Set in Hull, England, and on the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s, the series tells the story of Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship's doctor on a whaling expedition to the Arctic. But the ferocity of the elements is matched by the violence of his crew mates, particularly Henry Drax, a harpooner and distinctly brutal force of nature.
The story of a Texan family over the course of six generations chronicles America's rise to power. Based on Philipp Meyer's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Alex Ventura, a young and inexperienced diplomat, has inadvertently become the leader of a mission to recover the undersea treasure stolen by Frank Wild, an adventurer who crosses the world looting common heritage from the depths of the sea.
Following the death of her son in a hit and run, all Frances Cairnes wants is to hunt down and kill the man she believes is responsible. When she finally tracks him down, she tricks her way into his house and plots his murder from within.