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Voce nasceu para algo maior mesmo que ainda no saiba disso."Zalia Vey sempre acreditou que o mundo terminava nas margens do lago do vilarejo onde nasceu. Filha de pescadores, cresceu entre redes, historias e o sonho timido de ver a capital magica, Montearcana. Mas, quando e convocada para os testes que definem o futuro dos jovens do reino, descobre que a magia que corre no reino de Myria no e apenas dom: e poder, hierarquia e guerra.Entre provas que exigem mais do que força, ela conhece aliados improvaveis, inimigos que vestem o brilho dos nobres e um ser lendario, Astrinox, cuja alma guarda o eco de um passado esquecido. Enquanto o reino se divide entre fe e ambiço, Zalia precisa escolher se seguira o caminho traçado pelos deuses ou aquele que ela mesma ousar abrir.Zalia e o sangue magico e uma fantasia arrebatadora sobre coragem, poder e o despertar de uma heroina que ninguem esperava, mas que o mundo jamais vai esquecer.

Una pareja apasionada sin prejuicios, un noviazgo violento, amantes que festejan su vínculo, una modelo frente al espejo, la devoción por la música y unas monedas de oro que guardan amores y atraviesan el tiempo. Historias unidas por el amor en sus distintas formas: romantico, filial, comprometido o pasional.Zafiros en la piel reune doce relatos tan emocionantes como reveladores, que exploran las distintas formas que puede adoptar el amor: el que transforma, perdura o se consume; el que se viste de amor propio, el que daña o el que logra resistir las dificultades. Las diferentes tramas sorprenden y dejan huella, con personajes entrañables. Son historias que rozan lo poetico y algunas desnudan verdades con crudeza: parejas apasionadas sin prejuicios, un noviazgo violento, el amor a la musica, una modelo enamorada de su imagen, jovenes que se defienden en la adversidad de los tiempos dificiles y unas monedas de oro que viajan por generaciones guardando amores y recuerdos. Viviana Rivero, con notable delicadeza narrativa, presenta un libro atravesado por una mirada filosofica y cargado de pasion, verdad y belleza; un conjunto de cuentos que resonaran para siempre en la memoria de sus lectores.

YOU THINK YOURE SAFE. BUT SOMEBODYS WATCHING...Irish estate agent Rosie Kinsella loves her job selling high-end properties in London. But when shes targeted by a mysterious stalker her amazing life is turned upside down.Who is Michael, and why does he seem to think he and Rosie are in relationship? How does he know where she lives and where she works? And how has he managed to take photos inside her house?Rosies colleagues and friends rally round to protect her. But who can she really trust?

A dark and unsettling queer adult horror from the award-winning author of The City Beautiful. Perfect for fans of Eric LaRocca and Stephen Graham Jones.Ten years ago, the quiet mining town of Coalfield, Pennsylvania was thrust into the national spotlight when a boy at a local foster home was found brutally murdered. After the foster mother was arrested on suspicion of murder, the four remaining children were dragged in front of a court to explain what truly happened. There, Elliot Wolffjust eight years-oldtestified.What emerged were disturbing tales of child abuse, the sacrifice of animals and infants, and strange rituals performed in the woods and mines of the town. And the Dragon, always the Dragon, a specter who lurked in the shadows of the home.Now on the cusp of adulthood, Elliot is still struggling to move on from the trial. He still finds his thoughts circling Coalfield, thoughts that he pours into writing music or drowns out with various substances.Then, he is approached by Dean Corvin, a washed-up grindhouse director filming a documentary on the Satanic Ritual Abuse allegations at Coalfield. While sitting in front of a camera and rehashing his trauma is the last thing Elliot wants to do, Dean makes him an offer he cant refuse, an offer that might finally allow Eliot to escape his aunts stifling house and start over somewhere far away.But Elliot isnt the only survivor joining the documentary: the other survivors are there, too, and each one has different memories of what happened.The first few days of filming are strange, with bizarre dreams and memories resurfacing that he had long thought lost to time. As Elliot begins to reenact his final days at Coalfield Childrens Home, he begins to wonder if there may be a grain of truth to the lies he told on the stand. If something sinister and otherworldly really did happen to them.If the Dragon is still out there, and intends to keep the past buried.

