A consummate prankster with a quick wit, Tom Sawyer dreams of a bigger fate than simply being a "rich boy." Yet through the novel's humorous escapades-from the famous episode of the whitewashed fence to the trial of Injun Joe-Mark Twain explores the deeper themes of the adult world, one of dishonesty and superstition, murder and revenge, starvation and slavery.

Sent to a remote American military base in the Indian Ocean, Swedish security police officer Ernst Grip joins forces with FBI agent Shauna Friedman to determine if a detainee known only as "N.", a suspect in an Islamist-inspired terror plot, is a Swedish citizen.

Vowing to avenge Rebeka's death, Jason Bourne is pursued on all sides while investigating the deadly trafficking partnership between Ouyang Jidan, a senior member of China's Politburo, and a Mexican drug lord.