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Verónica invita a sus seis mejores amigos a una cena en una casa en Soacha. Sabe que les parecerá extraña una cena fuera de Bogotá, pero no le cabe duda de que llegarán. Todos llevan un buen tiempo experimentando unos sueños extraños en los que se ven a sí mismos como si fueran otras...

Resonance. It's a given on the ice planet, forced upon you by the parasitic symbiont called the "khui". With resonance, a guy and a girl are paired up because they'll make great babies. It's a survival mechanism necessary for this sparsely populated world we're stranded on. Everyone expects resonance to happen when 20 newcomers are dropped onto the frosty world. I doubt anyone expects the gorgeous golden god named Ashtar to resonate to someone like me, though. But resonance seems to think we'd be great together. And Ashtar does, too.

A montage of his life flickered before my eyes. I felt every joy, heartbreak, triumph, and defeat. And then there was nothing but terror.... For years, powerful empath Vesper Tallinn has kept herself isolated from the rest of the world. Because of her ability to manipulate emotions, she has the tendency to draw dangerous people to her. She can count the number of people she trusts on one hand, because in her experience, it's altogether safer to be alone. Not only that, but keeping her head down keeps her off the radar of the Remnant Gods.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth pulls from Slavic folklore to explore family, duty, and what it means to be a monster in this sequel to the USA Today bestselling novella When Among Crows. This program features multicast narration. "The second volume of Roth's Curse Bearer...

The Dark Wolf God was a monster of legend—a shifter so powerful that he could lay waste to the world and make alphas bow before him. I didn’t believe he was real. Then four weeks ago, he attacked my pack and nearly ended my life. Now he’s claimed me. When a war with the fae threatens his realm, he tears me from my world and makes me his captive. He believes I have the power to free him from a curse, but unless I figure out what kind of magic I have, he’ll never let me go. He’s my enemy, but there’s no denying the heat between us or the bond that ties us together.

Veronica Millburgh, die berühmte Hellseherin aus Kentucky, weckt Professor Chamberlains Interesse. Er vermutet, dass auch diese Frau ein „Dreamwalker" sein könnte – und damit eine Verstärkung für sein Team. Daher setzen Chamberlain und seine Mitarbeiter eine neue Versuchsreihe an: Rachel Myers soll auf der Traumebene nach Veronica Ausschau halten und Kontakt zur mysteriösen Seherin aufnehmen. Aber noch ahnt Rachel nicht, welche düstere Geheimnisse in Wahrheit hinter Veronicas Visionen lauern...

Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. He was known as the Dark One, and his weapon of choice - catastrophic events known as Drains - leveled cities and claimed thousands of lives. Chosen Ones, as the teens were known, gave everything they had to defeat him. After the Dark One fell, the world went back to normal...for everyone but them. Of the five, Sloane has had the hardest time adjusting.

When we came to America, we brought anger and socialism and hunger. We also brought our demons. In Burning Girls and Other Stories, Veronica Schanoes crosses borders and genres with stories of fierce women at the margins of society burning their way toward the center. This debut collection introduces listeners to a fantasist in the vein of Karen Russell and Kelly Link, with a voice all her own.

Zwei gebrochene Herzen, eine neue Liebe und eine böse Macht, die alles zerstören will. Nach einer schweren Trennung wagt Amy mit einem Umzug einen Neuanfang. Dabei lernt sie den schüchternen Grafiker Tim kennen. Der hilfsbereite Nachbar weckt mit seiner charmanten Art tiefe Gefühle in ihr und sie lässt sich vertrauensvoll auf ihn ein. Die Beziehung scheint perfekt, wären da nicht Tims heftige Kopfschmerzen, seltsame Erinnerungslücken und seine plötzlichen aggressiven Ausbrüche.

Haitian-American Vodou priestess Mambo Reina Dumond runs a healing practice from her New Orleans home. Gifted with water magic since she was a child, Reina is devoted to the benevolent traditions of her ancestors. After a ritual slaying in the French Quarter, police arrest a fellow vodouisant. Detective Roman Frost, Reina’s ex-boyfriend - a fierce nonbeliever - is eager to tie the crime, and half a dozen others, to the Vodou practitioners of New Orleans. Reina resolves to find the real killer and defend the Vodou practice and customs.

