Ergebnis für "Mark Dawson" in Action & Abenteuer

Ein U-Bahn-Wagen in London wird von einem Selbstmordattentäter in die Luft gejagt. Überall Verletzte und Toten auf dem Bahnsteig. Als sich aber oben auf der Straße eine Menschenmenge bildet, weiß Michael Pope, dass dies erst der Anfang ist.

Isabella Rose ist auf der Flucht vor den Leuten, für die sie arbeiten sollte. Die ausgebildete Killerin Isabella und ihr früherer Agentenführer Michael Pope müssen sich in Indien verstecken. Als sie von einem mysteriösen Informanten Hinweise auf den Verbleib von Popes entführter Familie erhalten, sieht die Beute ihre Chance, zum Jäger zu werden.

Sie lebte in keiner gewöhnlichen Welt. Sie wurde gejagt. Der in ihren Genen verankerte Code war unermesslich wertvoll, und es gab Männer und Frauen, die einfach alles tun würden, um sie in die Finger zu bekommen. Die erfahrene Profikillerin Isabella Rose und ihr früherer Agentenführer Michael Pope leben unter neuen Identitäten im ländlichen Frankreich und versuchen nicht aufzufallen. Aber Isabella ist es gründlich leid, sich ständig zu verstecken, und wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher als ein völlig normales Leben.

Isabella Rose, der Engel, ist Überraschungen gewöhnt, aber entführt zu werden, ist ein unerfreuliches Novum. Sie verlässt sich darauf, dass Michael Pope, Leiter der streng geheimen Gruppe fünfzehn, sie befreit. Als dann zusätzlich ISIS ins Spiel kommt, wird die Lage noch düsterer. Isabellas Entführer werden nun ihrerseits entführt, und sie sitzt plötzlich in Raqqa fest, der Hauptstadt des selbsternannten Kalifats.

John Milton arbeitet als „Cleaner" / Auftragsmörder für die britische Regierung, aber er ist alt und müde und möchte aussteigen. Auf seiner Flucht lernt Milton eine junge Mutter kennen, die seine Hilfe braucht. Ihren Sohn lockt das Leben in einer glanzvollen Gang mit einem charismatischen Anführer. Milton muss den Jungen herausholen – bevor es zu spät ist. Und als sein alter Geheimdienst einen Agenten auf seine Fährte setzt, stehen seine Chancen noch schlechter.

John Milton is used to operating in the shadows, weaving his way through dangerous places behind a fake identity. Now, to avenge the death of a close friend, he must wear his mask of deception once more. Beau Baxter was brutally murdered by a drugs cartel but that doesn’t stop Milton from blaming himself for his friend’s death. With the help of a trusted team of undercover experts and Beau’s son, Milton is determined to track down the killers. And he isn't just after the man who gave the order. He’s heading right for the top.

John Milton hasn't seen Elijah Warriner for three years. The last time they met, Milton's efforts to keep the boy safe didn't go exactly to plan. Now Elijah is a promising boxer, preparing for the bout that will take him to the big time. Milton decides that he will spend the week before Christmas in London so that he can watch the fight. But Elijah's burgeoning fame has brought him to the attention of old acquaintances with long memories and grudges to bear.

Is John Milton on the path to redemption or the road to revenge? John Milton has done some bad things in his life. Very bad things. Now he’s looking for ways to make amends. But trouble always seems to be looking for him. Heading from San Francisco to Las Vegas, Milton’s solo road trip takes an unexpected turn when he picks up Jessica Russo, a young woman in distress at the side of the road. She urgently needs a ride and he’s happy to help her out. But what starts out as a simple favour quickly becomes something more sinister....

Meet John Milton. He considers himself an artisan. A craftsman. His trade is murder. Milton is the man the government sends after you when everything else has failed. Ruthless. Brilliant. Anonymous. Lethal. You wouldn't pick him out of a crowd but you wouldn't want to be on his list. In this second dip into his case files (see 1000 Yards for a further novella), Milton is sent to Italy to investigate the death of a colleague from Group 15.

