Títulos en Histórica

There is no ancient evil to defeat, no orphan destined for greatness, just two guys in the wrong place at the wrong time. Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and his mercenary partner, Hadrian Blackwater, make a profitable living carrying out dangerous assignments for conspiring nobles until they become the unwitting scapegoats in a plot to murder the king. Sentenced to death, they have only one way out...and so begins this tale of treachery and adventure, sword fighting and magic, myth and legend. Avempartha is the second of a six book series entitled the Riyria Revelations.

The Blight ravages both Tamar and Sarkum, and their people, and armies, are starving. Violence and protests in Narfour have the city on the brink of rebellion. When Ihsan sees a chance to gain an ally with the only productive land left in Tamar for his cousin, the Sultana, he takes it. But nothing is as it seems when Behram Kadir is involved. Ihsan knows he should not trust the woman who has upended his life, even if she is the first warmth he has felt since fire stole everything from him.

In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in the dark during the course of a fraudulent séance. From this moment on, their lives become webs of deceit and revelation as they vie to outwit and expose each other. In the course of pursuing each other's ruin, they will deploy all the deception their magician's craft can command. Their rivalry will take them to the peaks of their careers, but with terrible consequences.

El cielo de Madrid se tiñe de rojo sangre... El firmamento parece venirse abajo. Pero este solo es el primero de una serie de sucesos extraordinarios. A lo largo de dos intensos días de septiembre de 1859, dos personajes opuestos llevarán a cabo la investigación de estos fenómenos. Él es un hombre huraño y cínico, aferrado a la razón, antiguo investigador de falsos milagros que ya no cree en nada; ella, una joven vidente que puede percibir lo que la razón niega pero que vive atemorizada por inquietantes visiones.

Una aventura mágica y violenta que explora los límites del poder, la ambición y la búsqueda de la verdad. El Rastreador es conocido por sus habilidades como cazador: "Tiene un buen olfato", se dice de él. Contratado para encontrar a un misterioso niño que ha desaparecido, el Rastreador rompe su propia regla de no trabajar con nadie y se encuentra de pronto como parte de un grupo que debe colaborar y apoyarse para llevar su objetivo a buen puerto. Se trata de un grupo heterogéneo, formado por personajes inusuales, cada uno con sus propios secretos, incluido un hombre capaz de cambiar de forma a su antojo conocido como el Leopardo.

Cairo, 824—In the bowels of prison, escape is out of the question. The best Roshan can hope for is a quick death. She certainly doesn’t expect a second chance offered by a cloaked stranger who says Roshan is exactly what they need: Someone who can disappear, who will do what needs to be done, someone expendable …

When a master-craftsmen dwarf is fired, he threatens retaliation. The rogues-for-hire known as Riyria are commissioned to find and stop him. Traveling to the paradise resort of Tur Del Fur, the two are granted a lavish allowance that, along with the easy job, promises to turn the trip into a vacation. Everything would have been perfect except that the disgruntled employee’s last name is Berling and the target of his wrath is the legendary towers of Drumindor.

Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. "La buena fama" es un relato fantástico ambientado en el medievo que narra la relación de una joven inteligente y virtuosa con un ser sobrenatural. Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano nació en Cabra el 18 de octubre de 1824. Fue un escritor, diplomático y político español. Su obra más conocida es Pepita Jiménez.

Septiembre de 1859. Tras la extraña tormenta solar, la ciudad aguarda en una calma tensa: está a punto de cumplirse una amenaza escrita hace siglos. En el silencio resuenan los bastones de un hombre huraño y metomentodo. A su lado camina una joven ciega que puede ver lo que nadie ve. Juntos forman una singular pareja de investigadores: razón frente a intuición, ciencia contra creencia. Una nueva pista les va a conducir hasta un apartado manicomio, y este será solo el principio.

As Constantinople is being pillaged and burned in April 1204, a young man, Baudolino, manages to save a historian and a high court official from certain death at the hands of crusading warriors. Born a simple peasant, Baudolino has two gifts: his ability to learn languages and to lie. A young man, he is adopted by a foreign commander who sends him to university in Paris. After he allies with a group of fearless and adventurous fellow students, they go in search of a vast kingdom to the East.

