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"Beim Klabautermann, der Bengel wird sein Leben auf dem Meer verbringen", hatte sein Vater bei seiner Geburt prophezeit. Johannes Wilhelm Kröger, geboren im April 1849, wurde Seemann und ist es geblieben, bis er am Vorabend des Ersten Weltkriegs endgültig abmustert. Jetzt soll sein wohlverdienter Ruhestand beginnen, aber von Ruhe kann keine Rede sein. Ganz in der Nähe seines Kapitänshäuschens hat sich eine rätselhafte Frau niedergelassen, die ihn ebenso fasziniert wie das lebensgefährliche Geheimnis, das sie umgibt.

2003. Kabul has become a frontier city, Afghanistan's fledgling democracy struggling with crime and corruption as NATO coalition troops, gangs and warlords jostle for control. When the body of a British serviceman is discovered in the city's infamous tank graveyard, the Kabul Police reach out for support in their investigation. Alasdair 'Mac' MacKenzie, formerly of the Metropolitan Police, is seconded to the team.

Amrapali Anna Singh is an historian and analyst capable of discerning the most cryptic and trivial details from audio recordings. One day, a mysterious man appears at her office in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, having traveled a great distance to bring her three Type IV audio cassettes that bear the stamp of a library in Buenos Aires that may or may not exist. On the cassettes is the deposition of an adventure journalist and his obsessive pursuit of an amorphous, legendary, and puzzling "City of Dreams."

Archaeologist Dr. Eve Blakeley has dedicated her life's work to finding Genghis Khan's final resting place. But first she'll have to find the Spirit Banner, Khan's lost spear, an eight-hundred-year-old weapon shrouded in as much mystery and lore as his lost tomb. The two are intertwined by centuries of secrets.