They gunned down her husband and kidnapped her daughter, and now the debt needs to be repaid. It's a blood feud she didn't start but is going to finish. Beatrix has already crossed one name off her Kill List. Her second target is a mercenary being held hostage by Somali terrorists. Can she infiltrate the most dangerous failed state on the planet and scrub him off the List, too?

It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself "Murderbot." But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more. Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don't want to know what the "A" stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue.

When a Russian defector is assassinated in a sleepy English seaside town, Group Fifteen agents John Milton and Michael Pope find themselves in a rush to uncover the culprits and bring them to justice. Their investigation leads them to Moscow and a confrontation with Directorate S, the agency responsible for seeding Russian sleeper agents around the world. When lies and double crossing mean that no-one is what they seem, the two agents - alone and without backup - struggle to achieve their goals under the most dangerous of circumstances.

Beatrix Rose has worked her way through her Kill List. Four are dead and just two remain. But now her enemies know she has them in her sights. The hunter becomes the hunted. In a thrilling conclusion to the breakneck trilogy, Beatrix and her daughter must fight them in North Africa, New York and finally in the swamps of North Carolina. It's a lightning-paced roller-coaster of action that pits a deadly assassin against the might of the most powerful private army on the planet.

Ils ont kidnappé sa fille. Grosse erreur. Beatrix Rose était l'assassin le plus dangereux d'un escadron de la mort au service du gouvernement. Mais lorsqu'elle est prise en embuscade et trahie par son équipe, elle est obligée de se réfugier dans la clandestinité. Des années plus tard, elle émerge des bas-fonds de Hong-Kong, fermement décidée à se venger des six personnes qui l'ont trahie. Cela pourrait lui coûter la vie. Mais une chose est sûre, ça leur coûtera la leur.

Belfast-born Jimmy Walker is a career criminal, desperate to leave the world of organised crime behind. He’s made just enough money to think about going straight. He wants to be a family man. He wants to stay alive for his wife and son. He wants to be the man they deserve. He reluctantly agrees to one final job with the intention that it will be his last. Little does Jimmy know that he’s been set-up. The sins of his past are about to catch up with him.

Beatrix has returned from Somalia with a fresh target in her sights. Bryan Duffy is in Iraq, surrounded by mercenaries, with no easy way to get to him and no easy way to get out. Will Duffy prove to be a challenge too far?

Bryan Duffy is Witness X - a government agent implicated in a national scandal and banished to Spain until the agenda can be moved on. But when North Korean hit men attack a seeming innocent on the streets of London, Duffy is called back to the fold. He is tasked with finding the woman's assailants and bringing them to justice. Why has the woman been attacked? Duffy investigates and finds himself sucked into a whirlwind of action and mayhem that is particularly well suited to his special set of skills....

Bjorn Thorsson joined the Special Air Service to forget the horrors of his childhood. He killed for Queen and country, and he was good at it. He quits the army and settles down, looking for a quieter life. When his beautiful sister, Gudrun, finds herself in trouble with the owner of a hedge fund, Bjorn promises to get her out of danger. But there’s another factor in play. Group 15, a clandestine government agency, has plans for the financier, and Bjorn is in their way. Bjorn must outwit the Group in the streets of London and in the Highlands of Scotland if he is to protect his sister and survive.

Fuyant ses propres démons, John Milton part faire un trek dans le Michigan avant de débarquer dans la ville de Truth. Il ne cherche pas les ennuis mais les ennuis eux le trouvent. Il va devoir affronter un policier qui n’a aucune idée de qui il a en face de lui, ni du danger que Milton représente. Milton est méchamment blessé après avoir été trahi. Seul et sans arme, il s’enfuit dans les lointaines montagnes du Porc-Epic, avec plusieurs hommes à ses trousses. Ses ennemis croient pouvoir le retrouver. Ils commettent une erreur et, avec Milton, c’est déjà une de trop.

Nine months ago, Beatrix Rose had her family brutally taken from her. Now all that matters is getting her daughter back. And Beatrix is no ordinary mother - she’s a skilled assassin who will do whatever it takes to find her child. Danny Nakamura deserted his post in Vietnam and disappeared into Hong Kong’s Walled City, vowing never to go home again. Decades later, his health failing, he’s suddenly found a reason to return to LA: the discovery of a daughter he never knew he had. But getting home won’t be easy....