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On the dark waterside docks of Shanghai, a photographer is recording cargo being secretly loaded when he's brutally killed and his camera destroyed. Shortly thereafter Covert-One director Fred Klein brings the word to the President that there's a Chinese cargo ship rumored to be carrying tons of chemicals to be used by a rogue nation to create new biological weapons. Klein is ordered to get the President solid proof of what the Chinese ship is ferrying.

Hector Cross, tidligere major i det britiske specialkorps SAS, har lagt sit risikofyldte job som sikkerhedsekspert på hylden, efter han har giftet sig med sin elskede Hazel Bannock. Deres nye, lykkelige tilværelse bliver dog på tragisk vis ødelagt af et dødbringende attentat, og han mistænker, at en gammel fjende står bag. Hector er fast besluttet på at få hævn og samler derfor et hold bestående af sine mest loyale venner og tidligere soldaterkammerater, som får til opgave at jage dem, der truer ham og hans familie.

Med Courtneys krig fortsætter Wilbur Smith den hæsblæsende og dramatiske historie om familien Courtney. Denne gang i en episk fortælling om mod, forræderi og udødelig kærlighed. Gerhard von Meerback kæmper, trods sin modstand mod nazisterne, for sit fædreland og håber på en dag at have mulighed for at hjælpe med at befri Tyskland fra Hitler og hans brutale regime. Men da hans enhed kastes ind i Anden Verdenskrigs blodigste slag, ved han, at hans chance for at overleve bliver mindre dag for dag. I mellemtiden er Saffron Courtney blevet rekrutteret til Churchills britiske spionnetværk.

Isabella Courtney er i et grusomt dilemma: Skal hun forråde sin familie og sit land for at redde sin søn og sin elskede - eller skal hun fortaelle sin familie alt på bekostning af de to? Isabellas elskede Ramon arbejder for Cuba og Sovjetunionen under navnet Den Gyldne Raev. Han tvinger Isabella ud i den ene forfaerdelige opgave efter den anden med det uhyggelige formål at få kontrol over et nyt frygteligt våben, som Sydafrika er kommet i besiddelse af. Men han gør regning uden en vis del af Courtney-familien.

Daniel Armstrong elsker elefanter og beklager dybt, at det er nødvendigt at udrydde mange af dem for at skaffe føde nok til alle. Kelly Kinnear elsker bambutierne - de små pygmaeer i Afrikas store skove. Hun vil gøre alt for at redde dem fra udryddelse. Bonny Mahon elsker kun sig selv, men det gør hun også så meget, at hun er villig til alt for at få penge og redde sit eget skind.

Under en aktion mod en gruppe flykaprere hører Peter Stride, der er leder af en antiterrorgruppe, første gang navnet Caliph. Snart får han mistanke om, at Caliph er den person eller organisation, der står bag en række terrorhandlinger, som gennem en årrække har spredt skræk i hele verden. Stride sætter alt ind på at opklare sagen og får hjælp af en kvinde, hvis mand er blevet dræbt af Caliph. Deres efterforskning udvikler sig til et yderst nervepirrende drama, hvor ingen tør stole på hinanden.

Da Hazel Bannock, ejer af det globale oliefirma Bannock Oil, er på cruise i det indiske ocean, bliver hendes yacht kapret af somaliske pirater og hendes 19-årige datter, Cayla, kidnappet. Hector Cross er tidligere major i det britiske specialkorps SAS og ejer nu et sikkerhedsfirma, som arbejder for Bannock Oil, og hans loyalitet mod familien Bannock kender ingen grænser. Piraterne kræver en astronomisk høj løsesum for at frigive Cayla, men politiske og diplomatiske hensyn komplicerer sagen, og Hazel tilkalder straks Hector.

Tatiana Petrovna, coraggiosa giornalista d'inchiesta, ha lasciato Mosca per dedicarsi a un misterioso incarico. Arkady Renko, leggendario investigatore e suo amante, sa che deve preoccuparsi, perché conosce troppo bene i nemici della donna e quello che sono disposti a fare per tenerla buona. Renko inizia quindi un lungo e pericoloso viaggio in Siberia per trovare Tatiana.

