Facing a French firing squad, the Terror of the Mediterranean makes a daring bid for freedom. Well deserving of his nickname, Hornblower escapes down the Loire, finding shelter with the Comte de Graçay and his auburn-haired daughter.
Hailed as a, "novel so extraordinary that it reminded me of reading Stieg Larsson for the very first time" (Sunday Times), a near-million copy bestseller in Europe-centered on a tragic plane crash in the Alps and the mystery surrounding its only survivor, an infant girl.A night flight from Istanbul bound for Paris, filled with 169 holiday travelers, plummets into the Swiss Alps. The sole survivor is a three-month-old...