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Vuelve a Mí (La Serie de Amanda Libro Uno #1)
by Ikechukwu Joseph“¿Cómo leíste mi pensamiento? ¿Dónde estabas cuando todos estos males me sobrevinieron? De todos modos, afirmaste que fuiste asignado para protegerme...” La ira de Amanda aumentó, así como el tono de su voz. El Sr. Familiar se levantó en defensa. “Nunca te abandoné ni por un minuto...” “¡Mentiroso! Sal de mi vista...!” pero ella bajo sus humos después de descargar sus frustraciones en el Sr. Familiar. Él era el único más cercano a ella ahora en sus momentos de profunda soledad. “¿Por qué me abandonaste como los demás?” Sus lágrimas fluían como un río. Ella estaba profundamente herida. “Nunca te abandoné ni lo haré. Eres una hija del destino. Estas destinada a descubrirte a ti misma y a tu destino por ti sola. Soy solo un guía y guarda. Soy muchas cosas para ti. Yo fui el Sr. Johnson, el pescador, cuando te perdiste en el mar. Estuve allí para detener al Sr. Ahab cuando intento viola...” Amanda se estremeció y volvió a su propio yo y sentidos. “¿Cómo supiste todos mis secretos... nadie más que...” “Yo fui el marinero desconocido que te rescató del accidente del mar. Instigué a Anita, la reclusa de la prisión a tomar la comida envenenada destinada para ti. Yo...” “Para, para, para.” La cabeza de Amanda se hizo gigante. Lloró aún más. Después de un largo silencio, levantó la cabeza y preguntó, “¿por qué no salvaste a Lucy, mi esposo y a otros en el accidente?” Hubo otro largo silencio. “Solo fui enviado para ti...” "Vuelve a Mí" (La Serie de Amanda Libro Uno) es la historia de una joven que encontró el amor en un aparente anciano. “Estaba dividida entre el hombre que amo y el futuro por delante mío -el hombre que no solo se robó mi corazón, sino también quitó mi soledad, depresión y aburrimiento de la vida. El oro que no podía encontrar en los jóvenes y exuberantes, en los fuertes y poderosos, en los ric
Vulcan's Forge (Fiction without Frontiers)
by Robert Mitchell EvansJason Kessler doesn't fit in the society of Nocturnia, the sole colony that survived the Earth's destruction. Between the colony's dedication to a distorted vision of mid-twentieth century Americana, its sexually repressive culture, and the expectation that his most important duty is marriage and children Jason rebels, throwing himself into an illicit and dangerous affair with Pamela Guest, but Pamela harbors a secret. Soon the lovers are engaged in a lethal game of cat and mouse with the colony's underworld head and the secrets Jason unlocks upend everything he knew, exposing dangers far beyond Nocturnia and its obsessions. FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
Vulcan's Glory (Star Trek: The Original Series #44)
by D.C. FontanaThis New York Times bestselling novel by one of the writer/producers on the original classic Star Trek explores a young Spock grappling with the opposing desires that clash during a dangerous, deadly mission.Years before he came to be known as the best first officer in the fleet, Spock was a conflicted young ensign, serving on the Starship Enterprise™ under Captain Christopher Pike. Struggling to reconcile his many obligations—those forced on him by his Vulcan heritage, and those chosen by him upon his enrollment in Starfleet Academy—Spock must also balance the desires of his own heart. Those conflicting demands intersect during a mission to retrieve one of his world's most sacred artifacts, a relic of Vulcan's ancient past—the search for which will reveal dark and deadly secrets, forever altering the course of Spock's life and defining the man he became. A classic tale from D.C. Fontana, one of Star Trek®'s original producers and the writer of such classic episodes as "Journey to Babel" and "This Side of Paradise."
Vulcan's Hammer
by Philip K. DickAfter the twentieth century's devastating series of wars, the world's governments banded together into one globe-spanning entity, committed to peace at all costs. Ensuring that peace is the Vulcan supercomputer, responsible for all major decisions. But some people don't like being taken out of the equation. And others resent the idea that the Vulcan is taking the place of God. As the world grows ever closer to all-out war, one functionary frantically tries to prevent it. But the Vulcan computer has its own plans, plans that might not include humanity at all.