Oprørsstyrker planlægger et terrorangreb mod en af Bannock Oils olieplatforme i havet ud for Angola, og Johnny Congo, den psykopatiske morder, der myrdede Hectors hustru, er flygtet fra det topsikrede fængsel, som Hector fik ham anbragt i. Den tidligere major i SAS, Hector Cross er i et stort dilemma: Hector ved, at Johnny er ude på at tage hævn, og derfor skal han stoppes, men samtidig ved Hector også, at et angreb mod olieplatformen kan katastrofale følger. Hvem skal han gå efter?

Makayla Summerlin is excited to join her grandfather, Henry, in Hong Kong during a college break. She plans to help him sail the next leg of his journey around the world on the Defiance, but events take a frightening turn when her grandfather is kidnapped and the Defiance disappears! Unsure of what to do, Makayla reaches out to an old friend for help.

It is 1992 in Warsaw, Poland, and the communist era has just ended. A series of grisly murders suddenly becomes an international case when it's feared that the victims may have been couriers smuggling nuclear material out of the defunct Soviet Union. The FBI sends an agent to help with the investigation. When he learns that a Russian physicist who designed a portable atomic bomb has disappeared, the race is on to find him - and the bomb - before it ends up in the wrong hands.

Moskau 1950. Geheimagent Leo Demidow soll dem schwarzen amerikanischen Sänger Jesse Austin ein perfektes kommunistisches Russland vorgaukeln...

Moskau, 1953. Auf den Bahngleisen wird die Leiche eines kleinen Jungen gefunden. Nackt. Fürchterlich zugerichtet. Doch in der Sowjetunion der Stalinzeit gibt es offiziell keine Verbrechen. Und so wird der Mord zum Unfall erklärt. Der Geheimdienstoffizier Leo Demidow kann jedoch die Augen vor dem Offenkundigen nicht verschließen.

Moskau 1956: Den ehemaligen MGB-Offizier Leo Demidow holt die Vergangenheit ein. Eine seiner Adoptivtöchter wird gekidnappt...

Crystal ball reader Isadora wants to prove she's up to the leadership responsibility to keep Philadelphia staff safe from Hitler's occult attacks until their team leader can return from special assignment in D.C., but a Nazi spy murdered the temp secretary D.C. sent and assumed her identity. The spy's mission is to steal an ancient book of spells coveted by Hitler. After finding the book, the spy's obsession is to avenge her spy lover's disappearance by leaving this U.S. facility in paranormally induced flames.

Welcome to Prague, 1970: the epicenter in a struggle of spies and sorcerers. The Witch Who Came in from the Cold follows agents on opposing sides of two struggles: the Cold War and an ancient conflict between two occult secret societies: the Consortium of Ice and the Acolytes of Flame. A CIA and KGB agent will find their loyalties to country tested when they realize they must work together to prevent the destruction of the world at the hands of the Flame.

Welcome to Prague, 1970: ground zero in a Cold War of spies and sorcerers. The streets are a deadly chessboard on which the CIA and KGB make their moves, little dreaming that a deeper game is being played between the Consortium of Ice and the Acolytes of Flame, ancient organizations that seek to harness elemental magic. Tanya Morozova is a KGB officer and the latest in a long of Ice sorceresses; Gabe Pritchard is a CIA officer and reluctant Ice recruit. Enemies at one turn, but forced into alliances at the next, their relationship is as explosive as the Cold War itself.

John Winter thought his flying days were over. But when his new life falls victim to dirty, distant war, Winter’s unique skills, honed over years in the military, mean someone’s going to pay. The CIA black-ops wing is only too happy to let a former British combat pilot, SAS man and mercenary with nothing left to lose make sure they do. Sent on a covert, deniable mission to South America, Winter faces a ruthless and powerful enemy.

As such things are measured in Washington, Denise Burke has everything a woman of wit could want: two hip kids able to look after themselves; a marriage constructed to allow maximum mutual leeway with a husband smack in the center of Clinton's inner circle; and a high-profile lover. Plus, she's a best-selling author of several true crime books. But when death strikes close to home, Denise becomes a woman with a big-time problem.

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.