White House by David Hagberg

On American soil a terrorist bomb explodes at a Georgetown restaurant killing CIA operative Kirk McGarvey's girlfriend and seriously injuring his daughter. Now McGarvey seeks vengeance while at he same time struggling with the growing crisis in the far east where a mysterious underground nuclear explosion has destroyed a power station off the coast of North Korea.
From the corridors of power in Washington to the Japanese space launch centre in Tanegashima, "White House" tells a gripping story of suspense about one man's race to sabotage a cunning terrorist operation before it eliminate the White Hose and everyone he loves.

A Hooded Crow by Craig Thomas

While Kenneth Aubrey of British Intelligence recuperates from illness, his best men, Patrick Hyde and Tony Godwin, are obsessively in pursuit of proof of East European infiltration of the electronics giant Reid Group, whose former chairman is a cabinet minister. No one believes that their accusations that Reid Group has been penetrated and it's secrets stolen, and they are suspended from duty.
In a remote part of the Namibian bush, former British agent Richard Anderson discovers the wreckage of an Air Craft belonging to Paulus Malan's huge MLC conglomerate. On board is Reid Group technology and the body of a KGB officer. When Anderson sends evidence of the cargo to Aubrey, Malans men destroy his home in a fake terrorist atrocity, killing Anderson's beloved half-Bantu wife.
Aubrey is drawn reluctantly into involvement with Hyde's investigations and Anderson's desire for revenge, discovering that something more sinister is on it's way to Africa via a trade fair in Venice.
As Anderson begins track down Paulus Malan, the reader is drawn into a world where politics are new, weapons of destruction even newer, but where tactics and risks are old and as deadly as ever.

Detective by Arthur Hailey

Serial killer Elroy "Animal" Doil is hours away from the electric chair. In his last hours of life, he wants to make a confession- to detective Malcolm Ainslie, the man who put him away. And as much as he'd like to, Ainslie can't ignore the criminals request. Beacuse Doil is guilty of a gruesome double murder, his confession could close ten other unsolved slayings.
What Ainslie learns, however will thrust him into an investigation that leads directly to elite levels of city government- and some of his trusted collegues.....

Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur.C.Clarke

Loren Lorenson is a refugee from a destroyed Earth, aboard the Starship Magellan, the last to flee the solar-system before the sun goes nova, the lucky few who were given a place in her berths observe the demise of the Earth before entering hibernation for a decade long journey to a new home.
In order to make the journey in safety Magellan huddles behind a debris shield made of ice. The shield however would not survive the entire journey and must be replenished from a convenient source. The planet Thalassa would serve well as a way station for the crew to disembark for a few weeks on a world that colonised not long ago had been silent for generations and was believed to be no longer inhabited. On arrival the crew discovers that far from being extinct the human colony has flourished in it's own modest way in the idyllic climate of the planets three islands. In order to cause minimal disruption to the native culture the crew sent to Thalassa is quartered separately and the ice producing plant is placed n a distant shore. Despite the enforced separation the planet side crew builds many friendships and Loren falls in love.

Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur.C.Clarke

Far out in the solar system and travelling fast, a large object is detected which will pass near earth. An expedition to meet it discovers that it is giant spaceship with an artificial world inside it, complete with it's own gravity. The space craft seemingly expects them, but does not appear to have aliens on board - or perhaps they are just hiding. With no way to control the ship it will soon pass out of the solar system, and team race to unlock as many of it's secrets as quickly as they can.
The expedition team has plenty of surprises as they try to gain an insight to the alien shipbuilders, including a nice touch when they are reluctantly forced to abandon ship. As it's final bow to Solar System, the craft turns towards the Sun for re fuelling.

2001: A space odyssey by Athur.C.Clarke

A discovery is made on Earth's moon. The Monolith, a giant black....... monolith has been found in a crater. It reflects no light and emits a radio shriek when after thousands of years, it is exposed to the sun. The crew of the space ship Discovery is on a mission to Jupiter and its moons. Aboard are three hibernauts who will be awakened by Dave Bowman & Frank Poole, the beta crew, the HAL 9000, an artificially intelligent computer. However, HAL goes insane and kill off the three hibernauts and strand Frank Poole in space. Now the only place for David Bowman to go is to Europa, where a discovery like no other awaits........