Vulcan's Heart: Star Trek: The Original Series/next Generation (Star Trek: The Original Series)
by Josepha Sherman Susan Shwartz2239. Now a diplomat for the United Federation of Planets, Spock agrees to a bonding with Saavik, his former protégé and an accomplished Starfleet officer in her own right. More than a betrothal but less than a wedding, the sacred Vulcan rite is attended by both Spock's father, Sarek, and a nervous young Starfleet officer named Jean-Luc Picard. Plans for the consummation of the pair's union are thrown off course when Spock receives a top-secret communication that lures him into the heart of the Romulan empire. Enmeshed in the treacherous political intrigues of the Romulan capital, undone by a fire that grows ever hotter within his blood, Spock must use all his logic and experience to survive a crisis that will ultimately determine the fate of empires!
Vulcan's Heart: The Original Series/next Generation (Star Trek: The Original Series)
by Josepha Sherman Susan ShwartzCaptain Spock has left Starfleet to become Ambassador Spock and has been bonded in a Vulcan engagement ceremony to his former protege, the beautiful Commander Saavik. Spock is on a minor diplomatic mission when a call from an old enemy, now a friend, sends him off on a dangerous mission to the planet Romulus, peopled by a volatile and emotional offshoot of his own stoic Vulcan race. Romulan society is facing collapse unless Spock and Saavik can put aside their powerful Vulcan Pon Farr mating drives for long enough to warn the Klingons of a dastardly attack on the outpost at Narrendra III. Meanwhile, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, in command of the USS Stargazer, is sent to infiltrate Romulan territory and recover Spock and Saavik. But is Picard's real task to aid them or to stop them completing their mission, which has put the peace of the galaxy at risk?
Vulcan's Soul #1: Exodus (Star Trek: The Original Series #1)
by Josepha Sherman Susan ShwartzThe first in a thrilling trilogy from the bestselling authors of Vulcan&’s Forge and Vulcan&’s Heart chronicles the latter-day adventures of one of Star Trek&’s most beloved characters, shedding new light on his world&’s fascinating history. One year after the end of the Dominion War, the Romulan Star Empire comes under attack by a mysterious and alarmingly powerful enemy calling itself the Watraii, a species with a long-standing vendetta against the Romulans. Yet though they remain tenuously allied, the Federation, the Romulans, and the Klingons are ill-prepared to become embroiled in another sustained conflict, forcing Ambassador Spock, Admiral Uhura, Admiral Chekov, Captain Saavik, and some unexpected allies to defy their governments in order to meet the new threat head-on. But the first blood drawn may prove to be among the dearest of all. Unknown to the defenders, the secret behind the Watraii&’s attack is buried in Vulcan&’s violent ancient past, during the time of Surak himself. Now Spock must begin the first leg of a long and dangerous road to learn the truth...before his hopes for the future become ashes.
Vulcan's Soul #3: Epiphany (Star Trek: The Original Series #3)
by Josepha Sherman Susan ShwartzIn this stunning conclusion to the electrifying Star Trek trilogy from the bestselling authors of Vulcan&’s Forge and Vulcan&’s Heart, everything you think you know about the Vulcans and Romulans will change forever. One year after the Dominion War, the Watraii are determined to destroy the Romulan Star Empire. Ambassador Spock is equally determined to learn their secrets from the far distant past. With the aid of his wife Captain Saavik and the Starship Alliance, his old comrades Scotty, Uhura, and Chekov, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the Starship Enterprise, Spock executes a daring plan to bring about peace before the Alpha Quadrant is once again plunged into war.
Vulcan's Soul: Exiles (Star Trek: The Original Series #2)
by Josepha Sherman Susan ShwartzTensions remain high as the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, and the Romulan Star Empire attempt to maintain their fragile post-Dominion War peace in the wake of the brutal attack by the mysterious Watraii that ended with the loss of Admiral Pavel Chekov. When Admiral Uhura receives intelligence regarding a Watraii base that may contain more than one surprise, she sends Ambassador Spock, Captain Saavik, Ruanek, Captain Montgomery Scott, and Lieutenant Commander Data on a covert mission to learn its secrets.... But the true secrets of the Watraii have their basis millennia in the past. In the time of Surak, Vulcans were at a crossroads, on the cusp of either embracing logic or succumbing to emotion and destroying themselves. With Surak's blessing, a group of Vulcans left their turbulent homeworld to find their destiny among the stars -- but the stars prove themselves even more unforgiving than the sands of Vulcan's deserts, as Karatek, the reluctant leader of the exiles, must struggle to hold the community together.
