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A Columbia University professor specializes in demonic literature but himself is a profound skeptic of the occult. But when his 12-year-old daughter winds up in the grip of the actual underworld, he must use his expertise in the signs and symbols of Milton’s "Paradise Lost" as a guide to rescue her.

A tightly-knit forest service engine crew perishes battling "the perfect storm" of wildland fires in 2006 near Cabazon, California. The blaze and resulting deaths results in the first-ever conviction of a wildland arsonist for first degree murder. Arsonist Raymond Lee Oyler is given the death penalty.

Set in Depression-era Kentucky and rooted in true events, the story of a group of young women who defy the odds to bring knowledge to a remote mountain community.

A group of Canadian criminals rob North American banks in the 1980s without ever having to fire their guns. Lionel Wright is a meticulous introvert who could disappear in a room full of people. Paddy Mitchell is a charming and well-connected crook who sees an angle in everything and will go to any lengths to avoid the hell of being locked away. And Stephen Reid is a fearless point man who can find the weakness in any system and whose story — of addiction and descent into crime, of redemption and literary fame — is all prelude to a tragic but life-saving fall from grace. The men rob an estimated 100 banks, from which they steal roughly $10 million.

A group of twentysomethings reconvene for a weekend in New York after learning that the teacher who shaped their childhoods has fallen into a mysterious coma.

The story centers on the three-day siege of a Russian elementary school by armed Chechen rebels in 2004. The rebels seize 1,100 hostages and by the time the smoke clears 300 people are dead, including 31 terrorists.

The story centers on an American economist who becomes the target of professional assassins. When a U.S. intelligence agent investigating his case finds herself discredited, the two end up on the run and uncover a vast multinational conspiracy manipulating the global economy and world events.

Rick Wershe, a teen living in Detroit in the 1980s, joins the ranks of the drug kingpins on the East Side to become a prolific cocaine trafficker, going by the name "White Boy Rick." Wershe works as an undercover informant for the FBI and DEA while simultaneously rising to become one of the biggest drug dealers in the city.

A married man who spends as many as 20 hours a day on a computer, existing through an avatar who is a thriving, musclebound entrepreneur. In reality, he is a diabetic, chain-smoking 53-year-old.

Focuses on larger-than-life heroes, adventures and battles of early Nordic settlers as well as daily life in the Viking age.

The story of a troubled West Virginia youth who attends a music academy and finds his voice and a place in the world.