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Vistmond. El cuartel de los sueños
by La BalaEsta es la historia de Yael, quien al cumplir trece años recibe un misterioso regalo. Junto a sus amigos Diego y María tendrá que descubrir el contenido y la misión que la acompaña. Una historia llena de aventuras, misterio y un mundo por conocer Tras resignarse a conservar un atrapasueños que no deja de perseguirlo, Yael cae abruptamente en otra dimensión: es el fantástico mundo de Vistmond. Aún no sabe que tiene una misión importante y que el atrapasueños será su guía. Sus dos mejores amigos, Diego y María, por diversas razones, llegarán también a este fabuloso lugar, donde conocerán a maestros de diversas artes, gigantes, enanos y otros grandiosos personajes que les enseñarán el valor de los sueños. Vistmond. El cuartel de los sueños es la primera novela de Isabela de la Torre, mejor conocida en redes sociales como La Bala. La vivacidad y el estilo que la caracterizan quedan plasmados en esta intensa novela de aventuras.
Vistmond. El cuartel de los sueños
by La BalaEsta es la historia de Yael, quien al cumplir trece años recibe un misterioso regalo. Junto a sus amigos Diego y María tendrá que descubrir el contenido y la misión que la acompaña. Una historia llena de aventuras, misterio y un mundo por conocer Tras resignarse a conservar un atrapasueños que no deja de perseguirlo, Yael cae abruptamente en otra dimensión: es el fantástico mundo de Vistmond. Aún no sabe que tiene una misión importante y que el atrapasueños será su guía. Sus dos mejores amigos, Diego y María, por diversas razones, llegarán también a este fabuloso lugar, donde conocerán a maestros de diversas artes, gigantes, enanos y otros grandiosos personajes que les enseñarán el valor de los sueños. Vistmond. El cuartel de los sueños es la primera novela de Isabela de la Torre, mejor conocida en redes sociales como La Bala. La vivacidad y el estilo que la caracterizan quedan plasmados en esta intensa novela de aventuras.
Vita, Amore e Morte
by Cat NicolaouL'amore fa male come una spina quando le rosse labbra danno un ultimo bacio in un giorno di pioggia sull'isola della beatitudine. Vita, Amore e Morte è una raccolta di racconti di romanticismo, crimine, orrore e commedia. "Vita, Amore e Morte" è una raccolta di brevi storie eccentriche che trattano il lato più oscuro del romanticismo.
Vita Nostra: A Novel (Metamorfozy Ser. #1)
by Sergey and Marina Dyachenko“Vita Nostra” — a cross between Lev Grossman’s “The Magicians” and Elizabeth Kostova’s “The Historian” [...] is the anti-Harry Potter you didn’t know you wanted.” -- The Washington Post“Vita Nostra has become a powerful influence on my own writing. It’s a book that has the potential to become a modern classic of its genre, and I couldn’t be more excited to see it get the global audience in English it so richly deserves.” -- Lev GrossmanThe definitive English language translation of the internationally acclaimed Russian novel—a brilliant dark fantasy combining psychological suspense, enchantment, and terror that makes us consider human existence in a fresh and provocative way.Our life is brief . . .Sasha Samokhina has been accepted to the Institute of Special Technologies.Or, more precisely, she’s been chosen.Situated in a tiny village, she finds the students are bizarre, and the curriculum even more so. The books are impossible to read, the lessons obscure to the point of maddening, and the work refuses memorization. Using terror and coercion to keep the students in line, the school does not punish them for their transgressions and failures; instead, it is their families that pay a terrible price. Yet despite her fear, Sasha undergoes changes that defy the dictates of matter and time; experiences which are nothing she has ever dreamed of . . . and suddenly all she could ever want.A complex blend of adventure, magic, science, and philosophy that probes the mysteries of existence, filtered through a distinct Russian sensibility, this astonishing work of speculative fiction—brilliantly translated by Julia Meitov Hersey—is reminiscent of modern classics such as Lev Grossman’s The Magicians, Max Barry’s Lexicon, and Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale, but will transport them to a place far beyond those fantastical worlds.
Vita Notturna
by I don't want my name to appear Gwendolyn Jensen-WoodardUna poliziotta della sezione omicidi di Seattle che lavora di notte - e questa è una buona cosa - ed è per metà vampiro. Il detective Lilah Evans, che deve investigare sul caso di un cadavere trovato a pochi isolati dalla discoteca dove, solo poche ore prima, era scomparsa una ragazza. Deve scoprire se c’è una connessione tra i due eventi e fare l’impossibile per risolvere il caso, il tutto proteggendo il suo segreto.
The Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella (Expanse #10)
by James S. CoreyThe Vital Abyss is a novella that expands the world of James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series - now a Prime Original TV series.Somewhere in the vast expanse of space, a group of prisoners lives in permanent captivity.The only company they have is each other and the Belters who guard them. The only stories they know are the triumphs and crimes that brought them there. The only future they see is an empty life in an enormous room.And then the man from Mars came along . . .The Expanse series: Leviathan WakesCaliban's WarAbaddon's GateCibola BurnNemesis GamesBabylon's AshesPersepolis RisingTiamat's WrathPraise for the Expanse: 'The science fictional equivalent of A Song of Ice and Fire' NPR Books'As close as you'll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form' io9.com'Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fights' wired.com'High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters . . . Perhaps one of the best tales the genre has yet to produce' Library Journal'This is the future the way it's supposed to be' Wall Street Journal'Tense and thrilling' SciFiNow
The Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella (Expanse #27)
by James S. CoreyThe Vital Abyss is a novella that expands the world of James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series - now a Prime Original TV series.Somewhere in the vast expanse of space, a group of prisoners lives in permanent captivity.The only company they have is each other and the Belters who guard them. The only stories they know are the triumphs and crimes that brought them there. The only future they see is an empty life in an enormous room.And then the man from Mars came along . . .The Expanse series: Leviathan WakesCaliban's WarAbaddon's GateCibola BurnNemesis GamesBabylon's AshesPersepolis RisingTiamat's WrathPraise for the Expanse: 'The science fictional equivalent of A Song of Ice and Fire' NPR Books'As close as you'll get to a Hollywood blockbuster in book form' io9.com'Great characters, excellent dialogue, memorable fights' wired.com'High adventure equalling the best space opera has to offer, cutting-edge technology and a group of unforgettable characters . . . Perhaps one of the best tales the genre has yet to produce' Library Journal'This is the future the way it's supposed to be' Wall Street Journal'Tense and thrilling' SciFiNow
The Vital Abyss: An Expanse Novella (The Expanse)
by James S.A. CoreyFrom New York Times bestselling author James S.A. Corey...Somewhere in the vast expanse of space, a group of prisoners lives in permanent captivity.The only company they have is each other and the Belters who guard them. The only stories they know are the triumphs and crimes that brought them there. The only future they see is an empty life in an enormous room.And then the man from Mars came along . . .Set in the hard-scrabble solar system of the Expanse, The Vital Abyss deepens James S. A. Corey's acclaimed series.The Expanse (soon to be a major Syfy Channel television series)Leviathan WakesCaliban's WarAbaddon's GateCibola BurnNemesis GamesComing Soon: Babylon's AshesThe Expanse Short Fiction The Butcher of Anderson StationGods of RiskThe ChurnDrive
Vital Ingredient
by Charles V. DevetIt is man's most precious possession--no living thing can exist without it. But when they gave it to Orville, it killed him.
Vitals (Nova Ser. #Vol. 163)
by Greg BearA harrowing thriller based on real-life discoveries in cell theory and the battle against aging and death by the bestselling author of Darwin's Radio and War Dogs Scientist Hal Cousins is on the brink of success in his quest to determine the biological underpinnings of immortality. Funded by angel investors, the brilliant researcher makes a trip by submersible to the bottom of the sea, searching for primitive one-celled organisms that may be related to the earliest life forms on Earth. But the trip turns into a nightmare when Cousins's pilot goes berserk and turns on him. The homicidal attack is only the first in a series of events that sends the biochemist on the run, pursued by faceless enemies who want his studies terminated and Cousins dead. Cousins must face the realization that his research has brought him into contact with a vast conspiracy. Across the country, scientists are being murdered to cover up the fact that someone has discovered how to control minds through bacterial manipulation--and that the trigger bacteria now infects much of the world's population. Discredited and not knowing whom to trust, Cousins must gamble everything with Earth's very survival at stake. Award-winning author Greg Bear creates a tense, stunningly plausible thriller all too firmly rooted in scientific fact.
Vitia ex Virtus
by Feral SephrianGlen and his boyfriend Aiden live a mostly peaceful life in New York City, but then Aiden’s abusive ex, Stephan, comes back into the picture. After an odd encounter with a Catholic priest, Glen begins acting strangely.He attributes it to stress at first, but then things get even worse. Glen experiences mental blackouts, and when he comes to, he finds he has been up to no good. A stolen wallet here, a violent loss of temper there, and an unsettling trend of nightmares plague him.Glen prays he isn’t losing his mind and hopes he can regain control of himself, but when Stephan slips back into old habits and goes after Aiden, the darkness in Glen’s soul takes over again. Can Glen subdue his inner demons before they consume him, or is it already too late?