WINNER OF THE AGATHA AND ANTHONY AWARDSAn unsettling domestic thrillerThe TelegraphAnnie Anh Le Shaw has everything she once dreamed of: a thriving art career, a beautiful home, a loving husband and daughter. But when her mother a Vietnam War refugee dies suddenly, the fragile balance of her life shatters. Her obsessive-compulsive disorder, dormant for years, resurfaces with terrifying force. Only this time, her intrusive thoughts seem to be coming true.When a powerful art patron disappears, suspicion turns towards Annie. Then she wakes in a hotel room, naked, beside a dead body, with no memory of how she got there. As the investigation tightens and her mind fractures, Annie is forced to confront the ghosts of her childhood and the legacy of her mothers trauma.[An] exhilarating debutPublishers Weekly

Un niño crece de modo atípico: de casa en casa, de tío en tío, va armando su identidad con los retazos de vida que hereda de sus familiares excéntricos. Años más tarde, ya adulto, se pregunta: ¿quiénes eran realmente esas personas con las que convivio? ¿Eran sus anecdotas, sus trabajos, sus ficciones, sus secretos? ¿O eran algo mas que todo eso? Y el mismo... ¿es quien cree ser o apenas un supuesto armado con fragmentos de otros?

A dark and explosive epic fantasy of betrayal, revolution and dark magic pacts, as the Little Mermaids granddaughter marches to war, perfect for fans of H. M. Long and Samantha Shannon.The fairy tale mermaid Arielle might have gotten her happily-ever-after, but her granddaughter Yemi is having a much harder time. Her father, the king of Ixia, was assassinated years ago, her mother is slowly dying of a poisoned wound, and she faces whispers and slights from her own people. Yemi has been raised as the shield of the kingdom and is soon to inherit the throne, but she cannot shake her fury at how Ixia has treated her family after all theyve sacrificed. Only her patient mother and steadfast personal bodyguard (and fiancee), Nova, help Yemi rein in that fury... most of the time.When the kingdoms discontented rumblings reach a fever pitch, a coup erupts and Yemis throne is usurped, stripping her of her family and forcing her into exile. Now, only one being has the power to help her: Ursla.

Dos gemelos, una chica y un juego de identidades que explora el deseo, la culpa y la elección.Tras años a la deriva, Rocío ha aprendido (más o menos) a controlar sus emociones y ha alcanzado una especie de equilibrio. Esta comoda con su vida. O eso creia. Porque hay dos cosas que estan a punto de hacerla estallar por dentro.La primera, que la pareja de su padre esta embarazada. Y, si, eso significa que va a tener un hermanito, algo que no le hace ni pizca de gracia.La segunda, que ha conocido a un chico que le mola. Pero le mola de verdad. Es divertido, brillante, guapisimo y esto es importante parece que a el tambien le mola ella.El problema es que el chico en cuestion tiene un hermano gemelo que es un idiota integral. Un borde, un chulo y un prepotente. Uno de esos que te sacan de quicio con solo abrir la boca.¿Lo peor de todo? Que Ro se lo pasa mejor discutiendo con el gemelo idiota que saliendo con el gemelo guay. Y eso no deberia pasar, ¿o si?

A principios del siglo XX, de Málaga a Mendoza, Isabel, la protagonista absoluta de Y ellos se fueron, forja su destino entre viñedos, secretos y pasiones. Con una pluma impecable Viviana Rivero logra en esta novela una historia de amor, raices y fuerza femenina que desafia los avatares del tiempo.La fuerza de una mujer que logra desafiar los avatares del tiempo.Desde los viñedos dorados de Malaga hasta las tierras fertiles de Mendoza, Isabel recorre un camino signado por el amor al terruño, la pasion verdadera, el deseo de cambio y el coraje de afrontar los infortunios inesperados. Obligada a casarse y a emigrar a America, en 1900, deja atras a Antonio, el amor de su juventud, sin saber que el destino volvera a cruzarlos despues de una larga peripecia, revueltas politicas y secretos largamente guardados. Y ellos se fueron despliega en sus paginas una trama que tambien es el descubrimiento del mundo vitivinicola, del trabajo invisible y silencioso de una mujer llena de convicciones, que sabe sortear, con la sabiduria del corazon, las inclemencias del tiempo y construir el futuro de su familia. En esta novela intensa y conmovedora, Viviana Rivero entrelaza pasiones prohibidas, tierras en disputa y memorias marcadas por el desarraigo. La historia de un amor que madura con el tiempo y se vuelve inolvidable, y la de una mujer que lucha con cuerpo y alma por sus ideales.

