As the world moves into the next millennium, the United States finds itself at the forefront of this new age, policing not only its own shores but the rest of the world as well. And spearheading this overwatch are the men and women of America's armed forces, the "troops on the wall," who will go anywhere, anytime, and do whatever it takes to protect not only our nation but the rest of the free world. Now, for the first time, Combat brings the best military-fiction authors together to reveal how war will be fought in the twenty-first century. From the down and dirty "ground-pounders" of the U.S. Armored Cavalry to the new frontiers of warfare, including outer space and the Internet, ten authors whose novels define the military-fiction genre have written all-new short stories about the men and women willing to put their lives on the line for freedom: Larry Bond takes us into the wild frontier of space warfare, where American soldiers fight a dangerous zero-gee battle with a tenacious enemy that threatens every free nation on Earth. Dale Brown lets us inside a world that few people see, that of a military promotion board, and shows us how the fate of an EB-52 Megafortress pilot's career can depend on a man he's never met, even as the pilot takes on the newest threat to American forces in the Persian Gulf-a Russian stealth bomber. James Cobb finds a lone U.S. Armored Cavalry scout unit that is the only military force standing between a defenseless African nation and an aggressive Algerian recon division. Stephen Coonts tells of the unlikely partnership between an ex-Marine sniper and a female military pilot who team up to kill the terrorists who murdered her parents. But, out in the Libyan desert, all is not as it seems, and these two must use their skills just to stay alive. Harold W. Coyle reports in from the front lines of the information war, where cyberpunks are recruited by the U.S. Army to combat the growing swarm of hackers and their shadowy masters who orchestrate their brand of online terrorism around the world. David Hagberg brings us another Kirk McGarvey adventure, in which the C.I.A. director becomes entangled in the rising tensions between China and Taiwan. When a revolutionary leader is rescued from a Chinese prison, the Chinese government pushes the United States to the brink of war, and McGarvey has to make a choice with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Dean Ing reveals a scenario that could have been torn right from today's headlines. In Oakland, a private investigator teams up with a bounty hunter and F.B.I. agent to find a missing marine engineer. What they uncover is the shadow of terrorism looming over America and a conspiracy that threatens thousands of innocent lives. Ralph Peters takes us to the war-torn Balkan states, where a U.S. Army observer sent to keep an eye on the civil war is taken on a guided tour of the country at gunpoint. Captured by the very people he is there to monitor, he learns just how far people will go for their idea of freedom. R.J. Pineiro takes us to the far reaches of space, where a lone terrorist holds the world hostage from a nuclear missle-equipped platform. To stop him, a pilot agrees to a suicidal flight into the path of an orbital laser with enough power to incinerate her space shuttle. Barrett Tillman takes us to the skies with a group of retired fighter jocks brought back for one last mission-battling enemy jets over the skies of sunny California

When angry natives attack a secret U.S. satellite station on a remote Pacific island, Nick Carter goes undercover to find out why. The island’s French governor can’t be bled for information, but his gorgeous young wife is infinitely more helpful... She leads Carter to a nearby island-and a tribe of cannibals thirsty for American blood. Someone is inciting them to murder-and to annihilation of the satellite station. It’s up to N3 to put a stop to the bloody uprisings, but first he’ll have to escape a perilous trap-and do battle with an unexpected and deadly foe

Retired CIA assassin Kirk McGarvey faces the most formidable adversary of his long and storied career in End Game by David Hagberg. Langley is experiencing a series of gruesome murders. The CIA’s own headquarters should be the safest spot on the planet, but a highly professional, violently psychopathic assassin, who hideously disfigures his victims, strikes without mercy. The murders spread from Langley to a prison outside of Athens, where the first clue to what will become the End Game surfaces. A code carved into four copper panels of the legendary statue in a courtyard at CIA headquarters, known as Kryptos, predicts the means and the terrible necessity for the serial killings. Before the first Iraq war, something horrifying was buried in the foothills above the oil city of Kirkuk. It will not remain buried forever. Only Kirk McGarvey, Pete Boylan, and the CIA’s odd-duck genius, Otto Rencke, can find the truth still buried in Iraq. A truth so devastating it could well ignite the entire Middle East into an unstoppable, apocalyptic war

