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Una colección imprescindible de veinte relatos cortos, escritos bajo pseudónimo para persos periódicos en los setenta y los ochenta, del premiado y exitoso escritor de la saga «Mundodisco». Estos textos, aunque no están ambientados en el mundo literario más famoso y querido de Pratchett, sí contienen un valioso esbozo de lo que sería la mayor creación del autor, así como su ingenio característico, sus enseñanzas satíricas y su fantástica imaginación. Conoceremos a Og, el inventor, el primer hombre de las cavernas que cultivó el fuego, mientras descubre los pros y los contras del progreso; atormentaremos los pasillos del Ministerio de Estorbos de la mano de los fantasmas desahuciados de las Torres de Pilajo; visitaremos Blackbury, un pequeño mercado con un extraño clima y un aun más extraño visitante; y acompañaremos al héroe Kron en una peligrosa aventura, que empezará en la antigua ciudad de Morpork, a través del tiempo y del espacio...

Valentina adora su trabajo. Es monitora de viajes y gracias a eso puede conocer el mundo y descubrir nuevas culturas y formas de vivir. Todo sería perfecto si no tuviese el compañero más detestable del universo: Vincent. Vincent es todo lo contrario a ella: divertido, informal, despreocupado, sociable… Solo comparten una cosa: el odio que sienten el uno por el otro. Cuando el jefe de ambos los avisa de que este año el mejor monitor ascenderá, su rivalidad aumenta hasta límites inimaginables.

¡Hola a todos! Soy Emma y tengo un sueño. Bueno, en realidad tengo muchos. Para empezar, sueño que me quedo en casa, en el barrio, y que no nos tenemos que mudar por culpa del trabajo de mi madre, pero, en fin… ¡¿Por qué la vida tiene que ser tan difícil?! En este nuevo instituto no conozco a nadie y, para colmo, Kaiden, uno de los chicos más populares, no deja de mirarme. Aunque, si os soy sincera, la verdad es que no me importa nada... En fin, yo solo quiero adoptar un perro, sacar buenas notas y que me den un beso de película. ¿Lo conseguiré?

Imperio de Yithia, año 1400 de la Era Solar. Cinco siglos después, la heredera al trono Ashbree Aldair posee un extraordinario don que podría destruir el corazón del Señor de las Sombras y acabar con el conflicto para siempre. Pero no es fácil que el futuro de toda tu raza dependa de ti y menos aún si tu padre se encarga de hacerte saber, cada vez que fracasas en tu cometido, que eres una vergüenza. Un inesperado ataque a la capital lleva a Ashbree hasta la primera línea de combate, donde conoce a Ilian, un elfo oscuro con demasiados secretos. La futura emperatriz deberá tener cuidado, porque la sangre de plata que recorre el cuerpo de su atractivo contrincante podría convertirse en su perdición y, por ello, en la de todo el reino.

Una historia irresistible de intriga, secretos familiares y obsesión. París, 21 de agosto de 1911. Un hombre irrumpe de noche en el museo del Louvre y roba la Mona Lisa. El cuadro no se recupera hasta dos años después, en Florencia. Florencia, 2019. El historiador del arte Luke Perrone visita la legendaria biblioteca de la Basílica de San Lorenzo en Florencia. Un coleccionista acaba de encontrar el diario de su bisabuelo Vincent, Vincenzo Perugia, el ladrón de la Mona Lisa con el que espera dar respuesta a tantas preguntas alrededor del infame acto protagonizado por su antepasado: ¿quién ordenó el robo? ¿y por qué? Acompañado por un inspector de la Interpol y una enigmática joven que conoce en Florencia, Luke se embarca en una búsqueda por diversas ciudades y no tardará en comprender hasta qué punto su investigación pone en peligro a misteriosos adversarios, dispuestos a todo para dejar en la sombra una inquietante verdad.

Nía Blanco llega para revolucionar el panorama literario. Un romantasy con edición especial y cantos tintados que será el éxito del verano. ¿Te atreves a vestir la Piel de Cuervo? Entrar en el Abismo es una sentencia, pero Lhyss ya está condenada. Disfrazada como sus enemigos, Lhyss se une al plan suicida para descubrir la identidad del Príncipe Cuervo y vengarse de aquellos que le arrebataron a su hermana cinco años atrás. Su odio es lo único que la ha mantenido viva durante este tiempo, pero en el Abismo no existen las reglas y los secretos entre los participantes serán tan mortales como los monstruos que lo habitan. Su plan es simple; sin embargo, el destino que la espera podría ser más oscuro de lo que jamás imaginó. A veces, para destruir a un monstruo, debes convertirte en uno. Aunque el amor ponga en peligro todos tus planes.

