Títulos en Epopeyas

Roland ya no está solo en su búsqueda de la Torre Oscura. Le acompañan Eddie y Susannah, quienes llegaron desde diferentes momentos de Nueva York en La llegada de los tres. Ya les ha entrenado en las artes antiguas de los pistoleros. Sin embargo, el ka-tet aún no está completo. Roland ha de traer a una persona más desde Nueva York hasta Mundo Medio, una persona que ya ha estado allí y ha muerto no una vez, sino dos, y que sigue viva.

Elysia has spent her life thus far beneath the white clouds of the Dromin elves, protected from nightmares and the Nithrin elves that feed on them—until now. Her dreams have begun to twist into haunting scenes of ancient creatures, death . . . and a mysterious figure cloaked in light and shadow. Elysia suspects he's a Dromin elf breaking multiple laws to appear to her, and his whispered words and lingering touch ignite a spark between them that the gods themselves will soon fear.

I never believed in the whole “light at the end of the tunnel” folly where people, after having a near-death experience, would startle awake in a cold sweat exclaiming, “I saw the light!” But there I was, in this so-called “tunnel” facing a glaring light, when the last thing I remembered was sleeping in my room - the royal bed-chamber, as others called it. Had I died? If so, how? King Grey once benefited from unrivaled strength, wealth, and prestige in a world governed by martial ability but now finds himself reborn in a society dominated by magic.

My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me. So begins a tale told from his own point of view - a story unequaled in fantasy literature. Now in The Wise Man’s Fear, Day Two of The Kingkiller Chronicle, Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero and learns how difficult life can be when a man becomes a legend in his own time.

Ha dado comienzo una estación de desenlaces. Empieza con una gran grieta roja que recorre las entrañas del único continente del planeta, una grieta que escupe una ceniza que oculta la luz del sol. Empieza con la muerte, con un hijo asesinado y una hija perdida. Empieza con una traición, con heridas latentes que comienzan a supurar. El lugar es la Quietud, un continente acostumbrado a la catástrofe en el que la energía de la tierra se utiliza como arma. Y en el que no hay lugar para la misericordia.

Las Panteras tendrán que asumir su mayor desafío hasta el momento. Uno que puede matarlos a ellos y a la mitad del continente. Un nuevo y poderoso enemigo intenta regresar al mundo de los vivos después de mil años en una prisión de hielo.

The world teeters on the brink of destruction. The people who should be saving the Earth ignore Jason Asano's warnings and choose to loot the house as it burns down around them. He lacks the strength to save the world himself, but resolves to do it anyway, impossible be damned. The impossible, in this case, means seizing a power that no mortal should touch. It's a choice from which there is no turning back, and marks Jason's first step into a wider cosmos that he is not yet ready to face. Holding the fate of two worlds in his hands, Jason must decide for himself what home truly means.

When The Sandman, also known as Lord Morpheus - the immortal king of dreams, stories and the imagination - is pulled from his realm and imprisoned on Earth by a nefarious cult, he languishes for decades before finally escaping. Once free, he must retrieve the three “tools” that will restore his power and help him to rebuild his dominion, which has deteriorated in his absence.

Ahora que su identidad ha sido revelada, Damen tiene que enfrentarse a su amo, el príncipe Laurent, como Damianos de Akielos, el hombre al que este ha jurado eliminar. Obligados a unirse en una desagradable alianza, los dos príncipes viajan al interior de Akielos, donde se enfrentan a la mayor adversidad hasta la fecha.

Un manto de desolación y tristeza cubre Asgard. Los dioses se marchitan sin remedio y la decrepitud carcome al mismísimo Odín. ¿Qué ha sucedido? Idunn, hija de los elfos y guardiana del bosque donde florecen las manzanas de la juventud, ha caído presa de Thiazi, un gigante abominable. Siempre caprichoso, el azar quiso que en el trágico rapto de Idunn estuviera presente Loki. Y esa presencia desencadenará una serie de acontecimientos donde este dios, atormentado por el indisimulado desdén que le profesan los demás dioses de Asgard, se verá zarandeado por un violento vendaval de emociones, pasiones y sentimientos encontrados.

When Shai is caught replacing the Moon Scepter with her nearly flawless forgery, she must bargain for her life. An assassin has left the Emperor Ashravan without consciousness, a circumstance concealed only by the death of his wife. If the emperor does not emerge after his hundred-day mourning period, the rule of the Heritage Faction will be forfeit and the empire will fall into chaos. Shai is given an impossible task: to create - to Forge - a new soul for the emperor in less than 100 days. But her soul-Forgery is considered an abomination by her captors. 

In the world of Warbreaker, each person is born endowed with the power of one Breath―which can be sold and collected by others, then used to Awaken objects and even corpses to do their bidding. A few individuals who die in glory return as gods, with the power of thousands of Breath, but no memory of their mortal lives―and are enthroned in the Court of Gods in Hallandren's capital. To Vivenna and Siri, princesses of Idris, the abuse of Breath and the claim of the Returned to be gods are repugnant blasphemy.

La hermosa Freya, enviada por Odín al mundo de los enanos, queda prendada de un majestuoso collar que estos, los mejores herreros de los nueve mundos, están elaborando. Se trata de una joya única que contiene el fulgor y la hermosura de las estrellas del firmamento. Deseosa de poseerlo a toda costa, despliega sus dotes de seducción para que los enanos se lo entreguen. Cuando lo averigua, Odín, que desea a la bella diosa desde antiguo, enloquece de celos y urde su venganza.

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

Battu par son père alcoolique et harcelé par les jeunes du village, l'adolescent Ahren a du mal à mesurer sa chance lorsqu'il est sélectionné comme apprenti par Falk, le gardien de la forêt, lors de l'examen d'aptitudes annuel. À ses côtés, il apprend à tirer à l'arc et à combattre les sombres créatures jusqu'à ce qu'un événement inattendu se produise à la Cérémonie du printemps : quand Ahren touche la pierre des dieux, elle se met à briller pour la première fois.

La guerre prend un tournant massif mais le plus grand risque vient désormais de l'intérieur. Plus amoureuse que jamais, Violet est bien décidée à affronter les ténèbres.

With darkness cursing the world around her, Althea Zoltaire is desperate for vengeance. But as she hunts Wilder Hawthorne across the kingdoms, brutal secrets begin to unravel. Not knowing what—or who—to trust, Thea and her companions find themselves entwined with a destiny far greater than one man. Together, they must navigate the haunting revelations that could shatter the very foundations of the midrealms.

Gavin Guile pensaba disponer de cinco años más de existencia como Prisma, pero resulta que le queda menos de uno. Con cincuenta mil refugiados a su cargo, por no hablar de un hijo ilegítimo que hay que formar en las artes mágicas y una ex novia que podría haber descubierto su más oscuro secreto, le llueven los problemas.

Solomon Kane es otro de los famosos personajes nacidos de la pluma del escritor estadounidense Robert E. Howard. Sus aventuras aparecieron en la revista Weird Tales a partir de 1928 y narraban el enfrentamiento contra el mal de este puritano inglés de rostro pálido, ojos fríos, espada, mosquetes y sombrero de ala ancha. Solomon Kane busca y da caza a las criaturas más tenebrosas y malignas a lo largo de Europa y África, en una época donde nadie está a salvo, ni siquiera un hábil justiciero como él.

Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and not long after entering Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens. But Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere.