Sixteen-year-old Jefferson Davis Bussey joins the Army to defend the Union against Colonel Watie, leader of the Cherokee Indian rebels, and is assigned to infiltrate the enemy camp where he discovers there is more to war than honor and glory.
Street urchin ShaoSu is befriended by Hok and Ying and feels he has finally found a new family, until he learns his new friends are two of China's most wanted criminals and their actions will place ShaoSu's life, and the future of China, in danger.
Thirteen-year-old Long, a dragon-style kung fu master and the oldest of the five survivors of the destroyed Cangzhen, must get to the Forbidden City before Tonglong declares himself emperor.
Hardened survivor Aiden Lynch's luck continues to serve him when he wins a ship in a high-stakes poker game. The ship is well-fitted and ready for trade, and so Aiden becomes a trader between California and Peru. However, nothing in his past prepared Aiden for the cruelty and savagery he sees in Peru, particularly in the mines--and when Aiden meets a Chinese miner who claims to be a captured nobleman, his loyalties come into question.
Paha Sapa believes he is being haunted by the ghost of General George Armstrong Custer and, driven by a mysterious vision, vows to exorcise the ghost from his body and reclaim the Sioux tribe's legacy while working as a dynamite expert on the Mount Rushmore project.
King Raven--Rhi Bran--has defended the people of Wales from their Norman overlords, but Rhi Bran, aided by Friar Tuck and his loyal band of forest outlaws, is being pursued by King William, Abbot Hugo, and the Sheriff de Glanville.
