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David Liss

    1 de enero de 1966

    Este autor se sumerge en periodos históricos con una cautivadora atención al detalle, ambientando a menudo sus narrativas en bulliciosos lugares como el Londres del siglo XVIII y el Ámsterdam del siglo XVII. Sus obras exploran las vidas de personajes únicos que operan en los márgenes de la sociedad, desde un antiguo púgil convertido en cazador de recompensas hasta un comerciante de café. La habilidad del escritor para entrelazar tramas emocionantes con un rico contexto histórico y dilemas éticos revela desafíos tanto pasados como presentes.

    David Liss
    Mystery Men - Premiere Edition
    A Conspiracy of Paper
    The Whiskey Rebels
    A Spectacle of Corruption
    El mercader de café
    La compañía de la seda
    • La compañía de la seda

      • 496 páginas
      • 18 horas de lectura

      David Liss, ganador del prestigioso premio Edgar, sorprende con una magnífica novela, protagonizada por un peculiar investigador que debe desentrañar un complot en torno al comercio de la seda con las colonias británicas de ultramar... Londres, 1722. En la época de apogeo del mercado de importación de seda y especias, Benjamin Weaver, judío de extracción humilde, ex boxeador y cazarrecompensas, se ve acorralado por el excéntrico y misterioso millonario Cobb para que investigue en su provecho. Muy pronto Weaver se ve sumergido en una maraña de corrupción, espionaje y competencia desleal cuyo trasfondo son los más oscuros intereses económicos y comerciales.

      La compañía de la seda
      3,9
    • El mercader de café

      • 376 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Amsterdam, 1659. En la primera bolsa de valores del mundo, la riqueza se hace y se pierde en un instante. Miguel Lienzo, un hábil comerciante de la comunidad judía de origen portugués, lo ha perdido todo por el repentino hundimiento del mercado del azúcar. Obligado a vivir de la caridad de su mezquino hermano, está dispuesto a hacer lo que sea por cambiar su suerte. En contra de las reglas de la comunidad judía, decide asociarse con la seductora Geertruid en un osado plan para monopolizar el tráfico de una nueva mercancía: el café. Para triunfar, Miguel tendrá que arriesgarlo todo y poner a prueba los límites de su astucia; al tiempo que se enfrenta a un enemigo que no se detendrá con tal de verlo caer.

      El mercader de café
      3,8
    • Realizing at the moment of his conviction for a crime he did not commit that someone is determined to see him dead and another to set him free, Benjamin Weaver works to expose a conspiracy with links to the coming election

      A Spectacle of Corruption
      4,0
    • The Whiskey Rebels

      • 548 páginas
      • 20 horas de lectura

      America, 1787. Ethan Saunders, once among General Washington’s most valued spies, is living in disgrace after an accusation of treason cost him his reputation. But an opportunity for redemption comes calling when Saunders’s old enemy, Alexander Hamilton, draws him into a struggle with bitter rival Thomas Jefferson over the creation of the Bank of the United States. Meanwhile, on the western Pennsylvania frontier, Joan Maycott and her husband, a Revolutionary War veteran, hope for a better life and a chance for prosperity. But the Maycotts’ success on an isolated frontier attracts the brutal attention of men who threaten to destroy them. As their causes intertwine, Joan and Saunders–both patriots in their own way–find themselves on opposing sides of a plot that could tear apart a fragile new nation.

      The Whiskey Rebels
      3,8
    • A Conspiracy of Paper

      • 512 páginas
      • 18 horas de lectura

      Benjamin Weaver, a Jew and an ex-boxer, is an outsider in eighteenth-century London, tracking down debtors and felons for aristocratic clients. The son of a wealthy stock trader, he lives estranged from his family - until he is asked to investigate his father’s sudden death. Thus Weaver descends into the deceptive world of the English stock jobbers, gliding between coffee houses and gaming houses, drawing rooms and bordellos. The more Weaver uncovers, the darker the truth becomes, until he realizes that he is following too closely in his father’s footsteps - and they just might lead him to his own grave. An enthralling historical thriller, A Conspiracy of Paper will leave readers wondering just how much has changed in the stock market in the last three hundred years ...

