Craig Thomas
1) Wildcat
Author
Publisher
Putnam,[1G]
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
An East German officer's defection goes fatally awry in this "adroit, densely plotted spy novel" by the New York Times–bestselling author (Publishers Weekly).
MI6's Kenneth Aubrey is on the verge of retirement, but not before he's tasked with extracting Kurt Winterbach, an East German intelligence officer who wants to defect-and has valuable military secrets to share. Unfortunately, things go sideways when Brigitte Winterbach, Kurt's mother...
2) Winter hawk
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
New York Times Bestseller: "A thrill ride . . . The technical details and intricate depiction of Soviet life fascinate." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
American pilot Mitchell Gant barely escaped the USSR alive after stealing its cutting-edge stealth fighter. Nevertheless, he's going back again-this time, to rescue an American agent with evidence of a looming threat. A group of highly placed, power-hungry Soviets, who want to undermine any...
3) Jade tiger
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
New York Times–Bestselling Author of Firefox: At the height of the Cold War, the Berlin Wall may finally fall-but who's really pulling the strings?
Sir Kenneth Aubrey remembers Wolfgang Zimmerman from a dramatic encounter back in World War II. In the intervening decades, Zimmerman has risen to become a top advisor to the West German chancellor. Thanks to Zimmerman, the prospect of a reunified Germany is now on the horizon. Until he falls ill...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
New York Times Bestseller: The follow-up to the classic Cold War thriller continues the story of spies, stealth technology, and survival . . .
The plan was to steal the Soviet Union's prototype for the world's most advanced stealth fighter from under their noses. What could go wrong?
A lot, it turns out. A crash landing in remote, frigid Finland leaves daredevil pilot Mitchell Gant fighting for survival and trying to elude his pursuers....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The downing of a Russian military plane has dangerous global consequences in this spy thriller from the New York Times–bestselling "master of suspense" (The Pittsburgh Press).
Spymaster Sir Kenneth Aubrey thinks operative Patrick Hyde is dead. Hyde is, in fact, alive, but after witnessing a military airline being shot down by a team including both KGB and CIA, he may not be for long.
As Hyde tries to elude capture and get evidence to...
9) Wolfsbane
Author
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Pub. Date
[1978]
Language
English
Description
"While on vacation at a resort hotel, Richard Gardiner is suddenly thrust back into the world of deception and violence that he had known as a member of British Intelligence during World War II." --
10) A hooded crow
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Trying to track down mercanaries smuggling high-tech equipment into the Soviet Union. British agents pursue a network of double agents and amoral businessmen. Their trek takes them from Moscow to London, from Venice and Johannesburg to the wasteland of Namibia.
11) Lion's run
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
The upper echelon of British Intelligence has just collapsed. Director-General Sir Kenneth Aubrey has been charged with treason. It seems a ludicrous mistake, until the damming evidence piles up: a videotape shows Aubrey begging the KGB for asylum and a top-secret Moscow file called Teardrop reveals a long-hidden history of Aubrey's treachery dating from 1946. Aubrey's survival depends on the only man who believes in his innocence: Patrick Hyde, his...
12) Snow falcon
Author
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
New York Times–Bestselling Author: A suddenly uninhabited Finnish village sparks a mystery-and foreshadows an epic threat . . .
An international agreement to slow the arms race is in the works, but not everyone is happy about it. The KGB and MI6, with CIA support, begin to take action as suspicions about a mutiny within the Red Army swirl. Under Kenneth Aubrey's direction, Snow Falcon will be a high-risk mission to investigate strange developments...
13) Firefox
Author
Series
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Pub. Date
[1977]
Language
English
Description
The Soviet Mig-31 is the deadliest warplane ever built. Codenamed FIREFOX by NATO, it can fly over 4,000 mph, is invisible to radar--and has a lethally sophisticated weapons system that its pilot can control by thought impulses. There's only one way for the West to fight the greatest threat since the Second World War: hijack the Firefox!--From publisher description.
14) Firefox
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A high-flying thriller of a desperate plot to steal the top-secret Russian warplane code-named "Firefox"--And fly it out of the Soviet Union through the world's most lethal air defense system.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A love story in reverse: 'How I met your mother' is a comedy about Ted and how he fell in love. When Ted's best friends Marshall and Lily decide to tie the knot, it sparks the search for his own Miss Right. Helping him in his quest is his bar-hopping "wing-man" Barney, a confirmed bachelor with plenty of wild scemes for picking up women. Ted's sights are set on the charming and independent Robin, but destiny may have something different in mind. Told...
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"How I met your mother is a love story in reverse about Ted and how he fell in love. It all started when Ted's best friend, Marshall, dropped the bombshell that he was going to propose to his long-time girlfriend, and now wife, Lily. Ted realizes that he had better get a move on if he, too, hopes to find true love. Helping him in his quest is Barney, a friend with endless, sometimes outrageous opinions, a penchant for suits and a foolproof way...