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La historia tiene goznes, momentos exactos en que el tiempo gira sobre sí mismo y un mundo entero cambia de rumbo por la fe de un solo hombre, por el valor de una sola palabra. Lo que aquí se narra no ocurrio en el tiempo que conocimos, pero su eco resuena en el, como el murmullo de un rio subterraneo que siempre estuvo alli, esperando brotar.Es un acto de imaginacion. Un viaje a la encrucijada del siglo XX, cuando el mundo ardia y Occidente, exhausto y cinico, se preparaba para repartirse las cenizas. Mientras los imperios se desmoronaban bajo el peso de sus propias mentiras, una idea, antigua y tenaz como la fe, desperto en el rincon mas inesperado.Imaginemos que una España herida, recien salida de su guerra mas fratricida, no se resigno al aislamiento. Que en su soledad no vio un castigo, sino una oportunidad. E imaginemos que extendio una mano a traves del oceano, esta vez no con la fuerza del viejo conquistador, sino con la humildad del hermano que llama a su sangre.Y que, al otro lado, en el Peru, un puñado de hombres escucho.Lo que sigue es la cronica de esa respuesta. La historia de una alianza forjada no en el calculo politico, sino en la memoria compartida de la Cruz y la espada, de la universidad y la catedral. Es el relato de como una promesa susurrada en un despacho en ruinas se convirtio en barcos surcando el Atlantico, en academias militares donde se hablaba el mismo idioma del honor, y en laboratorios donde la ciencia forjaba las herramientas para elevar al hombre y defender su destino.Esta es la historia de una civilizacion que se nego a morir. Que se atrevio a combatir las doctrinas que reducen al ser humano a carne, a numero o a simple opinion. Una Hispanidad que, en lugar de pedir perdon por existir, recordo su vocacion de fundar, de construir, de llevar una semilla de trascendencia hasta los confines de la tierra. E incluso mas alla.Cierren los ojos a la historia que les contaron. Abran el alma a la que pudo ser. Al mundo en el que muchos hubieran querido nacer.Porque hemos regresado.Para crear, construir y elevar.

In the middle of the countryside, a realtor is showing a disgraced professor around an idyllic house. She speaks not only about the homes many wonderful qualities but about its previous owner, the mystifying Helen, whose presence still seems to suffuse every fixture. Through hearing stories of Helens chosen way of living, the man begins to see that his story is not actually over rather, he is being offered a chance to buy his way into the simple life, close to the land, thats always been out of reach to him. But as evening fades into black, he will learn that the asking price may be much higher, and stranger, than anticipated. Philosophically and formally adventurous, at once intimate and cosmic in scope, Helen of Nowhere asks: What must we give up in exchange for true happiness?

In a ravaged future ruled by the descendants of those who caused the climate collapse, a teenager with a remarkable gift must flee for her life and fight to save the last hope for humanity. The searing, unforgettable conclusion to the internationally acclaimed The Forcing trilogy.`A superbly handled tale of struggle and survival in a maimed world The Times`Utterly compelling a masterful and all-too-recognisable portrait of climate collapse and the politics of greed. We need this book now more than ever Eve Smith`Paul Hardisty is a visionary Luke McCallin`A riveting eco-thriller Crime Fiction Lover_____The year is 2082. Climate collapse, famine and war have left the world in ruins. In the shadow of the Alpha-Omega regime descendants of the super-rich architects of disaster sixteen-year-old Boo Ashworth and her uncle risk everything to save whats left of human knowledge, hiding the last surviving books in a secret library beneath the streets of Hobart.But Boo has a secret of her own: an astonishing ability to memorise entire texts with perfect recall. When the library is discovered and destroyed, shes forced to flee armed with nothing but the stories she carries in her mind, and a growing understanding of her familys true past.Hunted and alone, and with the help of some unlikely allies, she must fight to save her loved ones and bring hope to a broken world.Spanning three generations before, during and after the fall, The Hope is the shattering conclusion to Paul E. Hardistys critically acclaimed climate-emergency trilogy a devastating, visionary thriller that dares to imagine the possibility of redemption in the face of near-total collapse. In a dying world, it asks the most urgent question of all: what if theres still time?____`Smart, gripping, and all too plausible announces Paul E. Hardisty as the true heir to John Christopher Tim Glister`Hardisty is a fine writer Lee Child`A compelling, moving story of survival in a dying world a novel that might have actually predicted our future Ewan Morrison`The book Ive been waiting and hoping for Paul Waters`Hardisty holds a mirror up to the titans of todays very real world problems very plausible and terrifyingly so SciFi Now

