Dave Riley is back, now as a civilian security specialist hired to protect a news correspondent on her trip to cover the civil war in Angola. When they arrive, they get word that Green Beret forces have been beaten down by an airborne plague that the epidemiologists are calling Z. When Riley's help is enlisted to track down the cause of the plague, he finds that it is not a result of nature gone awry, but of one man's greed. Diamond mogul Peter Van Wyks has not only spread the virus, but he has stockpiled the vaccine. Riley's mission now is to retrieve the vaccine from Van Wyks' heavily guarded headquarters.

Zoya, a cousin to the Tsar of Russia, flees St. Petersburg during the Bolshevik Revolution. She arrives in Paris, destitute and desolate. But Zoya is made from strong fiber, and she ascends to stardom with the Ballet Russe. Before Zoya's trials are over, she will live through the Great Depression in New York and see poverty once again. But through it all, Zoya's spirit will prevail.

When Zack waters his alligator key chain, it becomes a lively, full-sized animal, who eats heartily, sneaks cookies, wrestles with the garden hose, and does cartwheels.

When Zack waters his alligator key chain, it becomes a lively, full-sized animal, who eats heartily, sneaks cookies, wrestles with the garden hose, and does cartwheels.

When Zack waters his alligator key chain, it becomes a lively, full-sized animal, who eats heartily, sneaks cookies, wrestles with the garden hose, and does cartwheels.

When Zack waters his alligator key chain, it becomes a lively, full-sized animal, who eats heartily, sneaks cookies, wrestles with the garden hose, and does cartwheels.

When Zack waters his alligator key chain, it becomes a lively, full-sized animal, who eats heartily, sneaks cookies, wrestles with the garden hose, and does cartwheels.