Joseph is viciously murdered in his San Francisco church, his identical twin brother, FBI agent Dane Carver, along with husband-and-wife agents Savich and Sherlock, is determined to find the monster responsible. There is a witness, a homeless woman whose identity is an enigma. When Nicola "Nick" Jones comes forward, Dane finds himself in the unlikely role of bodyguard: she just might be next on the killer's list. But which killer's list? It seems Nick Jones is running from her own nightmare.". Mass Market Paperback. Fine. (more information)

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22) Prey : A Novel
Crichton, Michael

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 2003. From the back cover: "In the Nevada desert, an experiment has gone horribly wrong. A cloud of nanoparticles - micro-robots - has escaped from the laboratory. This cloud is self-sustaining and self-reproducing. It is intelligent and learns from experience. For all practical purposes, it is alive...". Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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23) A Slow Walk to Hell (No. 2)
Davis, Patrick A

A Slow Walk to Hell (No. 2)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2004. This is a NEW, unread book. It is not a used item. From the back cover: "Air Force investigator Martin Collins is used to bucking the system in the name of justice. But when he is called on to investigate the torture-style slaying of Major Franklin Talbot, Collins is embroiled in the most controversial case of his career. Evidence suggests that the deadly act was a hate crime - and that Talbot was hiding a shocking secret that may have sealed his fate. Even more shocking are the suspects: all high-ranking officers - including Talbot's own uncle, a leading presidential candidate. Traversing a politically charged minefield of buried secrets, Martin is targeted by powerful forces that cannot afford to let him identify Talbot's killer. And when he finally uncovers the devastating truth, Martin will be forced to make a fateful decision between catching a sadistic murderer - and destroying the lives of countless innocent men...". Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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24) Malko Que Viva Guevara #10
De Villiers, Gerard

U.S.A.: Pinnacle, 1975. From the back cover: "There was a hellava good chance it would be his last Christmas eve. Malko was sure he couldn't kill General Gomez in cold blood. But he was cornered and Maldo knew his three Venezuelan companions would kill him if he didn't shoot first....". Mass Market Paperback. As New. (more information)

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25) Pandora's Curse
Du Brul, Jack

Pandora's Curse
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Onyx Books, 2001. Synopsis: "Geologist Philip Mercer travels to the arctic to reopen a base camp for researchers. Upon arrival, he and his team (including sexy doctor Anika Klein) discover a Nazi plot involving radioactive minerals.". Mass Market Paperback. Fine. (more information)

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26) The Holocaust Auction : John Eagle Expeditor Nr 10
Edwards, Paul

U.S.A.: Pyramid, 1975. From the back cover: "The top U.S. weaponry expert was dead, murdered inside a maximum security prison after an impossible break-in. Why had he been begeaded? Was this only the begining of a more deadly operation? Mr. Merlin suspected it was...". Mass Market Paperback. Fine. (more information)

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27) A Blind Eye
Ford, G. M

A Blind Eye
Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Avon Books, 2004. From the back cover: "Beneath the rotting floorboards of an abandoned shed are human bones -- lots of them -- the last things a runaway rogue true-crime writer and his photojournalist ex-lover expected to find when they took shelter from a vicious Wisconsin blizzard. The grisly nightmare Frank Corso and Meg Dougherty have uncovered is nothing they can turn a blind eye to. The hideous slaughter of a family, undetected for fifteen years, must be avenged, as the hunt for a killer carries Corso halfway across the country, and through a chilling history of violence, terror, and bloodshed. But becoming an instrument of justice has made him a target of a rage-driven maniac -- and it's leading to ashocking truth hidden in an isolated place where death lives ... and where no law protects the innocent.". Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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28) Raising Abel
Gear, W. Michael; Gear, Kathleen O'Neal

Raising Abel
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Warner Books, Incorporated, 2003. This book has no spine creases. It does, however, have a bend on the front and back covers from someone who has the habit of bending the book back over their fingers. A couple of the pages had also been folded at the top corners. The book is, however in lovely shape with no markings, writing or cracks. From the back cover..." Veronica Tremain's nightmare begins with a phone call. Her anthropologist brother, Dr. Scott Ferris, has been savagely murdered. Within days other scientists on three continents start to die or disappear, and their labs and notes are destroyed. Suddenly, a little boy appears at Veronica's home -- Scott's adopted son, Abel. Hours later, assassins strike. Now Veronica and Abel are on the run in a world with no refuge, hunted by death squads bold enough to slaughter F.B.I. agents. The Killers have one mission:.... Mass Market Paperback. As New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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29) The Assassini
Gifford, Thomas

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1996. From the back cover: "t is 1982. In the Vatican, priestly vultures gather around the dying Pope, whispering the names of possible successors. In a forgotten monastery on Irelands gale-swept coast, a dangerous document is hidden, waiting to be claimed. And in a family chapel in Princeton, New Jersey, a nun is murdered at her prayers. Sister Valentine was an outspoken activist, a thorn in the Church's side. When her brother, lawyer Ben Driskill, realizes the Church will never investigate her death, he sets out to find the murderer himself--and uncovers an explosive secret.The Assassini. An age-old brotherhood of killers. Once they were hired by princes of the Church to protect it in dangerous times. But whose orders do they now obey...". Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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30) Final Justice : A Badge of Honor Novel
Griffin, W. E. B

Final Justice : A Badge of Honor Novel
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 2003. This is a NEW, unread book. It is not a used item. From the back cover: "With the same vivid realism and nonstop suspense that runs through his military novels, W.E.B. Griffin takes readers to the streets - behind the badges of the men and women in blue... Detective Matt Payne of the Philadelphia police department - newly promoted to sergeant and assigned to Homicide - finds himself in the middle of three major assignments: trying to nail down a cop killer, a serial rapist, and a murderer who fled to France twenty years ago yet continues to send taunting postcards from his safe haven. It's enough to burn out any cop. But Payne's not just any cop. And he's about to show the bad guys that there's no place they can hide from him - ...". Mass Market Paperback. New. (more information)

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