Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier... Part two of the first Chris Ryan Extreme series. Bundled together as the full book, Chris Ryan Extreme: Hard Target A chance encounter with an agent from MI6 leads Joe Gardner into a perilous mission in Gibraltar. His objective: bust a major cocaine-smuggling ring involving former a Regiment operator and the Royal Navy. But Gardner isn't alone. A mysterious killer with expert martial arts skills is shadowing his every move. And it's about to get noisy.

Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier... Part three of the first Chris Ryan Extreme series. Bundled together as the full book, Chris Ryan Extreme: Hard Target Dispatched to a postwar Belgrade crawling with criminals and bad memories, Joe Gardner is on a collision course with his one-time Regiment friend John Bald. Garder plans to put a stop to Bald once and for all. But with the Russian mafya and Italian mob closing in, is Gardner too late? If he fails, tens of thousands will die.

Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier... Part one of the first Chris Ryan Extreme series. Bundled together as the full book, Chris Ryan Extreme: Hard Target When an old friend makes a desperate call for help, former SAS Warrant Officer Joe Gardner is thrust back into the line of fire. His journey leads him into the deadliest favela in Brazil, where violent gangs, crazed hitmen and trigger-happy paramilitaries lurk. Gardner's only hope of staying alive is through his supreme survival skills and warrior's instinct.

Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier... Part four of the first Chris Ryan Extreme series. Bundled together as the full book, Chris Ryan Extreme: Hard Target In the aftermath of a devastating nuclear attack, Joe Gardner discovers a terrifying secret. In order to protect the truth, he must escort special agent Aimee Milana to safety, all the while hunted by government agents and a former Navy SEAL operator equipped with a lethal weapon. The race is on to reach Parliament Square before the clock runs out - and the world descends into all-out war.

Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier... Part two of the third Chris Ryan Extreme series. Bundled together as the full book, Chris Ryan Extreme: Most Wanted. For former SAS legend John Bald, Dubai is a place where millionaires are made and dreams come true. Arriving on the trail of Viktor Klich, a Russian oligarch on the run from MI6, Bald finds his paradise quickly turning into a blood-soaked nightmare. From the lavish strip bars and hotels lining the coast, to the hidden slums of Sun City, Bald is always one step behind his quarry. Forced to work his way into Klich's inner circle, he finds his loyalties being called into question and in a world where nothing is as it seems, Bald must stop Klich before it's too late..

Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier... Part two of the second Chris Ryan Extreme series. Bundled together as the full book, Chris Ryan Extreme: Night Strike. Disgraced former SAS legend John Bald turfs up in the Florida everglades, an illegal grey man in the most monitored country on earth. The Firm need his help to kill a sleeper before they smuggle military secrets into the hands of terrorists. Shadowing the two sleeper suspects, Bald soon finds himself caught up in a world of hi-tech warfare and deceit as he's hunted through the seedy Tampa underworld by a ruthless ex-CIA hitman. With nowhere to run, Bald is about to find out the hard way that not everything is at it seems.

Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier... Part one of the third Chris Ryan Extreme series. Bundled together as the full book, Chris Ryan Extreme: Most Wanted. Hung out to dry by his only friend, former SAS legend John Bald is living off the grid in a remote commune in Kazakhstan, out of reach of the long arms of the Firm. But Bald cannot lie low forever. And when the Firm comes knocking, he's tempted back for one last mission and the promise of a clean slate. Now Bald must hunt down a Russian oligarch accused of butchering a Westminster aide... Then Bald discovers that he isn't the only one hunting the Russian, and what begins as a simple snatch-and-grab soon descends into a brutal fight for survival.

Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier... Part four of the third Chris Ryan Extreme series. Bundled together as the full book, Chris Ryan Extreme: Most Wanted. A hero in the SAS and later an asset for British intelligence, John Bald is now on the wrong side of the tracks after an encounter in Geneva turns his world upside down. Now he's the most wanted man in Europe, and there is only one person who can help him: Viktor Klich, the man he once tried to kill. Bald must pursue Klich to the town of Antibes in the south of France protecting him at all costs from enemies lurking at every turn. Bald will have to call on all his survival skills to stay alive. But nothing can prepare him for what lies in wait at the end of the line.

Faster, Grittier, Darker, Deadlier... Part three of the third Chris Ryan Extreme series. Bundled together as the full book, Chris Ryan Extreme: Most Wanted. The world order may be changing, but for ex-Blade John Bald, old habits die hard. Lured out of retirement for one last mission, he heads to the snow-capped peaks of Courchevel, where old splendour meets new money - and a chance to redeem his dark past. Amidst the debauched oligarchs and the corrupt politicians, Bald must kill a man who poses a major threat to Western security interests. But when the mission goes badly wrong and the target escapes, Bald suddenly finds himself implicated in a deadly deceit that goes right to the very core of the establishment.

Because authoritarian regimes like North Korea can impose the costs of sanctions on their citizens, these regimes constitute "hard targets." Yet authoritarian regimes may also be immune—and even hostile—to economic inducements if such inducements imply reform and opening. This book captures the effects of sanctions and inducements on North Korea and provides a detailed reconstruction of the role of economic incentives in the bargaining around the country's nuclear program. Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland draw on an array of evidence to show the reluctance of the North Korean leadership to weaken its grip on foreign economic activity. They argue that inducements have limited effect on the regime, and instead urge policymakers to think in terms of gradual strategies. Hard Target connects economic statecraft to the marketization process to understand North Korea and addresses a larger debate over the merits and demerits of "engagement" with adversaries.