The imagination in David Biespiel's Shatterin Air is as luminous as the hear is generous.--Stanley Plumly

Recalls a July 27, 1985 trip up Yosemite's Half Dome that left two people dead of a lightning strike and others stranded on the rock, the subject of a dramatic rescue attempt.

An expertly written, illustrated new analysis of the Desert Storm air campaign fought against Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which shattered the world's fourth-largest army and sixth-largest air force in just 39 days, and revolutionized the world's ideas about modern air power. Operation Desert Storm took just over six weeks to destroy Saddam Hussein's war machine: a 39-day air campaign followed by a four-day ground assault. It shattered what had been the world's fourth-largest army and sixth-largest air force, and overturned conventional military assumptions about the effectiveness and value of air power. In this book, Richard P. Hallion, one of the world's foremost experts on air warfare, explains why Desert Storm was a revolutionary victory, a war won with no single climatic battle. Instead, victory came thanks largely to a rigorously planned air campaign. It began with an opening night that smashed Iraq's advanced air defense system, and allowed systematic follow-on strikes to savage its military infrastructure and field capabilities. When the Coalition tanks finally rolled into Iraq, it was less an assault than an occupation. The rapid victory in Desert Storm, which surprised many observers, led to widespread military reform as the world saw the new capabilities of precision air power, and it ushered in today's era of high-tech air warfare.

Katlyn and her friends are torn between their past and present lives and the previous lives of those who combated mortal foes before them. Ceaselessly battling enemies and rogue family members, they end up in a fight for something beyond their own lives. They now fight for their worlds and ours.

A king doomed by Prophecy... A warrior haunted by his Past... And a boy who will become a Legend... The Shattering Sword: Book One of The Red Star Prophecy There are rumors of a rebellion in Sydia, and a prophecy threatens King Sevak’s reign. In an attempt to stave off the uprising, the king sends his soldiers out into the far reaches of his realm. In the small village of Sunflower, Attur spends his afternoons watching the king’s Royal Guardsmen. When war calls the soldiers away, Attur is left to sit on his ridge and dream of adventure. Mina is his only solace. She walks with Attur along the river at night, talking of what their future holds. One night they return to find raiders in Sunflower, and Attur is struck down as he tries to protect Mina. He wakes to find Mina missing and his parents murdered. A legendary warrior, revered by some and feared by all, drifts through Sunflower. Attur, now alone and without direction, joins the warrior on his journey, leaving behind the only life Attur has ever known, determined to find Mina. He soon learns that he is part of a prophecy, one that calls for the death of King Sevak. While his homeland moves closer to the brink of civil war, Attur must accept his destiny, or fight his future. For more information, please visit www.theshatteringsword.com

In the Retro Hugo Award–nominated novel that inspired the Syfy miniseries, alien invaders bring peace to Earth—at a grave price: “A first-rate tour de force” (The New York Times). In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind’s largest cities. They belong to the Overlords, an alien race far superior to humanity in technological development. Their purpose is to dominate Earth. Their demands, however, are surprisingly benevolent: end war, poverty, and cruelty. Their presence, rather than signaling the end of humanity, ushers in a golden age . . . or so it seems. Without conflict, human culture and progress stagnate. As the years pass, it becomes clear that the Overlords have a hidden agenda for the evolution of the human race that may not be as benevolent as it seems. “Frighteningly logical, believable, and grimly prophetic . . . Clarke is a master.” —Los Angeles Times

The third book in the Joseph O'Loughlin series, from the multi-million-copy bestselling author. Don't miss Michael Robotham's new thriller When She Was Good, out now. Can you hear it? The sound of a mind breaking? A naked woman in red high-heeled shoes is perched on the edge of Clifton Suspension Bridge with her back pressed to the safety fence, weeping into a mobile phone. Clinical psychologist Joseph O'Loughlin is only feet away, desperately trying to talk her down. She whispers, 'you don't understand,' and jumps. Later, Joe has a visitor - the woman's teenage daughter, a runaway from boarding school. She refuses to believe that her mother would have jumped off the bridge - not only would she not commit suicide, she is terrified of heights. Joe wants to believe her, but what would drive a woman to such a desperate act? Whose voice? What evil? Praise for Michael Robotham's thrillers: 'I love this guy's books' Lee Child 'Will have you turning the pages compulsively'The Times 'An absolute master' Stephen King 'He writes in a voice with a haunting sense of soul' Peter James 'Heart-stopping and heart-breaking' Val McDermid 'The real deal' David Baldacci 'Superbly exciting . . . a terrific read' Guardian

A continuation of the story begun in 'Deep Winter', finding the Drummond family and their friends adapting to the radically altered world they now find themselves in.