Prince Sebastian hides from his parents his secret life of dressing up in women's clothes as the hottest fashion icon in Paris, the fabulous Lady Crystallia, while his friend Frances the dressmaker strives to keep her friend's secret.
A story of a young girl who escapes from Nazi Germany to England on the Kindertransport.
Collects short stories chronicling Simon's journey from amnesia to Ascension, as he works to regain his lost life while attending the Shadowhunter Academy
"Ángel mecánico" es el primer libro de la serie "The Infernal Devices". Ambientada en la Londres victoriana, sigue a Tessa Gray, una joven que descubre su poder en un mundo lleno de sombras y demonios. Atrapada entre dos mundos, se enfrenta a desafíos que cambiarán su vida para siempre.
Suzanne Perry is having a vivid nightmare. Someone is in her bedroom, touching her, and she can't move a muscle. She wakes, relieved to put the nightmare behind her, but when she opens the curtains, she sees a polaroid stuck to the window. A photo of her sleeping self, taken during the night. Her nightmare is just beginning.
As the seals on the Dark One's prison crumble and the armies of the Shadow boil out of the Blight, Perrin Aybara, hunted by specters from his past, must seek answers in "Tel'aran'rhiod" and find a way to master the wolf within him--or lose himself to it forever. Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life ... as The Tower of Ghenjei awaits.
Reuben Maitland runs the UK's elite forensic crime squad -aGeneCrime. Their work is at the cutting edge of modern crime detection, using the very latest scientific knowledge to identify, arrest, prosecute and convict Britain's worst criminals. They only work on the most high-profile of cases. They are controversial, but undeniably effective. But the hunters are about to become the hunted, and find their own techniques used in an attempt to destroy them. When one of the team is brutally murdered, Reuben does not suspect that this is the beginning of a concerted attack on the whole of GeneCrime. The first clue comes when the police discover a warning in the victim's own blood, written in the language of genetics. Someone is out to destroy GeneCrime, even if it means killing them one by one. Another team member is taken, horrifically tortured and sadistically murdered. Reuben is desperate to find and stop the killer. But as his own investigations gather steam, he finds his career attacked. Reuben used his own most advanced scientific discovery for a very personal reason and rivals in the police use this to remove him from command. Suddenly he is on the outside of GeneCrime, cut off from their resources and power. Reuben, ostracized and under suspicion, knows that he must fight this battle alone. The killing has not stopped, and the one thing that is beyond question is that he is the killer's next target.
The remnants of the Clan of the Seven Stars are returning to their long abandoned homeworld . . . but not as friends. The elves, led by the conjurer Laromendis, flee the relentless demon hordes sweeping through their galaxy—and the conquest of war-weary Midkemia is the Clan's sole hope for survival . . . if the Dread Legion does not pursue them through the rift. The magician Pug knows what horrors will surely follow the elven invasion, for slaughter alone will sate Demon King Maarg's minions. For the death tide to be turned, Midkemia's constant defender must somehow unite bitter foes and vengeful former lovers—because failure to do so will mean annihilation.
¿Y si tuvieras que luchar por un cuerpo en el que vivir? Es el fin del mundo tal y como lo conocíamos… Los mayores miedos de la humanidad han saltado de la ficción a la realidad. Wanderer es una alienígena invasora de cuerpos y ha llegado a la Tierra junto con otras «almas» para cumplir con su misión. Pero su anfitriona, Melanie Stryder, se resiste a abandonar su cuerpo sin oponer resistencia. Dos seres de dos especies diferentes que comparten un mismo cuerpo pero por desgracia para ellas también un mismo corazón. Los recuerdos de la vida de Melanie hacen que Wanderer se enamore del mismo hombre que ella, Jared, convirtiendo su relación en el primer triángulo amoroso que sólo implica a dos cuerpos. ¿Podrá el amor de Melanie por Jared sobrevivir al fin del mundo? ¿Y a su huésped?
Cuando el amor te hace temblar en otoño es mejor que el invierno no llegue nunca: las primeras nevadas pueden arrebatarte a quien más deseas. Hace años Grace estuvo a punto de morir devorada por una manada de lobos. Inexplicablemente, uno de ellos, un lobo de intensos ojos amarillos, la salvó. Desde entonces todos los inviernos Grace se asoma al bosque y, desde la distancia, lobo y chica se observan. Cuando llega el calor, la manada desaparece y, con ella, “su lobo”. Pero este año, Grace deseará que el invierno no llegue y que el otoño dure para siempre. Ha conocido a un chico, se llama Sam. Es un tipo normal, salvo por sus ojos. Son de un extraño color amarillo.
