"SPYFAIL is about the highly dangerous and growing capability of foreign countries to conduct large-scale espionage within the United States and how the FBI and other agencies have failed to prevent it. These covert operations involve a variety of foreign countries -- North Korea, Russia, Israel, China, and others -- and include cyberattacks, espionage, psychological warfare, the infiltration of presidential campaigns, the smuggling of nuclear weapons...

"This gripping first novel in a spy thriller series, set in Washington D.C. at the height of the Red Scare, investigates a double agent in the CIA whose betrayals threaten to compromise the two lead investigators, the Agency, and the entire nation."-- Washington D.C., 1953. As the Cold War heats up, the CIA is reeling from a double agent within their midst. Someone is selling secrets to the Soviets, compromising missions around the globe. Undercover...

"As U.S. troops prepare to withdraw, the shocking tale of how the American military had triumph in sight in Afghanistan--and then brought the Taliban back from the dead. In the popular imagination, Afghanistan is often regarded as the site of intractable conflict, the American war against the Taliban a perpetually hopeless quagmire. But as Anand Gopal demonstrates in this stunning chronicle, top Taliban leaders were in fact ready to surrender within...

"An esteemed journalist delivers a compelling on-the-ground account of the construction of President Trump's border wall in San Diego--and the impact on the lives of local residents. In August of 2019, Donald Trump finished building his border wall--at least a portion of it. In San Diego, the Army Corps of engineers completed two years of construction on a 14-mile steel beamed barrier that extends eighteen-feet high and cost a staggering $147 million....

"The Black Knights ratify the United States Constitution and head to Area 11 to take back Japan. However, Lelouch faces his most difficult challenge yet when Nunnally resurfaces as the Area 11 Viceroy. Lelouch has no choice but to rely on his friend Suzaku to rescue Nunnally" -- cover p.4.

"The Holy Empire of Britannia has conquered Japan. Now known as a mere number 'Area 11,' Japan has lost its freedom and the people have lost their rights. But one Britannian boy dreams of toppling the very system he is a part of. His name is Lelouch. And he has obtained the power to change the world. And how his rebellion has begun!" -- Vol. 1, p. [4] of cover.

"While preparing for a coup d'etat, Lelouch enjoys a moment of peace as the committee chairman of the Ashford Academy school festival. However, Euphemia, the Viceroy of Area 11, arrives at the festival with an announcement that threatens the very existence of the Black Knights-- the establishment of the 'Specialty Administrated Zone of Japan.' The first act of this fierce story is at its climax! This volume concludes the first season storyline!"--...

"Suzaku Kururugi is the son of the last Prime Minister of Japan. Even though his nation was conquered by the Holy Empire of Britannia, he continues to fight a solitary battle for his own brand of 'justice'."--P. [4] of cover.

"On December 7, 1941 -- "a date which will live in infamy" -- the Japanese navy launched an attack on the American military bases at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt declared war on Japan, and the US Army officially entered the Second World War. Three years later, on December 18, 1944, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which enabled the Secretary of War to enforce a mass deportation of more than 100,000...