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.
Japan, second half of the 16th century. Shingen, Takeda Shingen's younger brother, saves from death a petty thief condemned for execution who resembles the daimyo like two drops of water. The warlord opposes Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, all trying to capture Kyoto, so when Shingen is mortally wounded, he instructs his subordinates to conceal his death for three years so as not to demoralize his own troops or inspire his enemies. His double, the so-called kagemusha, enters the scene.
Ramadi, Iraq, November 19, 2006. At night, a group of American Navy SEALs takes up a firing position in one of the residential buildings to cover the advance of the marines. However, during the day, the unit comes under attack from local militants.
The life story of a simple Irish lad, Redmond Barry. When he was very young, he killed an English army officer in a duel. To avoid falling into the hands of the police, he had to leave home and go wandering around Ireland. But his wanderings were short-lived. Having given the robbers all the money, horse and weapons, he was forced to enlist in the English army. Having been to the war and seen all its horrors, he decides to desert. Having stolen an officer's uniform, Barry goes to the location of the Allies, hoping to sneak to Ireland. But even here he fails: he is exposed by a captain of the Prussian army, forcing him to join its ranks. At the end of the war, Barry was finally able to return to his country....
Forty years after Alexander's death, the elderly Ptolemy, one of Macedon's closest companions who became governor of Egypt after his death, decides to tell and record the story of the great commander's victories. For eight years the army of Alexander the Great moved to the East, to the shores of the world Ocean. Having conquered Western and Central Asia, Macedonian was the first to set foot on the mysterious and mysterious land of ancient India. He dreamed about it in his childhood, listening to the myths of Troy, the exploits of Hercules and Achilles....
France, 12th century. Belian, a young blacksmith, is forced to flee his homeland. He joins a group of crusaders led by his father. In one of the battles he is severely wounded and before his death he ordains his son a knight.
The action unfolds in post-war Berlin, turned into ruins by World War II. Jake Geismar, an American war correspondent, is drawn into political games by his former lover Lena Brandt, whose missing husband becomes the object of a manhunt by both the American and Soviet armies. The situation escalates as Jake tries to uncover what Lena, desperate to escape Berlin with her husband, is hiding. She plans to use the contacts of Jake's personal driver, US Army soldier Tully, who has black market connections. Only there's no guarantee that they won't end up in an even bigger trap as a result...
1945. South Atlantic. John Stryker is a professional Marine and a tough commander who demands unquestioning obedience to his orders. Under his command comes a platoon of new recruits from the United States, who will have to undergo training before the future landing on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima and destroy enemy defenses.
The 16th century. There is a civil war in Japan. A poor potter gets a chance to make some money - his pots are selling surprisingly well, and the amazed artisan is clutching unprecedented silver coins in his fist. Earnings cause excitement, which quickly turns into obsession.
