From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes the start of a daring new dystopian series where humanity has moved to virtual reality to flee their deteriorating world, following two young soldiers who must depend on unlikely allies in their fight for survival.

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To escape rising seas and rampant epidemics, most of society lives “upcountry” in glistening virtual reality, while those who can’t afford the subscription are forced to remain in crumbling “downcountry.”

But upcountry isn’t perfect. A cold war rages between two powerful nations, Medaluo and Atahua—and no one suffers for it more than the Medan orphans in Atahua. Their enrollment at Nile Military Academy is mandatory. Either serve as a soldier or risk being labelled a spy.

Eirale graduated the academy and joined NileCorp’s private forces downcountry, exactly as she was supposed to. Then Atahua’s most wanted anarchist frames her for assassinating a government official, and she’s given a choice: cooperate with him to search for a dangerous program in Medaluo or go down for treason.

Meanwhile, Lia is finishing her last year upcountry at Nile Military Academy. Paired with her academic nemesis for their final assignment, Lia is determined to beat him for valedictorian and prove her worth. But there may be far more at stake when their task to infiltrate Medaluo and track down an Atahuan traitor goes wrong…

Though Eirale and Lia tear through Medaluo on different planes of reality, the two start to suspect they are puzzle pieces in a larger conspiracy—and the closer they get to the truth, the closer their worlds come to a shattering collision.

As the NSA gets a strong lead on one of the most prominent faces of ISIS, the Islamic State embarks on a bold course of action—an attack on American soil.

Former Navy SEAL Adam Taylor, on a break between assignments for a global paramilitary security firm, is visiting his folks in his hometown when he gets a new mission—provide security for a rock star who is in town for a St. Patrick's Day concert.

Unknown to Adam, a team of American ISIS soldiers will soon arrive with a plan to wreak havoc on the Jersey Shore, and Adam will get caught up in a deadly game of wits between the terrorist menace and those tasked to protect the citizens of the homeland.

After the cowardly incompetence of two officers besmirches their name, Captain Richard Sharpe must redeem the regiment by capturing the most valued prize in the French Army—a golden Imperial Eagle, the standard touched by the hand of Napoleon himself.

At Talavera in July of 1809, Captain Richard Sharpe, bold, professional, and ruthless, prepares to lead his men against the armies of Napoleon into what will be the bloodiest battle of the war. Sharpe has earned his captaincy, but there are others, such as the foppish Lieutenant Gibbons and his uncle, Colonel Henry Simmerson, who have bought their commissions despite their incompetence. After their cowardly loss of the regiment's colors, their resentment toward the upstart Sharpe turns to treachery, and Sharpe must battle his way through sword fights and bloody warfare to redeem the honor of his regiment.

Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self-interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washington's corridors of power.

Beginning in the French countryside during the Great War, the conflict between these adversaries solidifies in the isolated garrison life marking peacetime, intensifies in the deadly Pacific jungles of World War II, and reaches its treacherous conclusion in the last major battleground of the Cold War—Vietnam.

A study in character and values, courage, nobility, honesty, and selflessness, here is an unforgettable story about a man who embodies the best in our nation—and in us all.

A história de uma grande paixão em tempo de guerra. Quem sabe se a vida do capitão Afonso Brandão teria sido totalmente diferente se, naquela noite fria e húmida de 1917, não se tivesse apaixonado por uma bela francesa de olhos verdes e palavras meigas. O oficial do exército português estava nas trincheiras da Flandres, em plena carnificina da I Guerra Mundial, quando viu o seu amor testado pela mais dura das provas.

Em segredo, o Alto Comando alemão preparava um ataque decisivo, uma ofensiva tão devastadora que lhe permitiria vencer a guerra num só golpe, e tencionava quebrar a linha de defesa dos aliados num pequeno sector do vale do Lys. O sítio onde estavam os portugueses.

Tendo como pano de fundo o cenário trágico da participação de Portugal na Grande Guerra, A Filha do Capitão traz-nos a comovente história de uma paixão impossível e, num ritmo vivo e empolgante, assinala o regresso do grande romance às letras portuguesas. O Capitão Afonso Brandão mudou a sua vida quase sem o saber, numa fria noite de boleto, ao prender o olhar numa bela francesa de olhos verdes e voz de mel.

O oficial comandava uma companhia da Brigada do Minho e estava havia apenas dois meses nas trincheiras da Flandres quando, durante o período de descanso, decidiu ir pernoitar a um castelo perto de Armentières. Conheceu aí uma deslumbrante baronesa e entre eles nasceu uma atracção irresistível. Mas o seu amor iria enfrentar um duro teste.

O Alto Comando alemão, reunido em segredo em Mons, decidiu que chegara a hora de lançar a grande ofensiva para derrotar os aliados e ganhar a guerra, e escolheu o vale do Lys como palco do ataque final. À sua espera, ignorando o terrível cataclismo prestes a desabar sobre si, estava o Corpo Expedicionário Português.

Decorrendo durante a odisseia trágica da participação portuguesa na Primeira Guerra Mundial, A Filha do Capitão conta-nos a inesquecível aventura de um punhado de soldados nas trincheiras da Flandres e traz-nos uma paixão impossível entre um oficial português e uma bonita francesa. Mais do que uma simples história de amor, esta é uma comovente narrativa sobre a amizade, mas também sobre a vida e sobre a morte, sobre Deus e a condição humana, a arte e a ciência, o acaso e o destino.