From rising horror star and award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes a nightmarish, haunting, tech-Gothic thrill ride about sorrow, memory, and the unabashed complexity of love as a transgressive act.After his husband dies, Simeon Link finds himself overcome by grief and seeking comfort in an unusual support group called The Wretches, who offer an addictive and dangerous source of relief. They introduce Simeon to a curious figure known as Porcelain Khawa man with the ability to let those who are grieving have one last intimate moment with their beloved...for a price.Hallucinatory, fiendish, and destructively beautiful, Wretch transports us to a world where not everything is as it seems, and those we love may be the ones who haunt us most.

James Sallis collection of five novellas.James Sallis is a superb writer - TimesJames SallisWorlds Edge presents five masterful novellasDayenu, Carriers, Settlers, Allotments, and Reconstructionexploring fractured societies, human resilience, and the fragile intersections of morality and survival. Salliss prose, as sharp as it is evocative, captures the nuances of his dystopian and near-future settings, resonating with themes of dislocation and identity. Widely regarded as a pivotal voice in contemporary US fiction, Salliss work aligns with literary giants such as Cormac McCarthy and Denis Johnson, weaving the poetic bleakness of the former with the incisive character studies of the latter. These stories draw readers into a world both intimate and unyielding, where existential questions lurk beneath stark, elegant narratives.

Journey deeper into the lore of The War Within, the first expansion in World of Warcrafts Worldsoul Saga, with this deluxe anthology.After witnessing the fall of Dalaran and braving the depths beneath Khaz Algar, the heroes of Azeroth face an uncertain future. Across the world, old hatreds are rising and Xalatath remains at large, at work on her own machinations. But even amidst a tide of chaos and fear, hope remains.Join Thrall, Jaina Proudmoore, Renzik the Shiv, Faerin Lothar, Alleria Windrunner, and the Locus-Walker in this new collection of novellas and short stories that provide deeper insight into the powers at play and the battles still to fight following The War Within. These tales serve as a reminder that Azeroths fate is shaped by the sacrifices and struggles of all, and that even small, quiet actions can echo large throughout history.

When the war is over, we can live at Woodspring...Since the house was built in 1810, the Danes have always lived at Woodspring. Over the generations it has given them shelter, solace and joy.War brings change, and the next three generations of the family will lead very different lives, at home and abroad. Peace is shattered, pain is unavoidable, loves are found and lost, but Woodspring is constant, and will always draw them back....

This propulsive, gorgeously-written fantasy romance will pull you into a dazzling world of dancing and danger, fae and fairytales, and a love that endures against all odds.Musical and immersive, this stunning debut is perfect for fans of The Night Circus and The Moonlight Market. London, 1986. Trix, a young dancer in the British Classical Ballet Company, has been striving for years to make a name for herself in the competitive and unforgiving world of elite ballet. Aleksander Sander Sylvan is the companys mysterious, meteoric rising star, whose talents are like nothing anyone has seen before.An eleventh-hour illness among the cast of The Sleeping Beauty changes everything; Trix and Sander are thrown together in the lead roles, surprising everyone with their chemistry. Soon the pair become the companys star attraction, their sizzling on-stage partnership fuelling speculation about their private lives. Trix knows shes falling for Sander, but relationships have always been difficult for her, and as they grow closer, she cannot help but wonder about his past. Who is Sander really? Why wont he talk about his family, or where he comes from? On the opening night of Romeo & Juliet at the very height of their fame, Sander vanishes without trace. With only a cryptic note to go on, Trix begins to wonder if the magic of the ballets they danced together has invited something truly strange and wondrous into the mortal world.

