Resultados para "Cécile" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Casas vacías habla del dolor de las mujeres ante la desaparición de un hijo y de su propia vida. Es una novela que también cuestiona la maternidad y abre la posibilidad de un diálogo sobre cómo se enfrentan las maternidades no solicitadas y que son impuestas socialmente. Casas vacías es la...

Tiempo transcurrido es un calendario azteca con música de rock. Las historias de este libro ocurren a lo largo de dieciocho años mexicanos, enmarcados en dos fechas decisivas: el Movimiento estudiantil de 1968 y el terremoto de 1985. Con destreza, Juan Villoro sitúa a personajes imaginarios...

Storytel se complace presentar por primera vez en audiolibro Momo, o la extraña historia de los ladrones de tiempo y de la niña que devolvió el tiempo a los hombres, el clásico de Michael Ende, narrado por la actriz mexicana Cecilia Toussaint. Momo es una huérfana muy especial, que vive...

Relatos fantásticos de gatos y trenes es un intento por reivindicar a dos criaturas que por frecuentación o excesiva confianza solemos rebajar a simples arquetipos. Los gatos y los trenes ocupan un lugar privilegiado en este libro, y no justamente por asociaciones caprichosas sino por astucias mutuas, por sincronías, por merodeos cómplices en la noche. Los narradores clásicos incluidos evidencian un destino que pocos han logrado eludir: es imposible escribir un relato habitado por felinos o ferrocarriles sin que el misterio sea el verdadero protagonista.

"Il semble que la zizanie ait décidé de s'installer à Paname : des renégats sèment la pagaille en attendant l'élection d'un nouveau roi, les Allemands préparent un coup fourré et, clou du spectacle, un vampire âgé de plusieurs siècles disparaît comme par enchantement ! Tout cela pourrait être supportable si Lawrence, mon créateur, cessait de me faire des cachotteries et d'insister pour que j'habite le palais quelque temps, une solution qui, à mon goût, me rapproche un peu trop de Sytry, le prince des chenapans !"

En arrivant à Paname, les Allemands s'étaient rendu compte qu'une menace plus dangereuse qu'eux sévissait déjà. Alors, en accord avec leurs autorités, ils laissèrent ma famille, les Renoir, continuer leurs petites affaires. Je vais vous dire : cela aurait été plus simple si j'avais dû zigouiller des rongeurs et encore... j'en avais horreur. Bon, je ne vais pas vous mentir plus longtemps, je déteste toutes les bestioles, qu'importe l'espèce animale.

Her stolen past is the one secret the immortals would silence. Hunted and wasting under the Bitterbynde’s spell, the wanderer called Tahquil is driven toward the last Gate between worlds. Beyond it waits a choice that could heal two realms—or break them both. In the far north, a raven prince rules a lightless stronghold where weather, stone, and fate obey his will. Allies falter. Oaths tighten. And a love tempered in peril must face its hardest truth. To survive, she must remember who she was, dare who she is, and decide who she will become—before Evernight closes over all.

En esta novela ambientada en el Londres del siglo XIX, el autor nos presenta el dilema entre bien y mal personificados en la persona del Dr. Jekyll y en Mr. Hyde. Además de los misterios de la naturaleza humana situados en la personalidad múltiple del personaje, también se aprecian otros temas como el avance de la ciencia, que ha llevado al hombre a la posición de situarse como un ser superior capaz de desafiar a la propia naturaleza.

In this follow-up novella, Cecil and Bubba spend what they think will be an uneventful Halloween night at McGee's Gas, Garage, and 24 Hour Convenience center, until they are joined by a new and unlikely ally. Soon after that, a pair of FBI agents brings a van in for emergency service work. The agents are hauling a weird cargo and Rosalita's curse soon causes an ancient evil to rise and walk the earth once more.

Blue Faust is trapped, and there are no good choices. Does she remain on Padilra, giving up her own dreams, or rebel and risk starting a war? How is a person supposed to make a choice like that anyway? Forrest and Mo'ata are by her side, of course, and the others insist on accompanying her as well. She'll need to learn to navigate the politics of an entire Alliance, as well as the culture of a people who have isolated themselves for a very good reason. And what do you do when you find out that the monster you are guarding isn't the scariest thing around you?

