Resultados para "2" en Literatura y ficción

SUPERVENTAS DEL NEW YORK TIMES. ¡LA SAGA QUE HA SIDO UN ÉXITO ARROLLADOR EN TODO EL MUNDO! En la conclusión de Una ventana a la oscuridad, Elspeth va a tener que enfrentarse a todo lo que ha hecho mientras se embarca con Ravyn en una peligrosa aventura para salvar su reino. El reino está...

I'm trapped in a world of magic and monsters, ruled by laws I don't understand, inhabited by creatures older and far more vicious than me. If I want to get anywhere, I must tame my newfound power and find allies, but in the war-ravaged Slawa, no one trusts anyone. I must prove myself, risking my life and evading the devil, even though he seems unavoidable. When the biggest powers in Slawa find out who I am, everything changes, and I learn my lesson one more time. I shouldn't have trusted the devil. But he should have learned, too. I bite so hard when I'm cornered.

«Ningún escritor del género ha aprovechado tanto como Tolkien las propiedades características de la Misión, el viaje heróico, el Objeto Numinoso, satisfaciendo nuestro sentido de la realidad histórica y social… Tolkien ha triunfado donde fracasó Milton.» —W.H. Auden.

When a fierce aetherstorm unleashes a wave of demonic aetherbeasts on New Albion—capital of the Valestra Kingdom—Callum Stross and his friends Quinn and Marcella answer the call, defending the city with a courage befitting the next generation of Great College archmages.

En el pequeño café de Tokio, algunos lunes del mes se llenan de un aroma especial: su dueño prepara, sin previo aviso, una cata de matcha y transforma el día de quienes, sin esperarlo, entran allí. Ese gesto inesperado da inicio a doce relatos a lo largo del año: una mujer que necesita cambiar, una pareja que se enfrenta a una crisis, una artista que ha perdido su propósito y una joven que lucha por liberarse de las expectativas familiares.

River Quinn is done playing nice. After enduring years of online harassment from a pack of anonymous cowards, she's hit her limit. She isn't looking for justice. She's looking for vengeance. Enter him. A masked vigilante who offers protection in exchange for secrecy. He's dangerous. Silent. Untraceable. And he promises one thing—he'll make them cry. But River doesn't know the man behind the mask is someone she already knows. Someone she loathes. Her cocky, arrogant coworker, Gage Dawson, who pushes all her buttons and steals the last cup of coffee.

New classes. New professors. New challenges. Mountainfall Academy's second-year adventurers' track isn't known for being easy, and Aidan's expected to keep up on all of his coursework while training harder than ever before. After a turbulent first year, Aidan's looking forward to learning new spells, hanging out with his friends, and bonding with his magical beast companion. His plans quickly turn to ash when an assassin strikes. With the threat of war on the horizon and the academy's security in question, it's certainly going to be a school year to remember.

The hit Audible Original series from executive producers of The Walking Dead and the writer of Pacific Rim returns for its highly anticipated second season. Six months have passed since the Vampire Queen fell silent, and the world balances on a knife’s edge. Rejoin the courageous Dunraven sisters, Darcy and Hope, as they navigate the vampire apocalypse in a sunless, endless winter that grows deadlier with each passing day. Brace yourself for a frigid realm of sacred daggers, mighty swords, secret seaside caves, unthinkable human blood farms, and a superpowered vampire villain on the hunt.

Exam season is here, and a new threat looms over all of Parvos. Nox the Death God, now known as Eli the prodigious [Healer] of Velmond, is finally faced with his first real obstacle since enrolling in the Holy Academy: his midterm exams. While the curriculum itself is relatively easy, even if tedious, he is forced to regurgitate the ridiculous lies of the Church of Life, which he knows is untrue. Nevertheless, he will do what is necessary to become a Divine Scholar.

