A wickedly duplicitous woman, and a trail of dead bodies, lead the Newport Beach Police to the door of John Struggles, an out of work drummer with a bad attitude and a violent past.
When a mysterious explosion destroys his research vessel in search of a lost river, Alex Hawke is captured by indigenous cannibals and enslaved deep within the Amazonian jungle. Before he escapes, he learns that a fearsome foe is preparing for war - but against whom? When he regains contact with his American and British intelligence counterparts, Alex's worst fears are confirmed. The men in the jungle are highly trained Hezbollah warriors who are planning an unspeakably violent jihad against the United States. While the U.S. focuses its efforts on the escalating border disputes with Mexico, Alex takes on the task to put a stop to the deadly plot.
Sean Rogan, an ageing fighter, escapes from prison. But he finds the old certainties of the struggle for Irish freedom have been replaced by compromise. There is also the matter of a beautiful girl with a fascination as powerful as any political ideal.
Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles
Imagine the twisted evil twins of Holmes and Watson and you have the dangerous duo of Prof. James Moriarty - wily, snake- like, fiercely intelligent, unpredictable - and Colonel Sebastian 'Basher' Moran - violent,politically incorrect, debauched.
The Caine Mutiny is a 1952 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Herman Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard a destroyer-minesweeper in the Pacific in World War II and deals with, among other things, the moral and ethical decisions made at sea by the captains of ships. The mutiny of the title is legalistic, not violent, and takes place during a historic typhoon in December 1944. The court-martial that results provides the dramatic climax to the plot.
