mercenary troops

A close-up look at the role of soldiers of fortune throughout military history, ranges from ancient times to the present day, and examines the use of contract mercenaries in the war in Iraq and in America's War on Terrorism.

The crew of the Oregon has just completed a top secret mission against Iran in the Persian Gulf, when they come across a cruise ship adrift in the sea. Hundreds of bodies litter its deck, and as ship captain Cabrillo tries to determine what happened, explosions rack the length of the ship. Barely able to escape with his own life and that of the liner's sole survivor, Cabrillo finds himself plunged into a mystery as intricate--and as perilous--as any he has ever known, and pitted against a cult with monstrously lethal plans for the human race ... plans he may already be too late to stop.--From publisher description.

Examines the history and actions of Blackwater USA, a private mercenary army hired by the United States to carry out missions all over the world; focusing on the firm's role in the War on Terrorism.

Reveals how the American government is using private teams of contractors, snipers, armies, and assassins in the War on Terror, discussing the role these private teams have played in the conflict in the Middle East over the last three years.

Fourteen-year-old Jack, who is the human host in a symbiotic relationship with a dragon warrior named Draycos, joins a mercenary outfit to uncover those behind a vast conspiracy to wipe out Draycos's race.

Contains two novels, short stories, and a novella about the adventures of mercenary leader Alois Hammer and his armored regiment.

As the Scion's guardian, Johnny Turnbull is expected to begin training as a Space Jumper, a role he promised his girlfriend Max he would never take on, and which might not be enough to save his sister and friends when Orbis is threatened.

When a tough sixteen-year-old boxing champ sentenced to an isolated boot camp discovers it is actually a mercenary training facility turning "throwaway children" into scientifically enhanced killers, he risks everything to save his friends and stop a madman bent on global destruction.

Fourteen-year-old Jack and the dragon warrior Draycos face a diabolical and ruthless intergalactic slavemaster when Jack attempts to penetrate secret computer files about the cold-blooded underworld while posing as a slave.