A wave of global terrorism spreads as a result of one madman's tyrannical powers. Even while the governments of three major world powers are on his trail, CURE, the United States' top secret agency, knows of only one way to solve the problem - The Destroyer. There's little doubt that Master Chiun's protégé Remo Williams is capable of waging any war, but when the mysterious radical assassin is out to kill, everyone runs for cover - except the fearless and most powerful.

Él es Gaspar Medina, un millonario colombiano (setentón desengañado y cínico), que al parecer ha alcanzado la divina indiferencia. Ella es su joven secretaria, Cunegunda Bonaventura, cuyas mayores virtudes son unos senos perfectos y un no menos perfecto mutismo. El septuagenario, en tono hosco y sentencioso, con un humor entre grotesco y amargo, va haciendo un recuento en voz alta de curiosos episodios. Trata de desenmarañar, ante la muda Cunegunda, el enredo de su larga vida. Las memorias del viejo pretenden resolver, mediante un delirio lúcido de recuerdos desordenados, una íntima contradicción: el personaje es, a la vez, hidalgo y disoluto. Bien educado, bondadoso, ascético, pero también abyecto, promiscuo, insensible. Alguien que no siente apetito, ni deseo, ni odio, ni amor, y que sin embargo ha amado a Ángela Pietragrúa hasta perder la cordura. Sus asuntos suceden en Italia y Colombia, e incluyen el adulterio, la seducción, la política, la religión y la familia.

Kirill Bulychev es uno de los más versátiles y populares escritores jóvenes de la ciencia ficción soviética. Su imaginación, humor y talento lo hicieron merecedor de una introducción del ya consagrado Theodore Sturgeon, para los magníficos relatos de este volumen. Uno de los mas originales y logrados es Media Vida, el diario de una mujer que soporta el cautiverio junto con extraños animales de otros planetas,que serán sus aliados en una nave espacial manejada por robots. En un alarde de imaginación y humor, Protesta, es la mas refinada crítica a un sistema burocrático. La doncella de Nieve, es la recreación de un cuento de hadas proyectado a un tiempo y un mundo muy distinto, que sin embargo no ha perdido el sentido de la poesía y el amor. En la tierra o en el espacio, sus personajes son cálidamente humanos, buscan la libertad, el amor o la paz, con resultados insospechados. Siete cuentos de antología que colocan a Bulychev en la primer línea de los autores de ciencia ficción del mundo.

Mattie, an intelligent automaton skilled in the use of alchemy, finds herself caught in the middle of a conflict between gargoyles, the Mechanics, and the Alchemists. With the old order quickly giving way to the new, Mattie discovers powerful and dangerous secrets—secrets that can completely alter the balance of power in the city of Ayona. However, this doesn’t sit well with Loharri, the Mechanic who created Mattie and still has the key to her heart—literally! A steampunk novel of romance, political intrigue, and alchemy, The Alchemy of Stone represents a new and intriguing direction by the author of the critically-acclaimed The Secret History of Moscow.

Homens estavam sendo convidados. Para que? O objetivo era Ella, o planeta dos seres de tez esverdeada. O objetivo era Réssa, onde se reunia a Liga das Terras Humanas. O objetivo era a Galáxia Maldita, para enfrentar os Milsliks, pois que somente os seres de sangue vermelho podiam enfrentar a irradiação mortal dos seres metálicos que apagavam a luz dos sois e das estrelas…

Young film-maker Rune, becomes obsessed with the murder of one of the customers at her video shop, who has been renting the same noir film over and over again. She is convinced that the secrets of his brutal death are hidden within the film, but her interest brings her too close to the killer.

Una novela deslumbrante que explora el filo entre la vida y la muerte, lo divino y lo satánico. Tras el intento de suicidio de su mejor amigo, un policía decide investigar las razones que lo llevaron a tomar esa decisión. En el camino a la verdad descubrirá prácticas satánicas, drogas africanas y una serie de asesinatos horrendos sin explicación. Las víctimas comparten solo una cosa en común: experimentaron la muerte. ¿Cómo puede revivir alguien clínicamente muerto? ¿Qué ocurre si en vez de ver la luz, vio las tinieblas? Una novela diabólica con todos los ingredientes para convertirse en un éxito y una referencia del género, por el maestro del thriller e indiscutible que nos acerca a una de las realidades más sorprendentes e intranquilizantes de la medicina moderna: las experiencias de muerte inminente.

