Kirstie Stanway

Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.

Twenty Four year-old Corsican refugee Napoleon Bonaparte is a lowly artillery captain in the French army at the siege of Toulon. Destitute and relying on his success in the new and dangerous revolutionary society, his mother and siblings become embroiled in Napoleon's struggle. The opponents are the English but the enemy are the revolutionaries authorities who seek to keep him in his place. Using his astonishing tactical mind, his sheer audacity and extraordinary military bravery, Napoleon emerges victorious and sets out on a path that would one day lead him to the throne of France.

1799年、小村スリーピー・ホロウで首を切り落とされた殺人事件が続発する。最新の科学捜査を信奉するイカボッド巡査は村の有力者バルタスらに、犯人はかつてこの地で斬首された騎士の亡霊だという話を聞くが信用しない。だが、首なし騎士の亡霊はやがてイカボッドの前に姿を現わし、村人たちを次々と殺害していく。イカボッドはおじけづくが、バルタスの美しい娘カトリーナの協力を得て、騎士のすみかがある森へと入っていく。