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The Ares Decision
Part #8 of "Covert-One" series by Robert Ludlum
Thriller / Crime
With U.S. intelligence agencies wracked by internal power struggles and paralyzed by bureaucracy, the President was forced to establish his own clandestine group—Covert-One. It is only activated as a last resort, when the threat is on a global scale and time is running out.
In northern Uganda, an American special forces team is decimated by a group of normally peaceful farmers. Video of the attack shows even women and children possessing almost supernatural speed and strength, consumed with a rage that makes them immune to pain, fear, and all but the most devastating injuries.
Covert-One’s top operative, army microbiologist Colonel Jon Smith, is sent to investigate the attack and finds evidence of a parasitic infection that for centuries has been causing violent insanity and then going dormant. This time, though, it’s different. The parasite had been purposely kept alive and crudely transmitted in acts of terrorism. Now the director of Iranian Intelligence is in Uganda trying to obtain this biological weapon to unleash it on the West.
Smith and his team are ambushed and cut off from all outside support just as they begin to suspect that forces much more powerful than the Iranians are in play—forces that can be traced to Washington itself.
Kill Without Shame
Part #2 of "ARES Security" series by Alexandra Ivy
Romance / Paranormal / Literature & Fiction
Five brave military heroes have survived the hell of a Taliban prison to return home—and take on civilian missions no one else can. They’re the men of ARES Security. Highly skilled, intimidating, invincible, and one by one, tested again and again . . .
Lucas St. Clair’s prestigious family had a political future neatly planned out for him—one that didn’t include his high school sweetheart, Mia Ramon. Under their pressure, Lucas gave her up. But since surviving captivity, he’s a changed man—and a crucial member of ARES Security. When he discovers a dead man clutching a picture of Mia that bears a threatening message, his fiercest protective instincts kick in, and he knows he must go to her.
Mia has never forgiven Lucas for breaking her heart, and she’s convinced her feelings for him are in the past. But it’s soon clear that isn’t true for either of them. Now, determined to solve the crime and keep Mia safe, with his ARES buddies backing him up, Lucas will have to reconstruct the murder victim’s last days—and follow a lethal trail that leads right back to the fate of the woman he still loves . . .
Kill Without Mercy
Part #1 of "ARES Security" series by Alexandra Ivy
Romance / Paranormal / Literature & Fiction
From the hellhole of a Taliban prison to sweet freedom, five brave military heroes have made it home--and they're ready to take on the civilian missions no one else can. Individually they're intimidating. Together they're invincible. They're the men of ARES Security.
Rafe Vargas is only in Newton, Iowa, to clear out his late grandfather's small house. As the covert ops specialist for ARES Security, he's eager to get back to his new life in Texas. But when he crosses paths with Annie White, a haunted beauty with skeletons in her closet, he can't just walk away--not when she's clearly in danger. . .
There's a mysterious serial killer on the loose with a link to Annie's dark past. And the closer he gets, the deeper Rafe's instinct to protect kicks in. But even with his considerable skill, Annie's courage, and his ARES buddies behind him, the slaying won't stop. Now it's only a matter of time before Annie's next--unless they can unravel a history of deadly lies that won't be buried.
The Ares Initiative
Part #3 of "Translocator Trilogy" series by M. G. Herron
Endangered by an alien adversary
Archaeologist Eliana Fisk helped expose a false god and end his reign of terror.
Now, he’s coming for the people of Earth.
And he’s hungry for revenge.
When a secret organization tasked with the protection of the planet calls upon Eliana for her help, she gathers her courage to respond to the threat. Unfortunately, it looks like the key to defeating the ancient alien lies buried in the heart of her deepest fears.
Can she overcome her demons in time to save the people she loves most in the world?
The Ares Initiative is a fast-paced science fiction thriller with an edge of the fantastic—a pulse-pounding Hail Mary to save a planet from destruction, and an action-packed battle against a darkly persuasive adversary more powerful and dangerous than the people of Earth can comprehend. **
From the Author
This is the third installment in the Translocator Trilogy. As action-packed and intense as the first two, this novel concludes the story that began in the first book as they fight to save the planet from an ancient alien nemesis.
Translocator Trilogy:
The Auriga Project
The Alien Element
The Ares Initiative
Absolution for Ares (Olympians Ascending Book 4)
Sotia Lazu
My soulmate is a Valkyrie? Seriously? How am I even supposed to find one of those, let alone bond with her? When one practically lands at my feet, she's not what I expected. Tilje's too much like me, and she's here on a mission. Valhalla needs help. Goes without saying that I'm the Olympian for the job, even if I haven't ascended yet. Which is totally up to her. I mean, I'm all about the bonding ritual when she's this close. But why does she resist the attraction she obviously feels for me? And how can I go about changing that?