Vulcan's Soul: Star Trek The Original Series (Star Trek: The Original Series #1)
by Josepha Sherman Susan ShwartzAmbassador Spock has married his fellow Vulcan Starfleet officer, Captain Saavik, but he and his wife have little time to enjoy their newlywed status before both of them are plunged into the heart of a clandestine war. Pursuing his hope of uniting Vulcan and Romulus after centuries of hostility between them, Spock finds himself inadvertently drawn into conflict with a long-lost race -- also of Vulcan descent -- who are set on the destruction of the weakened Romulan Empire. Together with the surviving members of Captain James T. Kirk's old crew, Spock and Saavik are forced to abandon the aegis of the Federation and wage their own secret war behind the scenes. And even as their relationship deepens, their future is threatened as Spock's dream of peace leads him into deadly danger...
Vulnerable (Little Goddess #1)
by Amy LaneLittle Goddess: Book OneWorking graveyards in a gas station seems a small price for Cory to pay to get her degree and get the hell out of her tiny town. She's terrified of disappearing into the aimless masses of the lost and the young who haunt her neck of the woods. Until the night she actually stops looking at her books and looks up. What awaits her is a world she has only read about—one filled with fantastical creatures that she's sure she could never be.And then Adrian walks in, bearing a wealth of pain, an agonizing secret, and a hundred and fifty years with a lover he's afraid she won't understand. In one breathless kiss, her entire understanding of her own worth and destiny is turned completely upside down. When her newfound world explodes into violence and Adrian's lover—and prince—walks into the picture, she's forced to explore feelings and abilities she's never dreamed of. The first thing she discovers is that love doesn't fit into nice neat little boxes. The second thing is that risking your life is nothing compared to facing who you really are—and who you'll kill to protect.
Vulto - Vagantes Noturnos
by Kristen Middleton Lívia LinharesNikki, uma menina de dezessete anos, e seu irmão, Nathan, se mudam para a cidadezinha de Shore Lake, em Montana, logo depois de sua mãe ser agredida brutalmente. Até que o corpo de uma adolescente aparece boiando no lago na primeira noite em que eles passam na cabana. Há rumores de que existem vampiros em Shore Lake e Nikki começa a perceber que há coisas vagando no escuro muito mais sinistras do que eles haviam deixado para trás na cidade grande.
Vulture: Book 3
by Hodder Children'sPower, politics and pirates collide in Vulture, the finale of the epic YA fantasy series The Isles of Storm and Sorrow, perfect for fans of Pirates of the Caribbean.We are all one misstep away from being the villain...Marianne has passed the ultimate test required to be a Mage. She is finally powerful enough to reunite the Twelve Isles.But having exposed herself to the darker side of magic, Marianne is struggling. The magic within her is nearly impossible to control, and she becomes cruel and violent, mercilessly pursuing those who have harmed her in the past, ignoring the pleas of those closest to her to remember what's really important: saving the islands.Everything she's fought for has come down to this. Will Marianne be able to fulfil her promise to bring peace to the islands when she can't even bring peace to herself? Conquer the darkness. Control the magic. Save the Isles.
Vulture: Book 3 (Isles of Storm and Sorrow)
by Bex HoganPower, politics and pirates collide in Vulture, the finale of the epic YA fantasy series The Isles of Storm and Sorrow, perfect for fans of Pirates of the Caribbean.We are all one misstep away from being the villain...Marianne has passed the ultimate test required to be a Mage. She is finally powerful enough to reunite the Twelve Isles.But having exposed herself to the darker side of magic, Marianne is struggling. The magic within her is nearly impossible to control, and she becomes cruel and violent, mercilessly pursuing those who have harmed her in the past, ignoring the pleas of those closest to her to remember what's really important: saving the islands.Everything she's fought for has come down to this. Will Marianne be able to fulfil her promise to bring peace to the islands when she can't even bring peace to herself? Conquer the darkness. Control the magic. Save the Isles.
