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El asesino Artemis Entreri y su compañero Jarlaxe, el elfo oscuro, han llegado a las tierras infestadas de monstruos del norte helado a petición de su patrón. No tardan mucho en verse envueltos en una lucha entre fuerzas poderosas a las que nada les gustaría más que verlos muertos... o algo peor. Pero Entreri y Jarlaxle son algo más que simples mercenarios errantes, y las antiguas fuerzas maléficas de las salvajes Tierras de la Piedra de Sangre posiblemente hayan encontrado unos rivales dignos de su fiereza.

Venice, 1958. Peggy Guggenheim, heiress and now legendary art collector, sits in the sun at her white marble palazzo on the Grand Canal. She’s in a reflective mood, thinking back on her thrilling, tragic, nearly impossible journey from her sheltered, old-fashioned family in New York to here: iconoclast and independent woman. Rebecca Godfrey’s Peggy is a blazingly fresh interpretation of a woman who defies every expectation to become an original. The daughter of two Jewish dynasties, Peggy finds her cloistered life turned upside down at fourteen, when her beloved father perishes on the Titanic. His death prompts Peggy to seek a life of passion and personal freedom and, above all, to believe in the transformative power of art. We follow Peggy as she makes her way through the glamorous but sexist and anti-Semitic art worlds of New York and Europe and meet the numerous men who love her (and her money) while underestimating her intellect, talent, and vision. Along the way, Peggy must balance her loyalty to her family with her need to break free from their narrow, snobbish ways and the unexpected restrictions that come with vast fortune.

In the 1950s, Oscar Hammerstein is asked to write the lyrics to a musical based on the life of a woman named Maria von Trapp. He’s intrigued to learn that she was once a novice who hoped to live quietly as an Austrian nun before her abbey sent her away to teach a widowed baron’s sickly child. What should have been a ten-month assignment, however, unexpectedly turned into a marriage proposal. And when the family was forced to flee their home to escape the Nazis, it was Maria who instructed them on how to survive using nothing but the power of their voices. It’s an inspirational story, to be sure, and as half of the famous Rodgers & Hammerstein duo, Hammerstein knows it has big Broadway potential. Yet much of Maria’s life will have to be reinvented for the stage, and with the horrors of war still fresh in people’s minds, Hammerstein can’t let audiences see just how close the von Trapps came to losing their lives. But when Maria sees the script that is supposedly based on her life, she becomes so incensed that she sets off to confront Hammerstein in person. Told that he’s busy, she is asked to express her concerns to his secretary, Fran, instead. The pair strike up an unlikely friendship as Maria tells Fran about her life, contradicting much of what will eventually appear in The Sound of Music. A tale of love, loss, and the difficult choices that we are often forced to make, Maria is a powerful reminder that the truth is usually more complicated—and certainly more compelling—than the stories immortalized by Hollywood.

When Morgan and Benji surprise their families with a wedding invitation to Maine, they’re aware the news of their clandestine relationship will come as a shock. Twelve years have passed since the stunning loss of sixteen-year-old Alice, Benji’s sister and Morgan’s best friend, and no one is quite the same. But the young couple decide to plunge headlong into matrimony, marking the first time their fractured families will reunite since Alice’s funeral. As the arriving guests descend upon the tranquil coastal town, they bring with them not only skepticism about the impromptu nuptials but also deep-seated secrets and agendas of their own. Peter, Morgan’s father, may be trying to dissuade his daughter from saying “I do,” while Linnie, Benji’s mother, introduces a boyfriend who bears a tumultuous past of his own. Nick, Benji’s father, is scheming to secure a new job before his wife—formerly his mistress—discovers he’s lost his old one. Morgan, too, carries delicate secrets that threaten to jeopardize the happiness for which she has so longed. And as for Benji—well, he’s just trying to make sure the whole weekend doesn’t implode.

Elisheva Cohen acaba de volver a Nueva York tras pasar casi una década fuera de la ciudad. Si bien las heridas del pasado no han cicatrizado del todo, que lleve cuatro años sobria y le hayan concedido una beca para estudiar fotografía con Wyatt Cole, una leyenda del mundo del arte, es una señal de que lo mejor está por llegar. Aunque para eso, Ely debe dejar de autosabotearse... El primer día que pasa en la ciudad congenia con un chico muy atractivo; sin embargo, a la mañana siguiente a su apasionante noche juntos, descubre que se trata de Wyatt Cole, su profesor. El mundo del arte está obsesionado con Wyatt. Su talento es innegable, y su fama de hombre solitario lo hace más interesante aún. Pero su pasado es un sinfín de dolorosos recuerdos: después de declararse transgénero y ser expulsado del ejército, su familia lo echó de casa. A pesar del calvario que vivió, Wyatt se ha esforzado por mantener la sobriedad y sacar adelante su carrera artística. No puede arriesgarlo todo por Ely, por mucho que le guste o por muy mal que se sienta por pedirle que deje su clase a cambio de una mentoría estrictamente profesional. Wyatt puede echarle una mano con su proyecto final; lo que no puede es enamorarse de ella por el camino. A través de su cámara, Ely deberá enfrentarse al motivo por el que se marchó de Nueva York: la comunidad judía ortodoxa en la que se crio y que le dio la espalda por su problema con las drogas. Mientras tanto, los muros de Wyatt empiezan a desmoronarse, y ambos artistas lucharán por conseguir lo que tienen justo delante: alguien que los vea tal y como son en realidad, y un amor que puede significar mucho más de lo que se imaginan.

Una tarde, poco antes de la pandemia, un encuentro imprevisto trae de vuelta a la vida de Nina un espectro largamente anhelado: Bárbara, de quien no ha sabido nada en casi cuarenta años, la mira desde la bruma del pasado. Los recuerdos emergen; los juegos, el candor y los secretos de su infancia cobran vida nuevamente; pero, esta vez, la memoria que los ilumina está desprovista de toda inocencia. Para descubrir qué sucedió con Bárbara, Nina se embarcará en un viaje que la llevará, como en un descenso a los infiernos, hasta un pueblo enclavado en los Andes que fue especialmente castigado durante los años de la violencia política.