A brother of the Order-a medieval secret society uniting noble families in a sacred bond-Sir Hugh de Payens has emerged from the First Crusade a broken man seeking to dedicate his life to God. But the Order has other plans for him: to uncover a deadly secret that could shatter the very might of the Church itself. From Publishers Weekly Veteran of eight Arthurian novels (The Lance Thrower, etc.), Whyte turns to the Crusades with this tedious first volume of a Knights Templar trilogy. In 1088, young knight Hugh de Payens is initiated into the secret Order of the Rebirth of Sion, who believe the Christian Church to be "an invalid creation... built upon a myth." Founded by Jewish families fleeing the Romans, the Order believes that the truth about Jesus and the founding of Christianity lie buried beneath the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. When Pope Urban calls for a Holy Crusade to liberate Jerusalem from the Muslims, the Order"given to interminable monologues"sees an opportunity to perhaps retrieve those ancient documents and sends Sir Hugh and others to join the Crusaders, yakking the whole way. After the bloody fall of Jerusalem, Sir Hugh establishes a new order of warrior monks as a cover for the excavation of the Temple Mount, and the race is on to find the hidden treasure, if it exists, before their activities are discovered. This tepid Templar foray will be crowded out at the gates. From Booklist Readers of Whyte's Camulod series (eight novels set during the Arthurian period) will be very excited to jump into this, the first of a projected trilogy chronicling the birth of the Knights Templar. The novel begins in 1088, as Hugh St. Clair, a French nobleman, joins a mysterious society known as the Order. Soon Hugh is hip deep in the blood and gore of the First Crusade, which so scars him that he dedicates the rest of his life to serving God. But things don't go exactly according to plan, and soon Hugh is part of an elite band of monks whose religious devotion is matched by their skill at hand-to-hand combat. Whyte, a master at painting pictures on an epic-sized canvas, pulls the reader into the story with his usual deft combination of historical drama and old--fashioned adventure. One warning, though: when you put this one down, you may immediately begin salivating for volume 2.

A koréliai Corran Horn az Új Köztársaság legendás pilótája. Feleségét, Miraxot, aki épp információkat próbál szerezni egy kalózbandáról, foglyul ejtik. Horn mindent megtesz, hogy felesége nyomára bukkanjon, de nem jár sikerrel, a kalózok nyomtalanul eltűnnek. A férfinak egyetlen lehetősége marad: csatlakozik a Luke Skywalker vezette Jedi Akadémiához. Mivel Horn egy hajdani Jedi lovag leszármazottja, átjárja az Erő, csupán meg kell tanulnia használni azt. Azonban hiába halad jól az Akadémián, forrófejű és türelmetlen. Mindenáron felesége felkutatására akar indulni, ezzel viszont nem csak önmagát, hanem az egész Új Köztársaságot veszélybe sodorja. A titokzatos kalózok ugyanis egy sötét és természetellenes hatalom fölött rendelkeznek, amivel csak egy képzett Jedi szállhat szembe…

Ten Things You Should Know About This Book 1. Sebastian Grey is a devilishly handsome rogue with a secret. 2. Annabel Winslow's family voted her The Winslow Most Likely to Speak Her Mind and The Winslow Most Likely to Fall Asleep in Church. 3. Sebastian's uncle is the Earl of Newbury, and if he dies without siring an heir, Sebastian inherits everything. 4. Lord Newbury detests Sebastian and will stop at nothing to prevent this from happening. 5. Lord Newbury has decided that Annabel is the answer to all of his problems. 6. Annabel does not want to marry Lord Newbury, especially when she finds out he once romanced her grandmother. 7 is shocking, 8 is delicious, and 9 is downright wicked, all of which lead the way to 10. Happily. Ever. After.

UNLEASHED FROM THE GATES OF HELL Risk Leidolf was a hellhound — a legendary, otherworldly creature who was both man and beast. For centuries, he'd been bound to do the bidding of a cruel witch queen. But after being ordered to destroy novice witch Kara Shane, the man within him rebelled. And the beast within him was held at bay — for now. Fiercely drawn to each other, Risk and Kara soon formed a passionate alliance as they set out to find her missing sibling — and the key to his salvation. For the power unleashed by the twin witches could free him from the witch queen's bondage. But that freedom came at a steep price. For the fierce battle would put more than one soul at stake…and two hearts on the line!

Пригодницький роман українських радянських авторів Петра Поплавського та Юрія Ячейкіна «Сплячий лелека» — продовження відомого роману «Посланець». У творі йдеться про подальші події на Північному Кавказі в роки Великої Вітчизняної війни, про крах німецького воєнного плану «Едельвейс».

