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When the French find a path through the mountains to outflank the entrenched Anglo Portuguese army at Bussaco there is no choice but to continue the retreat to Lisbon. Craven and the Salford Rifles are tasked with slowing the enemy advance but soon they will have their backs to the sea. More than sixty thousand French troops descend on the Portuguese capital where the fate of British army will be decided. But even as the French columns approach, Craven receives news that an old enemy is nearby, and he must choose between seeking revenge and standing beside his men.

The French have captured the Spanish fortified city of Ciudad Rodrigo and the third invasion of Portugal has begun. The only barrier between Wellington’s army and the huge French invasion force is the fortress of Almeida, but a spy inside the city threatens to force the garrisons surrender before the British army is strong enough to meet the French in battle, with half of Wellington’s force consisting of untested Portuguese troops. Craven and Ferreira are sent to hunt the spy, but soon enough the army must stand and fight.

Your country is under attack. You don't know what they are or where they came from. What do you do? When an army platoon goes missing on exercise near the small town of Wood Point, Master Sergeant Jack Ross is called in to investigate. But when all communications out of the valley are lost, the townsfolk and soldiers in the area are left to fend for themselves. Under attack from soldiers that cannot be human, the townsfolk are rapidly killed or captured with ruthless efficiency. The fate of the country hangs by a thread as they desperately battle to survive the onslaught.

In the spring of 1809 the British Army, spearheaded by Sir Arthur Wellesley, pushes north to drive the French out of Portugal. Captain James Craven, a prize fighter and rogue recruited to teach the use of cold steel is along for the ride, seeking riches and wine. As quick with his mouth as he is with a blade, Craven is caught in a forbidden duel by Wellesley himself on the eve of battle. The outcome is not what he expected. Craven’s life is about to take a major turn and descend into a whirlwind adventure beyond his wildest imagination.

The counterattack into enemy territory proved the aliens were far stronger than the humans thought. Whilst many got on with their lives in the hope the aliens would not return, Colonel Mitch Taylor knew better. No longer seeking to occupy Earth, the enemy Lord Demiran wants revenge. This time he means to obliterate Earth with a terrifying new weapon of mass destruction that will mean extinction for the human race.

The Battle of Talavera was a great success, but not the fatal blow many had hoped for. Now the French move to encircle the British army in Spain. A gruelling and disheartening withdrawal to Portugal is the only course of action to save the army. The enemy must be slowed if there is to be any hope of victory on the Iberian Peninsula. Spanish forces must be supported to continue the fight, and Craven is selected to go to their aid. Tasked with delivering desperately needed weapons to the Spanish guerrillas, Craven must run the gauntlet to urgently deliver the weapons against all odds.

Colonel Taylor’s mission to rescue POWs had been a resounding success, but it had revealed horrors beyond his imagining. Worst of all, he could not rescue the one he cared most for - Alita. Bolormaa, the terrifying enemy queen that he could never hope to defeat, is coming. And Taylor knows he must face her once again. Yet, the genius Milo Rivers has provided a new hope. Hope in the form of technology far surpassing anything humanity could have dreamed to possess in the next few hundred years.

Holmes is just days away from bringing down the biggest criminal ringleader in London. But his quick and wicked foe is as cautious and intelligent as he. When Moriarty learns of Holmes' plans against him, he releases an evil on England the likes of which no civilized man had ever seen. In a desperate attempt to save England and, perhaps, the known world, Holmes and his trusty friend Watson travel across Europe to find the source of Moriarty's newfound power and end him and his wicked plan for good.

A secret war rages in the city, but this is no ordinary war. Armed with blades forged in the heavens, the ancient Gods and their followers fight to the death. Thrust into this deadly combat is Aaron Miller, an NYPD cop and martial artist, who takes up arms against Hades, the bloodthirsty tyrant of the underworld. For, Hades must be stopped before he fulfils the prophecy to re-forge the shards of Zeus’ shattered crown.

