A darkly seductive and passionate tale of secret societies, elaborate rites and sexual experimentation, in the tradition of the captivating classic Story of O and Kubrick's film Eyes Wide Shut.

Shy American student Alexandra Beckmann--'X' to her friends--arrives in Naples desperate for adventures beyond the sheltered life she has led. She is there to study the Camorra, an infamous Italian crime organization. But in the sun-soaked, ancient city streets, her research leads her to a man like no one else she has ever met.

Irresistibly handsome, Lord Marcus Roscarrick is an Italian aristocrat with a mysterious past. Yet, underneath his refined exterior, X senses a man who is well-acquainted with danger.

Soon they begin a passionate affair, and X is drawn into Roscarrick's world--a world she never dreamed existed. But as she falls ever more deeply under Roscarrick's spell, X must decide whether she dares to submit entirely to this shadowy realm of dark desire.

They dreamt the improbable, and pulled off the impossible. A group of right-wing militia zealots combine forces with a band of rogue police officers, led by the city's police commissioner, and commandeer New York's City Hall. Among the hostages taken is the mayor. A young FBI director is given a 48-hour deadline to release a convicted domestic terrorist in exchange for the hostages. Can he and his fellow agents come up with a solution to thwart the anarchists' threats in time?

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They dreamt the improbable, and pulled off the impossible. A group of right-wing militia zealots combine forces with a band of rogue police officers, led by the city's police commissioner, and commandeer New York's City Hall. Among the hostages taken is the mayor. A young FBI director is given a 48-hour deadline to release a convicted domestic terrorist in exchange for the hostages. Can he and his fellow agents come up with a solution to thwart the anarchists' threats in time?

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.