Parachuting into the Austrian alps, a group of British commandos attempts to rescue an American general from the Gestapo and prevent the Germans from learning the Allies' plans for the European invasion.
Jack Fletcher, a lone westerner in the land of the Samurai, is on the run with all of Japan after him. If he can make it to the port of Nagasaki that still will not guarantee his safety--he then has to find a ship that will take him home to Britain.
Just as Hitler is preparing to invade Britain in 1940, the Henderson Boys are faced with a decision: head south to neutral Spain or sabotage the German invasion plans.
Anthony Piers, a member of the New British South Polar Expedition, discovers the truth of what happened to Sir Eugene Stewart's expedition over sixty years before.
Penelope Deveraux is sent to India to let the scandal surrounding her hasty marriage die down and is plunged into a strange world of intrigue and danger where the only person Penelope can trust is not her husband, but the dashing Alex Reid.
Sonia is thrown into the middle of the Ram?rez family's drama when she walks into their small cafe in Granada, and finds herself drawn to the family despite their struggles.