Vittorio the Vampire (New Tales of the Vampires #2)
by Anne RiceWith Pandora, Anne Rice began a magnificent new series of vampire novels. Now, in the second of her New Tales of the Vampires, she tells the mesmerizing story of Vittorio, a vampire in the Italian Age of Gold. Educated in the Florence of Cosimo de' Medici, trained in knighthood at his father's mountaintop castle, Vittorio inhabits a world of courtly splendor and country pleasures--a world suddenly threatened when his entire family is confronted by an unholy power. In the midst of this upheaval, Vittorio is seduced by the vampire Ursula, the most beautiful of his supernatural enemies. As he sets out in pursuit of vengeance, entering the nightmarish Court of the Ruby Grail, increasingly more enchanted (and confused) by his love for the mysterious Ursula, he finds himself facing demonic adversaries, war and political intrigue. Against a backdrop of the wonders--both sacred and profane--and the beauty and ferocity of Renaissance Italy, Anne Rice creates a passionate and tragic legend of doomed young love and lost innocence.
Viuda de hierro: Iron Widow (Iron Widow Ser. #1)
by Xiran Jay ZhaoUna heroína temeraria e indomable que, si no puede cambiar el mundo, le prenderá fuego. Los chicos de Huaxia sueñan con ser emparejados con una chica para poder convertirse en pilotos de crisálidas, los gigantes mecanizados que se usan para luchar contra las criaturas que acechan al otro lado de la Gran Muralla. El mayor honor para una chica de Huaxia es que la seleccionen como piloto-concubina, aunque esto signifique una muerte segura. Cuando su hermana muere en una crisálida, Zetian le toma el relevo para vengarla. La revancha es rápida, brutal e... inesperada, y Zetian se gana el apelativo de la Viuda de Hierro; una temida mujer piloto que sacrifica a los hombres, y no al revés, para propulsar las crisálidas. Para domar su inquietante pero valiosísima fuerza mental, la emparejan con Li Shimin, el piloto más fuerte y controvertido de todo el país. Pero, ahora que ha probado el poder, Zetian no se doblegará tan fácilmente. Aprovechará sus dones y su infamia para sobrevivir a un intento tras otro de acabar con su vida, hasta averiguar por qué el sistema de pilotos depende tanto de destruir la vida de las chicas... y arrasarlo para siempre. Reseñas:«Al igual que su feroz heroína, Iron Widow es brutal, sanguinaria y está llena de rabia. La lucha de Zetian para romper las definiciones patriarcales del poder es una lectura increíblemente apasionante».Julie C. Dao, autora de El bosque de los mil farolillos «Una original trama cargada de acción, con batallas tanto físicas como mentales, que incorpora temáticas LGBT y el feminismo inquebrantable de Zetian».Kirkus Reviews «Un ritmo frenético que te mantiene enganchado a las páginas mientras animas a Wu Zetian, la mejor peor protagonista, en su sangrienta e irreprimible misión. Absolutamente épica».Chloe Gong, autora del superventas These Violent Delights
Viva la Vida
by Francois KeyserUna década de planificación culmina en un golpe sanguinoso en el Reino de Aleghor. El rey Benedict toma el trono con la intención de erradicar la corrupción que era al sinónimo del gobierno nombre de su antecesor, el rey Atomas. Es una tarea que resulta ser más difícil que derrocar al propio reino y, si bien Benedict a veces compromete sus valores al actuar con las mejores intenciones, sus acciones le afectarán a él y a quienes lo apoyan. Cuando las lealtades comiencen a cuestionarse y el control comience a escaparse de Benedict, ¿hasta dónde llegará para garantizar la supervivencia de su sueño de erradicar la corrupción y traer la paz a todos los hombres del reino?¿Cuánto durará la lealtad y el amor de sus seguidores? Esta fantasía se desarrolla en una ciudad con el telón de fondo de una ciudad similar a Pompeya y el volcán Vesubio. Un personaje similar a Samson en la Biblia ayuda a crear una fantasía épica que incluye romance y tragedia mientras sigue fundamentalmente una historia inspirada en la canción del mismo nombre de Cold Play. Con los eventos similares a la vida de Sansón descritos en esta novela. No espere que esta historia sea religiosa, parte de la historia general o el recuento del final de Pompeya
Vivendo no Passado (As Crônicas de Kerrigan: Gabriel - Livro 1 #1)