A portent of annihilation awakens the powerful sorcerer Pug in the dead of night—a dread vision warning of a vast and terrible army descending upon the exposed heart of Midkemia. Even the formidable might of the Tsurani Empire will not beat back the alien invaders. And in far Stardock town, two boys—untrained, unready, and barely come of age—will be called upon by the mysterious Conclave of Shadows to confront a sinister plot that implicates even the highest-ranking nobles in the land. For a nightmare of treason, intrigue, and murder is brewing among an ancient Brotherhood of Death—a clan of merciless assassins whose name is spoken only in fearful whispers . . .
A killer with a passion for the past, his victims tortured beyond endurance, all done in the name of a game...DIE FOR ME is Karen Rose at her most chilling best. If you love this be sure to check out the sequels to Karen's mini-trilogy, SCREAM FOR ME and KILL FOR ME. But playing games will kill you... When a multimedia games designer decides to take his research to the next level for his new game, fantasy ends and murder begins. Homicide detective Vito Ciccotelli is expecting the worst. Called to a remote murder site, he is confronted with numerous bodies, all with horrific injuries, all it seems the victim of the same killer. When the medical examiner reveals that the wounds are consistent with instruments of medieval torture, Ciccotelli turns to Sophie Johannsen, museum curator and specialist in medieval warfare, to learn more about the killer's methods and to try and find the killer before he spirals out of control...
The dread plot to destroy the Empire of Great Kesh has failed. The Conclave of Shadows has ended the murderous Nighthawk brotherhood's horrific reign of terror and death. But the mad sorcerer, Leso Varen, has fled, taking refuge among the most powerful men and women on Kelewan—a world now threatened, along with Midkemia, by hordes of the most vicious warriors in the known universe. The great sorcerer Pug knows of no power that will vanquish these invaders. And now he, brave Magnus and Nakor, and a disturbing young stranger named Bek must venture into the poisonous heart of the Dasati realm—the most terrible place they have ever encountered—in a valiant, impossible attempt to turn the tides against the encroaching doom that would swallow their world.
Eragon y su dragona, Saphira, han conseguido escapar con vida después de la colosal batalla contra los guerreros imperiales. Una vida que Eragon sabe sujeta a la fuerza de las promesas sin cumplir. La primera es la que Eragon le hizo a su primo Roran: rescatar a su amada, Katrina, de las garras del rey Galbatorix. Sin embargo, éste no es más que el primero de sus compromisos. Eragon también le debe la lealtad a los vardenos, quienes necesitan desesperadamente su talento y su fuerza, y lo mismo les sucede a elfos y enanos. Cuando los problemas empiezan a aflorar y el peligro ataca desde todos los flancos, Eragon se ve obligado a elegir. Una elección que podría llevarlo a recorrer el Imperio entero, e incluso más allá de sus fronteras; una elección que podría acabar con un sacrificio inimaginable.
30 jaar van de beste science fiction en fantasyverhalen Gene Wolfe - De Dood Van Dokter Eiland Ursula K. Leguin De Dag Voor De Revolutie Harlan Ellison - Jeffty Is Vijf John Varley - De Vasthoudendheid Van Het Zicht George R.R. Martin - De Weg Van Het Kruis En De Draak Joanna Russ- Zielen Octaviana E. Butler - Bloedkind James Tiptree Jr.- Het Enige Coole Wat Je Kunt Doen Pat Murphy - Rachel Verliefd Lucius Shepard - De Mooie Dochter Van De Schubbenjager Terry Bison - De Beren Ontdekken Het Vuur John Kessel- Buffalo Connie Willis - Zelfs De Koningin John Crowley - Weg Bruce Sterling - Maneki Neko Greg Egan - Grenswachten Ted Chiang - De Hel Is De Afwezigheid Van God Neil Gaiman - Oktober In De Stoel
On the day she awoke remembering nothing but her name, Kahlan Amnell became the most dangerous woman alive. For everyone else, that was the day that the world began to end. As her husband, Richard, desperately searches for his beloved, whom only he remembers, he knows that if she doesn't soon discover who she really is, she will unwittingly become the instrument that will unleash annihilation. But Kahlan learns that if she ever were to unlock the truth of her lost identity, then evil itself would finally possess her, body and soul. If she is to survive in a murky world of deception and betrayal, where life is not only cheap but fleeting, Kahlan must find out why she is such a central figure in the war-torn world swirling around her. What she uncovers are secrets darker than she could ever have imagined.