A título privado, Maigret se allega a la localidad de Givet, en la frontera franco-belga, para cumplir el encargo de ayudar a los Peeters, «los Flamencos», una familia de prósperos comerciantes. Todo el pueblo los acusa de haber matado a una muchacha francesa, pero el cadáver no aparece, y las dudas se multiplican. El famoso comisario enfrentará en esta novela no solo una intriga, sino un drama familiar, en el que deberá sondear los silencios y los secretos de todo un clan para acabar erigiéndose en juez.

El inspector Maigret llega a la localidad de Concarneau, en Bretaña, para investigar el intento de asesinato de uno de los notables del pueblo. En mitad de las pesquisas, una serie de sucesos confusos parecen indicar que un asesino imparable trama una venganza colectiva, centrada en cuatro amigos que se reúnen habitualmente en el bar del pueblo. La única pista firme es un perro canelo que nadie había visto antes y que merodea por el vecindario.

Everything is finally going right for Emry Merlin. Now that Arthur is the king and her wayward magic is under control, she’s enjoying life as Camelot’s official court wizard—and as Arthur’s girlfriend. But when an unexpected visitor arrives at court, Emry finds her hard-won position threatened. And Arthur is torn between listening to his advisors and following his heart. Even more troubling, war is on the horizon, with King Yurien’s access to dark magic ensuring Camelot’s doom. That is, unless Emry, Arthur, and Lance can find a way to defeat the evil sorceress Bellicent with magic from her own world. But undertaking a quest to Anwen is perilous business, and our young heroes will face many obstacles on their journey—from dangerous beasts to suspicious nobles to cursed maidens determined to find someone to marry. Can Emry and Arthur save their kingdom and fix their relationship, or will they have to choose between their future and Camelot’s?

Following the events of The Beautiful, Sébastien Saint Germain is now cursed and forever changed. The treaty between the Fallen and the Brotherhood has been broken, and war between the immortals seems imminent. The price of loving Celine was costly. But Celine has also paid a high price for loving Bastien. Still recovering from injuries sustained during a night she can’t quite remember, her dreams are troubled. And she doesn’t know she has inadvertently set into motion a chain of events that could lead to her demise and unveil a truth about herself she’s not ready to learn. Forces hiding in the shadows have been patiently waiting for this moment. And just as Bastien and Celine begin to uncover the danger around them, they learn their love could tear them apart.

Following the explosive events of The Damned, Odette faces a vampire’s final death. The Court of the Lions have done everything they can to save her but have failed. A healer from the Sylvan Vale could help her, but only Arjun Desai, as a half fey, can cross the boundary between realms. The Sylvan Vale is a world Arjun despises, and in return, it despises him. But knowing it could save Odette, he returns to the Vale with all haste, leaving the mirrored tare between the two worlds open and unwittingly setting the stage for both love and war. It’s mere days until Pippa Montrose is to wed Phoebus Devereux and become a member of his well-heeled family, offering salvation to her own. But Celine is missing. Pippa has no idea where her best friend has gone, but she’s certain it’s in the company of vampire Sébastien Saint Germain and that Arjun can lead her to them. Pippa enjoins the help of Eloise, the daughter of a powerful sorceress, to discover the gateway Arjun uses to travel between worlds. Pippa, tired of hesitating in life, marches right through in search of her friend. But what she discovers on the other side is a dangerous, duplicitous world full of mischief and magic she doesn’t understand, and most unexpectedly, she finds love.

Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose… It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if handto- hand combat with her mom wasn’t bad enough, Rose’s tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason’s got a huge crush on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa’s head while she’s making out with her boyfriend, Christian! The Strigoi are closing in, and the Academy’s not taking any risks…. This year, St. Vlad’s annual holiday ski trip is mandatory. But the glittering winter landscape and the posh Idaho resort only create the illusion of safety. When three friends run away in an offensive move against the deadly Strigoi, Rose must join forces with Christian to rescue them. But heroism rarely comes without a price…

Mara is dead—mostly. Infected with a virus that broke the world and turned her into a monster, Mara awakens in a facility to learn a treatment has been found. No longer a Tick, Mara is placed in an experimental relocation program. But she’s sent to live with the best friend she hasn’t seen since the world ended. Since their first and only kiss. Rory is alive—barely. And her nightmares are as vicious as the Ticks that infected Mara and permanently injured Rory. Even after the Island—one of the surviving communities—rebuilds itself, Rory fears a Tick attack from the mainland at any time. But the Ticks that show up are medicated—not quite themselves but no longer raging monsters. Among them is the first girl Rory ever loved...the one she thought was gone forever. As Mara and Rory struggle with the violence they’ve inflicted and experienced, they must lean on each other to survive their brutal world—or risk losing each other all over again.

