It's one of the stealthiest, most dangerous underwater warships ever built-and it's about to set off World War III. Silent at less than five knots and capable of a massive nuclear warhead punch, it's the 240-foot Russian Kilo Class submarine. Strapped for hard cash, the Russians have produced ten new Kilos for Beijing. The Chinese have already received three of the subs and now the last seven are ready to be delivered-a code-red situation the Pentagon must avert. Armed with a full strike force of Kilos, China can cripple American interests, shatter the balance of power, and successfully achieve the unthinkable in the Pacific Rim. But not if the newly appointed National Security Adviser, wily Texas admiral Arnold Morgan, can stop them-using the navy's deadliest covert forces. In a breathtaking race against time, a team of Navy SEALs penetrates deep inside the remote waters of northern Russia on a daring mission of destruction. And in the icy darkness of the North Atlantic, a brave U. S. captain takes his 7, 000-ton nuclear vessel on a hair-raising trip beneath the polar ice cap to head off a powerful Russian cordon determined to transport the Kilos at any cost. Horns locked in a tense game of geomilitary survival, each of the world' three most powerful nations knows that one mistake will mean all-out war.

Kilo Class

Updated for the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War, this is the bestselling, highly-acclaimed and most famous account of the conflict, written by the commander of the British Task Force.  On 5 April 1982, three days after the invasion of the Falkland Islands, British armed forces were ordered to sail 8,000 miles to the South Atlantic unaware of what lay ahead of them or whether they would be committed to war with Argentina.  In these engrossing memoirs, Admiral Sandy Woodward, Task Force commander from the aircraft carrier Hermes, takes us from day one to day one hundred of the conflict; from sailing through the waters of the Atlantic with hopes of a political settlement fading, and war becoming increasingly likely, to the repulse of the Argentinian navy and the daring amphibious landing at San Carlos Water.  The war, which cost the lives of over 1,000 men, has left a legacy of many historical debates and controversies, from the sinking of ships such as HMS Coventry, HMS Sheffield and Sir Galahad, and the Argentinian cruiser, the Belgrano, to wider issues such as what was it like to command and fight a modern air and naval war, the biggest naval action since World War II.  ''One Hundred Days'' is unique as a dramatic portrayal of the world of modern naval warfare, where despite the use of sophisticated equipment and communications, the margins for human error and courage were as wide as they were in the days of Nelson.

ONE HUNDRED DAYS

During the boom years of the 1980s, the massed oil wealth of the princes of Dubai and Saudi Arabia were pitted against British millionaire Robert Sangster in a battle for control of one of the world's rarest, most precious and most unpredictable commodities: top-pedigree thoroughbread racehorses.

 From the Jockey Club to Kentucky, from Royal Ascot to Belmont Park, high society and new money celebrated a horsebreeders' bonanza as hundreds of millions of dollars were waged in the ultimate racing gamble. Horsetrader is the thrilling, compulsive story of the rise and spectacular crash of the Sport of Kings.

 Robert Sangster was the man responsible for the boom. together with Irishmen Vincent O'Brien, the world's finest trainer, and stallion master John Magnier, Sangster undertook the revolutionary policy of buying 'baby' stallions - the world's most expensive yearlings. And the man who could win at this game, they decided, was the man who bought them all. they sent prices through the roof in bidding wars fought with breathtaking daring. Top stallions became worth three times their weight in gold - the breeding rights to them became a licence to print money.

 This book traces the gripping story of how Sangster and his little band of Irish horsemen ransacked the world's most prestigious bloodstock auction, the Keeneland Sales in Kentucky. It witnesses too the terrible crash - the bankruptcies and the ruined thoroughbred farms. Written with the full co-operation of Sangster himself, Horsetrader is the inside track on an awesome bid to corner the thoroughbred market.

Horse Trader - Robert Sangster and the Rise and Fall of the Sport of Kings

The US Department of Defense is well aware of China's intention to shut the US Carrier Battle Groups out of the Taiwan Strait and then to reclaim, by military force if necessary, the rich independent island that sits only one hundred miles off China's eastern coastline. A strike force of patrolling Kilos could achieve that objective for Beijing, and two of the ten Kilos have already been delivered. Kilo Class is about US attempts to foil delivery of the other eight. The President's new National Security Adviser, the irascible Texas admiral Arnold Morgan, prepares to send the US Navy's deadliest Black Ops hit squads deep into dark Russian waters. Their missions are executed under the most crushing code of secrecy. One mistake could literally start World War III. The decision is sanctioned by the President of the United States. Now the world's three most powerful nations silently lock horns - Russia, determined to deliver the submarines to Shanghai for a payment of billions of dollars; China, determined to reclaim Taiwan by frightening off the US aircraft carriers; and the United States, brutally determined that those Kilos will never fly the flag of China above their bridges.

