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　　「沈黙のパレード」の4年前に起きた事件を描く「ガリレオ 禁斷の魔術」。帝都大學の準教授である湯川のもとを刑事の草薙俊平と、部下の牧村朋佳が訪れる。殺害されたフリーライター?長岡修の部屋から、突然倉庫の壁に穴が開くという奇妙な動畫ファイルが見つかったのだ。動畫を観て珍しく興味を抱く湯川。「映像が撮影された場所を見せてくれ」と言う湯川のただならぬ様子を気にかけつつ、草薙は牧村とともに現場へ向かう。

　　World War II is around the corner, but the only thing Sally Bauer can think of is the ocean. Her dream is to swim across the English Channel. Her father has tried to exorcise her obsession with swimming since she was a toddler, without success. An unwanted pregnancy forces her to abandon her dream – and herself. The child’s father does not want to be involved, so as a woman in the ‘30s in Sweden, Sally has no choice but to do what is expected of her: to be a mother. There is no place left for her dreams and Sally is pulled into bottomless darkness, until her sister Carla saves her. With renewed purpose, together the sisters begin to dismantle the conventions they are constantly facing. In late August 1939, Sally stands on the shore at Dover and takes her first step into the English Channel. She swims across the open and icy sea for 15 hours, waving to the Navy who are readying for war. A couple of days after Sally swims ashore at Calais, Poland is invaded.

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　　跨國投資銀行香港高層約翰收到勒索電郵，如不按指示三日內交出約十九萬港幣，有關臺灣科網龍頭公司之機密融資分析就會被公開。為了公司聲譽，也為免客戶股價大幅波動，約翰暗中找來昔日大學舍堂堂友兼刑警唐輔協助調查。　　機密融資分析由約翰四位下屬負責，其中牧野一度失蹤，嫌疑極大。發現檔案在內聯網被偷之小儒，因曾向電腦部職員阿植求救，結果整個團隊連阿植六人，都被約翰安排到附近一間貴賓公寓套房，接受唐輔以至其手下全天候監視，直至完成贖金交易。　　由于贖金奇少，綁匪顯然志不在錢，其多個古怪指示更令人困惑。當阿植協助追蹤綁匪電郵源頭時，竟發現電郵是由公司伺服器發出，換言之綁匪必有內應。其后電郵證實來自阿植手機，縱然他在早上已遺失手機，而最后是小儒接觸他手機，阿植依然百詞莫辨。　　唐輔發現阿植家庭背景殊不簡單，疑似內應之神秘人又頻頻現身，加上科網公司原來曾有高層因新一代網上平臺開發延誤而被迫離職，甚至行蹤成疑，這一切都有關連嗎？　　由開發延誤導致融資失敗，由此可能觸發新一輪全球股災，到最后綁匪竟要求用約翰用網上拍賣繳交贖款，究竟唐輔這一代會明白新一代的上網心態嗎？不了解又能否替約翰低調破案？阿植又可會知道誰是真兇？以至真兇為何要陷害他嗎？　　綁匪背后真正動機又是什麼？