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1941. Quincy Kane, former star of the Boston Police Department and scourge of organised crime, finds himself guarding the most important man in the country: President Roosevelt. Kane's trusted position reflects his meteoric rise in the Secret Service. Then Imperial Japan attacks the US naval base at Pearl Harbor.

A violent encounter forces Kane to emerge from a life in hiding, where he had hoped his wife and children would be safe. He must go on the run and fight for the lives of those he holds most dear. The forces out to kill him are skilled, well-armed, and his former colleagues in the Mjolnir Agency, a black-ops shadow section of MI6.

From the moment they laid eyes on one another, Kane and Serenity wanted forever with one another, flaws and all. That was before they realized that they were on separate pages in life. Undoubtedly, the two souls love one another deeply. But as time passes, their chosen diverging paths begin to strain their relationship. Serenity's unwavering dedication to her dreams leads her to make a difficult decision—to move to New York and pursue her career on a grander scale. Their separation is painful, and the distance between them shatters the love they once shared.

New Orleans has been quarantined, an unknown virus sweeping the city, killing 100 percent of those infected. The Center for Disease Control, desperate to find a cure, is approached by BioDyne Pharma who reveal a former employee has turned a cutting-edge medical treatment capable of targeting specific genetic sequences into a weapon, and released it.

Jack Kane is a man on a mission; a secret agency wants him dead... and his family is in the firing line. The Valknut Group, a state-funded private military group, has taken an interest in a UK Lithium mine. MI6 is concerned about that interest and Valknut's wider ambitions to undermine Western powers. Jack Kane and Frank Craven are tasked with travelling to Cornwall on Britain's south-west coast to investigate. A violent encounter ensues, and Kane is forced into battle against skilled and well-armed enemies.

Oberinspektor Fritz Aigners Nachforschungen bringen ihn auf eine unheimliche Verschwörung. Ehemalige Nazigrößen, denen es nach dem Krieg gelungen ist, wieder hohe Ämter zu erlangen, sind dabei, eine neue Ära des Schreckens und der Macht einzuläuten. Aigner muss sich seinen eigenen Geistern stellen. Immerhin hat auch er als ehemaliger Kriminalkommissar der Gestapo eine dunkle Vergangenheit.

Zahra Kane is a brilliant and daring archaeologist. The former British Army Intelligence linguist has used her fluency in a laundry list of languages, as well as her combat training, to succeed at the highest level. The intrepid adventurer isn't afraid to get her hands dirty or blow past the point of no return to obtain her prize. Late one night, she receives a frantic phone call from her estranged brother, an Egyptologist who's been tasked with examining a newly discovered tomb and the prize it contains: the original Book of the Dead-a scroll made of human skin and penned in human blood.

Jack Kane is a wanted man. Governments want him dead. And he is the last hope for a family facing a ruthless private military organization. A UK football club owned by a father-daughter team finds itself the subject of an aggressive takeover bid. Things get out of control when the buyers turn out to be a company backed by a private military group with links to the Russian government. Jack Kane and Frank Craven are the family's last hope as they try to survive brutal attacks and violent thugs in this life-or-death thriller.

Seit Jahren sind alle tot, die vielleicht noch erzählen könnten, was für Funde in den verwinkelten Katakomben des Museums lagerten. Dinge, die Forscher von abenteuerlichen Expeditionen mitgebracht haben, oft unter Einsatz ihres Lebens und mehr als einmal gegen den Willen der rechtmäßigen Besitzer. Doch als Professor Thomas Edward McCoy vor über hundert Jahren auf einer seiner Forschungsreisen nach Mesopotamien den schwarzen Sarkophag außer Landes brachte, hat ihn niemand aufgehalten. Zu groß ist die Angst derer, die die Geschichten über Sin-Balih, seine Gräueltaten und seine Ermordung kennen.

Die Kämpfer des Guten um Isaac Kane werden von einer Übermacht bedroht, vor denen es kein Entkommen zu geben scheint. Fast ohne ihre Waffen müssen sie die Verantwortung für unschuldige Geiseln übernehmen, die es um jeden Preis zu retten gilt. Unterdessen setzt Kanes Erzfeind ein Kopfgeld auf ihn aus. Die Verlockung könnte nicht größer sein: Bringt den Dämonenjäger und seine Waffen, und ihr werdet zum Dank in die höchsten Ränge der Hölle aufsteigen.