Operation Ares
Gene Wolfe
Literature & Fiction / Science Fiction & Fantasy
(my conversion)THE INVASION FROM MARScame in the early years of the 21st century. And all over America were people praying for it to succeed... .For two decades, the United States had been slipping into a primitive past, turning its back on technology—and abandoning it's Martian colony . Its “emergency" government was kept" . in power by repression, food was scarce, life grim . . . ami killer packs of wild animals prowled at night, making curfews a vital need.Then the “Martians" came back. An obscure teacher, John Castle, was among the first to see the invaders—and made a desperate try to aid them. He failed then, but there was a strange role waiting for Castle to play..,.
In the Shadow of Ares
Thomas L. James
Product DescriptionThe third exploration mission to Mars vanishes in 2029 without a trace. Two decades later, the success of human settlement of Mars and the life of a young girl hinge on the secret of what happened to the Ares III mission...In 2051, Mars is a growing outpost of humanity, and 14-year-old settler Amber Jacobsen is a minor interplanetary celebrity – 'the First Kid on Mars'. Pioneering Mars is hard, unglamorous work, though, and Amber secretly wishes she were just an ordinary girl living on Earth.When her family’s homestead is destroyed in an apparent accident, the Jacobsens relocate to an independent settlement located on the northern fringes of Noctis Labyrinthus, a vast and largely unexplored canyonland. Their new home promises new opportunities, and Amber looks forward to being just another member of the community. Instead, the other settlers dismiss her as a burdensome child and refuse to accept her as the responsible young adult she has become.In order to prove the value of her unique knowledge and perspective, Amber vows to uncover the fate of the Ares III mission, whose loss had largely been forgotten in the rush of the Martian settlement boom. But this seemingly harmless challenge thrusts her into a deadly conflict: those who know the truth will kill to keep it hidden, while those who destroyed her family’s homestead would use the secret to secure their dominance over all of Mars. In solving the mystery, Amber could destroy everything the Martian settlers have worked to create.
War Dogs: Ares Rising
Greg Bear
Science Fiction & Fantasy
AN EPIC INTERSTELLAR TALE OF WAR FROM A MASTER OF SCIENCE FICTION. One more tour on the red. Maybe my last. They made their presence on Earth known thirteen years ago. Providing technology and scientific insights far beyond what mankind was capable of. They became indispensable advisors and promised even more gifts that we just couldn't pass up. We called them Gurus. It took them a while to drop the other shoe. You can see why, looking back. It was a very big shoe, completely slathered in crap. They had been hounded by mortal enemies from sun to sun, planet to planet, and were now stretched thin — and they needed our help. And so our first bill came due. Skyrines like me were volunteered to pay the price. As always. These enemies were already inside our solar system and were moving to establish a beachhead, but not on Earth. On Mars.
Ares Express dru-2
Part #2 of "Desolation Road Universe" series by Ian McDonald
A Mars of the imagination, like no other, in a colorful, witty SF novel; Taking place in the kaleidoscopic future of Ian McDonald’s Desolation Road , Ares Express is set on a terraformed Mars where fusion-powered locomotives run along the network of rails that is the planet’s circulatory system and artificial intelligences reconfigure reality billions of times each second. One young woman, Sweetness Octave Glorious-Honeybun Asiim 12th, becomes the person upon whom the future — or futures — of Mars depends. Big, picaresque, funny; taking the Mars of Ray Bradbury and the more recent, terraformed Marses of authors such as Kim Stanley Robinson and Greg Bear, Ares Express is a wild and woolly magic-realist SF novel, featuring lots of bizarre philosophies, strange, mind-stretching ideas and trains as big as city blocks.
Ares
Part #2 of "Olympia Alien Mail Order Brides" series by K. Cantrell
Romance / Science Fiction
Clementine Daily has struck out so many times in the dating game that she’s had to move on to another species. When the Intergalactic Dating Agency matches her to a Torvian who needs a marriage of convenience to stay on Earth, she’s happy to help—who wouldn’t love a sexy alien as a reward? Except her new husband is scarred by secrets from the past and wants nothing to do with love or romance, and Clem's seduction strategy suddenly needs a whole new game plan.