Vultures (Miriam Black #6)
by Chuck WendigIn the sixth and final thriller of the “wildly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) Miriam Black series, Miriam tries to break the curse of her powers, but first she must face The Trespasser a final time. Still reeling from the events of The Raptor and the Wren, Miriam must confront two terrifying discoveries: the Trespasser now has the power to inhabit the living as well as the dead, and Miriam is pregnant. Miriam knows her baby is fated to die, but Miriam is the Fatebreaker. And if the rules have changed for her nemesis, her own powers are changing as well. Miriam will do whatever it takes to break her curse and save her child. But as Miriam once again finds herself on the hunt for a serial killer and in need of an elusive physic, she can feel the threads of her past coming together—and the pattern they’re forming is deadly. To end the Trespasser’s influence in her world, Miriam must face her demon a final time. And, this time, one of them must die. Vultures is a heart-pounding conclusion to the series: “Think Six Feet Under cowritten by Stephen King and Chuck Palahniuk” (SFX).
Vurt: 30th Anniversary Edition
by Jeff NoonHailed as the novel that reinvented cyberpunk, The 30th Anniversary edition of Jeff Noon's award winning cult classic, Vurt.Scribble and his gang, the Stash Riders, haunt the streets of an alternate Manchester, chasing the immersive highs that come from Vurt Feathers. Place a feather in your mouth and it takes you to the Vurt: another place, a trip, a shared reality of all our dreams and mythologies. Different coloured feathers provide different experiences, but Scribble is searching for his lost love and only one feather offers the hope of finding her. It&’s the ultimate feather, it may not even exist at all: Curious Yellow. But as the Game Cat says, &“Be careful, be very careful. This ride is not for the weak.&” First published in 1993, Jeff Noon&’s extraordinary, influential, award-winning novel transcended SF boundaries and resisted categorization. Alluding to noir and surrealism alike, it was defiantly its own thing and remains so thirty years later. File Under: Fantasy [ Curious Yellow | Urban Wonderland | Game Cat | Living on the Dub Side ]
Vértigo (El piso mil #Volumen 2)
by Katharine McGeeUn paso en falso puede suponer una caída mortal. Tras el terrible incidente que marcó el final de fiesta más amargo de sus vidas, los habitantes de la supertorre de mil plantas que se alza en Nueva York luchan por volver a la normalidad. Pero no es fácil. A pesar de disfrutar de tecnología punta y lujo futurista, un grupo de jóvenes ocultan secretos que harán que la torre más alta jamás construida se tambalee. Además, una chica misteriosa acaba de llegar a la ciudad dispuesta a causar el mayor revuelo posible. Y sabe exactamente por dónde empezar. Y, por si eso fuera poco, sin que nadie sospeche nada, alguien está vigilando... Alguien cuya obsesión es la venganza.
Víbora
by Monica MccartyEl cuarto libro de la serie de La Guardia de los HighlandersPreciado por su sigilo viperino y sus letales habilidades, Lachlan Víbora MacRuairi es un guerrero al que conviene tener al lado pero en el que no se puede confiar. Una amarga y antigua traición le robó la capacidad de inmutarse por nada ni por nadie. Ahora solo se profesa lealtad a sí mismo. Pero todo cambia cuando se le encomienda una nueva misión: proteger y llevar a la orgullosa y exuberante condesa Bella MacDuff a la coronación del rey. Pasional y entregada, Bella ha desafiado al rey británico y a su propio marido para colocar la corona en la cabeza de Bruce y, sin saberlo, retará a Lachlan a librar la mayor de las batallas: amar de nuevo.Monica McCarty descubrió el mundo de las costumbres escocesas medievales mientras estudiaba historia del derecho. Con sus tres trilogías ambientadas en ese mundo, la autora ha conquistado rápidamente al público de ambas orillas del Atlántico.Curiosidad. Atracción. Y lo más peligroso y tentador: la posibilidad de volver a enamorarse.