Arwyn, our favorite artist and Sea Wicche, is trying unsuccessfully to deal with two new descriptors: murderer and mother.The gallery is open, and the sorcerer is gone. Arwyn and the whole Corey clan should be celebrating. Instead, theyre mourning a huge loss and now dealing with the Council of Wicches over a poisoning.Lessons have begun with Dad. All the things a little faeling should have already learned, Arwyn is now being taught. And just in time, as the queencryptically and rather terrifyinglytold Arwyn that she has plans for her.While trying to juggle all of that, and work on a huge order of glass octopuses, Arwyn is also drawn into another deadly police investigation. Send Arwyn your good thoughts because she really needs a nap. "A supernatural mystery with a well-developed protagonist...and a swoon-worthy love interest." Kirkus Reviews on Bewitched: The Sea Wicche Chronicles

On the eve of his wedding, young Alyoshka pines for an earlier love. Ilne chose to leave the nomadic Nenets community seven years before, moving to the city and taking his heart with her. Under increasing pressure to marry, Alyoshka struggles against the ancient Nenets customs of home and family, unwilling to give up his hope for another life. Meanwhile, other painful transitions shake the foundations of the small camp. Deep in grief, Ilnes father Petko feels he has no role left to play in the community, while Vanu strikes out on a difficult journey to try to soothe his troubled friends. Deep in northern Siberia, minor human tragedies play out against the cold expanse of the tundra. With bursts of lyricism and a Chekhovian eye for human frailty, Anna Nerkagi crafts a multi-voiced drama of lost love and the clash between youthful dreams and the complex ties of home.

In 2009, young Isla Blake disappeared from her sisters birthday party in Northumberland and she was never found.Fifteen years later, when an updated E-fit image of what Isla would look like now goes viral, everyone begins to suspect that the unassuming Ruby must be Isla Blake.Enveloped in a swarm of media attention and publicity, including that of Islas parents Keira and Finn, Ruby is thrust into the centre of a case she had never thought she would be a part of.As the case unfolds and Ruby begins to question her own identity, the same questions plague her over and over again. Is she Isla? If so, who took her? And what exactly happened to Isla all those years ago?

When Im Dead is nigh-on impossible to put downBookPageOne girl murdered. Another one missing. And a medical examiner desperate to uncover the truth.Medical Examiner Rowan Winthorp investigates the death of her daughters best friend. Yet just hours later, she makes the devastating discovery that her own daughter, Chloe, has vanished. A morbid trail of clues forces Rowan and her husband to question how deeply they really knew their daughter. As they work closely to peel back the layers of this case, they begin to unearth disturbing details about Chloe and her secret transgressions.Amidst the noise of navigating her newfound grief and reconciling the sins of her past, an undeniable fact rings true for Rowan: karma has finally come to collect.

Julia finds her footing as a clairvoyant but upends her mental stability and her marriage when she and her best friend Courtney investigate a murder in a spooky and menacing town in Pennsylvanias old mining region. This sequel will take the drama, action, and jeopardy to the next level, and will resonate with themes of identity, female friendship, and justice.

What does it mean to lose yourself and is that something you should be aiming for? A young woman with little interest in games takes up a job in Frankfurt at a famous gaming company, naively set on reinvention. On her morning commute, in the familiar clutches of tedium and self-loathing, she encounters a nice-eyed stranger who returns her forgotten umbrella and finds herself catapulted into a dizzying, year-long whirlwind of obsession not just with this endlessly attractive spectre, but also with the feverish karaoke trips from which she draws the ultimate solace. With astonishing existential acuity, Polly Bartons formidable debut novel renders the paradoxes of modern life in all its complexity, in deliriously self-conscious prose that is at once propulsive, titillating and bitingly funny. Echoing with the sounds of Whitney Houston and The Cure, reaching for the sublime in dark, sweaty boxes, What Am I, A Deer? is an exhilarating exploration of authenticity, fantasy, romance and intoxication.