Richard Herman
1) Firebreak
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When a call for a Holy War unites the Arab world, a politically and militarily weakened U.S. president dispatches a squadron of F-15 fighter planes to the volatile Middle East. Reprint. NYT.
2) Power curve
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A shrewd, efficient and popular politician, Madeline O'Keith Turner was eminently qualified to fulfill he duties as America's first woman Vice President. But Fate elevated her to Commander-in-Chief . . . on the eve of her nation's most devastating modern crisis.
From her first day in the Oval Office, Maddie Turner has had to deal with bitter challenges from Congress and duplicity from within the ranks of the Cabinet she inherited from her late...
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There is a new order to the world. The first female president of the United States sits in the White House. Monster corporations wield the real global power. And all the old rules have changed. From Richard Herman comes a spellbinding new novel of intrigue, politics, deception, murder, and the bloody manipulation of world events for the sake of pure profit. Beautiful and brilliant, Lee Justine (L.J.) Ellis is, at thirty-eight, the youngest CEO ever...
4) Call to duty
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Call to Duty is a novel of epic scope and breathtaking adventure that races at mach speed between two deadly wars -- one waged five decades ago against a madman with dreams of world domination, the other to be fought tomorrow against well-armed dealers in poison and death. For there are times that call for swift, decisive action -- as unforeseen global events threaten to shatter an uncertain peace. There are times that test the mettle of even the...
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America is caught in the lethal center of an unwinnable two-front war -- in this gripping and explosive thriller from the master of geopolitical intrigue . . . The war on terrorism has borne bitter fruit, as the radical Islamic states forge an unholy alliance with a surging China, aiming for total control of the Middle East's vast oil reserves and the strategic Strait of Malacca. As a new axis of world power simultaneously launches a devastating double-pronged...
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Madeline Turner, the first female U.S. President, has already weathered global crises during the first months of her administration. But the balance of power has suddenly shifted dangerously and dramatically in Europe-the Russian government has fallen into the hands of a criminal-and a fearsome, re-emergent bear is on a rampage. Locked into a war of wits and weaponry with the deadly cabal of drug runners and murderers who now rule a one-time empire,...
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What happens when indomitable will meets entrenched authority? A young, enlisted sailor works with dogged determination to achieve his dream and become a commissioned officer, but is thrown into the unfamiliar world of the Silent Service. Immediately told he does not belong at his new command and likely will never be qualified, he must make a choice: comply with orders and walk away or dig deep and stand firm. Fighting to save his career with the...
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A coming of age story of a young man facing his draft notice during the Vietnam Era, and how his decision shaped his life, and that of his family. Told through a series of letters sent to his mother, the story covers an era when 27-million young men faced possible conscription into the armed services. It is replete with the emotions of the era when the U.S.A. was a country in turmoil Readers who remember the 1960's, or knew someone who lived during...
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Fact-50% of all technology companies in Silicon Valley and 25% of all technology companies in the United States were founded by immigrants. This book will be both a toolkit and motivational call to action for Americans to reconnect to the entrepreneurial survival skills first honed by its immigrant forefathers. It will reveal the unique entrepreneurial skills of the unsung immigrant small business owners in urban centers as well as the immigrant entrepreneurial...