In 1902, the volcano Mt. Pelée erupts on the island of Martinique, wiping out an entire city of thirty thousand -- and sinking a ship carrying a German scientist on the verge of an astonishing breakthrough. More than a century later, Juan Cabrillo will have to deal with that scientist's legacy. During a covert operation, Cabrillo and the crew meticulously fake the sinking of the Oregon -- but when an unknown adversary tracks them down despite their...

"It is 1906, and in New York City, the Italian crime group known as the Black Hand is on a spree: kidnapping, extortion, arson. Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special "Black Hand Squad," but the gangsters appear to be everywhere--so much so that Bell begins to wonder if there are imitators, criminals using the name for the terror effect. And then the murders begin, each one of a man more powerful than the last, and...

Investigating the attacks on the Southern Pacific Railroad's Cascades line, Detective Isaac Bell discovers a saboteur, known as the Wrecker, who recruits and murders his accomplices and may be building up to a grand act unlike anything he has committed before.

"It's nighttime and snow is falling hard. Will the town be snowed in? Will there be a snow day? Odds are looking good as kids dream of snowball fights, sledding, and no school"--