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Ein Langboot stürzt im Wildwasser des Weißen Flusses den Großen Fall hinab. Fünf Menschen ertrinken. Der Schleusenwärter, als "Fallmeister" ein Herr über Leben und Tod, hätte dieses Unglück verhindern müssen. Sein Sohn glaubt nicht an einen Unfall: Ist sein jähzorniger, von der Vergangenheit besessener Vater zum Mörder geworden? Wie der Fallmeister ist auch sein Sohn mit der Macht des Wassers vertraut.

Set after the French Revolution, the story follows the life of Rene Bernard, an up-and-coming artist who will later be known as one of the greatest artists of the Bohemian era.

California is split by a cloud of lethal radiation. Two strangers, a businessman, and a beautiful younger woman are trapped on the wrong side of an impenetrable wall of death. They have to find a way home to loved ones and responsibilities, but there are no flights, no ships, and the highways are impassible. Furthermore, Jamie has nothing - no money, identification, or credit. She is helpless and alone with a strange man. Should she follow him into a strange country?

Dealers in illicit artifacts, murderous pothunters, an amorous homicide detective, an enigmatic shaman, and two irregular aides-de-camp conspire to thwart the larcenous efforts of a young widow from California to recover her husband's body and get rich in the process. Vicki never dreamed that she would turn to a life of crime. Neither did she dream that she would be running through the jungles of southern Mexico dodging a disparate group who variously want to rob her, kill her, and arrest her. She is, however, a resourceful and determined woman who weaves a web of lies.