In the USA, at the heart of a Miami suburb, lies a strangestructure that began as the dream of an American Renaissanceman, but soon turned into a nightmare. In the Lebanese capitalof Beirut, a high rise famed for its glitz and glamour, isdrawn into a brutal conflict that consumed the country. On aquiet English estuary, a marooned vessel once crewed by funloving pirates becomes the target of armed raiders. And, inJapan, an out-of-place curiosity, caught in a devastating webof corruption.