Set during a single twelve-hour night shift in a factory, plastic is a book-length poem exploring the life of the industrial worker turned poet.Bringing together memoir, ekphrasis and satire, Bplastic is based on Matthew Rices experience working in a plastic moulding factory for ten years. Illustrating alienated twenty-first-century Irish labour in poetic form, plastic engages with the inflictions and implications of a post-industrial, post-Troubles society, all while weaving in depictions of factory work from literature, film and the visual arts.Time-stamped to highlight the claustrophobia of the workers experience, this is a poem about feeling a calling while being submerged in the world of menial labour making plastic airplane parts by night, making poetry by day, uniting what Jacques Ranciere calls the labourers in love with the intellectual nights and those intellectuals in love with the toilsome and glorious days of the labouring people.plastics evocation and lucidity moves with grace through working class realities and hopeful imaginings.

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWThree mobsters. Two detectives. A deadly race against time.Jackson Jones and Mackenzie Cunningham - two of the best private investigators in the business - are presented with a case they arent allowed to refuse. The heads of L.A.s three major crime families have tasked them with finding sensitive information hidden by a man in critical condition before he flatlines. Or else.The pair cant agree on how to furnish the office of their new joint venture, Safe and Sound Investigations, let alone the nature of their feelings for each other. But with a masked man on their tail, they are going to have to stick together if they are going to have any chance of solving the case.READERS ADORED SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN:A witty, fast-paced, and swoon-worthy mystery.Riveting from start to finish . . . definitely a must-read!Action packed and definitely eventful, I also found myself chuckling. A really great read. The dialogue was fast and furious and the interactions between the leads were smart and funny.

Twenty haunting stories from the Bram Stoker Award nominated, and bestselling author of Come With Me.A man leaves rehab and tries to make a new life for himself, only to find the past closing in on him. A married couple on holiday have a bizarre encounter with a shiver of sharks. And, on Halloween night, a young boy learns the truth of the world from the strange and unsettling Mr Trueheart.From London to Baltimore and many places in between, these stories claw through reality to find the horror deep within.In Ronald Malfis debut short story collection, the shadows in the dark are ever moving, ever hungry, and the darkness that lurks beneath the surface is never too far away

"Burn hotter, dangerous girl. Let me taste your fury."A thrilling and incredibly sexy new dark romantasy series from #1 Sunday Times-bestselling author Elizabeth May, perfect for fans of Phantasma, Gild, and Quicksilver.A princess and a war-weary god met in the ashes of a broken city, forging a pact in blood and sacrifice.Now, centuries of fragile peace are on the brink of collapseBryony Devaliant was born to dieagain and again. In Vartena, royal blood is the currency of peace, with every monarch sacrificed and resurrected to appease the gods. But when rebellion stirs, the god-king sends his deadliest weapon to restore order: an immortal assassin known only as the Wolf.Evander has perfected the art of killing over centuriesuntil his latest target becomes the one person he cannot destroy. When forbidden desire burns between the assassin and the sacrificial princess, their connection threatens the fragile boundary between gods and mortals. And when that boundary shatters, empires crumble. Because when gods fall in love with mortals, mortals are always the ones to break.Inspired by Beauty and the Beast and Eros and Psyche, this dark, seductive tale is perfect for fans of Raven Kennedys Plated Prisoner series, with the wit and spice of Callie Harts Quicksilver. Packed with dark fairytale vibes, gothic romance, and tropes like enemies to lovers, forced proximity, death pacts, and villain-gets-the-girl, this is a story where love is as deadly as it is irresistible.Featuring: A dark fairytale atmosphere Enemies-to-lovers Villain gets the girl Beauty and the Beast vibes

When a body is discovered in Falkenberg under circumstances that raise more questions than answers, Detective Inspector Kajsa Rudolfsson and her team are drawn into an investigation where nothing is quite what it seems. As the case unfolds, old secrets resurface and long-buried truths begin to connect people who believed their past was safely forgotten.With pressure mounting and personal loyalties tested, Kajsa soon realizes that the danger is closer than anyone suspects. As past and present collide, the consequences threaten to become deadly.Unknown Origins is the fourth book in the Falkenberg Murders series, a gripping Swedish crime novel set on the Halland coast, where small-town calm hides dark secrets.