Vínculo de confianza (Cambio de actitud #2)
by Mary CalmesLa secuela de Cambio de actitudVolumen 2 de la serie Cambio de actitudJin Rayne está teniendo problemas para adaptarse a su nueva vida, la que se supone que ama. En lugar de acostumbrarse a ser la pareja de Logan Church, líder de la tribu, Jin no puede olvidar que su amante era heterosexual antes de conocerlo. Teme que su nueva vida pueda desaparecer de un momento a otro, aunque ha descubierto el regocijo de pertenecer a Logan, y a pesar de que este le insiste en que estarán por siempre juntos, y punto. <p><p> Jin quiere confiar en Logan, pero ese deseo será puesto a prueba por un rival, un líder de otra tribu, y por una alarmante revelación sobre la naturaleza de Jin. Estarán en juego la vida de Jin y su lugar en la tribu. Si desea sobrevivir para volver a ver a Logan, tendrá que liberarse de sus miedos y aceptar de buen grado el vínculo, porque sólo de ese modo podrá confiar realmente.
W.B. DuBay's The Rook Archives Volume 1
by VariousFrom the pages of Warren Publishing's Eerie magazine, The Rook returns in new archival editions, bringing you the best of the time-travelling swash-buckler. Written by William B. Dubay and drawn by Jim Stenstrum, with covers by Paul Gulacy, The Rook follows scientist and adventurer Restin Dane as he travels through history righting wrongs and saving those in need, while investigating the mysteries of his own family history. Joined by robots he created, and traveling via his invention The Time Castle, the Rook takes readers on a journey through time they'll never forget.A value-priced, high-quality edition for Eerie and Creepy collectors.Dark Horse has re-launched The Rook with Steven Grant writing and Paul Gulacy providing the art.
WALL-E (Little Golden Book)
by RH DisneyIN THE DISTANT FUTURE, humans have long ago left Earth, but someone forgot to turn off a little robot named WALL•E, who goes about his chores day after day after day. When circumstances lead WALL•E off the planet and across the galaxy, he goes on the adventure of a lifetime with a starship full of people and robots. With a little luck, this rusty metal hero will save the day and win the love of a beautiful female robot named EVE! WALL•E proves that love is universal, whether your heart beats or beeps! This junior novelization features an embossed cover and 8 pages of full-color movie stills from the new hit Disney•Pixar film, WALL•E.
WASP
by Pollinger in PrintThe war had been going on for nearly a year and the Sirian Empire had a huge advantage in personnel and equipment. Earth needed an edge. Which was where James Mowry came in. If a small insect buzzing around in a car could so distract the driver as to cause that vehicle to crash, think what havoc one properly trained operative could wreak on an unuspecting enemy. Intensively trained, his appearance surgically altered, James Mowry is landed on Jaimec, the ninety-fourth planet of the Sirian Empire. His mission is simple: sap morale, cause mayhem, tie up resources, wage a one-man war on a planet of eighty million. In short, be a wasp. First published in 1957, WASP is generally regarded as Eric Frank Russell's best novel, a witty and exciting account of a covert war in the heart of enemy territory.
WASP
by Pollinger in PrintThe war had been going on for nearly a year and the Sirian Empire had a huge advantage in personnel and equipment. Earth needed an edge. Which was where James Mowry came in. If a small insect buzzing around in a car could so distract the driver as to cause that vehicle to crash, think what havoc one properly trained operative could wreak on an unuspecting enemy. Intensively trained, his appearance surgically altered, James Mowry is landed on Jaimec, the ninety-fourth planet of the Sirian Empire. His mission is simple: sap morale, cause mayhem, tie up resources, wage a one-man war on a planet of eighty million. In short, be a wasp. First published in 1957, WASP is generally regarded as Eric Frank Russell's best novel, a witty and exciting account of a covert war in the heart of enemy territory.
WWW: Wake (WWW #1)
by Robert J. SawyerCaitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math, and blind. When she receives an implant to restore her sight, instead of seeing reality she perceives the landscape of the World Wide Web-where she makes contact with a mysterious consciousness existing only in cyberspace.
WWW: Watch (The WWW Trilogy #2)
by Robert J. SawyerIt calls itself Webmind. An emerging consciousness within the World Wide Web, it has befriended Caitlin Decter and grown eager to learn about her world. But Webmind has also come to the attention of WATCH, the secret United States government agency that monitors the Internet for any potential threats-and wants it purged from cyberspace.