Madrid lleva siglos atestada de vampiros sin que los ciudadanos de a pie lo sepan. Al investigar una serie de crímenes extraños, el policía Miguel Aguirre cae en las garras de la oscuridad y se ve obligado a abandonar a su hijo con tal de protegerlo. Con una gran sed de venganza, combatirá contra los vampiros que se extienden por toda Europa, hasta descubrir que una antigua profecía puede cambiar su destino y el del mundo al completo.

In a world ruled by immortals, her only hope may lie in the heart of their darkest prince. When my sister Belle goes missing, I venture deep into the cursed woods to find her. Ruthless vampires rule over our kingdom, and I’m terrified she’s been murdered like so many others. As I’m...

As king of the ice giants, I must have heirs. But our customs do not satisfy me. I do not want a giantess who will bear me a child and then leave to be with another. I would much rather pursue a union the human way: find a partner who will share my bed, bear my children, and stay by my side. Until death do us part.

Vivir entre cuervos es una lectura rápida y asombrosa que bebe del folclore eslavo y se pregunta si la redención es posible al abrazar nuestros mayores miedos. El dolor es un viejo conocido de Dymitr. Forma parte de un antiguo linaje de cazadores que sacrifican sus almas para cazar monstruos. Ahora tiene una misión mortal: encontrar a la legendaria bruja Baba Yaga. Para llegar hasta ella, Dymitr deberá aliarse con uno de los seres a los que ha jurado matar.

I’ve become what I feared most, and a demon is hunting me for my power. He’s opened a portal to the underworld, and I’m the last piece in his puzzle. If he captures me, he’ll use my magic to desolate the world. The only person who can help me is Damian Malek, a cursed angel. He’s sexy, powerful, and ruthless. The only problem is - our attraction is fatal. When the veil to the underworld breaks, we’ve got one shot to save our world. We’ll have to confront my past, find the secret of my magic, and broker a deal with the angels - a deal that could cost Damian everything.

Prussia, 1841. Abraham only ever wanted to play violin. Hiding his Jewish status so he can study at the prestigious Berlin Academy of Music, the eager young man is delighted to find a patron who believes in him. But he’s mortified when his new friend turns him into a vampire… and Abraham earns the fury of an ancient antisemite who vows to see him permanently dead. Fleeing the hate-mongering fiend across the decades, the sensitive violinist at last settles in twenty-first-century New Jersey with a mortal woman.

Some truths are carefully concealed; others merely forgotten. In this spellbinding collection, seven acclaimed fantasy authors create characters who venture into the depths where others fear to tread. But when forbidden knowledge is the ultimate power, how far can they go before the darkness consumes them?

After fleeing from her ex, with a suitcase and $52 to her name, Tracy is trying to rebuild her life in sunny San Diego. She got a job as a host and slowly started making friends, healing and learning to trust again. The unthinkable happens on the night all the girls convince her to go out on the town. The lights go out in the club, and Tracy is in the bathroom's darkness.

Zoe sognava di ribellarsi al suo destino di strega e inseguire la libertà insieme a Sebastian, l'Inquisitore di cui è innamorata, il suo carnefice. Ma la moto su cui stanno fuggendo finisce fuori strada, e Zoe si risveglia dopo un lungo coma in un luogo ignoto. Non ricorda nulla dell'incidente, né dove si trovi Sebastian. Solo un nome mai pronunciato dalle sue labbra ricorre nei deliri della febbre: Adam. Chi è lo sconosciuto emerso dall'inconscio di Zoe?

At best, she's expecting a kitschy candy dish, at worst a beloved taxidermied pet, so when Cassie—newly divorced, single mom with zero prospects—discovers she's inheriting a fully stocked bakery along with a beautifully furnished apartment from a mysterious great aunt, she's convinced she must be dreaming. The apartment that bizarrely adapts itself to her whims, and the friendly neighbor floating fireballs over her head, aren't helping.