Baviera 1999 d.C. Mille anni sono trascorsi da quando il demoniaco popolo vaivar è apparso in Europa, muovendo dalle lande desolate oltre il Volga per reclamare il possesso delle terre abitate dagli umani e cambiare la Storia per sempre. Da allora una guerra infinita strazia il continente ormai condannato a un eterno medioevo, in cui i regni nati dalle ceneri dell'antico Sacro Impero sopravvivono a fatica tra alleanze precarie, rovesciamenti di fronte ed epidemie. I vaivar avanzano con armate di creature innaturali e spaventose.

No one could call fox shifter Becca Holden fragile. She's been to hell and back and got the T-shirt, thank you very much. Years ago, she found herself pregnant with her mate's baby. When she miscarried, Nolan turned away, leaving her to grieve on her own. She left Bearden, vowing never to return. She's been alone ever since. Drifting from job to job, her life takes on a new level of misery and danger when she falls prey to hunters. Becca manages to survive. Barely. She escapes her nightmare, but with nowhere left to go, she's forced to return to Bearden.

Cole Strathorn fights fires. That's all he's ever wanted to do. He thrives on danger and protecting his clan. No one would mistake the six-foot-four, gruff bear shifter for a freaking baby sitter. But that's exactly what he's become thanks to an assignment from the town's mayor. Cole's new job requires him to keep an eye on the government scientist who has arrived in Bearden to study the shifters. 

Bear shifter Callum Strathorn has a job to do. With his father's health declining, it's up to Callum to take over as Mayor of Bearden. When Leah Arden crashes her car near Bearden, Callum leads the first responders. As her wits return, she sees things that humans should never see. Forbidden things, like a man shifting into a bear. Callum has no choice. To protect his town and his clan, he keeps Leah captive in Bearden while he figures out damage control. And if things couldn't get worse, the stubborn and aggravatingly sexy woman smells and tastes just like his fated mate.

Blue was ready to start her new life, but unfinished business could be the death of her.... For Blue and Forrest, making it back to Karran was the easy part. They were prepared to learn a new language, new customs and tackle a new kind of relationship. When Blue's reunion with Mo'ata is marred by unfinished business, she has a decision to make: proceed with her original plan and attend classes at the Ministry's Academy, or set herself up as bait for a madman. Phillip is still out there, still using that crystal, still killing.  

Dopo tante battaglie e peripezie Seija, l'E­roina di Etten, è finalmente riuscita a fuggire dal castello di Raivo, l'umano convertito alla causa dei demoniaci vaivar, che tanta morte e distruzione ha seminato sul suo cammino. Eppure qualcosa in lei è cambiato per sempre. Conosce il motivo per cui Raivo ha voltato le spalle agli umani, accettando di trasformarsi nella creatura che guida gli eserciti dei demoni.

Though Imrhien's memory is clouded by sorcery, she must take vital news to the King-Emperor of Caermelor. She hopes that there she may also find Thorn, the fearless ranger who has won her heart. Since no commoner may approach the royal court, Imrhien assumes a new identity as Rohain, a noble visitor from the distant Sorrow Isles. She soon discovers that the King and his rangers have departed to battle the unseelie hordes which have suddenly declared war against mortals.

The stormriders land their winged stallions on the airy battlements of Isse Tower. Far below, the superstitious servants who dwell in the fortress's lower depths tell tales of wicked creatures inhabiting the world outside - a world they have only glimpsed. Yet it is the least of the lowly, a mute, scarred, and utterly despised foundling, who dares to scale the tower, sneak aboard a windship and then dive from the sky.

When the corrupt Senators of Vitus send soldiers to destroy the village of Plockton and enslave the young men, 18-year-old Cecilia, the lone survivor, makes the bold decision to rescue her brothers. Armed with little more than her wit and her great ancestor’s Freedom Tree pendant, she sets off along the trail left by the soldiers only to be confronted by the assassin Amalardh, a servant of Vitus sent to kill the bearer of a symbol - the same symbol around her neck.

In the wake of her victory over the dark goddess and the vicious Senators of Vitus, Cecilia is ready to focus on rebuilding and nurturing her newly formed family. But, where there should have been peace and light, she finds uncertainty and a looming darkness. The Prophecy is incomplete. Amalardh is haunted by internal doubt. And, something terrible and immense is growing in the south. The life Cecilia fought for - the city, the freedom, the family - is slipping away as an old threat returns with a full force.