Showing results for "Arena" in Genre Fiction

When the aliens came down and told us they’d enslave all of the human race if we didn’t send our bigliest warrior to participate in their arena death games, I laughed at them. It was really funny because they obviously didn’t know who they were dealing with. Know what I mean? Then they said they would pick the greatest warrior, and they picked Marc Havak. He seemed like such an average guy, but he was a true-blue American. He even worked as a truck driver! That’s the kind of good guy we want defending us from aliens.

A fast-paced and gripping near-future science fiction debut about the gritty world of competitive gaming... Every week, Kali Ling fights to the death on national TV. She’s died hundreds of times. And it never gets easier... The RAGE tournaments—the Virtual Gaming League’s elite...

Transported surreptitiously to a terrifying alien world with limited resources and only a few cryptic words to guide her, Callie Hayes finds herself engulfed in a perilous battle for freedom—for her very life. After agreeing to participate in a routine psychology research experiment, she must unravel the mysteries shrouding her only route of escape or risk succumbing to the deadly deception of the Arena. A journey through the treacherous terrain of a strange and terrifying world. A powerful allegory that will capture your imagination with its timelessness and aching familiarity.

The fifth and final instalment in Simon Scarrow's electrifying ARENA series sees gladiator Pavo face his most gruelling battle yet as strives to avenge his father's death. From the moment his father was executed in the arena for an act of treason, former military tribune and condemned gladiator...

The opening day of the Games in Rome is a time for celebration in honour of the new Emperor. But for Marcus Valerius Pavo, a young military tribune fallen from grace, only despair awaits. Along with former mentor, Optio Macro, Pavo must fight for his life in a ferocious beast hunt. Battling...

The first in a series of action-packed novellas set in Ancient Rome introducing Pavo, a novice gladiator, and featuring Simon Scarrow's ongoing soldier character Optio Macro. It is AD 41. The savage Gaul Britomaris has defeated the best of the Roman gladiators in the arena. Now a young volunteer...

The third novella in Simon Scarrow's Roman Arena series sees gladiator Pavo and mentor Macro fight for their lives amid a bloody revolt. The imperial gladiator school in Capua: once the pride of the Roman Empire, lately driven to the brink of ruin by a greedy lanista. Now the school welcomes its...

The second novella in Simon Scarrow's Roman Arena series, following novice gladiator Pavo's next gruelling test, which will put mentor Macro's loyalties on the line. Rome under the rule of the ruthless new Emperor Claudius is a dangerous place. Condemned to gladiator school Marcus Valerius Pavo...

Uruguay 1974. Un empleado de imprenta despedido por imprimir un volante político realiza un viaje a los arenales del este de Uruguay. Allí, el cariz casi mágico del terreno, las intrigas del pueblo cercano y la delicada situación política en el país a causa de la dictadura, crearán un cóctel dramático, demente y sin tregua que no da respiro al lector en una de las novelas más tensas y brutales de Hugo Burel.

Sólo el amor y la tolerancia pueden trazar rutas entre la violencia, la desolación y el odio. Lucía acaba de terminar su carrera y viaja a Palestina como cooperante de una ONG. Está llena de ilusiones, de buenos propósitos, pero lo que encuentran en los Campos de refugiados rompe todas sus ideas preconcebidas. Las carencias rozan el límite de la supervivencia y nadie les espera, ni espera nada de ellos. En los campos de refugiados no sólo hay intereses altruistas, las facciones político-religiosas mantienen una lucha de poder constante.

La novela comienza con una escena de persecución y un asesinato. El cadáver es arrojado a un camión con arena. Luego de esto, en el primer capítulo, nos encontramos con el lacónico Jorge Lucantis, quien nuevamente se verá envuelto, sin proponérselo, en una intriga policial. De regreso en...