In 1984, Tom Clancy released his blockbuster novel, The Hunt for Red October, an edge-of-your seat thriller that skyrocketed him into international notoriety. The inspiration for that novel came from an obscure report by a US naval officer of a mutiny aboard a Soviet warship in the Baltic Sea. The Hunt for Red October actually happened, and Boris Gindin lived through every minute of it. After decades of silence and fear, Gindin has finally come forward to tell the entire story of the mutiny aboard the FFG Storozhevoy, the real-life Red October. It was the fall of 1975, and the tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States were climbing. It seemed the two nations were headed for thermonuclear war, and it was that fear that caused most of the crewman of the FFG Storozhevoy to mutiny. Their goal was to send a message to the Soviet people that the Communist government was corrupt and major changes were needed. That message never reached a single person. Within hours the orders came from on high to destroy the Storozhevoy and its crew members. And this would have happened if it weren’t for Gindin and few others whose heroism saved many lives. Now, with the help of USA Today bestselling author David Hagberg, Gindin relives every minute of that harrowing event. From the danger aboard the ship to the threats of death from the KGB to the fear that forced him to flee the Soviet Union for the United States, Mutiny reveals the real-life story behind The Hunt for Red October and offers an eye-opening look at the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War

The Petrograd submarine, Russia’s newest and deadliest war-toy, is NATO’s worst nightmare. So, when a Russian naval officer offers the sub’s plans and maintenance manual for sale, the CIA station chief in Tokyo jumps at the chance. Both get more than they bargained for. Hours later Russian-seller and CIA-buyer are dead-gunned down by the KGB. But the microchip with the plans has vanished. With the plans up for grabs Tokyo becomes a chess board of intrigue in a deadly game of Far Eastern espionage. But the Killmaster is playing for higher stakes. As Soviet and Western agents clash, N3 goes after the sub itself

The novel of the eagerly awaited sequel to the blockbuster film franchise. The Terminator films are landmarks in Hollywood filmmaking. Now, twelve years after Terminator 2: Judgment Day, comes the new film, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Terminator 3 stars Arnold Schwarzenegger in his signature role. Other key roles are played by Claire Danes, Nick Stahl, and Kristanna Loken, who plays a new, more powerful and dangerous Terminatrix. As fast-paced and explosive as the first two films, Terminator 3 has the newest state-of-the-art visual effects, which combine to make Terminator 3 one of the most eagerly anticipated films of summer 2003. This is the story of John Connor, who is destined to become the head of the human resistance against the robotic forces of Skynet, the Artificial Intelligence that attacked humanity on Judgment Day. Son of the courageous Sarah Connor, John has grown up knowing that he was different. Protected by a Terminator when he was a boy, told of his destiny before he could truly comprehend the enormity of his responsibility, he is the person in whom all hope for humanity’s future lies. Now John is being hunted by a more advanced-model Terminator, come back from the war-torn future. John has a secret edge but he does not know it. All he knows is that his life is about to become one long, crazy flight from destruction. It’s going to be a hell of a ride!

Colonel Arkadi Ganin. A man of many identities — and one motive: to kill Agent N3. Ganin had been on a lot of assignments in his distinguished career, but none compared to this one. It was the sort of thing he liked most. This time there would be no flabby, unaware politician to kill; no military leader, no general, no diplomat. This time he was going after a much more interesting target. A target that would fight back. Ganin was ready for it. Nick Carter. One-on-one. To the death

Романы, включенные в настоящий сборник, объединены темами космических путешествий, межпланетных войн, противостоянием галактических Империй. Герои произведений вступают в смертельные схватки с инопланетным разумом. На карту поставлено существование земной цивилизации. Последний шанс остался у землян, чтобы защитить свою планету от агрессии из Космоса… Содержание: К. К. Мак-Апп (Кэрролл Кэппс). Забыть о Земле (роман), стр. 5-148 Алекс Реймонд (Дэвид Хагберг). Мертвецы с «Доброй Надежды» (роман), стр. 149–286 Луи Тирион. Затерявшиеся в космосе (роман), стр. 287–422 Альфред Ван Вогт. Война против Рулл (роман), стр. 423–527

Новеллизация долгожданного продолжения известнейшей кинофраншизы. Фильмы о Терминаторе составляют целую веху голливудского кинопроизводства. И вот, спустя двенадцать лет после фильма «Терминатор 2: Судный День», на экраны выходит новый фильм — «Терминатор 3: Восстание машин»

«Шестые звездные войны» мы открываем новым фантастическим супербоевиком Дэвида Хагберга «Убийство в ХХII-ом столетии». Мы продолжаем знакомить читателей с творчеством Мюррея Лейнстера и его романом «Оружие-мутант». Знакомим с супербоевиком Билла Ната «Звездный патруль». Романом Петера Ранда «Космические искатели». И завершает книгу роман Джеймса Уайта «Профессия - солдат»