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Welcome to Barton Mallet, a remote village in the Midlands that has been chosen as the unlikely location for a new feature film from Hollywood producer Max Crow. Teenagers from the local drama group are encouraged to audition for a story about the trials and tribulations of growing up. Benjamin Knot, the CEO of a well-known architecture firm, discovers that his children, Lily and Nathan, have each been offered a role. But Barton Mallet has a deep wound that has never truly healed.

St. Louis in 1880 is full of ghosts - mangled soldiers, tortured slaves, the innocent victims of war - and Jacob Tracy can see them all. Ever since Antietam, when he lay delirious among the dead and dying, Trace has been haunted by the country's restless spirits. The curse cost him his family, his calling to the church, and damn near his sanity. He stays out of ghost-populated cities as much as possible these days, guiding wagon trains west with his pragmatic and skeptical partner, Boz.

The world’s largest volcano does not reside beneath Hawaii’s mountains, or in Washington state, but Yellowstone National Park. Past eruptions have darkened our continent and covered it with a blanket of ash that smothered both plant and animal life. Now the supervolcano, with its earthquakes and geysers, is monitored on a daily basis for signs of the beast reawakening.

It began with lies. One-quarter Nez Perce, Cord Sutton attempts to hide his Indian blood by adopting the life of a gentleman. As part of the ruse, he plans to buy the Lake Hotel, an island in the Yellowstone wilderness that offers elegant accommodations to travelers on the Northern Pacific Railroad.When Chicago heiress Laura Fielding is rescued from a stagecoach robbery in Jackson Hole by a rugged mountain man, she hides the fact she's wealthy. What she doesn't know is the man that's saved her is Cord Sutton.

Among the thousands of summer warriors battling to save America’s crown jewel, is single mother Clare Chance. Her best friend (and fellow Texas firefighter), dies in a roof collapse. She flees to Montana to try and put the memory behind her. She’s not alone in fighting personal demons as well as the fiery dragon that threatens the park. Chris Deering, a Vietnam veteran helicopter pilot and Ranger Steve Haywood (who lost his wife and baby in a plane crash), rally around Clare when tragedy strikes her yet again.

They say revenge is a dish best served cold. But Jason Trapp is losing his taste for it. For six months, his personal crusade has taken him around the world, mopping up the last of the Bloody Monday conspirators. There's only one left, and after the crooked financier Emmanuel Alstyne meets his maker, Trapp's debt will be paid in full. He vows he's done with the business of death.

Camoha, die Insel der Kleinen Antillen, kommt nicht zur Ruhe. Michael "Digger" Digson, ein begnadeter junger Forensiker, muss seiner Kollegin und Seelenfreundin Miss Stanislaus beistehen: Sie hat einen Mann in Notwehr erschossen ‒ ihre Vorgesetzten glauben, dass es Mord war, denn der Getötete ist Miss Stanislaus' persönliche Nemesis, Juba Hurst, der sie als Jugendliche vergewaltigte, und er ist der Vater ihrer Tochter. Digger und sie haben nur sechs Wochen Zeit, um ihre Unschuld zu beweisen. Und das alles mitten in einer Welle von Gewalt gegen Frauen, die sich zunehmend gegen diesen permanenten Terror zur Wehr setzen.

Camoha, eine Insel der Kleinen Antillen: Dort wird der junge Michael "Digger" Digson, zunächst gegen seinen Willen, von dem mysteriösen Detective Superintendent Chilman für eine Polizeitruppe rekrutiert, die gegen alle Korruption und alle politischen Widerstände effektive Polizeiarbeit leisten soll, und sei's mit eigenwilligen Mitteln. Digger lässt sich zum Forensiker ausbilden und wird ein Virtuose des "Knochenlesens". Zudem ist er auf der Suche nach seiner Mutter, die spurlos verschwunden und vermutlich ermordet worden ist.

Charley Sunday, a sensible, sober-minded Texas grandfather, imparts the American Cowboy legacy to his only grandchild as he and several of his grizzled cronies concoct a 1,000-mile longhorn cattle drive across 21st Century America. Four leathery cowboys, one insightful Indian, two strong-willed women, a two-gun oddball, a dog, and a little boy make an unlikely team as they trek from Colorado to Texas, continually running up against the forces of corruption.