To spioner, Max og Marianne, bliver under Anden Verdenskrig hyret til at slå en tysk embedsmand ihjel. Under missionen forelsker agenterne sig, og da de vender tilbage til London, er ønsket at starte en familie og blive gift. Idyllen forsvinder hurtigt, da Max bliver kontaktet af efterretningstjenesten, der præsenterer ham for en ubehagelig nyhed om sin elskede. For er hun til at stole på? Eller arbejder hun i virkeligheden for fjenden?
Lyra er 12 år og bor på det velrenommerede Jordan-kollegium sammen med sin bedste ven Roger. Hun har det trygt og godt, men pludselig sker der ting og sager, som vender op og ned på det hele. Børn forsvinder, Lyras onkels ekspediton til Arktis bliver forsøgt stoppet – og en videnskabskvinde henvender sig til Lyra for at lokke oplysninger ud af hende. Har det hele noget at gøre med det gyldne kompas, som Lyra er […]
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort’s bid for immortality. But with Harry’s beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort’s unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it’s time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.
Body of Lies follows CIA operative, Roger Ferris, as he uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan. When Ferris devises a plan to infiltrate his network, he must first win the backing of cunning CIA veteran Ed Hoffman and the collegial, but perhaps suspect, head of Jordanian intelligence.
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened — or didn’t happen — in Kuwait. As Marco (now a Major) investigates, the story begins to unravel, to the point where he questions if […]