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"The first concern of an author is to do down his colleagues." In the long, hot Roman summer of AD 74, Falco, private informer and spare-time poet, gives a reading for his family and friends. Things get out of hand, as usual. The event is taken over by Aurelius Chrysippus, a wealthy Greek banker and patron to a group of struggling writers, who offers to publish Falco's work.

The life of sportswriter Walter Regin is thrown into chaos when a nuclear war breaks out, leaving him with little time to make amends with his estranged family before the bombs arrive. As he looks out at the panicked streets of St. Louis, he grapples with feelings of helplessness and the looming possibility of facing nuclear destruction alone and afraid. With the clock ticking down, Walter must confront his past mistakes and find a glimmer of hope amidst the impending doom.

A última coisa que o capitão Maximus Harcourt, duque de Alderidge, esperava encontrar ao voltar para casa depois de anos no mar era um homem amarrado à cama de sua irmã inocente, Beatrice Harcourt. Um homem conhecido como o Conde da Devassidão. Que estava nu. E morto. Sem saber navegar pela sociedade londrina, e desesperado porque, além de tudo, a irmã está desaparecida, Max agora está à mercê da deslumbrante srta. Moore, da D'Aqueus & Associados, "reparadora de problemas irreparáveis".

Duchowny – psychopatyczny morderca – od początku swojej posługi trwa w przeświadczeniu, że jest narzędziem w rękach Zbawiciela. W Jego imieniu, pod pozorem wiary i dobroduszności, oczyszcza ziemię z grzeszników. Oddziela ziarno od plew. Niesie uzdrowienie światu. Swoje ofiary skazuje na najokrutniejsze cierpienie, wierząc, że w ten sposób płacą one za swoje grzechy, a on chroni je przed wiecznym potępieniem. Przekonany o słuszności swoich czynów, perfekcyjnie wykonuje powierzone mu przez Stwórcę zadanie.