La idea de viajar a Sajalín, una remota y enorme isla en aguas del Pacífico, al norte de Japón, que albergaba en la época una colonia penitenciaria, y escribir «cien o doscientas páginas» sobre ella se le ocurrió a Chéjov a principios de la década de 1890. Pese a la oposición de su familia y su editor, él decía que de ese modo podría «saldar una deuda que he contraído con la medicina» y que le serviría de base para su tesis doctoral (que luego, una vez realizada, no sería aceptada). Pero al mismo tiempo estaba convencido de su profundo interés social: «A excepción de la Cayena en la actualidad y de lo que Australia era en el pasado, Sajalín es el único lugar donde se puede estudiar la colonización por parte de delincuentes». Al volver, escribiría: «Ahora sé muchas cosas, pero la impresión que me ha dejado el viaje es bastante penosa. Mientras estaba en Sajalín sólo sentía en mi interior un sabor amargo, como después de haber comido mantequilla rancia; ahora, en cambio, Sajalín se me aparece en el recuerdo como un verdadero infierno».
Lisa See, la aclamada autora de El abanico de seda, Dos chicas de Shanghái y Sueños de felicidad (Bruguera, 2012) ha conseguido el reconocimiento mundial por su maestría a la hora de retratar las intrincadas relaciones entre mujeres, siempre marcadas por el hilo invisible del destino. Pero nunca antes había ahondado en la amistad de tres mujeres.
Ahora nos ofrece la fascinante historia de tres chicas de muy distinto origen que, entre 1938 y 1948, luchan juntas por cumplir sus sueños en el club más glamuroso de San Francisco, hasta que el ataque japonés de Pearl Harbor, tan lejos de ellas, pone en peligro sus ambiciones, y hasta sus vidas, cuando una traición inesperada lo cambia todo.
Aurora de la Torre sabe que volver a Pagosa Springs, un sitio plagado de recuerdos agridulces, no va a ser fácil, pero refugiarse en una pequeña ciudad entre montañas podría ser la cura perfecta para su corazón roto. Y comerse con los ojos a su casero, que vive a escasos metros, tampoco le viene mal... Solo que Tobias Rhodes no fue realmente quien le alquiló el apartamento, sino que fue su hijo, Amos.
Al principio, Rhodes, un gruñón que desconfía de los extraños y que haría lo que fuera por cuidar de los suyos, se mantiene alejado de Aurora. Pero conforme los días se convierten en semanas, y estas se llenan de rutas a través de la naturaleza y confesiones a la lumbre de una hoguera, lo que comienza siendo una amistad irrompible no tarda en florecer en un amor de los que solo se encuentran una vez en la vida.
Ramona fell for Sam the moment she met him. It was like she had known him forever. He's one of the few constants in her life, and their friendship is just too important to risk for a kiss. Though she really wants to kiss him...
Sam loves Ramona, but he would never expect her to feel the same way-she's too quirky and cool for someone like him. Still, they complement each other perfectly, both as best friends and as a band.
Then they meet Tom. Tom makes music too, and he's the band's missing piece. The three quickly become inseparable. Except Ramona's falling in love with Tom. But she hasn't fallen out of love with Sam either. How can she be true to her feelings and herself without losing the very relationships that make her heart sing?
Newly crowned as king, Keris is powerless as his forbidden relationship with Zarrah is revealed. But when Zarrah is imprisoned by the Empress, Keris knows there is only one way to save her: to ally with the kingdom he nearly destroyed.
Imprisoned on the dreaded Devil’s Island, Zarrah faces two choices: prove her loyalty to the Empress who condemned her or die as a traitor. Yet as she struggles to survive among violent prisoners, Zarrah uncovers a third path: a rebellion to overthrow tyranny entwined with the destiny she must fight to claim.
While the Empress plots a war with devastating consequences, Keris and Zarrah must find their way back to each other. Yet their greatest adversary is the fiery passion between them. Unless they overcome the bitterness of betrayal, their love will not be the bringer of peace but rather the fuel that turns the Endless War into an inferno.
A soldier raised as heir to an empire, Zarrah is motivated by two truths: The first is that the Veliant family murdered her mother. The second is that her pursuit of vengeance will put every last one of them in their graves.
The Endless War between Maridrina and Valcotta has raged for generations, leaving thousands of Zarrah’s people dead and still more orphaned. So when she’s given command of the contested city of Nerastis, Zarrah is prepared to do whatever it takes to destroy the Maridrinian forces who oppose her—and to kill the Veliant prince who leads them.
Yet a chance encounter with an anonymous and handsome Maridrinian causes Zarrah to question whether the violence she’s perpetrated is justice or a crime. And as she continues to meet the nameless man each night, she finds common ground—and fiery passion—in his arms.
But when identities are revealed, Zarrah must decide whether to embrace a chance at peace or march to the drums of war.
A queen now in exile as a traitor, Lara has watched as Ithicana is conquered by her own father, helpless to do anything to stop the destruction. But when she learns her husband, Aren, has been captured in battle, Lara knows there is only one reason her father is keeping him alive: as bait for his traitorous daughter.
And it is bait she fully intends to take.
Risking her life on the Tempest Seas, Lara returns to Ithicana with a plan not only to free its king but to liberate the Bridge Kingdom from her father’s clutches, using his own weapons: the sisters whose lives she spared. Yet not only is the palace inescapable, there are more players in the game than Lara ever realized: enemies and allies switching sides in the fight for crowns, kingdoms, and bridges. But her greatest adversary of all might be the man she’s trying to free—the husband she betrayed.
With everything she loves in jeopardy, Lara must decide who—and what—she is fighting for: her kingdom, her husband, or herself.
A commander who bled to defend her people, Ahnna is haunted by two beliefs: The first is that she failed to protect Ithicana from invasion. And the second is that saving her homeland means leaving it behind forever.
The Maridrinians left Ithicana in ruins and its people impoverished. So when the wealthy kingdom of Harendell claims Ahnna as a bride for its crown prince, she is prepared to do whatever it takes to gain influence as the future queen—and to control the gold that comes with the throne.
Yet Ahnna swiftly discovers that beneath the beautiful surface of Harendell’s court is a dark underbelly of schemes, duplicity, and the pursuit of power. The only individual who holds himself above the politics is not her future husband but his infuriating half brother, James. And as she begins to question whether Harendell is the ally it claims to be, Ahnna finds herself drawn into a forbidden attraction to the wrong prince.
As deadly plots tighten around her, Ahnna must decide whether saving her people will be achieved as a bride . . . or as a blade.
While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci—clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.
Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion, a secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle—while avoiding the faceless adversary who shadows their every move—the explosive, ancient truth will be lost forever.