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Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most elite universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her? Still searching for answers to this herself, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. These eight windowless “tombs” are well-known to be haunts of the future rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street and Hollywood’s biggest players. But their occult activities are revealed to be more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive.

Soldier. Summoner. Saint. The nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. The Darkling rules from his shadow throne while a weakened Alina Starkov recovers from their battle under the dubious protection of the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Now her hopes lie with the magic of a long-vanished ancient creature and the chance that an outlaw prince still survives. As her allies and enemies race toward war, only Alina stands between her country and a rising tide of darkness that could destroy the world. To win this fight, she must seize a legend's power but claiming the firebird may be her ruin

When 13-year-old Lilith Shadow, ruler of House Shadow, is nearly poisoned by a ruthless,unknown assassin, she and Thorn, embark on a dangerous quest to save Gehenna, a wonderfully weird land of haunted castles, mysterious forests and an unforgettable giant bat. Together they must unravel a twisted plot of betrayals, pride and deadly ambition.

Incluye cuatro historias anteriores a "Divergente", junto con dos escenas exclusivas, narradas desde el punto de vista de Tobias. Las tres primeras entregas de este volumen, "El transferido", "El iniciado" y "El hijo", siguen transferencia de Tobias de Abnegación a Osadía, su iniciación osada, y los primeros indicios de que un plan nefasto se está gestando en gobierno de dos facciones. La cuarta historia, "El traidor", transcurre paralela a los acontecimientos de "Divergente", dando a los lectores una visión de las decisiones de lealtad y amor que Tobías hace en las semanas después de conocer a Tris Prior

Alina Starkov no espera mucho de la vida. Se quedó huérfana después de la guerra y lo único que tiene en el mundo es a su amigo Mal. A raíz de un ataque que recibe Mal al entrar en La Sombra, una oscuridad antinatural repleta de monstruos que ha aislado el país, Alina revela un poder latente que ni ella misma sabía que tenía. Tras ese episodio, Alina es conducida a la fuerza hasta la corte real para ser entrenada como un miembro de los Grisha, un grupo de magos de élite comandado por un individuo misterioso que se hace llamar El Oscuro. NUEVA EDICIÓN REVISADA CON MATERIAL EXTRA.

TODO EL MUNDO TIENE UN GRAN SECRETO Pero algunos serían capaces de todo para protegerlo. El lunes por la mañana cinco estudiantes fueron castigados. Horas más tarde, solo salieron vivos cuatro. Simon Kelleher ha muerto. Ahora parece que no fue tan buena idea contar los secretos más íntimos de sus compañeros a través de una app. ¿Averiguaréis quién lo asesinó?

El don de la joven CYRA consiste en provocar dolor. El mismo dolor atroz que ella siente en todo momento. El don de AKOSle hace inmune a los dones de los dems̀, pero ?bastar ̀para salvar a su familia y a s ̕mismo de un destino tan injusto como cruel? En un universo en guerra, los dones de CYRA y AKOS hacen que sean vulnerables, peones en manos de quienesquieren aprovecharse de su poder. Su n︢ica esperanza reside en unir sus fuerzas para luchar contra la injusticia y convertir el dolor en poder. La desconfianza en lealtad. El amor en ansia de libertad

Una scelta può cambiare il destino di una persona... o annientarlo del tutto. Ma qualsiasi essa sia, le conseguenze vanno affrontate. Mentre il mondo attorno a lei sta crollando, Tris cerca disperatamente di salvare tutti quelli che ama e se stessa, e di venire a patti con il dolore per la perdita dei suoi genitori e con l'orrore per quello che è stata costretta a fare. La sua iniziazione avrebbe dovuto concludersi con una cerimonia per celebrare il proprio ingresso nella fazione degli Intrepidi, ma invece di festeggiare la ragazza si è ritrovata coinvolta in un conflitto più grande di lei... Ora che la guerra tra le fazioni incombe e segreti inconfessabili riemergono dal passato, Tris deve decidere da che parte stare e abbracciare completamente il suo lato divergente, anche se questo potrebbe costarle più di quanto sia pronta a sacrificare.

When Luzia, a servant in the household of a Spanish nobleman reveals a talent for domestic magic, her social-climbing mistress demands she use her gifts to win over the royal court. But what begins as simple amusement turns dangerous, as the king seeks any edge in his ongoing war with England. Overmatched and at risk of revealing herself as a heretic, Luzia will have to use every bit of her wit and resilience to survive-even if that means enlisting the help of an embittered (and rather dashing) immortal familiar.

Alina Starkov's power has grown, but not without a price. She is the Sun Summoner hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Shadow Fold. But she and Mal can't outrun their enemies for long. The Darkling is more determined than ever to claim Alina's magic and use it to take the Ravkan throne. With nowhere else to turn, Alina enlists the help of an infamous privateer and sets out to lead the Grisha army. But as the truth of Alina's destiny unfolds, she slips deeper into the Darkling's deadly game of forbidden magic, and further away from her humanity. To save her country, Alina will have to choose between her power and the love she thought would always be her shelter. No victory can come without sacrifice and only she can face the oncoming storm

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth, When Among Crows is a contemporary fantasy set in Chicago, where creatures from Slavic lore are real and among us, and is a story about the families we build—and the ones we destroy.

Una elección puede transformarte. Una elección puede destruirte. Una elección te define. La sociedad dividida en facciones en la que antes creía Tris Prior ha quedado hecha pedazos, fracturada por la violencia y las luchas de poder, y marcada por la traición. Así que cuando tiene la oportunidad de explorar el mundo más allá de los límites que siempre ha conocido, Tris está más que dispuesta. Sin embargo, la nueva realidad de Tris es aún más inquietante que la que ha dejado atrás. Y, de nuevo, Tris lucha por comprender las complejidades de la naturaleza humana (y de su propia naturaleza) a la vez que se enfrenta a elecciones imposibles que tienen que ver con el valor, la lealtad, el sacrificio y el amor. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The explosive conclusion to Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent series of books reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that captivated millions of readers and film fans in Divergent and Insurgent. One choice will define you. What if your whole world was a lie? What if a single revelation—like a single choice—changed everything? What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected? Told from a riveting dual perspective, this third installment in the series follows Tris and Tobias as they battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature—and their selves—while facing impossible choices of courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love.

Secrets. Betrayal. Seduction.Welcome to the Alexandrian Society.When the world's best magicians are offered an extraordinary opportunity, saying yes is easy. Each could join the secretive Alexandrian Society, whose custodians guard lost knowledge from ancient civilizations. Their members enjoy a lifetime of power and prestige. Yet each decade, only six practitioners are invited - to fill five places.Contenders Libby Rhodes and Nico de Varona are inseparable enemies, cosmologists who can control matter with their minds. Parisa Kamali is a telepath, who sees the mind's deepest secrets. Reina Mori is a naturalist who can perceive and understand the flow of life itself. And Callum Nova is an empath, who can manipulate the desires of others. Finally there's Tristan Caine, whose powers mystify even himself.Following recruitment by the mysterious Atlas Blakely, they travel to the Society's London headquarters. Here, each must study and innovate within esoteric subject areas. And if they can prove themselves, over the course of a year, they'll survive. Most of them.The story continues in The Atlas Paradox, the heart-stopping sequel