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¿Y si alguien del futuro ya estuviera reescribiendo nuestro presente?William Gibson lleva décadas fijando su mirada en el futuro, desde que acuñó el término ciberespacio y lo popularizó en su novela especulativa clasica Neuromante a principios de los años 80.Ahora Gibson esta de vuelta con Agency, un thriller de ciencia ficcion fuertemente influido por los acontecimientos mas actuales.San Francisco, 2017. Clinton esta en la Casa Blanca, el Brexit nunca ocurrio y Verity Jane tiene un nuevo trabajo.Verity Jane, una talentosa "susurradora de aplicaciones", acepta trabajar como beta tester de un nuevo producto: un asistente digital, accesible a traves de unas gafas de aspecto ordinario. "Eunice", la IA de apariencia humana en las gafas, manifiesta un rostro, un pasado fragmentario y un astuto dominio de la estrategia de combate. Al darse cuenta de que sus enigmaticos empleadores aun no saben lo poderosa y valiosa que es Eunice, Verity decide que lo mejor es que no lo descubran.Mientras tanto, un siglo mas tarde, en Londres y en una linea temporal completamente distinta, Wilf Netherton trabaja entre plutocratas y saqueadores, supervivientes del lento pero inexorable apocalipsis conocido como el Jackpot. Su jefa, la enigmatica Ainsley Lowbeer, puede observar pasados alternativos e influir en sus resultados finales. Verity y Eunice son su proyecto actual. Wilf puede ver lo que Verity y Eunice no: su propia version del jackpot, a la vuelta de la esquina, y el papel que ambas podrian desempeñar en el.En un juego de poderes cruzados, entre cleptocracias, espias corporativos y algoritmos con libre albedrio, Agency explora los limites de lo humano, lo tecnologico y lo geopolitico con la lucidez implacable de William Gibson.Mas que ciencia ficcion: una lectura urgente sobre el poder, la historia y la posibilidad de elegir.

Riveting and highly inventive Chinese-inspired science-fantasy of a royal family torn apart, painful betrayal and deadly secrets. Set on a drowning continent full of corruption and deception and strange technology this is richly envisioned and powerfulOn Pio, the floating empire of lotuses, Xlian discovers the royal advisors ploy to overthrow her brother, Yun, the emperor, in the same way they had murdered their parents, by creating a deadly flood that will make Yuns death seem as though an accident. She flees to the drowning continent of Opera, a place of high tech and near environmental collapse where companies vie to sell a chance at immortality. There Xlian seeks out her exiled brother Lang to help in her efforts to disrupt the advisors plans and remove them from court.Also residing on Opera is the outcast, No Face. Abandoned by the empire of Pio, they plot to destroy those who tore their family apart. When Xlian is caught and imprisoned and No Face discovers the shocking truth about their past, the two must work together to stop the advisors and unify their two lands or lose everyone they love to flood and revolution.

Echoes of the Veiled Stars Collection I-VFive Tales. Five Hearts. One Luminous World.Step into a universe where silence breathes, shadows listen, and every fragile light holds a story.Echoes of the Veiled Stars Collection I brings together the first five atmospheric fairytales by Evelyne DLorien in one beautifully woven volume.From mourning astronomers and forgotten starsto lantern trees, cosmic nightingales, and gardens that dreamevery story invites you into a world shaped by emotion, memory, and quiet magic.This collection includes: The Astronomers WidowThe Star That Forgot to Shine The Comet and the CandleThe Nightingale Beneath the NebulaThe Dream of the Celestial GardenA perfect volume for readers who love poetic, mystical short stories reminiscent of Neil Gaiman, Erin Morgenstern, and starlit dreams.

¿Con ganas de más?¡Perfecto! El tercer volumen de la saga de Carl te volará la cabeza.Carl y Donut han logrado sobrevivir hasta ahora, pero este nivel es algo que jamás podrían haber imaginado.La Maraña de Hierro: un sistema de metro absurdamente complejo, hecho un nudo de trenes de todo tipo, desde locomotoras de vapor hasta vagones ultramodernos. Arriba es abajo. Abajo es arriba. Lo cercano esta lejos. Los vagones estan llenos de monstruos, las estaciones no siempre son lo que parecen y la salida esta siempre a unas pocas paradas pero nunca llega.

