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Alaxi Dalem está acostumbrado a una vida demasiado tranquila, como agricultor y padre de familia, en un pueblo perdido del desierto de Mojave. Cuando recibe la visita de dos militares su pasado le explota en la cara: Lena Gradavi, alto mando de defensa, ha sido secuestrada en el Karón, un proyecto que crearon a medias en la universidad. Dicha máquina crea mundos virtuales, a partir de los recuerdos, y tuvo que ser prohibida y retirada. Alaxi es el único capaz de conectarse. ¿Por qué ha vuelto allí Lena? ¿Quiénes la retienen? Su marido, el general Ritcard, teme por Quimera, el sistema de datos que gobierna el país. Alaxi acepta conectarse a la mente de Lena, pero sus males acaban de empezar: ella es también su ex y él la dejó de la peor manera, lo que convierte la misión en un auténtico infierno.

In the shared and private spaces of Iowa City, a loose circle of lovers and friends encounter, confront, and provoke one another in a volatile year of self-discovery. At the group’s center are Ivan, a dancer turned aspiring banker who dabbles in amateur pornography; Fatima, whose independence and work ethic complicates her relationships with friends and a trusted mentor; and Noah, who “didn’t seek sex out so much as it came up to him like an anxious dog in need of affection.” These three are buffeted by a cast of poets, artists, landlords, meat-packing workers, and mathematicians who populate the cafes, classrooms, and food-service kitchens of Iowa City, sometimes to violent and electrifying consequence. Finally, as each prepares for an uncertain future, the group heads to a cabin to bid goodbye to their former lives—a moment of reckoning that leaves each of them irrevocably altered.

Ten years after the death of the magnetic Donald “Sully” Sullivan, the town of North Bath is going through a major transition as it is annexed by its much wealthier neighbor, Schuyler Springs. Peter, Sully’s son, is still grappling with his father’s tremendous legacy as well as his relationship to his own son, Thomas, wondering if he has been all that different a father than Sully was to him. Meanwhile, the towns’ newly consolidated police department falls into the hands of Charice Bond, after the resignation of Doug Raymer, the former North Bath police chief and Charice’s ex-lover. When a decomposing body turns up in the abandoned hotel situated between the two towns, Charice and Raymer are drawn together again and forced to address their complicated attraction to one another. Across town, Ruth, Sully’s married ex-lover, and her daughter Janey struggle to understand Janey’s daughter, Tina, and her growing obsession with Peter’s other son, Will. Amidst the turmoil, the town’s residents speculate on the identity of the unidentified body, and wonder who among their number could have disappeared unnoticed. Infused with all the wry humor and shrewd observations that Russo is known for, Somebody's Fool is another classic from a modern master.

Rome, 1965: Aspiring actress Silvia Whitford arrives at Rome’s famed Cinecittà Studios from Los Angeles, ready for her big break and a taste of la dolce vita. Instead, she learns that the movie in which she was cast has been canceled. Desperate for money, Silvia has only one choice: seek out the Italian aunt she has never met. Gabriella Conti lives in a crumbling castello on the edge of a volcanic lake. Silvia’s mother refuses to explain the rift that drove the sisters apart, but Silvia is fascinated by Gabriella, a once-famous actress who still radiates charisma. And the eerie castle inspires Silvia’s second chance when it becomes the location for a new horror movie, aptly named The Revenge of the Lake Witch and she lands a starring role. Silvia immerses herself in the part of an ingenue tormented by the ghost of her beautiful, seductive ancestor. But when Gabriella abruptly vanishes, the movie’s make believe terrors seep into reality. No one else on set seems to share Silvia’s suspicions. Yet as she delves into Gabriella’s disappearance, she triggers a chain of events that illuminate dark secrets in the past and a growing menace in the present…

Quim acaba de llegar al internado de La Liande, uno más en la larga lista de centros que acumula a sus espaldas. Esta es su última oportunidad, un nuevo comienzo. Sin embargo, durante la primera noche un grupo de chicos le incita a colarse en el bosque que rodea el recinto. Todo parece una broma sin importancia hasta que Quim no regresa. La mañana siguiente amanece como cualquier otra, pero Jonás, Matías y los demás saben que algo no va bien y que no fueron sinceros con él... Quizá deberían haberle contado que el bosque es un lugar prohibido; quizá lo habrían hecho de haber sabido que tras sus ramas habitan peligros inimaginables. Ahora solo les queda adentrarse en él para sacarlo de ahí antes de que sea demasiado tarde.

Basho no habría oído zambullirse la rana y hacer ruido en el agua sin el permiso del indecible Tao. * El Tao lo que hizo fue jugar con Basho, la rana y el agua para facilitarle al poeta el gran hallazgo.