Num lugar quase deserto, que subverte as regras do tempo, so muitas as perguntas e poucas as respostas quanto ao sentido da vida. Tudo parece afunilar para a desistencia, mas a esperança regressa quando surge uma criança que lança perguntas ao mundo.Um jovem casal em crise abandona a cidade onde vive e parte para uma aldeia remota no interior de Espanha, em busca de uma vida mais simples e despojada. O que veem e isto: uns quantos casinhotos e hortas, e um punhado de homens e mulheres empedernidos, que falam o minimo. O que no querem ver so os seus proprios demonios, vazios e abismos, que ameaçam fazer ruir o que os levou ate ali. Ate ao dia em que uma mulher aparece acompanhada de uma menina, filha de todos e de ninguem, e vem mostrar que, enquanto houver uma criança a fazer perguntas ao mundo, a vida existe, tal como ha luz enquanto o pavio da vela arder. Polifonico e sombrio, eis um romance que mergulha nos abismos mais fundos, onde a falta de luz e sempre a maior ameaça.Os elogios da critica:Uma das mais destacadas escritoras da sua geraço.El PaisMoreno escreve com a austeridade de um relojoeiro.El Cultural de El MundoA escrita de Lara Moreno mergulha nos abismos da realidade. Lida magistralmente com a inquietaço, o desespero, a estranheza e o medo. Uma voz bela e poderosa.Rosa MonteroA caracteristica mais evidente da prosa de Lara Moreno, e aquela que impressiona imediatamente o leitor, e a sua capacidade de perturbar. E no apenas pela estranheza da realidade que descreve, mas tambem pelas elipses e lacunas que completam o discurso.La VanguardiaUma escrita complexa, vigorosa e que no esmorece. [...] Nada e gratuito. Um achado.Jose Maria GuelbenzuLara Moreno e toda uma descoberta.ABCUma viagem intensa e intimista [...] numa narrativa repleta de reflexes e conceitos, tecida magistralmente pela mo de uma poetisa.EFEUma das apariçes mais gratificantes da temporada. Uma narrativa deslumbrante, avessa ao sentimentalismo e movida pela esperança.El ConfidencialUm forte romance de personagens, centrado na ideia de violencia a visivel e a calada. [] Com um tom poetico e um registo a tocar o desespero, aqui a desempenhar bem o papel de por o leitor a querer desvendar mais sobre o que corre no intimo das tres mulheres, acompanha-se a existencia de cada uma delas. [] De uma forma subtil, e um livro que fala da solido dentro das comunidades, da brutalidade das migraçes, dos maus-tratos em casa e da estratificaço social a luz dos dias de hoje.Mariana Correia de Barros,Viso (sobre Tres mulheres na cidade)Um retrato vibrante, simultaneamente cru e poetico, sobre gentrificaço, subjugaço e violencia de genero.Gonçalo Correia, Sabado (sobre Tres mulheres na cidade)

Numa livraria perdida nas ruas de Lisboa, esconde-se um mundo de segredos, perigo e resistência…1938. Em busca de um recomeço depois da morte do pai, Lara Hope chega a Lisboa à procura de uma família

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When a mutilated body surfaces and a woman dies mysteriously, Jakob Weber uncovers a chilling trail through Norways wild north. SECOND in a darkly addictive Nordic Noir series.`Expertly written, compelling and impossible to put down. This is perfect Scandi Noir. Im hooked Michael Wood`Provides a boilerplate for anyone wishing to write a Scandi crime novel Mark Sanderson, The Times`A must-read series Nordic Watchlist____In Norways far north, something unspeakable is surfacingWhen a mutilated body rises from the icy waters off the jetty in Kjerringy, it shocks the quiet coastal village and stirs something darker beneath. Not long after, a young woman is found dead in a drab Bod apartment. Suicide, perhaps. Or something far more sinister.Detective Jakob Weber and former national investigator Noora Yun Sande are drawn into both cases. Then a hiker reports a terrifying encounter in the nearby wilderness: a solitary cabin and a man without a face.As the investigation deepens, the clues grow more disturbing and the wild, wintry landscape closes in. Jakob is certain of one thing: if they dont find the killer soon, hell strike again.SECOND in the dark, addictive Nordic Noir series set in Norways unforgiving Arctic north.______Praise for the Arctic Mysteries series `Atmospheric Crime Monthly`Jakob Weber is a great protagonist, and the sense of place is phenomenal Thomas Enger`This is first-class Nordic Noir from the real North, where danger lurks around every corner Gunnar Staalesen`Dark and totally gripping adds a new dimension to the police procedural European Literature Network`Nearly as many twists and turns as Norways Trollstigen pass will satisfy even the pickiest crime reader Crime Fiction Lover

