Widowed Mrs Martingale and her four children inherit a castle in the will of an elderly relative. When they move in they find dear old Miss Button, the housekeeper, a whole host of cats and, odder still, a boy called Christopher Sixpence who keeps appearing and disappearing. What is he doing there?
In the city of N-sk, the governor's daughter dies under mysterious circumstances. Investigator Oleg Nesterov arrives from Moscow in the city of NSK to clarify the circumstances of her death. In the place where the girl's body was found, a role-playing game based on the Karelo-Finnish epic "Kalevala" was taking place, and Vera, the chairman of the role-playing team, begins her investigation at the same time. However, new victims and a series of mysterious events are increasingly confusing Oleg and Vera. And soon Nesterov realizes that it's not just role-play players who play in N-sk. Both the banker, the prosecutor, and the governor are involved in some kind of strange gambling game, the meaning of which is hidden from the uninitiated.
Student Elena Mikhalushkina is flying to another country to identify her father, who died in a plane crash. Back at the Russian airport, she meets Andrei Egorov, who has been living and working abroad for several years and is now returning there. A young man volunteers to help a pretty girl who does not know the language and is all alone in an unfamiliar country. He accompanies her to the hospital and to the hotel. After they part ways at the hotel, Andrey witnesses Elena being attacked by unknown men and attempts to kidnap her. Egorov rushes to her aid and deals with the attackers. Andrey and Lena are trying to figure out who needs what from the girl. But there are more questions than answers.…
A contract killer for a covert organization returns after a three-year maternity leave. Her journalist husband grows increasingly suspicious and aims to uncover her secret life.
The younger generation has survived in government safe camps after major cities were submerged and abandoned. During a rebel attack, residents find themselves in a civil war, and are forced to choose a side of the fence.
When the long-lost Imperial Seal of China resurfaces in France, a rivalry ignites between museums in Beijing and Taipei. Caught in the middle is Antoine, a young man of French-Taiwanese descent, who follows clues left by his grandfather. His journey leads him back to Taiwan, where he must face the pain of his past.
Follow Ivy, Cole, Zefi, and Splash who become unlikely heroes as they unravel the mystery of the objects alongside Bernie, a secretive - and mostly grumpy - junkyard proprietor and expert in the strange objects.
The story follows a pickpocket in Gyeongseong who goes undercover at the Japanese Government-General of Korea through a deal with the independence army.
On an expedition to the Amazon rain forest, Ray Palmer aka The Atom crashes en route, is trapped at being shrunk at 6 inches and must survive the natives he finds.