1990. Neither South nor North Korea is a member of the UN, so the two states are actively seeking diplomatic allies in African countries that have a voice in the Organization. While the staff of both embassies in Mogadishu are busy with intrigue and backstabbing, for 10 years the ongoing civil war in Somalia has been engulfing the capital.

Teenager Ikking is not too close to the traditions of his heroic tribe, which has been waging war with dragons for many years. The boy unexpectedly befriends the dragon Toothless, who helps him and the other Vikings to see the world from a completely different perspective.

Marybeth Medina, deputy director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Agency, learns of the death of her former supervisor Ray King. In an attempt to find the killers, she takes Ray's clue and contacts Christian Wolff, a brilliant autistic mathematician and shadow auditor with killer skills. Enlisting the support of his brother Braxton, Christian gradually puts all the pieces of the puzzle together, but King's killers aren't slumbering either.

The time of the Napoleonic Wars. Her Majesty's warship "Surprise", sailing the Atlantic, was unexpectedly attacked by a huge unknown ship that appeared out of the fog. Thanks to the courage and ingenuity of the crew, the Surprise manages to escape death. Despite heavy damage and losses, Captain Jack Aubrey, nicknamed Lucky, decides to pursue the enemy and sets off on a chase that will take him to the end of the world.

The Asian Hawk is back! This time he has a new job to do, because of which our hero comes to Madrid again. Some mysterious millionaire offers Hawk to take up the search for Nazi treasure, which is hidden deep in the African desert. He hands over the key to the treasure, agrees to finance the expedition and sends with Hawk a traveling companion - an expert on Africa Ada.

During his stay in Madrid, Hawk meets a German girl, Elsa, who is searching for her grandfather, who disappeared during the war in Africa. After a series of adventures, Elsa also joins the expedition.

On New Year's Eve, the luxury cruise ship Poseidon is in distress in the Atlantic Ocean, capsized by a giant tidal wave. While hundreds of surviving passengers, following the captain's instructions, stay in the main dance hall and wait for help from shore, professional gambler Dylan Jones searches for his way to salvation. Accompanying Dylan against his wishes are nine-year-old Conor and his mother Maggie, Robert Ramsey trying to find his daughter named Jennifer, and her fiancé Christian. They are joined by a shy stowaway, an elderly gay man intent on suicide, and a young waiter. They all make incredible efforts to escape the sinking ship to the surface ...

1950, somewhere in the Middle East. Extravagant tycoon Ja-Ja Korda survives a series of assassination attempts and embarks on a grand transcontinental project called “The Phoenician Scheme.” In an effort to protect his empire, Corda appoints his daughter Lisl as his sole heir, pulling her out of a convent. They must face numerous enemies, political intrigues, and fight for the future of their family, their business, and all of Phoenicia.

Globotek Corporation has involved military technology in the production of toys, one of the developers inserted ultra-modern self-learning microprocessors into a new series of soldiers. As a result, the store received evil paratroopers programmed to fight with good fantasy creatures gargonites. The first to encounter them was the son of the owner of the small toy store, who took the side of the Gargonites. The troopers, at first not touching "civilians" soon switched to quite non-toy fighting against humans as well. A boy, a neighborhood girl, and then their parents had to join the fight. They were joined by the grief-stricken developers, who realized too late what misfortunes they had done. Even the peaceful Gargonites, programmed to hide, couldn't stand it and took up arms.

A huge entertainment center is being built in the town of Paradise, and a shipment of Croci toys is brought into one of the stores. These ass-shaped toys become the focus of two groups. The terrorists want to steal them so they can sew a strain of bird flu virus into each one. And a hippie gang wants to steal Croci to make money.