Kill Without Mercy
Part #1 of "ARES Security" series by Alexandra Ivy
Romance / Paranormal / Literature & Fiction
From the hellhole of a Taliban prison to sweet freedom, five brave military heroes have made it homeand they're ready to take on the civilian missions no one else can. Individually they're intimidating. Together they're invincible. They're the men of ARES Security.Rafe Vargas is only in Newton, Iowa, to clear out his late grandfather's small house. As the covert ops specialist for ARES Security, he's eager to get back to his new life in Texas. But when he crosses paths with Annie White, a haunted beauty with skeletons in her closet, he can't just walk awaynot when she's clearly in danger...There's a mysterious serial killer on the loose with a link to Annie's dark past. And the closer he gets, the deeper Rafe's instinct to protect kicks in. But even with his considerable skill, Annie's courage, and his ARES buddies behind him, the slaying won't stop. Now it's only a matter of time before Annie's nextunless they can unravel a history of deadly lies that won't be buried.
Ares
Edlyn Reynolds
In book one of the Gods of Old: A trip of a lifetime, and a journey to save
herself led Ava to Greece. While looking
through the ancient ruins, she realized a truth so few grasp—sometimes History
isn't always right and Myths are far more than just that. In possession of a book, which could end a God's
life, she sees things that no other human could—them.
The God of War has no sense of humor nor is he a
warm and fuzzy kind of guy. He's a God and
expects everyone to abide it. Ares comes
across a human who instantly fascinates him and then pisses him off beyond all
reason the moment she opens her mouth. Oh, and what a kissable mouth indeed.
Barely containing himself from spanking, Ava, he
leaves the young mortal to her own devices. Well, at least until they meet again. All thanks to a meddling brother, he has to
face the only mortal to make his blood boil.
The God of War has faced many obstacles in his
life of immortality and never has he lost a war. He has no plans of losing this one with the
little mortal woman who is wreaking havoc on a heart he thought was lost.
Everything is in jeopardy when the book falls into
the wrong hands, leaving a few Gods having to work together to get the
answers. If they don't succeed, the God
of War could lose his first war.
Warning:
Sexually explicit content. M/F
Ares (Olympia Alien Mail Order Brides Book 2)
K. Cantrell
Romance / Science Fiction
Clementine Daily has struck out so many times in the dating game that she’s had to move on to another species. When the Intergalactic Dating Agency matches her to a Torvian who needs a marriage of convenience to stay on Earth, she’s happy to help—who wouldn’t love a sexy alien as a reward? Except her new husband is scarred by secrets from the past and wants nothing to do with love or romance, and Clem's seduction strategy suddenly needs a whole new game plan.
Ares Rising 1: War Dogs
Greg Bear
Science Fiction & Fantasy
AN EPIC INTERSTELLAR TALE OF WAR FROM A MASTER OF SCIENCE FICTION.
The Gurus came in peace, bearing gifts.
They were a highly advanced, interstellar species who brought amazingly useful and sophisticated technology to the human race. There was, of course, a catch. The Gurus warned of a far more malevolent life form, beings who have hounded the Gurus from sun to sun, planet to planet, across the cosmos. Pundits have taken to calling them the Antagonists-or Antags-and they have already established a beachhead on Mars. For all they've done for us, the Gurus would now like our help.
Enter Master Sergeant Michael Venn, a veteran Skyrine (a Marine who is specially trained for off-world combat) who is dropped onto the Red Planet with his band of brothers on a mission to take down as many Antags as possible.
But from the moment they're dropped through the thin Martian atmosphere, their mission goes horribly, terribly wrong. From a group of female special ops Skyrines with secret orders, to mysterious humans who've settled on Mars, to the overwhelming and highly-reinforced Antags themselves, Venn and his brothers will face impossible odds just to survive—let alone make it home alive.
The Fire of Ares
Michael Ford
Gay & Lesbian / Humor / Young Adult
Lysander is a slave in ancient Sparta - the lowest of the low. But a chance meeting reveals his noble heritage and soon Lysander is training to be a Spartan warrior, alongside boys who once despised him. But there's a twist when an amulet - the Fire of Ares - is stolen from Lysander. Can Lysander live up to his true destiny and can he stand up for the things he believes in - truth, equality and justice? With loyal friends by his side, Lysander hopes he can make his grandfather proud of him and prove to that anyone can be a true hero.
The Ares Decision
Kyle Mills
The murder of two fellow microbiologists and a bizarre act of ecological sabotage draws Lt. Colonel Jon Smith and the Covert-One Agency into a strange global quest that will lead from the geyser basins of Yellowstone National Park to the exotic Onsan hot spring resorts of Northern Japan and on to the unearthly wastes of Chile's Atacama Desert. At stake is the Holy Grail of the biological sciences, the Common Universal Ancestor, the origin point of all life on Earth and a potential goldmine for medical science. Smith's investigation leads to South American scientist Dr. Silvestre Alvarado, who is seeking this special universal microbe as a way to prolong life. His goal is human immortality and if he succeeds, mankind, and even the definition of "man" may be altered beyond recognition, forever. Supported by Covert-One operative Valentina Metrace and rogue CIA agent Randi Russell, Smith's hunt for Alvarado is thrown off course by a Washington beltway power group...