1989 г. Белият дом и Кремъл са пред подписване на нов договор за разоръжаване. Политическите динозаври (и от двете страни на Желязната завеса) разиграват гросмайсторски сценарий — отвличат и убиват сина на американския президент. Договорът е торпилиран. И тук се развихря Куин — ветеран от безброй вулканични места, парламентьорът с похитителите, по-късно обвинен от ЦРУ за техен съучастник и преследван по целия свят…

Philip Whitmore, vizconde de Greybourne, ha sobrevivido a tormentas de arena, ha desenterrado tesoros ocultos de antiguas civilizaciones y ha vencido a múltiples y peligrosos ladrones de tumbas. Pero una extraña maldición pesa sobre él: no es capaz de encontrar a una mujer que quiera casarse con él. Es como si todo su encanto, su título y su fortuna desaparecieran ante el altar. Tras el último fiasco, Philip recurre a la hermosa Meredith Chilton-Grizedale para encargarle la difícil tarea de encontrar la esposa perfecta. Pero desde el momento en que conoce al misterioso vizconde, Meredith se enamora perdidamente de él y, a pesar de la maldición y a riesgo de su vida, decidirá dar rienda suelta a una pasión que podría conducirla a la locura… ¿Será el amor capaz de vencer a una extraña maldición?

Remolcando a Jehova es el tipo de libro que haría que Morrow fuera lapidado en un país menos secular. Su estilo satírico es comparable al de Jonathan Swift ya que es capaz de recrear la comedia mas elevada y baja a la vez. Entre sus objetivos se incluyen la Iglesia Católica, la comida rápida, los fabricantes de condones, el racionalismo pesimista, las compañías petrolíferas… Reírse de los Cuartos de Libra con Queso de McDonald’s o la interpretación de Charlton Heston de Moisés es sencillo; pero llegar hasta las consecuencias filosóficas y psicológicas de! descubrimiento del cuerpo de Dios es algo más complicado y Morrow salda con igual brillantez ambas tareas.

Powalający jak litr czystej wypity pod trzy meduzy w lubelskiej spelunce "Wykwintna". Skuteczni jak prawy prosty boksera, zniewalający jak Rudolf Valentino i niepowstrzymani niczym szarżująca tankietka. Oto podkomisarz Zygmunt "Zyga" Maciejewski i jego ludzie. Najlepsze gliny z Wydziału Śledczego. O ile akurat nie boksują, nie piją i nie podrywają panienek… Bo dobry policjant z Lublina wygląda, jakby nie wyglądał, albo wygląda jak bandyta. Tudzież jak alfons. 9 listopada 1930 r. serce Lublina pika jeszcze rytmem starego flegmatyka, gdy bestialsko oprawiony trup naczelnego "Głosu Lubelskiego" pobudza je do poziomu palpitacji. Komu podpadł znany z ciętego języka pismak? Włoskiej mafii czy komunistycznej międzynarodówce? A może to robota satanistów, którzy podobno odprawiają czarne msze w cukierni Semadeniego? A może zlecenie dał konkurencyjny "Kurier Lubelski"? – A niech to wszystko jasny szlag!!! Trup niemal w święto narodowe, jakby roboty było mało! Od dwóch dni harcerze na Placu Litewskim ryczą, że "Maszerują strzelcy…"! Tajniacy Zygi ruszają w miasto. Trop wiedzie ich przez eleganckie pokoje hotelu "Europa", meliny ferajny z Kośminka, podłe speluny i burdele na Żmigrodzie, by nieoczekiwanie runąć w wiekowe staromiejskie podziemia. Ta sprawa musiała mieć drugie dno! Ale żeby od razu trzecie i czwarte? Po lekturze Wrońskiego Lublin już nigdy nie będzie zwykłym miastem…

Músico, mendigo, ladrón, estudiante, mago, héroe y asesino. Kvothe es un personaje legendario, el héroe o el villano de miles de historias que circulan entre la gente. Todos le dan por muerto, cuando en realidad se ha ocultado con un nombre falso en una aldea perdida. Allí simplemente es el taciturno dueño de Roca de Guía, una posada en el camino. Hasta que hace un día un viajero llamado Cronista le reconoció y le suplicó que le revelase su historia, la auténtica, la que deshacía leyendas y rompía mitos, la que mostraba una verdad que sólo Kvothe conocía. A lo que finalmente Kvothe accedió, con una condición: había mucho que contar, y le llevaría tres días. Es la mañana del segundo día, y tres hombres se sientan a una mesa de Roca de Guía: un posadero de cabello rojo como una llama, su pupilo Bast y Cronista, que moja la pluma en el tintero y se prepara a transcribir… El temor de un hombre sabio empieza donde terminaba El nombre del viento: en la Universidad. De la que luego Kvothe se verá obligado a partir en pos del nombre del viento, en pos de la aventura, en pos de esas historias que aparecen en libros o se cuentan junto a una hoguera del camino o en una taberna, en pos de la antigua orden de los caballeros Amyr y, sobre todo, en pos de los Chandrian. Su viaje le lleva a la corte plagada de intrigas del maer Alveron en el reino de Vintas, al bosque de Eld en persecución de unos bandidos, a las colinas azotadas por las tormentas que rodean la ciudad de Ademre, a los confines crepusculares del reino de los Fata. Y cada vez parece que tiene algo más cerca la solución del misterio de los Chandrian, y su venganza.

