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Pub. Date
2016
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London is under siege. Nine men in suicide vests primed to explode hold hostages in nine different locations around the city, and are ready to die for their cause. Their mission: to force the government to release jihadist prisoners from Belmarsh Prison. Their deadline: 6pm today. But the bombers are cleanskins, terrorists with no obvious link to any group, and who do not appear on any anti-terror watch list. What has brought them together on this...
2) Good as dead
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Sphere
Pub. Date
2012
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Police officer Helen Weeks walks into her local newsagent's on her way to work. Little does she know that this simple daily ritual will change her life forever. It's the last place she expects to be met with violence, but as she waits innocently at the till, she comes face to face with a gunman.
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Welbeck
Pub. Date
2023
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Northern Afghanistan, 2012: an international crisis is about to erupt. A group of NGO workers have been kidnapped by local insurgents and are now hidden in a winding mountain region. After attempts to negotiate a deal with the bandits fail, and with the lives of the hostages hanging in the balance, there is only one option ... SAS and Navy SEALs are sent in to find and free them. 'The Rescue' is the action-packed story of their attempts to save the...