Ryan Aglecard can't wait to celebrate Riveria's Spirit Week, a legendary summer festival in honor of the Great Spirits. In his college town of Riverside, the festivities are getting underway with especially extravagant flair, but Ryan's Spirit Keeper abilities sense something disturbing beneath the sparkling firelight celebrations and thrilling mage demonstrations. Suddenly, his summer isn't the relaxed one he expected, and he begins gathering new spirits to his side, ones with unique skills beyond his familiarity.

I was never meant to ride a dragon. Never meant to wield forbidden water-magic. And I sure as hell was never meant to fall for Cade Phoenixfire—the fire-born prince who should be my enemy. The curse that binds us still coils through our veins. Too much heat between us, and we ignite—literally. Too much distance, and we unravel. But the Blaze Queen isn't just a tyrant anymore—she's a monster hunting the Gold-Marked like me, and she'll burn the realm to ash for a taste of immortality. We thought we were ready. We faced her. Barely survived. And now?

An eldritch magic has awakened, turning the mortal world darker. Colder. Famished. With flesh-eating monsters and a sinister curse spreading like a plague, the last glimmer of humanity in Foxglove Parish has long since faded. For Maevyth and Zevander, the only chance of escape is through The Eating Woods. But fate has woven a new web, tangling the threads of destiny, and crossing the mystical boundary to Aethyria might not be so simple.

Alyssa was just getting used to life in Kotahi Bay when an old friend arrives, bringing a kitten and more complications. Then a handsome stranger with a dark past moves in next door, and everything she believed about magic—and herself—begins to unravel. When the town's guardians call upon her for help, Alyssa must face a choice that terrifies her more than any ghost ever could. But with new threats emerging and old secrets surfacing, running is no longer an option.

The day I buried my boyfriend, the Families replaced him with the man who rejected me four years ago—Ace "Matchstick" De Lange. Cold. Calculated. Deadly. He has the bedside manner of a serial killer and the looks of a fallen angel. And now, he's my shadow, ensuring I don't end up in the grave beside the man who died for me. I despise that I'm the one left behind. I loathe how Ace provokes me, pulling me from the abyss of my sorrow. But most of all, I hate that the only piece I have left of my dead boyfriend is something others would kill to possess.

When Aksel Bergstrom ordered me to undress and put myself on display for him the first time, his instruction was sent by text, and he merely observed as I blushed and begged and climaxed. But now this bearded brute is here in person, stripping me bare and spanking my ass red for the slightest hint of defiance before tying me down and using my helplessly bound body shamefully. Because the bastard ravaging me like a Viking of old isn't some mysterious stalker. He's one of the Sons of Odin. And I belong to them now.

Now living in a new world, Ava has the answers about her family she so desperately sought. But answers come at a cost. As she tries to face the trauma she endured upon her arrival in the realm of Eorhan, she must find her inner strength and courage to take her rightful place, or risk falling apart. With the threat of war looming after their enemies have returned, Ava is the only one with the ability to send the daemon queen back to her realm. And to do so, she must train with Casimir, the broody general of the Earth Kingdom, to complete a harrowing journey to the revered tree of her people.

Es la continuación de El Valle de los Lobos, y se desarrolla varios años después. El Amo de la Torre juró venganza antes de morir. Ningún aprendiz de magia debe rebelarse contra su Maestro y, sin embargo, Dana, la actual Señora de la Torre, y Fenris, el...

Monster hunters for hire, fueled by Waffle House and each other, they're used to low-level threats and manageable chaos. Their mysterious benefactor Anastasia had other plans. Libusen has a problem: people are vanishing without a trace, leaving nothing behind but the sound of gnawing teeth. The locals have protection—or they did. Moira Orchard is a Canadian tattoo artist with no visible ink and a guilty conscience.

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.

He's watching me again. The dragonborn warrior—a stranger. What does he want from me? I search my memories, desperate to place that face… those dangerous eyes. But nothing comes. The councilors are losing patience. I'm running out of time. As the heiress to the Red Queen, I must name one of the clan leaders as my future husband. But all I can think about is him.