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Jack Courtney has lived in the UK his whole life. But this summer his parents are travelling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a gorilla conference and they've promised to take Jack and his friends with them. When his parents go missing in the rainforest, abducted by mercenaries, nobody seems to have any answers. Jack is pretty sure that it's got something to do with the nearby tantalum mines, but he needs to prove it. Along with Amelia and Xander, Jack must brave the jungle to save his parents. Standing in his way is a member of his own family - Caleb Courtney.

Marie Sklodowska, 25, is studying science at the Sorbonne—one of the only universities in the world that has begun to admit women. A thousand miles from her native Poland, with no money and the odds stacked against any woman daring to pursue a career in such a rigorous field, Marie throws herself into her studies. She’s certain that to succeed in a man’s world, she will have to go it alone.

I 1860 starter søskendeparret Ballantyne deres Afrika-ekspedition, der dels skal undersøge handelsmulighederne på østkysten, dels skaffe oplysninger om slavehandelen i det indre af Afrika. Ekspeditionens leder, den unge læge Robyn, opdager dog hurtigt, at deres skib fra England til Afrika er et camoufleret slaveskib, og at dets amerikanske kaptajn Mungo St. John er en slavejer. På trods af kaptajnens brutale forretningsmetoder, er Robyn på mystisk vis tiltrukket af ham.