      A Conspiracy of Paper
      3,8
    • Mystery Men - Premiere Edition

      • 120 páginas
      • 5 horas de lectura

      Introducing Marvel's all-new, never-before-seen heroes of the 1930s! With a new evil washing over an unsuspecting New York City, the Operative, the Aviatrix, the Surgeon, the Revenant and Achilles blast through dangers from blood-soaked mob warehouses to monster-infested mansions, and fight to blow the lid off a conspiracy that could bring the nation itself to its knees! Award-winning historical thriller novelist David Liss (Black Panther: The Man Without Fear) and acclaimed artist Patrick Zircher (Spider-Man Noir) weave an edge-of-your-seat and in-continuity adventure intertwined with America's most scandalous crimes! Before the Invaders...before the Twelve...who were the Mystery Men? COLLECTING: MYSTERY MEN 1-5

      Mystery Men - Premiere Edition
      3,6
    • Watchlist

      • 404 páginas
      • 15 horas de lectura

      Watchlist is a unique collaboration by twenty-one of the world’s greatest thriller writers including Lee Child, Joseph Finder, David Hewson, S.J. Rozan, Lisa Scottoline, and Jeffery Deaver, who conceived the characters and set the plot in motion. In turn, the other authors each wrote a chapter and Deaver then completed what he started, bringing each novel to its startling conclusion.The Chopin Manuscript Former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton possesses a previously unknown score by Frédéric Chopin. But he is unaware that, locked within its handwritten notes, lies a secret that now threatens the lives of thousands of Americans.The Copper Bracelet Harold Middleton returns in this explosive sequel to The Chopin Manuscript as he’s drawn into an international terror plot that threatens to send India and Pakistan into full-scale nuclear war.Note: Print edition of the two original audio serialized novels,The Chopin Manuscript and The Copper Bracelet.

      Watchlist
      3,5
    • Zombie

      An Anthology of the Undead

      • 500 páginas
      • 18 horas de lectura

      An all-original anthology of stories from some of today's hottest supernatural and fantasy writers, 'Zombie' provides a new take on death and resurrection.

      Zombie
      3,6
    • Sherlock Holmes: Moriarty Lives

      • 144 páginas
      • 6 horas de lectura

      His name was Professor James Moriarty, known to many as The Napoleon of Crime and the master of a vast association of thieves, extortionists, smugglers, fences, and ladies of questionable virtue. And, over Reichenbach Falls in 1891, he fell to his doom alongside his arch rival, the glory-seeking detective Sherlock Holmes... or did he?

      Sherlock Holmes: Moriarty Lives
      3,4
    • In the wake of Shadowland, Hell's Kitchen has a new protector - the Black Panther! He has no kingdom, no Vibranium and no high-tech safety net - just bloody knuckles and the will to prove himself in a foreign land. T'Challa will create a new life, a new identity, and become a new kind of hero. But with Daredevil gone, the bad guys are coming out to play, and a deadly nemesis - Vlad the Impaler - plots his bloody rise to power. Soon, the new Man Without Fear will face Fear Itself! And when a killer starts targeting people that T'Challa had previously saved, the Panther must go on the prowl to show exactly why he is the most dangerous man alive! COLLECTING: BLACK PANTHER: THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR 513-523; BLACK PANTHER: THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE 523.1, 524-529

      Black Panther: The Man Without Fear - The Complete Collection
      3,5
    • Black Panther. Urban Jungle

      • 144 páginas
      • 6 horas de lectura

      In the aftermath of Shadowland, T'Challa emerges as the new protector of Hell's Kitchen, lacking resources but driven to prove himself. As he navigates this dangerous urban landscape, he faces rising threats, including Vlad the Impaler. Join national best-selling author David Liss and Francesco Fracavilla in this thrilling new chapter.

      Black Panther. Urban Jungle
      3,5
    • Randoms

      • 485 páginas
      • 17 horas de lectura

      A science fiction superfan finds himself on his very own space adventure when he’s randomly selected to join an alien confederacy in this hilarious middle grade debut novel. Zeke Reynolds comes from a long line of proud science fiction geeks. He knows his games, comics, movies, and TV shows like Captain Kirk knows the starship Enterprise . So it’s a dream come true when he learns the science fiction he loves so much is based on reality—and that he’s been selected to spend a year on a massive space station. To evaluate humanity’s worthiness, the Confederation of United Planets has hand picked three of Earth’s most talented young people—and then there’s Zeke. He’s the random. Unfortunately, Zeke finds life in space more challenging than he’d hoped. When he saves his transport ship from a treacherous enemy attack, he’s labeled a war criminal. Now despised by the Confederation, rejected by his fellow humans, and pursued by a ruthless enemy, Zeke befriends the alien randoms: rejected by their own species, but loyal to each other. But their presence in the Confederation may not be so random after all, and as the danger increases, Zack’s knowledge of science fiction might be the only thing that can save himself, his friends, and Earth itself.

      Randoms
    • Marvel's Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover

      • 336 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      The official prequel to MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN, the PS4 exclusive video game from Marvel and Insomniac Games, with a thrilling adventure that leads directly into the game narrative itself číst celé

      Marvel's Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover
    • Thriller

      Stories to Keep you Up all Night

      • 744 páginas
      • 27 horas de lectura

      Offering heart-pumping tales of suspense, this collection of over 30 thriller stories features the biggest names in fiction, including Lee Child, Alex Kava, James Siegel, Christopher Reich, Michael Palmer and many more.

      Thriller
      3,5