Títulos en Contemporánea

Neues Achievement! Du hast es bis Band 2 geschafft. Herzlichen Glückwunsch, du Nerd! Belohnung: eine Stadt in Ruinen. Und Killerclowns. Und Explosionen. Im zweiten Teil der legendären Fantasyserie um Carl und Princess Donut bleibt kein Stein auf dem anderen. Die Trainingsphase ist abgeschlossen. Jetzt können die Spiele endlich beginnen. Die Bewertungen und Zuschauerzahlen schießen in die Höhe. Die Fans können gar nicht genug bekommen. Und der Dungeon wird von Tag zu Tag gefährlicher.

Life is hard enough for a teenage girl in 1950s suburbia without having a mother who may—or may not—be a witch. A single mother at that. Sure, she fits in with her starched dresses, string of pearls, and floral aprons. Then there are the hushed and mystical consultations with neighborhood women in distress. The unsavory, mysterious plants in the flower beds. The divined warning to steer clear of a boyfriend whose fate is certainly doomed. 

For Franny, the end of everything is just the beginning of her adventure. The world as we know it is no more. Cities are mobile. Electricity is rare. Reading is a relic of the past. After an explosive encounter with a mysterious stranger, Franny, a 14-year-old orphan girl, embarks on an epic quest to find the mysterious pilots who steer the cities, hoping that if she finds them, she will get answers about her family's past - and the world's future.

En Japón, los gatos son símbolo de buena suerte y dicen que, si eres amable con ellos, algún día te devolverán el favor. Pero resulta que si, además, te portas bien con el felino adecuado, puede que este te invite a entrar a una cafetería que no es como las demás, ya que no tiene una ubicación ni un horario fijo y se muestra solo a las personas que se encuentran en un momento crucial.

The gods left a secret. Jax needs to find it before Oracle's time runs out. Returning to Dravith should have been a victory. Jax has claimed Ashen Heart, reunited with his forces, and finally understands what he's truly fighting—Xenefier, an enemy older than the gods themselves, holding Oracle...

When her mate’s ex-wife storms back into their lives, Mercy knows something isn’t right. Christy has the furthest thing from good intentions—she wants Adam back, and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to get him, including turning the pack against Mercy. Mercy isn’t about to step down without a fight, but there’s a more dangerous threat circling. As the bodies start piling up, she must put her personal troubles aside to face a creature with the power to tear her whole world apart.

A book-loving witch finds magic and mystery in a whimsical short story about the transformative power of friendship and community by the New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop. After a challenging divorce, Ashley joins a witchy book club in search of a new social life. But when...

Marta es una chica gallega que vive en París cuando, un domingo cualquiera al amanecer, estalla la noticia: el mundo se acaba en 48 horas. Contaminación, pandemias, olas de calor, sequías... El planeta Tierra ha alcanzado un punto de no retorno. Perdida y confusa, Marta se lanza a la calle de manera atropellada. Solo sabe que tiene que huir de la capital francesa. Pero los transportes no funcionan y las comunicaciones están fuera de servicio.

Environmental devastation and economic chaos have turned America into a land of horrifying depravity. Assault, theft, sexual abuse, slavery, and murder are commonplace. And a zealous, bigoted tyrant has won his way into the White House. Directly opposed is Lauren Olamina, founder of Earthseed - a new faith that teaches "God Is Change". Persecuted for "heathen" beliefs as much as for having a Black female leader, Earthseed's followers face a life-and-death struggle to preserve their vision.

What if magic is real—and you’ve been quietly training for it your whole life? Eighteen-year-old Liam Russo has always planned to become a doctor, healing one patient at a time. When a mysterious surgeon offers him a place at Dawnspire Academy, a hidden school nestled in the jagged Rocky Mountains of Banff, Liam’s path changes forever. The key is the Infantilis—a groundbreaking ring that sparks magic in ordinary people. At Dawnspire, plainfolk students like Liam train alongside legacy mages. Here they learn to awaken their magical spark through earthly passions and personal purpose.

"Valores familiares" es una refrescante y estimulante antología de relatos adscritos al subgénero del bizarro, de lo más atrevido y vanguardista que se está haciendo en estos momento en el panorama fantástico español contemporáneo.

The local wolffolk mafia longs for their glory days, and their alluring don, Alessia Lionetti, wants a powerful enforcer to bring them back. That's Vince. This is his big break from his days as a hired thug. Working for the mafia has a short life expectancy, though. Especially in a world where the masquerade shattered long ago. Demons run banks, birdfolk ferry people across town, and the police possess crack teams of sorcerers to keep the peace. Bad news for Vince and his dreams of mafia wealth.

The enemy unknowingly opened a portal to the Netherworld, and our world’s only wizard somehow managed to close it. Unfortunately, something got through. Something big. A dragon. Now Kaz Wolfe, with help from his dog Duke who is channeling the spirit of a wizard from ancient Babylon, and with no help from Azib the Cowardly Genie, must find the dragon before someone gets a cellphone video of the thing, and the world learns that magic is real. Or, you know, before the dragon eats someone.

In a remote part of Ireland, two archaeological teams dig for the find of a lifetime — the legendary Spear of Lugh. Folklore claims the magical weapon was forged in the time of the ancient Tuatha de Danaan. But as the search intensifies, people begin disappearing from the dig. "Faeries," whisper the locals. The Other Crowd....

Harry Bodie has a famous grandmother, who wrote beloved children's books set in the delightful world of Underhill. Harry himself is a failing kids' television presenter whose every attempt to advance his career ends in self-sabotage. His family history seems to be nothing but an impediment. An impediment . . . or worse. What if Underhill is real? What if it has been waiting decades for a promised child to visit? What if it isn't delightful at all? And what if its denizens have run out of patience and are taking matters into their own hands?

In H. P. Lovecraft's classic horror story, an old man consents to a radio interview. In that interview a number of terrible truths come out: The truth about an expedition to Antarctica where everyone died horribly. The truth about an attempt to find the expedition's mysterious killers. The truth about a desolate plateau in the heart of a frozen continent. The truth about life and intelligence on Earth. And the truth about the prehistoric horror that still waits lurking...At the Mountains of Madness.

Em uma noite de terça-feira muito fria, Carl, um cara qualquer, não conseguia dormir e resolveu fumar um cigarro na companhia de Donut, a gata da sua ex-namorada. Mas o momento tranquilo de contemplação foi bruscamente interrompido pelo COLAPSO DE TODAS AS CONSTRUÇÕES DA FACE DA TERRA!

A Yakuza demigod lurks in the city, wounded but not defeated, and Vince needs to bring her down for good. He needs a team fit for slaying a god, even if he has to ask for favors from old bosses and cross boundaries to build it.

The second in the thrilling fantasy series returning readers to the Six Duchies and the magical world of the Farseers, from the author of the bestselling Assassin’s Apprentice. Fitz has succeeded in rescuing Prince Dutiful from the clutches of the Piebald rebels, and has returned with him to...

Pecola es una niña pequeña que vive con sus padres y tiene una prima que se llama Claudia. Le gustan las muñecas y las caléndulas, que no le gustan a nadie excepto a ella. Pecola es negra y cree que es fea porque no se parece a Shirley Temple. Y tiene un truco para desaparecer cuando sus padres se pelean o su padre la molesta por las noches: piensa que tiene unos preciosos ojos azules, que todo el mundo admira su belleza y que las otras niñas la envidian. Pero ese sueño nunca se convertirá en realidad y Pecola seguirá atrapada en la triste vida que le ha tocado en suerte.