The classic story of social justice and outrageous cunning. Robin Hood, champion of the poor and oppressed, stands against the cruel power of Prince John and the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham. Taking refuge in the vast Sherwood Forest with his band of men, he remains determined to outwit his enemies.

The classic story of social justice and outrageous cunning. Robin Hood, champion of the poor and oppressed, stands against the cruel power of Prince John and the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham. Taking refuge in the vast Sherwood Forest with his band of men, he remains determined to outwit his enemies. With an introduction by bestselling author John Boyne, and including child-friendly endnotes.

Bond is not the only agent out there An urgent signal is received at the London headquarters of the ultra-secret government department known as Sector Three. Klemperer, their agent-in-place in Tunisia, is sheltering a North Korean diplomat who wishes to defect to the West, bringing with him vital intelligence concerning foreign sleeper agents operating in Britain. The Sector sends out their operative, code-named Robert Lane, who arrives at an hotel specified by Klemperer, to await contact. When he receives no message Lane's impatience grows, then a guest falls to his death from a high window. Lane sees the body and realises that the dead man's appearance closely matches his own. Shortly afterwards a series of attempts on his life begin - Lane has become a target for an unknown enemy, for reasons that he cannot explain. When Klemperer finally makes contact Lane meets him, expecting death at any moment from a ruthless adversary who is becoming increasingly desperate.

Sandra Yarrow never believed that her brother, Peter Creel, was guilty of molesting a 14 year-old girl. She knew she was right when he was killed on the day of his release from prison, before he could begin to prove that he was wrongly convicted. But she became afraid when, after unsuccessful attempts to interest the police and failures by private detectives to discover anything new, the night-time phone calls began and she narrowly missed losing her life in 'accidents'. Then a friend recommended Bernard Kramer, an ex-Royal Marine Commando who occasionally looked into situations like hers, because he missed the life of action that once insulated him from the boredom of civilian life. Kramer quickly discovers that Creel's guilt was manufactured, and follows a trail of evidence to Egypt and Vietnam. There he faces an enemy whose tentacles extend over half the world, and will go to any lengths to destroy him.

Bond is not the only agent out there Doreen Caxton lived a double life. The daughter of Lord Forthmere was also an undercover agent of the ultra-secret government department known as Sector Three, and was close to blowing the Lao Shen drug cartel wide open. Her sudden disappearance caused a lot of concern, it was feared that she had been exposed and possibly murdered. Sector Three couldn't risk her giving away sensitive information under torture, and the operative code-named Robert Lane was sent to effect a rescue - or to ensure her silence. Lane picks up the trail in Milan. With the help of Doreen's colleague, Nadia, he finds his way to a nightclub run by Johnny Santoni, a local drug dealer. Lane is taken prisoner and questioned, and narrowly escapes with his life. He receives word that Doreen has been seen in Malta and, hunted by Santoni's thugs, leaves Milan soon after. In Valletta, attempts are made to convince Lane that Doreen has committed suicide, but he is not deceived. He finds her a prisoner of her ex-husband and a ruthless mercenary terrorist, both working for Lao Shen and under orders to transport her to the cartel's headquarters in South-East Asia for interrogation. After a pursuit to Holland, the success or failure of Lane's mission is decided on the runways of Schipol Airport. Returning to London, he discovers that Santoni has had Nadia killed for her part in drawing attention to his activities. Sector Three warn against any involvement, but Lane returns to Italy intent on bloody revenge.

Bond is not the only agent out there Sir Gordon Thurston is the incoming Head of MI6. He has been briefed with much sensitive information, such as current and future missions and the department's foreign policy. En route to a meeting in Paris he is abducted, and an identical substitute put in his place. The deception is soon recognised, but anxiety grows when his whereabouts cannot be traced. The task of finding Sir Gordon falls to Sector Three, an ultra-secret intelligence splinter group, and an agent with the code name Robert Lane sets out on a mission which takes him to Portugal, Italy and a remote region of Russia. The group that carried out the abduction is identified and its leader, a former Soviet general called Pilatov, is a known fanatic. As Lane follows him from country to country in constant danger, he knows that Pilatov will stop at nothing to restore the old regime and its deadly threat to the West.

This is a book of fourteen tales that are bizarre in one way or another. Sherlock Holmes probes the mystery of a tailor's ten near-identical customers; a woman and her lover prematurely celebrate her husband's murder; a space probe returns undamaged - but with the astronaut missing; what happens, when the machines take over everything? These are Facets of Fantasy - flights of the imagination into the realms of the unusual, where the boundaries of reality are suspended.

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