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When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising. But surprises aren’t always good. Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school. For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . . Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.

After saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead. Despite her losses, Rin hasn’t given up on those for whom she has sacrificed so much—the people of the southern provinces and especially Tikany, the village that is her home. Returning to her roots, Rin meets difficult challenges—and unexpected opportunities. While her new allies in the Southern Coalition leadership are sly and untrustworthy, Rin quickly realizes that the real power in Nikan lies with the millions of common people who thirst for vengeance and revere her as a goddess of salvation. Backed by the masses and her Southern Army, Rin will use every weapon to defeat the Dragon Republic, the colonizing Hesperians, and all who threaten the shamanic arts and their practitioners. As her power and influence grows, though, will she be strong enough to resist the Phoenix’s intoxicating voice urging her to burn the world and everything in it?

The story of a hero’s descent to the underworld Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality: her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world. That is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault. Grimes is now in Hell, and she’s going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams…. Nor will the fact that her rival, Peter Murdoch, has come to the very same conclusion. With nothing but the tales of Orpheus and Dante to guide them, enough chalk to draw the Pentagrams necessary for their spells, and the burning desire to make all the academic trauma mean anything, they set off across Hell to save a man they don’t even like. But Hell is not like the storybooks say, Magick isn’t always the answer, and there’s something in Alice and Peter’s past that could forge them into the perfect allies…or lead to their doom.

Este hermoso libro, que podría ser una novela corta, una fábula o un bello poema en prosa, es un clásico imprescindible escrito e ilustrado por el piloto de la Fuerza Aérea francesa Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, cuyo avión desapareció en julo de 1944. Queremos pensar que no fue un accidente, sino que se marchó al hogar del principito

Un hombre ha sido condenado a muerte por asesinar a una viuda adinerada y a su criada. Sin embargo, el comisario Maigret no cree en su culpabilidad y, sin que nadie lo sepa, orquesta su fuga de la cárcel para descubrir al verdadero asesino. Mientras sigue sus pasos por París, Maigret entra en contacto con un ambiente de riqueza y decadencia, al tiempo que se enfrenta a un hombre al menos tan inteligente como él, que ha movido los hilos de una trama oculta y cree poder burlar los mandatos de la ley. Críticas:«Uno de los escritores más importantes de nuestro siglo.»Gabriel García Márquez «Un escritor excepcional, como todo el mundo sabe. En realidad es único y no me refiero sólo a nuestra época, sino a cualquier época.»Henry Miller

Cuando vuelve de hacer compra, la criada Félicie descubre que han asesinado a su empleador, el jubilado Jules Lapie. Llamado a investigar, el comisario Maigret no tarda en darse cuenta de que esa joven poco agraciada sabe más de lo que dice, pero también de que su carácter soñador la hace proyectar en la realidad anhelos y fantasías románticas. ¿Cómo conseguir que confíe en él? ¿Y a quién protege con su silencio? Pocas veces un testigo ha causado tantos problemas al famoso comisario.