Malcolm Fox and his team are back, investigating whether fellow cops covered up for Detective Paul Carter. Carter has been found guilty of misconduct, but what should be a simple job is soon complicated by a brutal murder and a weapon that should not even exist. A trail of revelations leads Fox back to 1985, a year of desperate unrest when letter-bombs and poisonous spores were sent to government offices, and kidnappings and murders were plotted. But while the body count rises the clock starts ticking, and a dramatic turn of events sees Fox in mortal danger.
Richard Heinberg doorziet de crisis. Begrijpen we de huidige crisis? Hebben de internationale instellingen er wel een oplossing voor? Als je Einde aan de groei leest, begrijp je wat er schort aan de opvattingen van de leidende economen. De diagnose van dit boek is diepgaand. De crisis is niet louter financieel. De goedkope olie is op. Prijzen van voedsel en grondstoffen zullen blijven stijgen. Particulieren en staten hebben geprobeerd zich hier uit te lenen, maar nu valt de realiteit niet langer te ontkennen. De wereldeconomie staat voor een keerpunt. Heinberg beschrijft gedetailleerd waarom groei niet door kán gaan, gegeven de uitputting van grondstoffen, de aantasting van natuur en milieu en de torenhoge schulden. Hij gaat uitvoerig in op het vraagstuk van peak-oil en grondstoffentekorten, de beperkte mogelijkheden van innovatie en de kwetsbaarheid van het Chinese groei-wonder. Het boek vertelt ook wat overheden, buurten en individuen kunnen doen om een economie op te zetten die wel binnen het aardse budget blijft. Geïnspireerd door bewegingen als Transition Towns en Urgenda adviseert Heinberg om lokaal het weerstandsvermogen tegen economische schokken te vergroten. We kúnnen bloeien in transitie als we het menselijk welzijn en een duurzame samenleving vooropstellen.
Conspiracy thrillers have tackled Da Vinci, Atlantis and the Pyramids - but never Stonehenge. Until now. With a concept to rival the very biggest books in the genre, this novel will dazzle anyone interested in one of the world's most fascinating mysteries.
In a page-turning narrative that reads like a thriller, an award-winning journalist exposes the troubling truth behind the world s first act of nuclear terrorism. On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London s Millennium Hotel. Hours later the Russian émigré and former intelligence officer, who was sharply critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin, fell ill and within days was rushed to the hospital. Fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope slipped into his drink, Litvinenko issued a dramatic deathbed statement accusing Putin himself of engineering his murder. Alan S. Cowell, then London Bureau Chief of the New York Times, who covered the story from its inception, has written the definitive story of this assassination and of the profound international implications of this first act of nuclear terrorism. Who was Alexander Litvinenko? What had happened in Russia since the end of the cold war to make his life there untenable and in severe jeopardy...
In the 21st Century, the landscape of war and espionage has dramatically changed. With the CIA struggling and military resources stretched thin, the U.S. government increasingly relies on private corporations to fulfill special operations needs. Firms like Blackwater USA and Triple Canopy now deploy over 50,000 private soldiers and spies for missions once reserved for military and intelligence agencies. This outsourcing of national security has led to new dynamics in counterterrorism.
Camille Black, a former CIA counterterrorism officer, establishes Black Management, a private corporation that provides ex-Special Forces operators and CIA agents for covert operations. Active in the volatile Middle East, her company competes fiercely in the counterterrorism arena. When the CIA enlists Camille to track down her ex-fiancé, Hunter Stone—a Pentagon spy accused of selling arms to terrorists—she grapples with lingering feelings while driven by his betrayal. As she navigates the dangers of the War on Terror, Camille finds herself entangled in a web of deceit between the Pentagon and the CIA, where moral lines blur and trust is a commodity.
This gripping narrative offers a rare, well-researched glimpse into the operations of private corporations in the multi-billion dollar War on Terror, delivering an exhilarating thriller that resonates with contemporary issues.
