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Circo Máximo es la historia de Trajano y su gobierno, guerras y traiciones, lealtades insobornables e historias de amor imposibles. Hay una vestal, un juicio, inocentes acusados, un abogado brillante, mensajes cifrados, fortalezas inexpugnables, dos aurigas rivales, gladiadores y tres carreras de cuadrigas. Hay un caballo especial, diferente a todos, leyes antiguas olvidadas, sacrificios humanos, amargura y terror, pero también destellos de nobleza y esperanza, como la llama del Templo de Vesta, que mientras arde, preserva a Roma. Sólo que algunas noches la llama tiembla. La rueda de la Fortuna comienza entonces a girar. En esos momentos, todo es posible y hasta la vida de Trajano puede correr peligro. Y, esto es lo mejor, ocurrió: hubo un complot para asesinar a Marco Ulpio Trajano.

En el año 53 a.C. el cónsul Craso cruzó el Éufrates para conquistar Oriente, pero su ejército fue destrozado en Carrhae. Una legión entera cayó prisionera de los partos. Nadie sabe a ciencia cierta qué pasó con aquella legión perdida. Ciento cincuenta años después, Trajano está a punto de volver a cruzar el Éufrates. Los partos esperan al otro lado. Las tropas del César dudan. Temen terminar como la legión perdida. Pero Trajano no tiene miedo y emprende la mayor campaña militar de Roma, hacia la victoria o hacia el desastre. Intrigas, batallas, dos mujeres adolescentes, idiomas extraños, Roma, Partia, India, China, dos Césares y una emperatriz se entrecruzan en el mayor relato épico del mundo antiguo, La legión perdida, la novela con la que Santiago Posteguillo cierra su aclamada trilogía sobre Trajano.

Most nights, you’ll find Alison Hunter at The Venue, the kind of sweaty Nashville spot that’s on the circuit for bands like Bon Iver and Death Cab. Sounds glamorous—but not for Al, who stamps hands at the door with Julien, the quiet coworker who treats her like a little sister. When she can sneak off, she bums drinks from the tattooed bartender and watches the bands, wondering if she’ll ever finish a song of her own after her disastrous attempt to play in public. When a once-in-a-century storm hits and her lead singer ex-boyfriend shows up at the door, Al finds herself stuck in a perpetual cycle of late nights, new flings, and old flames. Obsessed with the disappearance of a troubled indie star, she slowly starts to lose it herself—until one reckless night threatens to derail everything. As propulsive and sexy as the rasp of a static-driven amp, Lo Fi is an openhearted tribute to the messy truth of the creative life, the clash of lust and love, and the yearning to be heard.

Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost has not made her popular. But by the time she retires from tennis, she is the best player the world has ever seen. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Grand Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one. She sacrificed nearly everything to become the best, with her father, Javier, as her coach. A former champion himself, Javier has trained her since the age of two. But six years after her retirement, Carrie finds herself sitting in the stands of the 1994 US Open, watching her record be taken from her by a brutal, stunning player named Nicki Chan. At thirty-seven years old, Carrie makes the monumental decision to come out of retirement and be coached by her father for one last year in an attempt to reclaim her record. Even if the sports media says that they never liked “the Battle-Axe” anyway. Even if her body doesn’t move as fast as it did. And even if it means swallowing her pride to train with a man she once almost opened her heart to: Bowe Huntley. Like her, he has something to prove before he gives up the game forever.

Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner—of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed. In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia’s new ruling class of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers, whose vile undead creatures helped bring about their victory, holds Helena captive. According to Resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena has inexplicable memory loss of the months leading up to her capture, making her enemies wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she appears, or are her lost memories hiding some vital piece of the Resistance’s final gambit? To uncover the memories buried deep within her mind, Helena is sent to the High Reeve, one of the most powerful and ruthless necromancers in this new world. Trapped on his crumbling estate, Helena’s fight—to protect her lost history and to preserve the last remaining shreds of her former self—is just beginning. For her prison and captor have secrets of their own . . . secrets Helena must unearth, whatever the cost.

Los cinco títulos hasta ahora publicados de «Canción de hielo y fuego», Juego de tronos, Choque de reyes, Tormenta de espadas, Festín de cuervos y Danza de dragones, llegan a las librerías en una nueva edición que conquistará tanto a los fans de esta saga épica como a aquellos que esperan la oportunidad perfecta para adentrarse en sus páginas por primera vez. «Larga vida a George Martin... Sacerdote literario, sabedor de su don para el personaje complejo, el lenguaje vívido y la visión salvaje de los mejores narradores.» The New York Times