A medio camino entre Wild Wild West y el "Capitán Alatriste", al menos si ambas hubiesen sido dirigidas por Berlanga, "El Lingotazo" nos presenta una Península Ibérica llena de magia, inquisidores, piratas... y oro. Un lingote de ocho kilos, para ser más exactos. Un lingote que un puñado de facinerosos encuentran por casualidad, pero cuyo rastro de sangre los embarcará en una grandísima aventura por el mundo de Mil Novecientos y Algo.

Is there more than one history of the world? This is the question Pierce Moffett is seeking to answer when, jilted and newly jobless, he gets off a bus by chance in the Faraway Hills and steps unawares into a story that has been awaiting him there. His search will bring him into contact with Rosie Rasmussen, another seeker marked by loss. And it will lead them both on a path toward the longed-for country of our oldest dreams and most unanswerable desires, toward a magnificent discovery.

En 1923, Helena Lennox tiene 17 años y un único deseo: sustituir las calles de Londres por una vida de aventuras y excavaciones en tierras lejanas. En consecuencia, cuando sus padres se marchan a la India para investigar la desaparición de unos arqueólogos, ella decide acompañarlos…unos días después y a escondidas. Son muchas las leyendas que circulan en torno a la ciudad fantasma de Bhangarh, pero Helena nunca ha creído en las supersticiones. No obstante, el príncipe Arshad de Jaipur (sí, ese que odia a los ingleses) le insiste en que se equivoca: Bhangarh está maldita.

En Jordi Sierra i Fabra, amb el seu estil inconfusible, ens regala en aquesta novel·la de fantasia una història trepidant que ens transporta a la Xina dels emperadors. El destí, l'amor, la tradició, la guerra, la traïció i, sobretot l'amistat que tot ho pot, són els elements fonamentals d'aquesta història d'emperadors despietats i homes que es disposen a complir la destinació que estava marcada per a ells des d'abans de néixer. Jordi Sierra i Fabra va néixer a Barcelona el 26 de juliol de 1947.

When Elise agreed to break a vicious curse over the man she loved, she never imagined he was a lost fae prince. But Valen left her to carry out vengeance for his slaughtered family. So when she joins the outlaw fae in their uprising against her own sister, all Elise wants is to forget the prince who holds her heart. But fate has a different plan. Reunited in the rescue of a mutual friend, Elise and Valen are forced to decide where they stand in the battle of crowns. As their passion reignites, so too do the dangers threatening to pull them apart for good.

After an eon of dormancy, the hideous winged demon Dactyl awakens and calls forth an army of darkness to bring horror and devastation to the land of Corona. The only survivors of the ravaged village of Dundalis, young friends Elbryan Wyndon and Jilseponie Ault, are separated in the carnage and, unknown to each other, struggle through lives that will lead to a shared destiny. Avelyn Desbris, a pious young monk, also finds himself on a course that will intersect with the fates of Elbryan and Jilseponie and lead to a fateful confrontation with the monstrous dactyl.

Imprescindible novela de fantasía histórica del aclamado autor Rafael Marín. De factura tan cuidada y tan alta calidad que le valió una nominación al prestigioso Premio Minotauro, la novela cuenta en clave de ficción la última batalla de Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, el Cid, desde los ojos de un pícaro en la mejor tradición del Siglo de Oro Español, aunque pasado por el filtro de una apabullante fantasía de su autor.

With darkness spreading across the fae isles, the reluctant raven queen seeks the aid of Calista, the storyteller, and unwittingly falls into a dark tale of twisted fates. To save Ari from being lost in a fae sleep, Saga will reach into the past and uncover deadly secrets left behind by her brother, the last fate king. Both Saga and Ari must unravel the lies of their world if they are to stand a chance at defeating the fiercest enemy yet.

The White Tree (book one): In Mallon the dark magic of the nether has been banned for centuries. Its users have been driven out or killed. Its secrets lost. But the holy book of the nethermancers has just been found by a boy named Dante. As he works to unlock the book's power, he's attacked in the street. The nethermancers aren't gone—and they want their book back. Caught between death cultists and the law, Dante fights for his life, aided by his growing skills and a brash bodyguard named Blays.

After Alshari Court Wizard Pentandra survives her third assassination attempt in the Tower of Sorcery, she sends her deputy, Sir Rondal, to investigate the mysterious origins of the attempt while she contends with Alshari court politics. Matters come to a head when he and Kitten rescue an old woman and her grandson from certain death...only to discover she is the lost hedgewitch who gave Pentandra a book of secret prophecies about the future.