Una fábula inolvidable sobre el tránsito a la madurez de la gran Ursula K. Le Guin.Huyendo de la monotonía de su vida, Hugh Rogers tropieza con un umbral secreto que lo conduce a Tembreabrezi, un mundo suspendido en un crepusculo eterno. Alli se encuentra con Irene Pannis, que desde la adolescencia ha hecho de ese lugar su refugio y lo considera suyo.Cuando una presencia oscura amenaza con destruir la calma de Tembreabrezi, ambos deberan emprender juntos una peligrosa mision. En el trayecto, el miedo y la desconfianza se transformaran en un vinculo inesperado que marcara su destino.Con El lugar del comienzo, Ursula K. Le Guin teje una fabula inolvidable sobre el transito a la madurez, donde lo real y lo fantastico convergen en el umbral de un destino incierto.

In this twisty and action-packed adventure from the BSFA award-winning author of Descendant Machine and Futures Edge, a crew of bounty hunters find themselves ensnared in a conspiracy on the very fringes of the devastated solar system. Perfect for fans of James S. A. Corey and Adrian Tchaikovsky."On Earth, they depicted justice as blindfolded and impartial, but out here on the frontier, she was red in tooth and claw."Jupiter and Saturn are gone, and a mysterious force has built a huge habitable sphere from their ashes. When criminals try to lose themselves on this new frontier, bounty hunters like Copernicus Brown and the crew of his sentient ship Jitterbug get paid to hunt them down. But when Brown rescues Amber Roth, sole survivor of a pirate attack, the Jitterbug and her crew find themselves the target of powerful political factions who want control of the data chip hidden in Roths stomach.And all the while, something vast and ancient creeps towards them from the depths of space

From the acclaimed critic and award-winning author of Anno Dracula comes a bitingly satirical story of superheroism, soap opera and alternative reality -- for readers of Austin Grossmans Soon I Will Be Invincible and George R.R. Martins Wild Cards.When Chrissie Chambers (model actress whatever) discovers her soap opera character is about to be killed off, she finally stops dieting and discovers hitherto untapped supernatural abilities. Meanwhile, Chrissies aunt - former national heroine Lady Shade - goes missing. Afraid for Jasmines safety and itching to costume-up, Chrissie and her ghost-possessed best friend Loulee break into Devils Dyke, the asylum where Jasmine works as a therapist with the most dangerous cutthroats (supervillains) in Britain only to find the inmates have taken over Chrissie debuts successfully as a cloak (superheroine), but who will become the arch-nemesis of Lady Shade II?In Chrissies timeline, the Beatles didnt split up and recorded a hallucinodelic album in 1972 Never Mind (strictly, Never Mind the Beatles) which literally changed the world. Set in an alternative 2020s London, this hugely entertaining, darkly humorous superhero tale is packed with Newmans trademark wit, and comes with wickedly sharp edges.

Faixa etária: A partir de 12 anosTemas: ficção científica, ciência, ética, ficção científica vitoriana, literatura de língua inglesa, romance.Griffin, um cientista, descobre uma fórmula de invisibili

Neal Stephenson, en medio del desierto y bajo la protección de mezcalito, habla con un escorpión que le ofrece un arma para los niños perdidos del futuro. SH00TER es la historia de esos niños perdido

