Jorge Salcedo was an insider of the Cali cartel, thinks of himself as noble, he joined the cartel to fight against the notorious Pablo Escobar

Israeli art restorers/ spy Gabriel Allon is called one more time into service to investigate the mysterious murder of his friend Benjamin Stern

Army Ranger Quinn Colson is coming back home to the funeral of his uncle who also happen to be the local sheriff. Colson is a tough solider, a warrior veteran

The book follows the battle of Okinawa through the eyes of the grunts on the ground and the commanders of both the American and Japanese forces

After the Normandy invasion. Told through the eyes of Eisenhower, Patton, private Eddie Benson as well as Germans Gerd von Rundstedt and Albert Speer.

Events leading up and after D-Day (Jan-Sept 1944) seeing through the eyes of Eisenhower, the Rommel, Bradley, Patton, von Rundstedt and ordinary soldiers

After his grandfather died Mr. Davidson discovered that his grandfather had many skeletons in his closet, not the least are a membership in the Nazi party & SS

The Allies believe that Italy will be a piece of cake and they could move on the Germany. Italy did surrender but the Nazis kept on fighting.

Pox: An increasingly powerful government took on the position that the benefit of all people outweighs the problems of the few starting vaccination campaigns

The pace is fast but the story is predictable, about half way through (if not sooner) I already figured out the ending which, this time, had no twists.