Four millennia have passed since the hundred immortal gods came to Myrillia. Out of chaos they created the Nine Lands, blessed with their Graces and protected from the nightmarish Hinterlands, where rogue gods stalked across a barbarous wilderness. In all this time nothing has disturbed the peace of the Nine Lands.Until now. For the impossible...the unthinkable...has happened. Meeryn, goddess of the Summering Isles, has been murdered.The only witness was Tylar de Noche, a crippled and disgraced former Shadowknight who lives in agonizing shame of his past. He saw the dark entity that killed Meeryn. And as he held the dying goddess, her last breath bestowed a powerful blessing on him—a mark that healed his broken body. A mark that many see as proof that he killed a god. A mark that unleashed a powerful force of darkness within him.Chased across Myrillia by enemies both human and ethereal, aided only by outcasts like himself, Tylar must uncover and face down a being powerful enought to kill an immortal—the true godslayer. If he fails, all of Myrillia will fall into shadow....
Three kingdoms. One man. A destiny written in blood. An epic fantasy series begins . . .Seemingly always the outsider, Gavril Andar - an impoverished young painter - yearns to join the privileged circles of Muscobar polite society. However, unknownto him, he does have royal blood in his veins: the dark and powerful blood of a father he never knew.
There is a world of light and shadow, where Good and Evil wage eternal war. It is the world of the wheel of time, the greatest fantasy epic written. As the very fabric of reality years thin all portents indicate that Tarmon Gai'don, the Last Battle, is imminent - and Rand al(Thor must ready himself to confront the Dark One But Rand must first negotiate a truce with the Seanchan armies, as their forces increasingly sap his strength All is in flux as established powers falter In Caemly, Elayne fights to gain the Lion Throne while trying to avert civil war and Egwene finds that even the White Tower is no longer a place of safety The winds of time have whirled into a storm, and Rand and his companions ride in the vortex This small company must prevail against the trials of fate and fortune - or the Dark One will triumph and the world will be lost
Esta novela es un apasionante preludio de La Rueda del Tiempo, la obra de fantasía épica más importante de los últimos tiempos. Es una lectura obligada para los seguidores de Robert Jordan y una gran oportunidad para que nuevos lectores descubran este extraordinario mundo. Cerca de las tierras yermas y desoladas de La Llaga se encuentra la ciudad de Canluum, un refugio que protege a sus habitantes de los peligros que acechan en el norte y de las vilezas de los servidores del Oscuro.
Afzonderlijk te lezen vervolg op De stromannen. Op verschillende plaatsen in de VS worden lijken in groteske houdingen gevonden, staand, zittend etc. Een man die zelfmoord wil plegen doet in de bossen van de staat Washington een bizarre ontdekking, en ex-CIA man Ward Hopkins en ex-politieman John Zandt (al bekend uit het eerste deel) zetten hun zoektocht voort naar de geheimzinnige, onheilspellende Stromannen.
Oorlogen hebben chaos gecreëerd in het land Maras-dantia. Terwijl de legers zich hergroeperen en de magie langzaam wegsijpelt uit het land, zijn de orc Struyk en zijn trouwe strijdmakkers voor iedereen op de vlucht: voor de orcs die de wrede Jennesta achter hen aan heeft gestuurd en voor de mensen, die elke orc vermoorden die ze in het zicht krijgen. Struyks speurtocht naar de artefacten die de toekomst van de orcs en, als ze het maar wisten, die van de andere oude en nieuwe rassen in Maras-Dantia moeten veiligstellen, is nog nooit zo dringend geweest. Terwijl het net zich sluit en zijn krijgers een voor een sneuvelen door vijanden die ze zich in hun meest angstaanjagende nachtmerries nog niet hadden voorgesteld, dringt de tijd voor Struyk, voor alle orcs en voor Maras-Dantia.
