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Award-winning actor James Brolin stars as Lt. Col. Bill Kelly, a war veteran and fearless pilot. The Marines are Kelly's whole life, but now he's questioning his choices. Kelly is angry that his elite task force, "The Sea Dragons," has been disbanded due to government cutbacks, and he's reluctant to accept a fresh assignment -- training another new group of Nugget fighter pilots. This latest intake, "The Sharpshooters," turns out to be much more complex...

After being involved in the fatal shooting of a local drug dealer, U.S. Marine Nelson Sanchez returns to the neighborhood he fled years ago. Amid the fanfare and celebration on his homecoming from Afghanistan, the brother of the deceased learns of Nelson' return and vows revenge. When word reaches Nelson that his would-be killer is due in town, he decides to protect himself and his family and make a stand.

An explosive thriller debut introducing Peter Ash, a veteran who finds that the demons of war aren't easily left behind. After a year spent roaming in nature, Ash returns to civilization to help the widow of a Marine who committed suicide and finds much more than he bargained for.

"The colonists of the planet Montana are accustomed to being ignored. Situated in the buffer zone between two rival human empires, their world is a backwater: remote, provincial, independently-minded. Even as a provisional member of the Republic of Aligned Worlds, Montana merits little consideration--until it becomes the flashpoint in an impending interstellar war"--Dust jacket flap.

Hanna Boudreaux has lived in the small town of Willow all her life. When she realizes her crush for forever, Raiden Ulysses Miller, is not ever going to be hers, she decides to do something about it. Raiden Miller is the town's local hero, a former Marine with the medal-- but he came home shrouded in mystery. When Hanna catches his eye, the question is: why?

When his reckless younger brother is given an unfair prison sentence, a Marine Corps reservist is torn between his by-the-book code and loyalty to family.

Hard knox: Joe Knox, a hard-nosed Marine officer, is shocked when he returns to his alma mater and finds it in shambles. Agreeing to shape-up this motley group, he enlists the aid of long-time friend, Leroy Tuttle, a tough Marine Drill Sargeant. Coach of the year: Set in the 1970s. Chicago Bears football star Jim Branden (Conrad) comes back from Vietnam in a wheelchair. Jim hopes for a coaching job with his team but is turned down because of his...

A U.S. Marine battalion headed by Lt. Col. Steve L. Corbett and Capt. Paul Hansen must fight its way out of a frozen mountain pass despite diminishing supplies, freezing temperatures and constant attacks by overwhelming numbers of Chinese and North Korean soldiers during the Korean War.

"In this fast-paced thriller, special operative Nathan McBride battles the most treacherous enemy he's ever faced--and the one hitting closest to home. After simultaneous deadly terror attacks on San Diego and the nation's capital, Nathan learns that the mass murders weren't random events--they targeted his family. And the threat is far from over. Part of a larger plot involving a sabotaged North Korean bioweapons facility and an ISIS training camp...

Lieutenant John Patchen has come to Montana to persuade Chappie Plaquemines, his former gunnery sergeant in Iraq and the son of Gabriel Du Pré's girlfriend, to accept the Navy Cross. First, however, Du Pré and Patchen must find the wounded marine, who was last seen drinking heavily in the Toussaint Saloon. They locate him soon enough, disheveled and stinking of stale booze, but a sobering visit to a medicine man's sweat lodge reveals a much greater...