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Palin y Tas cruzan el Portal y entran en el Abismo, donde aguarda Raistlin para llevarlos a presenciar un acontecimiento extraordinario: la asamblea de los dioses. En ella, Paladine accede a la petición de la Reina Oscura y de Gilean, que consiste en retirar los dragones del Bien para que los Caballeros de Takhisis se alcen con la victoria y unifiquen bajo un mando único todas las fuerzas de las distintas razas. De esta manera podrán afrontar la lucha contra Caos y evitar la destrucción de Krynn y de todo lo creado. La Torre del Sumo Sacerdote cae en manos de las fuerzas de la Oscuridad por primera vez en la historia y el dominio absoluto de Ariakan se extiende rápidamente por Ansalon. Entretanto, Steel Brightblade va a ser ajusticiado por haber dejado escapar a su prisionero, Palin Majere.

Mientras se prepara el ataque contra Drizzt Do'Urden y Mithril Hall, surge el tiempo de los conflictos, y Lloth, la reina araña en persona, camina por las calles de Menzoberranzan. Las leyes de la magia se tornan horriblemente inciertas y la ciudad Drow se ve inmersa en un caos tan espantoso que resulta insoportable para todos. Entre tanto, en Mithril Hall, Bruenor Battlehammer hace los preparativos para resistir el asedio de los elfos oscuros y Drizzt descubre que Guenhwyvar está atrapada en el plano astral y que Catti-brie es acosada por horribles pesadillas.

Sentado, un noble samurái practica el zen. Curtido en mil batallas, es admirado por los jóvenes del clan que acuden a su escuela para adiestrarse en los secretos de la guerra. Es cierto que la gran mayoría sueña con aprender el uso invencible de la katana y del tanto, de la naginata y del tessen; también unos pocos sueñan con ser maestros en el kyu-jutsu, ese difícil arte de disparar con el yumi flechas infalibles… Sin embargo, el viejo guerrero sabe que ningún arma es tan poderosa como la meditación y la austeridad de vida, porque solo el guerrero que emprende y persevera en esta vía alcanzará la honorabilidad.

Broke English teacher Penelope Schleeman is as surprised as anyone when her feminist novel American Mermaid becomes a best-seller. Lured by the promise of a big payday, she quits teaching and moves to L.A. to turn the novel into an action flick with the help of some studio hacks. But as she's pressured to change her main character from a fierce, androgynous eco-warrior to a teen sex object in a clamshell bra, strange things start to happen. Threats appear in the screenplay; siren calls lure Penelope’s co-writers into danger. Is Penelope losing her mind, or has her mermaid come to life, enacting revenge for Hollywood’s violations? American Mermaid follows a young woman braving the casual slights and cruel calculations of a ruthless industry town, where she discovers a beating heart in her own fiction, a mermaid who will fight to move between worlds without giving up her voice. A hilarious story about deep things, American Mermaid asks how far we’ll go to protect the parts of ourselves that are not for sale.

Lyndsey Duncan worries her career with the CIA might be over. After lines are crossed with another intelligence agent during an assignment, she is sent home to Washington on administrative leave. So when a former colleague--now Chief of the Russia Division--recruits her for an internal investigation, she jumps at the chance to prove herself. Lyndsey was once a top handler in the Moscow Field Station, where she was known as the "human lie detector" and praised for recruiting some of the most senior Russian officials. But now, three Russian assets have been exposed--including one of her own--and the CIA is convinced there's a mole in the department. With years of work in question and lives on the line, Lyndsey is thrown back into life at the agency, this time tracing the steps of those closest to her. Meanwhile, fellow agent Theresa Warner can't avoid the spotlight. She is the infamous "Red Widow," the wife of a former director killed in the field under mysterious circumstances. With her husband's legacy shadowing her every move, Theresa is a fixture of the Russia Division, and as she and Lyndsey strike up an unusual friendship, her knowledge proves invaluable. But as Lyndsey uncovers a surprising connection to Theresa that could answer all of her questions, she unearths a terrifying web of secrets within the department, if only she is willing to unravel it....

Spencer Brooke always knew she was destined to be CEO of her grandfather’s business—the most respected and luxurious department store in New York City. Brooke’s has been at the center of every happy memory she has, but it hasn’t been an easy journey. Seven years after her father’s death, her life is very different from the days when she walked through the store with her grandfather as a young girl. She may be the owner of Brooke’s, but she’s also now a divorced single mother of twin boys. And with the ever-evolving landscape of the fashion industry comes new challenges for Spencer and the legacy she’s inherited. Mike Weston is known for making enormous profits by transforming small businesses into bigger, more successful ones. With his marriage at a breaking point and his children grown up, investing is where he thrives—where he can build something greater. And Brooke’s feels like the perfect opportunity. Yet the firm’s beautiful and savvy CEO turns down the offer before they even meet. Spencer has no interest in outside investors meddling in her family business; her grandfather never saw the need for them, and neither does she. She refuses to be tempted by Mike’s offer, despite her big dreams of expanding the store. But when bad luck strikes, suddenly she is backed into a corner. In Worthy Opponents, Danielle Steel crafts a thrilling story about a powerful woman—and her equally formidable opponent.