They are a covert Marine SpecOps unit -- a lethal weapon so secret only a handful of powerful men know of their existence.To get this far, they had to be the very best of the best.To get home, they'll have to be even better.Force 5 Recon: Deployment: PakistanThe hunt is on for the world's most feared terrorist, hidden somewhere in the labyrinthine mountains of northern Pakistan, after his "sleepers" unleash a nightmare of fire and death across the length of ...

It is the second prong in the Axis of Evil. North Korea boasts one of the largest armies in the world, a developing nuclear weapons program, and a leadership that’s always teetering on the brink of war. With tensions rising and an international conflict all but inevitable, a small group of men prepare for a surgical preemptive strike. It will be difficult. It will be bloody. It is exactly what the Marines in Force 5 Recon are trained to do.

The client is the CIA, as a beautiful, seductive Company agent enlists the help of Mad Dog and his men. The assignment is Uzbekistan, where an America-hating warlord plans to assassinate the country's newly elected, U.S.-supported president. But the mercenaries don't know that they're flying straight into the nightmare of a state-sponsored double-cross. And it'll all hit the fan in an ancient walled city where a famous action director and a headline-grabbing Hollywood couple are filming a ...

The men of Force 5 Recon have been given a new mission—and it's taking them to the Philippines. A Muslim extremist organization, Abu Sayyaf, has been using kidnappings and terrorist techniques to make their political goals known on a world stage. Mac Rainey and his team of elite Marin operators is assigned to assist and advise Fillipino Marines in how to combat terrorists.But everything goes horribly wrong when the Marines walk into an ambush, and half of the men of Force 5 are cap...

After assembling his own "private security" force made up of the able and disenchanted from the U.S. military and British Secret Intelligence Service, Mad Dog and his team are off to Angola to recover a missing cache of gemstones. In a land where bloody chaos is the norm, anything could derail their mission: from terrorist-linked revolutionaries to CIA treachery to the inevitable firestorm when all of them clash. With a huge payday on the line, Hertzog's men will need to prove their worth ...

Michael "Mad Dog" Hertzog lived for soldiering—but he wasn't willing to die following the orders of bureaucrats and incompetents. Now he and his private army of warriors-for-hire are doing war Dog's way.Hertzog's right hand man has vanished . . . along with $30 million of Mad Dog's money. The evidence says a trusted British merc has gone rogue, but there may be a different, more virulent form of treachery at work here. There are answers waiting aboard a train racing east from Mosco...

The Ultimate Halloween Treat is a mesmerizing anthology that weaves together the fantastical, the eerie, and the mysterious from an impressive array of literary talents from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. This collection encapsulates the full spectrum of dark and imaginative storytelling—from the Gothic horror of pore-thrilling tales to the whimsical fantasies that traverse the boundaries of human experience. Readers will discover themes of supernatural intrigue, psychological depth...

The Daily Joy devotional inspires women to engage with God's word every day, allowing the truth of the gospel to transform their lives throughout the year. Featuring content from the ESV Women's Devotional Bible, Scripture meditations and articles are written by more than 50 Christian writers and pastors including Joni Eareckson Tada, Lydia Brownback, Dane C. Ortlund, Jen Wilkin, Sam Storms, and Nancy Guthrie. Focused on biblical teaching and God's transforming grace, the...

Daily Strength, a year-long devotional, walks Christian men through Scripture passages that speak to their most pressing issues. Featuring content from the ESV Men's Devotional Bible, each daily devotion features a short summary of a Bible passage with a thought-provoking message from from one of more than forty contributors. Arranged canonically from Genesis to Revelation with short introductions to each Bible book, Daily Strength encourages and enlightens men t...

8 Authors. 8 Stories. Endless Understanding.Mental health is often whispered about—tucked behind closed doors or hidden in plain sight. In Beautiful Minds, eight talented authors come together to shed light on the unseen battles we all face.Through gripping fiction and unforgettable characters, these stories explore a range of mental health experiences: from anxiety that spirals into obsession to the quiet ache of depression to the threads of I'm not enough to the quiet res...

Colleges and universities cannot ignore the increasingly diverse student population in their classrooms, and how a focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion across disciplines trains students in the intercultural awareness they will need in competitive job markets. Yet while faculty may be aware of a need to understand EDI goals in relationship to their disciplines, and institutions may support EDI in theory, the onus of pedagogical training in EDI often falls on individual faculty. This b...

Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) goals have traditionally been seen as either an effort to be managed by the administration, or as something a faculty member could choose--or not--to focus on. In the twenty-first century, EDI goals are increasingly front and center across disciplines as educators prepare students for success in a diverse world. It is in this milieu, that this book was written. Each chapter in this book is designed for use by instructors and administrators in higher e...