An insightful story of cat-ology and the life of homeless cats told as a small boy’s strange dream.

Звідки взявся наш всесвіт? Що з ним відбувається? Куди діваються світи, що його населяють? А може всесвітів багато? Відповіді на ці та інші питання знають двоє друзів, які випадково потрапили в інший, більш старий, більш розвинений всесвіт, і які пережили безліч небезпечних пригод. Звичайно, якби це був хтось інший, він би загинув. Але наші хлопці з Землі. Вони вижили, врятували світ, стали героями.

Никол Данева е псевдоним. Авторката е инженер по образование, завършила е кинорежисура в Москва, работила е като редактор в кабелна телевизия. „Третият или Реквием за един убиец“ е дебютният й роман. Има издадени още два романа, в които зад криминалните интриги се крие втори, дълбок пласт на посланията й за общочовешките ценности и неочаквани разкрития за смисъла на живота и силата на любовта, но и на прошката. Действието в романа „Третият“ е развито по законите на жанра. Напрежението непрекъснато се покачва, а личността на убиеца става ясна едва накрая след редица обрати. Паралелно се изследват причините, предизвикали прелом в душата на един иначе много интелигентен и надарен човек. Търсят се корените на неговата сексуална извратеност, довели го до насилие, изследва се затъването му в кризата на едиповия комплекс. Внушава се огромната роля на семейството и особено на майката за формирането на психиката на детето, третия член в съюза, създаден от един мъж и една жена. Действието е динамично, зримо, като на филмова лента, но без кървави сцени. Читателят, който търси леко, остросюжетно четиво, няма да бъде разочарован. В романа има и комични ситуации, и лек нюанс на мистика. Това е роман за чудесата, които прави любовта, ако я пуснем в сърцата си, и за тъмните бездни на ада, които се отприщват в душата на човек, лишен от обич.

When James Lessiter returns to Lenton after many years to claim his family estate, his reappearance opens old wounds never healed. Then he is found bludgeoned to death by a fire poker and the suspects are too numerous to count. Thank heavens Miss Silver is in town to visit a friend.

Vanda has a tiny anger problem. Nothing major. She has been known to destroy a room — or three — when something doesn't go her way, but who hasn't? That's no reason to force her into anger management! But that's just what the head vamps decide she needs. Once she gets there, things go from bad to worse. Because while Vanda lets the little things get her down, she has a very good reason not to trust her new sponsor, Phil…or anyone of his kind. Phil has made a place for himself with the vampires. They're the only ones who understand what it's like to be different and the fact that they would take in a werewolf like him means they have his loyalty forever. But even that loyalty can be tested, and Vanda is certainly the one to do it. Her seeming uncontainable rage at werewolves is unbearable — especially as Phil starts to realize that his feelings for her go far beyond friendship. But can he convince her to let go of the trauma of her past so she can learn to love him for who he is?

A corto di soldi, Stephanie Plum rimedia un lavoro, nella società di assicurazioni del cugino, come “cacciatrice di teste”, con il compito di consegnare alla polizia tutti gli arrestati rilasciati su cauzione che non si sono presentati in tribunale per il processo. Il suo primo caso è però quello di un agente di polizia ingiustamente accusato di omicidio, un ex compagno di liceo di Stephanie, al cuifascino lei in passato non aveva saputo resistere. Insieme i due si trovano coinvolti in una storia di traffico di eroina e in una serie di guai. Anche pubblicato come “Tutto per denaro”.

Merlin makes a great investigator – and it only looks like magic. Merlin is no magician, merely a scholar and advisor to King Arthur. But after the supposedly magical Stone of Bran is stolen – along with the legendary sword Excalibur – and one of Arthur's squires is brutally murdered during the theft, Merlin must use the power of reason to conjure up a miracle and catch a murderer.

Nikos Andreadis is the prince of people's hearts, but the crown of Argyros now belongs to Princess Athena, so he puts his kingdom first and brings the reluctant royal back from America. Seeing beautiful Athena again brings back memories of their forbidden affair that Nikos thought he'd buried. But more shocking is the secret Athena's been carrying.