Ares and the Spear of Fear
Joan Holub
Ares, Zeus, and the other Olympians encounter a huge snake and a sharp challenge in this Heroes in Training adventure. After overcoming many challenges, Zeus and his fellow Olympians arrive at the temple at Delphi—only to find a giant snake guarding the entrance! Beyond the python, Pythia appears. Trapped in the temple by the python's magic and mere presence, Pythia urges the Olympians not to worry about her, for they are urgently needed on another quest. The Olympians are now out to find the Spear of Fear. A group of Amazonian women currently have it, but it really belongs to Ares, the God of War. Ares is thrilled to know the next quest is about him—but soon realizes that when it comes to the powerful spear, he has a LOT to learn...
Ares' Temptation
Aubrie Dionne
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance / Young Adult
A paranormal category romance from Entangled's Covet imprint...The God of War is about to discover love...At the wedding of two Greek gods, Kaye Underhill is the only mortal in a sea of scantily clad nymphs and fickle satyrs. And worse - she's dateless. The only bright side is the hot, muscled hunkiness of the God of War, who's seated next to her. But there's no way Kaye could ever grab a god's attention... Is there?Ares is in big trouble. A vengeful witch curses him, and the first person he touches will steal his strengths, while he receives their weaknesses. When Kaye trips, Ares catches her and poof! His powers disappear, and Kaye suddenly has the strength and coordination of a Greek god. To break the curse and regain his powers, Ares must get Kaye to fall in love with him.But for the god who makes war, making love presents a whole new set of problems...
The Ares Decision c-8
Part #8 of "Covert-One" series by Robert Ludlum
Thriller / Crime
With U.S. intelligence agencies wracked by internal power struggles and paralyzed by bureaucracy, the President was forced to establish his own clandestine group-Covert-One-only activated as a last resort, when the threat is on a global scale and time is running out. In northern Uganda, an American special forces team is decimated by a group of normally peaceful farmers. Video of the attack shows even women and children possessing almost supernatural speed and strength, consumed with a rage that makes them immune to pain, fear, and all but the most devastating injuries. Covert-One's top operative, army microbiologist Colonel Jon Smith, is sent to investigate the attack and finds evidence of a parasitic infection that for centuries has been causing violent insanity and then going dormant. This time, though, it's different. The parasite had been purposely kept alive and crudely transmitted in acts of terrorism. Now the director of Iranian Intelligence is in Uganda trying to obtain this biological weapon to unleash it on the West. Smith and his team are ambushed and cut off from all outside support just as they begin to suspect that forces much more powerful than the Iranians are in play-forces that can be traced to Washington itself.
Dayfall
Michael David Ares
In the near future, much of North America is shrouded in darkness due to a nuclear winter. One area particularly affected is NNYC... New New York City... a place now only accessible by flight, hidden from the rest of the world by large walls and destroyed bridges.It's been decades since sunlight has touched NNYC and the combination of darkness and isolation has created a modern Sodom and Gomorrah, where crime and sin are hidden by the neverending shadows. However, as the darkness is finally beginning to lift, a serial killer begins to cut a bloody swath across the city. The NNYC police, riddled with corruption and apathy, are at a loss.That's when the Mayor of NNYC contacts Detective John Phillips, a small-town Pennsylvania cop, who recently stopped his town's own high-profile serial killer single-handedly. Phillips, who has never been outside of his town, is quickly flown into the insanity that is New New York City.Phillips is partnered with a shady NNYPD...
Ares Express
Ian McDonald
A Mars of the imagination, like no other, in a colorful, witty SF novel; Taking place in the kaleidoscopic future of Ian McDonald's Desolation Road, Ares Express is set on a terraformed Mars where fusion-powered locomotives run along the network of rails that is the planet's circulatory system and artificial intelligences reconfigure reality billions of times each second. One young woman, Sweetness Octave Glorious-Honeybun Asiim 12th, becomes the person upon whom the future - or futures - of Mars depends. Big, picaresque, funny; taking the Mars of Ray Bradbury and the more recent, terraformed Marses of authors such as Kim Stanley Robinson and Greg Bear, Ares Express is a wild and woolly magic-realist SF novel, featuring lots of bizarre philosophies, strange, mind-stretching ideas and trains as big as city blocks.