A thrilling and cataclysmic collection of city-smashing titans and the desperate coalitions of humanity clinging to survival in the wreckage, from the New York Times-bestselling and multiple award-winning editors.Featuring bestselling and award-winning authors such as Tananarive Due, Christopher Golden, Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler and Steve Alten, author of The Meg.An explosive collection of monster terror, featuring 25 original tales of creatures the size of skyscrapers. See cities shattered and worlds ended, as great beasts rise from the deep.Featuring work from: Steve Alten Linda D. Addison Kevin J. Anderson Maurice Broaddus Tananarive Due Luke Dumas Kane Gilmour Maxwell Gold Christopher Golden Henry Herz Jamal Hodge Ai Jiang Alma Katsu Tim Lebbon Jonathan Maberry Seanan McGuire Lee Murray Tobi Ogundiran Cynthia Pelayo Jeremy Robinson Michelle Sagara Scott Sigler Ben Spada Anne Walsh

Echoes of the Veiled Stars - Book 3 The Comet and the CandleA Luminous Fairytale of Longing, Shadows, and ChoiceSeren Vale has lived her whole life in silenceuntil the night a comet passes so close to the earth that its light ignites a single candle in her window. The flame flickers with a voice she has never heard yet somehow remembers.Drawn into the comets shimmering tail, Seren must choose between reclaiming the voice she lost or saving the fragile creature that borrowed it.A story of sacrifice, quiet strength, and the strange, beautiful ways two lives can become one.

The exhilarating and riotously entertaining science fiction romance blending queer counterculture, joy as resistance, and banging disco hits, perfect for readers of Kaliane Bradley, Vajra Chandraseker and Victor Manibo.In 1977 - a world in which America launched its space program shortly after WWII - Mitch Ward followed Flynn, the lost love of his youth, into the US Spaceguard. Now, hes stuck on a backwater moon base with his only friend, Gloria, watching every shuttle in the hope Flynn will be on it.After an inexplicable encounter with a strange, euphoric being, Mitch and Gloria find themselves dishonourably discharged, and stuck in a USA rapidly sliding into fascism with no plans and no future. Theres nothing for it but to move to Los Angeles to chase their dreams, and find their people in the discos of the city.But when Flynn crashes back into their lives, claiming to be the host for an emissary of a utopian civilization approaching Earth, he offers Mitch the power to protect himself and friends across the queer community, so they never have to live in the shadows or face oppression again.With the world on the brink of cataclysm, and Mitch and his friends being squeezed out of every space, its down to this community of disco-loving outcasts to stand up for what is beautiful and right.

Echoes of the Veiled Stars - Book 5 The Dream of the Celestial GardenA Gentle, Lyrical Story of Roots, Remembrance, and Becoming WholeElara Wynn has lived years in silenceuntil golden petals drift from her long-abandoned greenhouse and a forgotten garden begins to bloom beneath the morning fog. The Celestial Garden remembers her mother. It remembers her dreams. And it remembers the part of her voice she locked away the day the world became too quiet.Guided by a figure woven of light, Elara steps into a realm where flowers carry memories, roots whisper names, and breath itself becomes a kind of magic.A quiet, luminous tale about rediscovering the parts of ourselves that never truly left.

Echoes of the Veiled Stars - Book 4 The Nightingale Beneath the NebulaA Dreamlike Tale of Starlight, Memory, and Gentle MagicWhen Seren follows the nightingale made of starlight into the desert, she finds a nebula pulsing like a living heart above her. Within its silent glow lies a truth she never expected: her voice did not vanishit split, shared between two fragile beings who needed each other to survive.As the storm of silent light awakens and the sky learns her name, Seren must decide what she is willing to give, and what she is finally ready to take back.A soft, cosmic fairytale about healing, connection, and the light we carry even when we forget its ours.

LA ÚLTIMA BATALLA HA COMENZADO. Y ESTA VEZ, LA OSCURIDAD DECIDIRÁ QUIÉN SE SALVA.Una guerra olvidada está a punto de estallar de nuevo. Mientras el vínculo entre Kelewan y Midkemia se debilita, Arutha reune sus fuerzas para enfrentar a un enemigo que trasciende el tiempo y la muerte. Macros el Negro ha regresado, y su hechiceria oscura amenaza con romper el delicado equilibrio del universo.En Sethanon, heroes y enemigos se enfrentaran en una batalla sin retorno, donde cada decision puede inclinar la balanza hacia la luz o hacia el abismo.