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En una hermosa mansión en la Costa Azul, Cécile, una joven de diecisiete años, y su padre, Raymond, viudo y cuarentón, pero alegre, frívolo y seductor, amante de las relaciones amorosas breves y sin consecuencias, viven entregados a una vida fácil y placentera. Se bastan a sí mismos, inmersos en una relación basada en la complicidad y el respeto mutuo. El padre, Raymond, ha invitado a su actual novia, Elsa, y los días transcurren sin sobresaltos. Sin embargo, la visita inesperada de Anne, una mujer inteligente, culta y serena, viene a perturbar aquel delicioso desorden. A la sombra del pinar que rodea la casa y filtra el sol abrasador del verano, un juego cruel se prepara. ¿Cómo alejar la amenaza que se cierne sobre la extraña pero armónica relación de Cécile con su padre?
An orphan. An outcast. A prince.
And a killer who will bring an empire to its knees.
Growing up in the Kegari slums, AIZ has seen her share of suffering. An old tragedy fuels her need for vengeance, but it is love of her people that propels her. Until one hotheaded mistake lands her in an inescapable prison, where the embers of her wrath ignite.
Banished from her people for an unforgivable crime, SIRSHA is a down-on-her-luck tracker who uses magic to trace her marks. Destitute, she agrees to hunt down a killer who has murdered children across the Martial Empire. All she has to do is carry out the job and get paid. But when a chance encounter leads to an unexpected attraction, Sirsha learns her mission might cost her far more than she’s willing to give up.
QUIL is the crown prince of the Empire and nephew of a venerated empress, but he’s loath to take the throne when his aunt steps down. As the son of a reviled emperor, he, better than anyone, understands that power corrupts. When a vicious new enemy threatens the survival of the Empire, Quil must ask himself if he can rise above his tragic lineage and be the heir his people need.
La felicidad consiste en ilusión. La ilusión no es el contenido de la felicidad, sino su envoltorio. El análisis que realiza el doctor Enrique Rojas, psiquiatra y conocedor de las profundidades del ser humano, es penetrante y se cuela por los entresijos del bosque espeso de la psicología.
La felicidad arranca de una actitud mental positiva, es un polinomio de muchos factores. Tener ilusiones es tener un motor que tira de nosotros hacia delante y desarrolla nuestro proyecto personal.
La felicidad no se da en el superhombre, sino en el hombre verdadero; la suerte echa las cartas, pero hay que saber jugarlas. La ilusión de vivir es un compendio de sabiduría que orienta como una verdadera brújula a la gente sin rumbo.