Nachdem Hoshiko und Ben den Zirkus in Brand gesetzt haben, sind sie nun auf der Flucht. Doch Bens Mutter wird alles daran setzen, um ihn zu finden und Rache zu nehmen; ihn in die Enge zu treiben und dazu zu zwingen, sich für Hoshiko zu opfern. Denn die tödlichste Show der Welt ist wieder zurück. Und wenn Ben dachte, er würde ihre dunkelsten Geheimnisse schon kennen, dann muss er nun feststellen, dass er das wahre Ausmaß des Schreckens unter dem Kuppeldach erst jetzt kennenlernen wird - als die neue Attraktion des Zirkus.

London in der nahen Zukunft. Die Gesellschaft hat eine Spaltung vollzogen: Die Pures leben komfortabel und luxuriös, während die Dregs ausgegrenzt, geächtet und unterdrückt werden. Manchen Familien der Dregs werden ihre Kinder entrissen und zum "Zirkus" gebracht, wo die jungen Artisten zum Amüsement der Pures hungrigen Löwen begegnen oder waghalsigen Hochseilakte liefern. Hoshiko ist der Star auf dem Hochseil - sie vollbringt jeden Abend Unglaubliches, 30 Meter über dem Boden, ohne Fangnetz.

Negli anni venti del Novecento, il nord del Cile è la terra promessa per una comunità di emigranti italiani. Sono minatori che hanno colonizzato i villaggi di quella sterminata pampa, impiegati intorno alle raffinerie per l'estrazione del salnitro. Il loro è un lavoro che li chiude sottoterra e spesso li uccide, di svaghi ne hanno pochi, un po' di alcol, molta nostalgia. Gregorio Zafarone è l'operaio che all'officina Porvenir scrive per i suoi compagni analfabeti le lettere da mandare alle famiglie in Italia.

Se viaggia, Giovanni lo fa in treno, guardando fuori dal finestrino. E più il paesaggio scorre veloce, più i suoi pensieri sono liberi di fluire: si arrampicano tra i tetti delle case, si distendono tra sconfinate pianure, giocano con le luci dei lampioni, respirano tra i tramonti. La loro è una corsa incessante quasi necessaria per Giovanni, è il suo modo per distaccarsi da un passato doloroso, quello che emerge a ogni fermata in stazione, quando il viaggio si placa per pochi istanti.

It’s 1981, and 17-year-old Norma Rogers’ parents drop her off at the college dorms. Soon, Norma finds herself drunk and nearly naked with three strangers. The strip poker event is the first of many experiences that prompt Norma to question who she is and who she wants to be. Norma’s relationships with an array of characters induce her to grapple with society’s messages about women, sex, and freedom.

What happens when a 31-year-old straight woman falls in love with a lesbian? It's 1993, and Gwen Sullivan is agitated. She's been married and divorced and is now living with her scientist boyfriend who loses himself in dark moods. Her job at a tutoring center and her work on the Bill Clinton-for-President campaign leave her vaguely dissatisfied. She hopes taking a night class in poetry might help.

Canciones de rock & roll, una afición antigua por los cómics, una avalancha de juguete, Bruce Springsteen y una instructora de baile son algunos de los objetos y personajes que conforman las viñetas, los relatos, y las estampas a través de los cuales Sergio Zurita se narra a sí mismo, a sus afectos y sus recuerdos. Esta compilación de textos breves, que atraviesa la frontera de la ficción y se interna en la realidad va desde la autobiografía hasta el testimonio, construye un retrato íntimo donde se reúnen los anhelos infantiles, la curiosidad adolescente y la cruda madurez de la vida.

El pericazo sarniento es un ensayo personal, el relato sin contemplaciones de un adicto a la cocaína. Carlos Velázquez ha logrado contar su paso por el infierno con una prosa dura, directa. La mente del adicto es un misterio y Velázquez emprende ese viaje al fondo de la noche y él regresa con este poderoso libro de memorias.

La lista de perros, como de personajes literarios, resulta larga. El lector podrá encontrarse identificado en algunas de estas historias: encontrarse con sus pensamientos, preocupaciones y sentires respecto a los perros y a los animales en general.