Le Sous Marin De La Derniere Chance (Admiral Arnold Morgan, #2)

Mack Bedford, officier du SEAL, commando d'élite de l'US Navy, a abattu douze jihadistes irakiens désarmés qui semblaient pourtant sur le point de se rendre. À sa décharge, Bedford avait vu quelques instants plus tôt quatre de ses camarades périr carbonisés dans des chars frappés par des missiles guidés Diamondhead, pourtant interdits par le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies. Le Diamondhead transperce en effet les blindages les plus épais et sa tête, munie d'un gaz mortel, s'embrase quelques secondes après l'impact.Jugé en Cour martiale, Bedford est renvoyé de l'armée. De retour chez lui, il retrouve le train-train d'une ville de chantiers navals du Maine au bord de l'asphyxie, faute du renouvellement de commandes de l'État français. Il doit aussi faire face à l'évolution alarmante de la maladie génétique de son fils de sept ans, que seule une opération au-dessus de ses moyens pourrait sauver.Bedford est alors approché par le patron d'un chantier naval, qui lui propose un million de dollars pour éliminer le Français Henri Foch, responsable du déclin de sa ville. Cet industriel est de surcroît le fabricant des terribles Diamondhead, qu'il continue à écouler malgré l'interdiction... Et Foch n'est-il pas aussi cet homme aperçu en Irak, peu avant la mort de ses quatre compagnons d'arme ?Animé autant par la volonté de sauver son fils que par le désir de revanche, Bedford entend, à sa manière, rétablir une certaine justice... Mission doublement délicate : il doit désormais agir en solo alors que Foch, candidat à la présidentielle, est le favori des sondages pour devenir le futur hôte de l'Élysée...

Diamonhead, le missile de tous les dangers

The H.M.S. Unseen is one of the most efficient, lethal submarines ever built. But suddenly, on a training mission off the English coast, it vanishes, baffling military intelligence on both sides of the Atlantic, including National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan. A missing weapon is dangerous enough. But then the unthinkable begins to happen....Planes begin blowing up across the skies.Searching for answers, Morgan is convinced that only one man can be behind all these devastating events: his archenemy, the world's most cunning--yet reportedly dead--terrorist spy. Determined to stop his old nemesis, Morgan must use all his wits to find a madman armed with a powerful sub hidden somewhere in a million square miles of ocean. What Morgan doesn't know, however, is that the fanatical terrorist has a plan of his own, one that will bring these two intense warriors face-to-face--and only one will come out alive in one of the most chilling spy stories of the year.

Menace Invisible (Admiral Arnold Morgan, #3)

The H. M. S. Unseen is one of the most efficient, lethal submarines ever built. But suddenly, on a training mission off the English coast, it vanishes, baffling military intelligence on both sides of the Atlantic, including National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan. A missing weapon is dangerous enough. But then the unthinkable begins to happen... Planes begin blowing up across the skies. Searching for answers, Morgan is convinced that only one man can be behind all these devastating events: his archenemy, the world's most cunning-yet reportedly dead-terrorist spy. Determined to stop his old nemesis, Morgan must use all his wits to find a madman armed with a powerful sub hidden somewhere in a million square miles of ocean. What Morgan doesn't know, however, is that the fanatical terrorist has a plan of his own, one that will bring these two intense warriors face-to-face-and only one will come out alive in one of the most chilling spy stories of the year.

H.M.S. Unseen

Les sous-marins russes de la classe " kilo " sont presque parfaits. Indécelables dès qu'ils sont en immersion. Idéal pour la Chine : lors d'une invasion de Taïwan, ils pourraient neutraliser toute intervention américaine. Dix exemplaires en provenance de la Russie sont sur le point d'être livrés. Il faut, à tout prix, empêcher cela. Le Columbia, sous-marin de l'US Navy, va intervenir. A son bord, le commandant Boomer Dunning. De la Volga au Pôle Nord, en passant par les îles Kerguelen, les missions d'interception se multiplient. Reste un sous-marin. C'est celui de la dernière chance. Et à ce jeu mortel, il n'y a qu'un gagnant.

Le sous-marin de la dernière chance

When Navy SEAL Mack Bedford's fellow officers are brutally killed by Iraqi insurgents using a devastating, new anti-tank Diamondhead missile, Mack avenges their murders by gunning down the then unarmed attackers, ultimately getting himself court-martialed and kicked out of the Navy in the process. To make matters worse, Mack then learns that the Diamondhead missiles were sold illegally by French industrialist and infamous politician Henri Foche. Mack suspects that Foche will succeed in his campaign to become the next French President, and fears that his election will result in the spread of international terrorism.In addition, Mack has a gravely ill son whose life can only be saved by an experimental and unaffordable foreign medical procedure. So when the town’s shipbuilding magnate asks Mack to help assassinate Henri Foche, Mack finds himself agreeing. His reward is a chance at survival for both his son and his hometown.

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