Ice Station by Matthew Reilly

On a remote ice station in Antartica a team of American scientists make an amazing discovery. They have found something unbelievable trapped deep beneath a layer of ice 400 million years old.
Olmost immediately the american scientists find themselves in trouble, and a team of crack US marines are dispatched to secure the find. The team of seals is led by Shane Schofield. Upon arriving Schofield finds that the US government is not the only government keen on keeping this find for themselves. The french government sends a team of French commandos and them the british send a team of SAS troops to secure the find for their respective governments.
While all this is going someone from inside Schofield's unit is killing it's members one by one. Fortunately Schofield's men are tight unit prepare to follow their leader into hell.

They soon discover that they just did.......

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

In the kingdon of Delaine, the old king Roland the Good, finds himself near the end of his life, without an heir to the throne. He marries a young woman named Sasha, who bears him his first child named Peter. There is magician who lived for hundreds of years, always leaving Delain and returning under a new name, to plunge Delaine into chaos. This time around he comes as Flagg the kings advisor. Flagg is content with Roland as king, for alhough Roland is good man he is an idiot. An idiot who can be controlled by a man as cunning as Flagg. However when Peter is born, Flagg instantly realises the threat to his power. Peter is brave, and intelligent, the stuff of legends. Peter would not be controlled as Roland was.
The cunning magician secretly plots to kill Roland, and frame Peter. Then Peter's brother Thomas five years younger than he, would become king. Thomas was not like his brother he was bumb and was terrified of Flagg. Flagg could use this to control him. Peter imprisoned in the Needle, a 300 foot tower, meanwhile plots a daring escape, with the help of his friend Ben and without him knowing it, the same man who had convicted him guilty of murder, Judge General Anders Penya.

The Street Lawyer by Jhon Grisham

Michael Brock is a lawyer working his way to the top in Drake&Sweeny law firm. His fast paced life kept him goingnot realizing how much he missed out on. Until the he was held hostage with a co-worker by a homeless guy, not knowing what he wanted or what would happen.
After several hoursthe homeless guy was shot by a police sniper, which sared everyone. Michael was the closest to the guy and for a second thought that he had been shot also. He was covered in bloob and body fluids from the homeless guy. After this incident he began wondering if he was the right job and about his home life.
He decided to become a street lawyer and after telling his wife his decision to take a job with less money and no benefits they became seperated and she then filed for a divorce. He began searching and realised the compay he worked forhad illegally evicted homeless people from a building and this caused death to some. He worked hard to provethis and in the Drake & Sweeney realized the mistake, fired the lawyer who done this and began helping Michael Brock help the homeless.

The Long Walk by Stephen King

In the near future game shows like Survivor and Boot camp will have given ways to newer......More lethal games. Thisabout one of those games. The long walk.
This is a test of enduarance a walk across the state of maine, if you stop walking or fall behind a pace of 3mph you will be shot dead in your tracks, but if you can endure the pain and stop for nothing a fortune is yours for the taking.

But can anyone survive....... The Long Walk?

Hammerfall by C.J. Cherryh

Since he was eight Marak did his best to conceal the visions he saw and ignore the voices he heard beacuse he knew that either condition is considered asa sign of madeness. those wjho are deemed mad are turned over to the Ila. Until he turned thirty, Marak successfull hid his delicate situation. He enjoyed the war against the Ila, trying to break into the great city where she lived in splendid security. Marak confesses his illness and his fatherdisowns him, giving him over to hte soldiersfor disposl to Ila.
After travelling across a large dessert, Marak meets the five century old Ila. Everyone who is dubbed mad hear voices telling them to go east. Ila wants him to do just that bot report to her what he finds. After a long arduos trek, Marak reaches a towe where he meete Ian and Lutz, Ila's peers, claiming the world is coming to an end. If he is to survive he must return to this tower with Ila and as many people as will go with them.