Set against the backdrop of a world on the brink of war in 1990, the narrative follows Gill Langton, an international publisher tasked with mediating a historic alliance between the US, Germany, and the USSR. As he navigates complex political landscapes filled with intrigue and power struggles, Langton's personal life becomes intertwined with his professional challenges, particularly his love for the mysterious Martha. The story explores themes of diplomacy, love, and the precarious balance of global affairs during a tumultuous time in history.
Set against the backdrop of the enchanting Arabian desert, the story follows Christina Wakefield, whose thirst for adventure leads her to unexpected challenges. She finds herself captivated yet trapped by Sheik Abu, a strikingly handsome and arrogant figure who reveals a deeper connection as Philip Caxton, someone from her past in England. Their tumultuous relationship unfolds amidst the allure of the desert, blending romance and intrigue.
Jean M. Auel’s enthralling Earth’s Children series has become a literary phenomenon, beloved by readers around the world. In a brilliant novel as vividly authentic and entertaining as those that came before, Jean M. Auel returns us to the earliest days of humankind and to the captivating adventures of the courageous woman called Ayla. With her companion, Jondalar, Ayla sets out on her most dangerous and daring journey—away from the welcoming hearths of the Mammoth Hunters and into the unknown. Their odyssey spans a beautiful but sparsely populated and treacherous continent, the windswept grasslands of Ice Age Europe, casting the pair among strangers. Some will be intrigued by Ayla and Jondalar, with their many innovative skills, including the taming of wild horses and a wolf; others will avoid them, threatened by what they cannot understand; and some will threaten them. But Ayla, with no memory of her own people, and Jondalar, with a hunger to return to his, are impelled by their own deep drives to continue their trek across the spectacular heart of an unmapped world to find that place they can both call home. Fourth in the acclaimed Earth’s Children® series
Charles Parnell Cassidy is an Australian politician cast in the traditional Irish-Catholic mold of rhetoric, dynasty, and influence-peddling. Martin Gregory is the moral and disenchanted protege who married Cassidy's daughter, went to Europe, became a success on his own merits, and scorned his father-in-law. When the terminally ill Cassidy appears in London to die, he makes Gregory the executor of his legal estate and sets a complex trap by offering him the keys to a vast empire of wealth and corruption spanning Australia and Southeast Asia. With Cassidy's evil influence ever present, Gregory tries to unravel the complications of the old man's estate, obligations, and debts, while struggling with his own ambition and the security of his family. A powerful story from a master storyteller.
