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She has the city brought to its knees, a single death stroke away from victory, but in the same breath, she struggles with her own wavering loyalty. Haunted by the fate of her predecessors, who all turned against the Pale Lady—and nearly succeeded. Time is her enemy. Her elder brother, To'Aacar, has set his plans in motion. The city must be taken, and her treasonous thoughts must be handled soon, or else.

I woke up in a game I never played, stripped of choice, doomed to die. They gave me the Soldier class and threw me into a barracks ruled by elves. No tutorial. No way out. Just drills, bruises, and the creeping realization that I’m not playing. I’m being played. My masters are NPCs who think they’re real. The system says I’m here to fight their wars. But a hunting accident changed everything.

El sultán Shahriar descubre que su esposa lo engaña y la decapita. Todavía lleno de rencor, cada día desposa a una mujer a la que luego ordena matar por la mañana. Inesperadamente, Sherezade, la hija del visir, se ofrece voluntaria para casarse con el sultán. Durante la noche de bodas, la muchacha inicia un relato que deja fascinado a su marido, pero que interrumpe justo antes del amanecer.

Essun's missing daughter grows more powerful every day, and her choices may destroy the world in this "magnificent" Hugo Award winner and NYT Notable Book. (NPR) The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night. Essun -- once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger --...

His secret could get him killed… Unless she can protect him. Search and rescue volunteer Zach Gregory thought his sister had been killed years ago after testifying against notorious killers. But when she’s found murdered, FBI agent Shelby Dryden reveals Camille was actually in the WITSEC...

Before iron helmets and steel swords, when dragons roamed the world, was an age of bronze and stone, when the Gods walked the earth, and people lived in terror. In this era a scribe, a warlord, a dancer, a mute insect and a child should have no chance against the might of the bickering gods and their cruel games. But the gods themselves are old, addicted to their own games of power, and now their fates may lie in the hands of mere mortals . . .

A vibrant and powerful epic set against an alternate Bronze Age, this tale of gods, men and monsters, conspiracy and war, is a rich, compelling and original story from a master of the historical and fantasy genres. The people caught up in toils of the gods are merely trying to survive. Victims of vicious whims, trapped by their circumstances or pushed beyond what the mortal frame can bear, a handful of god-touched mortals - a scribe, a warlord, a dancer and a child - are about to be brought together in a conspiracy of their own.

A vibrant and powerful epic set against an alternate Bronze Age, this tale of gods, men and monsters, conspiracy and war, is a rich, compelling and original tale from a master of the historical and fantasy genres. The people caught up in toils of the gods are merely trying to survive. Victims of vicious whims, trapped by their circumstances or pushed beyond what the mortal frame can bear, a handful of god-touched mortals—a scribe, a warlord, a dancer and a child - are about to be brought together in a conspiracy of their own.

Mile High Mystery His secret could get him killed… Unless she can protect him. Search and rescue volunteer Zach Gregory thought his sister had been killed years ago after testifying against notorious killers. But when she’s found murdered, FBI agent Shelby Dryden reveals Camille was actually...

Three years after her best friend Peggy went missing, Harper Starling is lost. Lost in her dead-end job, lost in her grief. All she has are regrets and reruns of her favorite science fiction show, Infinite Odyssey. Then Peggy returns and demands to be taken to the Argonaut, the fictional main character of Infinite Odyssey. But the Argonaut is just that … fictional. Until the TV hero himself appears and spirits Harper away from her former best friend. Traveling through time, he explains that Peggy used to travel with him but is now under the thrall of an alien enemy known as the Incarnate.

Más allá de su asombroso contenido científico y su deslumbrante exploración marina, Veinte Mil Leguas de Viaje Submarino es también un viaje hacia el interior del ser. A través de la travesía del profesor Aronnax, Conseil y Ned Land a bordo del enigmático Nautilus, Julio Verne nos ofrece una metáfora poderosa sobre la búsqueda de sentido, libertad interior y el enfrentamiento con lo desconocido.

Tessa se acaba de despertar de un sueño. Es consciente de que era todo demasiado bonito para ser cierto.... ¿Es posible volver a sonreír cuando todo se rompe en pedazos? Ella y Hardin parecían hechos el uno para el otro, como dos almas gemelas, pero él lo ha roto todo, se ha acabado el sueño para siempre. ¿Cómo ha podido ser tan ingenua? Si quiere recuperarla, Hardin deberá luchar como nunca por lo que ha hecho. ¿Estará preparado? ¿Se puede perdonar todo?

