Complete coverage of design and life assessment methods for high-temperature componentsApplied Creep Mechanics fully discusses the time-dependent deformation which occurs in a metal when subjected to stress at an elevated temperature. This book explains how to perform detailed analyses of welded components; assess the conditions under which cracks may initiate and grow; and extract valuable information about the current state of the material, which may have been in servi...

The trap is baited: enemies at every corner, evidence of treason and a dark secret going back forty years Teardrop is ready for Aubrey.A Russian defector is picked up by the Americans, and the information he yields is explosive: a secret file, codenamed 'Teardrop', contains overwhelming evidence that British Intelligence Director-General Kenneth Aubrey, has been a deep-cover Soviet agent since 1946. Aubrey is arrested in Vienna on charges of treason, his guilt co...

A plane brought down in flames. A dead man the only witness as the dominos start to fallOn the Russian border with Afghanistan, the wreckage of a military transport plane lies half-submerged in a lake. Everyone on board is dead, only their charred remains left behind.British intelligence operative Patrick Hyde, in hiding in Tajikistan, witnesses the tragedy. He discovers, to his horror, the identity of one of the bodies: Irena Nikitina, t...

Deep in the heart of the Burmese jungle, corruption thrives and destructive secrets come to lightBusiness is booming for hotel chain Straits Royal Group. They have recently partnered with business mogul David Winterbourne to build their most valuable asset, Tripitaka, a luxury holiday resort in the jungle of northern Burma, and their profits have skyrocketed. But this unexpected boost in capital has not gone unnoticed; is it simply a case of good fortune, or is t...

In the blazing heat of a war-torn Kathmandu, Aubrey's oldest enemy returns to settle the scoreDespite nearing the end of his intelligence career, spymaster Kenneth Aubrey is given yet another critical mission: he must arrange the defection of an East German officer, Kurt Winterbach, who holds important Soviet and East German military secrets.Under Aubrey's authority, Winterbach is brutally interrogated by British Intelligence, and dies wh...

An airliner has been hijacked and the clock is ticking... The riveting first novel from Craig Thomas, father of the technothrillerThere is relief at Heathrow Airport after a Boeing 707 touches down safely, having experienced engine trouble mid-flight. But when the pilot stops answering the control tower's radio calls, panic spreads again.During the landing, the plane was hijacked by a group of Americans. Their demands? The release of a known terrorist, Shafiq Naso...

The battlefield is new, the enemies unfamiliar, but for British agent Patrick Hyde, the stakes are as high as everPatrick Hyde has uncovered a conspiracy: high-tech equipment is being smuggled out of the UK with help from the KGB, and the evidence points to electronics conglomerate, Reid Group. But with Reid's former chairman now working in Cabinet, Hyde's accusations fall on deaf ears.Meanwhile, deep in the Namibian Bush, British ex-pat Richard A...

The West's new submarine technology could change the direction of the Cold War, and the USSR will go through hell and high water to steal itThe Cold War shows no signs of thawing. The Royal Navy is testing new, top-secret technology aboard their nuclear submarine, Proteus. Known as Sea Leopard, the device can render an entire submarine invisible to sonar, allowing it to sail anywhere, undetected.But the secret is out: the Soviets know all about it. With Sea Leopa...

In a pit of snakes, Patrick Hyde must wrestle for the truthDark secrets come to light among Delhi's rich and powerful when Sereena Sharmar, the film-star wife of high-ranking Indian politician V. K. Sharmar, is killed. It appears to be a crime of passion in which her lover, senior British intelligence officer Philip Cass, is the main suspect.British field agent Patrick Hyde is coaxed out of retirement and...

Three superpowers, one wall on the brink of collapse, two weeks to make sure it doesIt is the early 1980s, and Berlin and Germany are on the cusp of reunification. A new treaty is made to pull down the Berlin Wall, and the end of the Cold War is in sight. But when politician Wolfgang Zimmerman, the architect of the treaty, is exposed as a Soviet agent, everything is thrown into chaos.For espionage veteran Kenneth Aubrey and British agent ...

Not since the bloody deeds of Jack the Ripper have Londoners felt such terror as that aroused by the gruesome beheadings in Hyde Park. And if newly promoted Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt does not quickly apprehend the perpetrator, he is likely to lose his own head, professionally speaking. Yet even with the help of Charlotte Pitt’s subtle investigation, the sinister violence continues unchecked. And in a shocking turn of events that nearly convinces the pair of sleuths that they have m...

Mitten in der Nacht wird Thomas Pitt, der Leiter des Staatsschutzes, in den Buckingham Palace gerufen. Die Queen persönlich wünscht sich von ihm Ermittlungen in einem hochbrisanten Fall. Ihr Sohn und Thronfolger, der Prince of Wales, pflegt nämlich in ihren Augen schlechten Umgang. In ihrer Sorge hat sie einen Spion in sein Umfeld eingeschleust - doch dieser wurde tot im Hyde Park aufgefunden. Angeblich bei einem Bootsunfall ertrunken. Pitt findet schnell heraus, dass ein Verbrechen dahint...