On the wintry Tuscan coast, the wealthy elite retreat to their lavish holiday homes. But the season turns sinister when a couple vanishes from a locked villa, and the body of a dubious count washes ashore, bludgeoned to death. With echoes of Agatha Christie and the erudite suspense of Umberto Eco, a sly meditation on class, illusion, and desire, this literary mystery is both sharply observant and darkly entertaining.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOWBanville is one of my favourite writers alive. REBECCA F. KUANGMore than a touch of genius. THE TIMES A pleasure to readIRISH TIMESOn the east coast of Ireland, one of the countrys most prominent citizens takes his business partners son out sailing and, while out at sea, shoots himself dead. This strange, enigmatic event captures the attention of pathologist Quirke who begins to investigate. When a second death occurs, one even more shocking than the first, Quirke uncovers dark secrets buried in a rivalry between two entangled families.Praise for the Quirke Series:A joy to read.Sunday TimesDarkly dangerous [with] flinty humour.Daily TelegraphBeguiling characters and evocative settings . . . Impeccable.The Times

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOWStunningIndependentImpressiveIrish TimesWhen spring storms descend on 1950s Dublin, a body is found in a canal, and pathologist Quirke must find the truth behind this brutal murder. The investigation leads him into the dark heart of the organisation that really runs this troubled city: the church. As Quirkes traumatic childhood in a priest-run orphanage returns to haunt him, he must face his greatest trial yet.Praise for the Quirke Series:A joy to read.Sunday TimesDarkly dangerous [with] flinty humour.Daily TelegraphBeguiling characters and evocative settings . . . Impeccable.The Times

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOWBanville is one of my favourite writers alive. REBECCA F. KUANGMore than a touch of genius.THE TIMES As a deep, bewildering fog cloaks Dublin, a young woman named April is found to have vanished. Flawed pathologist Quirke responds to a request to help find her. Speaking with those who knew her, he begins to realize that there may have been more behind the young womans secrecy than he could have imagined.When a disturbing discovery is made, the complex web of love, lies, jealousy and dark secrets that April spun her life from finally begins to unravel.Praise for the Quirke Series:A joy to read. Sunday TimesDarkly dangerous [with] flinty humour.Daily TelegraphBeguiling characters and evocative settings . . . Impeccable.The Times

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNOWBanville is one of my favourite writers alive. REBECCA F. KUANGMore than a touch of genius.THE TIMES Newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, a shotgun still in his hands. Few see his demise as cause for sorrow, but before long, Quirke realizes that, rather than the suspected suicide, Diamond Dick has been murdered.Suspicion soon falls on one of Jewells biggest rivals, but as Quirke gets to know Jewells beautiful, enigmatic wife, his fragile sister and those who work for the family, it becomes clear that not everything in this household is as it seems.Praise for the Quirke Series:A joy to read.Sunday TimesDarkly dangerous [with] flinty humour.Daily TelegraphBeguiling characters and evocative settings . . . Impeccable.The Times

Divine Ruin is fearlessly inspired Gillian FlynnIts a steamy, restless end of the school year in New Orleans. Sister Holiday is busy teaching music classes and preparing for her permanent vow ceremony, a pivotal moment in her journey of faith. But when one of her favourite students is found dead of a fentanyl overdose, Sister Holiday and her partner-in-PI, Magnolia Riveaux, are launched on a mission to track down the drug dealers.As students continue to fall prey to this sinister drug under her watch, Sister Holiday becomes more and more desperate to stop the epidemic. All the while, she must contend with her own past with addiction, a demon that is never too far.As she goes deep undercover with a local gang, Sister Holidays darkest and most shocking case yet will test the limits of her faith-and her sanity.

Um pingente mágico pode mudar tudo. Mas até onde vai a coragem de quem ainda está aprendendo a controlar suas magias? Em um mundo onde fantasia e ação se encontram, jovens bruxos precisam lutar para