Thea is a washed-up mimic exterminator who expected more out of life, not some hero from stories. Aven is an impulsive wandering adventurer whose personal goddess is constantly getting her into trouble. Neither of them has the slightest interest in getting involved in world-shaking historical events. History doesn't care what they want, unfortunately. It's fallen right into their laps in the shape of a god-slaying weapon from a fallen civilization. Thrown together out of chance, Thea and Aven will have to learn to work together if they want to survive their pursuers.

"Squid Game" meets "The Hunger Games" in this thriller where modern-day recruits compete in an ancient, deadly game across the streets of Edinburgh. Welcome to the Pantheon Games. Let the streets of Edinburgh run with blood...The Games are the biggest underground event in the world, followed by millions online. New recruits must leave behind their twenty-first-century lives and vie for dominance in a gruelling battle to the death armed only with ancient weapons – and their wits.

Blake "Murphy" O'Callaghan, Road Captain of the Lost Kings MC, has the world by the balls. Money. Women. The wide-open road. It's all his, everything he wants...except the one girl he loves, the one girl who's off limits. His best friend's little sister, Heidi. Abandoned by her mother when she was only 8, Heidi Whelan's familiar with heartbreak. Especially the heartbreak of falling in love with her big brother's best friend. When Murphy pushed her away, it broke her heart. Now, on her 18th birthday, he claims he loves her?

Following the events of Artifact Space, the galaxy continues to change and expand. Frontiers are challenged and what was once a safe space becomes contested, hostile, and unpredictable. From normal people caught up in the unstoppable machinations of politics and war, to spies faced with making the ultimate sacrifice for their nations, these stories follow the DHC as it faces a challenge to everything it holds dear - human rights, fairness and equality. When a rogue system questions their values and power, how can they stay true to their beliefs and protect their citizens?

Una peculiar novela de ficción prospectiva que nos lleva al año 2035, en el que la inteligencia artificial ha sustituido al ser humano en muchos aspectos relevantes de la vida cotidiana. A raíz de una serie de accidentes robóticos, las empresas genéticas se plantearán traer a la vida a neandertales como mano de obra. En medio de la situación, Laia, una española residente en San Francisco, se cruzará con Tessa, una joven embarazada que alberga en su interior un secreto que podría sacudir el mundo entero.

Ich habe sie geliebt. Ich habe ihr vertraut. Und sie hat mich verraten. Sofie war meine Frau - und die größte Lüge meines Lebens. Sie hat mich benutzt, manipuliert und beinahe alles zerstört, wofür ich je gekämpft habe. Doch das Spiel ist noch nicht vorbei. Sie ist da draußen und gefährlicher als je zuvor, doch ich werde sie aufhalten - ein für alle Mal. Ruby kommt genau zur richtigen Zeit. Eine Alibifreundin, um die Gerüchte über meine gescheiterte Ehe zu ersticken. Doch hinter ihrem herausfordernden Lächeln verbirgt sich mehr, als sie zugibt.

Two years have passed since the tragic events of The Gleam in the North and Ewen Cameron’s wife, Alison, is awaiting the birth of their third child in Ardroy while Ewen visits his cousin Ian Stewart at his great uncle Alexander’s home at Ivernacree. Ian is now heir to the estate, having lost his older brother, Alan, at Culloden, where they were betrayed by their archenemy, Campbell of Cairns. Ian is under pressure from his father to marry and secure an heir.

Jeden z nejúspěšnějších románů od průkopníků fantastické literatury Julese Verna. Legendární kniha sleduje osudy tří statečných mužů, které kapitán Nemo zachránil před smrtí a potom uvěznil ve své podmořské lodi Nautilus. Nemo na své lodi vybudoval dokonalou výzkumnou laboratoř a zároveň děsivý nástroj pomsty. Napínavý příběh doprovází líčení tajemných mořských hlubin, zprávy o rozvoji techniky a varování před nebezpečím zneužití výsledků vědeckého pokroku. Autorova bohatá fantazie se drží v mezích technické pravděpodobnosti a proto román působí i dnes velmi přesvědčivě.