Earth’s Greatest Warrior, Mitch Taylor, must make a stand in the face of a relentless invasion of Earth! Taylor remains in intensive care, and Sommers is Missing in Action. But the fight must go on. Recon continues to launch hit and run attacks against enemy facilities disrupt their operations on the Eastern seaboard. Yet they are about to discover something far larger and dangerous than they could have imagined.

Spanish armies collapse under the weight of a new spring offensive and only one bastion of hope remains, the last place Craven would ever want to be. A vast French army now marches to invade Portugal. Wellington rides north to face them, but if resistance in Spain is defeated, there can be little hope of victory, and the British will be driven into the sea. One city continues to resist at the southern tip of Spain, Cadiz. Desperate times call for desperate measures and Craven is sent to the besieged city with little hope of turning the tide. He must hold the line, or all may be lost.

Colonel Mitch Taylor is living on borrowed time, and so is the Alliance. Counting the days down until Bolormaa could return and kill him herself. The sole reason she had saved him from her ally Cakir. The Alliance needs to buy time until that final showdown. But Taylor is needed to do what he does best. They decide on a deception, and find a double who can pass as a wounded Taylor.

A desperate battle for Richmond is about to begin, but Colonel Taylor knows that the war cannot be won if the Alliance continues its current path. When the genius Milo Rivers offers hope, both Taylor and Major Sommers are dispatched to retrieve information and technology which could turn the war around. Yet, Taylor’s Marines are about to descend into a deadly trap, and they must fight not just for the future of Earth, but survive to see another day.

Earth is soon consumed by the invading alien armies as they land in their millions, and Mitch Taylor is the enemies' first target, knowing the danger he presents. Can Taylor escape his captors and rally those on Earth to fight back before it is too late, or will he fall alongside the rest of Earth’s defenders in a desperate last stand?

The Nazis and their allies won the war, but peace in the 21st century is proving much harder to keep. It's 20 years since the failed British Mutiny left London a burnt-out husk, a reminder of the new world order that covers most of the globe. Yet even in this dark time there are rumours of growing resistance movements deep inside North America. The patriotic freedom fighters of New York City have the willpower to succeed, but what can they do against the unending numbers of Reich soldiers that occupy their defeated nation, and their monstrous walking machines of war?

The fifth installment of an epic science-fiction series that tells of humanity's desperate struggle to survive against an overwhelming alien invasion.

Bolormaa's vast and powerful armies have overrun Earth and cut a bloody swathe across every continent. All hope is lost. Most of Mitch Taylor's comrades are dead or captured, and all he has left is the determination to keep on killing - to slaughter as many of his enemies as possible before the overwhelming hordes engulf him. To his astonishment, he discovers he may not be alone.

The year is 2512. War rages throughout the Alliance, but not for Razor, the Galaxy's greatest thief. She is set to make the biggest score of her career - a priceless jewel from one of the Alliance's most advanced and secure star bases. It is the perfect heist, but when the station comes under attack by the relentless forces of the Morohtan Empire, her mission becomes a terrifying fight for survival.

The alien invaders were driven from Earth, but isolated pockets continue to hold out and hinder the recovery effort. Major Mitch Taylor's Inter-Allied Company is re-organized into a rapid response task force to seek out and destroy all remaining threats. However, when Ramstein is obliterated in an aerial attack, they know that the battle for Earth is not over. With enemy forces remaining in the solar system, the armies of Earth have no choice but to rally together and make an assault against the Moon to secure the safety of their planet. They must take the fight to the aliens.

War is almost upon the Alliance of four races. The window to prepare themselves for the invasion of the terrifying Morohta armies grows narrower each day. Colonel Mitch Taylor remains in recovery from the horrendous wounds he suffered at the hands of a Morohta prince. Lieutenant Jones leads sweeps throughout Alliance territory, watching and waiting. All fear the arrival of Queen Bolormaa and her sadistic sons, together with the vast armies they command.