In 1991, almost an entire keel structure of a large Pomeranian vessel was washed up on the White Sea coast by a storm. Now the matrix is in the Solovetsky Maritime Museum. A former military pilot, a builder and a future artist came here to build a sailing wooden ship.
An eleven-year-old girl, living in Edinburgh, Scotland, hates her Christian name, Kylie. She prefers to be called "Morticia" And she wants a real Dad she can identify with.
It's Boxing Day and already Karen is making New Year resolutions - chiefly for others - and the family have been burgled,though selectively,causing Sue to cheat on the insurance claim.
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up.