Robin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. The plotters, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the Earl of Newark, have set an ambush for Walter and Lady Marian Fitzwater. Will Robin get to them before it is too late?
Duke Philippe de Nevers is an influential and popular man who is married to a beautiful wife called Aurore. His rival Philippe de Gonzague hates him enough to organise an attempt on him. The Duke is accompagnied by Henri de Lagardère when de Gonzague's henchmen altogether attack him. Lagardère cannot save his friend because the both of them are hopelessly outnumbered. He has to escape in order to save the Duke's daughter and swears revenge. Together with his old buddy Passepoil he raises the little girl in Spain. At the same time he returns frequently to France where he detects confronts his friend's murderers and puts them to the sword one by one until only their former leader is left. Finally he discovers that Philippe de Gonzague is the man for whom he is looking.
Genç bir Maya kralı olan Balam, güçlü düşmanı Hunac Kell’den halkını korumak için Meksika Körfezi’nin karşı tarafına, bugünkü ABD topraklarına kaçar. Balam, halkıyla birlikte geldiği yeni topraklarda yeni bir hayat inşa etmektedir. Ancak, Amerika yerlilerinin reisi olan Kara Kartal, topraklarına yerleşen bu yeni halk nedeniyle endişe duymaktadır. Hem Balam’ın hem de Kara Kartal’ın, Maya presesi Ixchel’e duydukları ilgi işleri daha da karmaşık hale getirecektir.
During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar. The story is based on a novel by Wilbur Smith, which in turn is very loosely based on events involving the light cruiser SMS Königsberg, which was sunk after taking refuge in Rufigi delta in 1915.
1925 senesinde, Percy Fawcett Amazon ormanlarına giderek köklü bir uygarlık bulup tarihin en önemli keşfini yapmak ister. Avrupalılar dünyanın en büyük ormanı olan Amazon’da El Dorado adında bir krallık olduğuna ve sayısız gezginin bu krallığı bulmak amacıyla yola çıkıp öldüklerine inanırlar. Fawcett oğluyla bu krallığın varlığını kanıtlamak ister.