Lara lever et hemmeligt liv som en eventyrer, der leder efter forsvundne kulturgenstande fra antikken. Møder hun modstand gør hun brug af sine imponerende kampsportsevner.

Jim er sømand i den sidste halvdel af 1800-tallet i det fjerne Østen. I den tid når han at vise sig som både kujon og helt. Først som kujon og så har han skrækkeligt meget at bevise overfor sig selv for at genvinde sin selvtillid og tt fort med banditter skal nedkæmpes.

The story is set in Cambodia in the years following WWI. An evil count has come into possession of the secret methods by which men can be transformed into walking zombies and uses these unholy powers to create a race of slave laborers. An expedition is sent to the ruins of Angkor Wat, in hopes of ending the count's activities once and for all. Unfortunately, one of the members of the expedition has his own agenda.

I Cambodia i 1971 bliver den franske etnolog François Bizot taget til fange af Khmer Rouge. Bizot kommer under anklage for at være CIA-spion og interneres i en fangelejr. Hans eneste chance for at overleve er at overbevise den unge lejrleder Douch om, at han er uskyldig. To årtier senere mødes Bizot og Douch igen under ganske anderledes omstændigheder.

The Khmer Empire - officially 'The Angkor Empire' was a powerful 13th century Hindu-Buddhist state in Southeast Asia. Using sophisticated technologies to see inside Khmer temples, combined with statues, casts, and documents discovered by 19th century explorers, scientists today discover how they operated, the meaning of their architecture, and how the capital become the largest city in the world.

The wildlife and cultures of southern Asia have been shaped by one of the greatest phenomena on Earth: the mighty monsoon winds that sweep across this vast region, turning drought into deluge. All life – human and animal – is dominated by this rampaging weather system. From the northern shores of Australia to the highest peaks of the Himalayas and the wind-blown deserts of northern India to the lush equatorial forests of Borneo, this series makes an exhilarating journey through the lands of the monsoon. Along the way, it offers a taste of the variety and colour of the different regions’ most extraordinary wildlife and cultures and the way they cope with the tumultuous weather. This is the story of a relationship between humans and nature that has grown across thousands of years – all living in the shadow of the monsoon.