Ten years ago, Malik’s life changed forever the night his mother mysteriously vanished and he discovered he had uncontrollable powers. Since then, he has kept his abilities hidden, looking out for himself and his younger foster brother, Taye. Now, at 17, Malik is finally ready to start a new life for both of them, far from the trauma of his past. However, a daring act to rescue Taye reveals an unexpected connection with his long-lost grandmother: a legendary conjurer with ties to a hidden magical university that Malik’s mother attended. At Caiman University, Malik’s eyes are opened to a future he never could have envisioned for himself—one that includes the reappearance of his first love, Alexis. His search for answers about his heritage, his powers, and what really happened to his mother exposes the cracks in their magical community as it faces a reawakened evil dating back to the Haitian Revolution. Together with Alexis, Malik discovers a lot beneath the surface at Caiman: feuding covens and magical politics, forbidden knowledge and buried mysteries.

In order to protect her kingdom from the wrath of a vengeful goddess, Princess Candra must remain locked inside a tower for seven years. Seven long years without a friend―or a lover―by her side. And shut inside the tower with her? A Fellian, the enemy of her people, a fearsome warrior race complete with wings and claws and fangs. Nemeth is terrifying, cruel, and disturbingly magnetic. Candra should kill him for his supplies, but she’s desperate for his company…and his touch. As time inside the unchanging tower rolls on, Candra uncovers the man behind the stony facade. And when their tenure hits an unexpected snag, Candra and Nemeth are forced to make a difficult choice. They’ll need to face an outside world they no longer recognize, one that threatens their lives and their surprising love.

Mari never gave much thought to the afterlife before her untimely demise, but she certainly didn’t think it would be an experimental wellness enclave called Paradise Gate—a place where the newly dead go to sort out the unfinished business of their lives. She also didn’t think the biggest problem to plague her in life would follow her into the great beyond: her also recently deceased mother, Faye. Mari quickly realizes Faye is her unfinished business, and in order to move on to whatever’s next, she’ll have to find a way to forgive her dysfunctional mother for being no mother at all. But there’s so much to forgive: never holding down a steady job, never having a stable home, and abandoning Mari in the end.

You can’t stop the future. You can’t rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play. Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah’s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out why. Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah’s pain, and as he follows Hannah’s recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever.

One final swim of the summer. Let’s make it last all night… Summer, 1994. Trevor can barely wrap his mind around the fact that he and his friends have graduated high school. And yet there’s no rush to get to college. He’s determined to live one night at a time. Riding shotgun from party to party, windows down, music up, his focus is entirely on his crush, the enigmatic girl in the driver’s seat. Will things ever go anywhere with Sarah? Maybe? Because Sarah has proposed a mission: They’re going to swim all the pools in town. Before long, they’re sneaking into backyards every night, splashing, floating, and loving every minute of it. But it’s still not enough for Trevor. He yearns for Sarah, despite her college boyfriend, despite her “not yet”s, despite the way she keeps pulling away the moment it starts to feel truly magical. Things finally change when they learn about a natural pool hidden deep in the woods. It seems like just another spot to check off their summer bucket list. But once they get there, they realize that this place has a curious hold on them, and something very strange is happening…

Sydney Wells should have died. She was supposed to die. She never expected, after years of waiting, to receive a heart transplant. Now, seventeen-year-old Sydney doesn’t know what to do with her life. Her daily routine consisted of staying indoors, eating heart-healthy foods, and posting about her transplant list experiences on TheWaitingList with her long-distance BFF (and heart failure buddy) Chloe. Now, Sydney latches onto the one thing that gives her meaning: learning as much as she can about the person whose heart she inherited. After finding the family of her likely-donor, Mia, Sydney falls deep into her world—and may also be falling for Mia’s best friend, Clayton. But Sydney isn’t the only one hiding something. Mia’s brother Tanner won’t talk to Clayton, and Clayton won’t tell Sydney why. And hundreds of miles away, Chloe’s health has taken a turn for the worse. Sydney needs to face what’s in her heart—the truth, the guilt, and the future—before it’s too late.