by W. J. MayO passado é sua lição. O presente é seu dom. O futuro é sua motivação. Da autora best-seller do USA Today, W.J. May traz para você um spin-off das Crônicas de Kerrigan. Esta é uma série independente ou pode ser lida com a série Crônicas de Kerrigan. Como você pode construir um futuro quando uma parte de você está presa no passado? Os problemas de Gabriel Alden deveriam ter acabado. O homem que o escravizou tinha sido destruído. A garota que ele deveria matar tornou-se sua graça salvadora. E as pessoas que ele tinha sido enviado para se infiltrar acabaram como uma família. Então, por que quando todos os outros encontraram seu felizes para sempre, Gabriel ainda era ignorado? Lembranças sombrias, sombras escondidas e segredos terríveis demais para imaginar assombram cada respiração, perseguindo-o enquanto ele corre ao redor do globo, procurando pela verdade. Ele pode realmente escapar do seu passado? Algum dia ele terá a chance de um futuro? Quão longe você pode correr antes que seus fantasmas finalmente o alcancem? Uma coisa é certa: os problemas de Gabriel estão apenas começando… As Crônicas of Kerrigan: Gabriel Vivendo no Passado Present for Today Staring at the Future Leia toda a série: As Crônicas de Kerrigan: Prequela Christmas Before the Magic Question the Darkness Into the Darkness Fight the Darkness Alone the Darkness Lost the Darkness As Crônicas de Kerrigan Um Raio de Esperança e Nebulosa Escura Castelo de Cartas Chá Real Sob Fogo Fim à vista Escuridão Oculta Entrelaçados Marca do Destino Força & Poder O Último Em Pé Raio de Luz As Crônicas de Kerrigan: Sequência Uma Questão de Tempo O Pêndulo do Tempo Segunda Chance Falha no Tempo
Vivere nel passato (Le Cronache di Kerrigan: Gabriel #1)
by W. J. MayIl passato è una lezione. Il presente, un dono. Il futuro, una motivazione. Questo spin-off della serie Le Cronache di Kerrigan scritto da W. J. May, autrice best-seller di USA Today, può essere letto anche autonomamente. Come puoi costruire un futuro, quando una parte di te è intrappolata nel passato? I problemi di Gabriel Alden sarebbero dovuti finire. L'uomo che l'aveva ridotto in schiavitù era stato distrutto. La ragazza che avrebbe dovuto uccidere era diventata la sua salvatrice. Le persone tra le quali si era dovuto infiltrare erano diventate una famiglia. Allora perché, se tutti gli altri avevano avuto il loro lieto fine, lui non si sentiva parte di quella felicità? Ricordi dolorosi, ombre minacciose, segreti terribili lo tormentano senza sosta, lo seguono mentre gira per il mondo alla ricerca della verità. Riuscirà a scappare dal suo passato? Avrà mai l'occasione di costruirsi un futuro? Per quanto ancora potrà scappare, prima che i suoi fantasmi lo raggiungano? Una cosa è certa, i problemi di Gabriel sono appena iniziati...
Vivia
by Tanith LeeVivia, a paragon of youth and beauty, daughter of Lord Vaddix, is alienated from his brutal campaign of violence and fear. Her only solace lies in the secret cave in the bowels of the castle, known only to her and the arcane god whose shrine she believes it is.When plague enters the castle, bringing an orgy of death and destruction, Vivia seeks shelter in this seductive place. Drawn to her innocence and beauty, a presence - Zulgaris - is resurrected who claims her as his own. Wakened to the wonder of the undead, Vivia is granted the secret of eternal life, but she has been betrayed. Her immortality stretches before her like a damnation. Handsome Zulgaris, dark prince, war-leader and alchemist. Is Vivia to be his lover, or his pet? Or, far worse, is she but one more thing to be used in this relentless quest for sorcerous power.
Vivian Apple at the End of the World
by Katie CoyleSeventeen-year-old Vivian Apple never believed in the evangelical Church of America, unlike her recently devout parents. But when Vivian returns home the night after the supposed "Rapture," all that's left of her parents are two holes in the roof. Suddenly, she doesn't know who or what to believe. With her best friend Harp and a mysterious ally, Peter, Vivian embarks on a desperate cross-country roadtrip through a paranoid and panic-stricken America to find answers. Because at the end of the world, Vivan Apple isn't looking for a savior. She's looking for the truth.
Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle
by Katie Coyle"GET ANGRY. We should all be so pissed at the Church of America that we're willing to break our hands in the metaphorical punching of its metaphorical face." --Harpreet Janda, fugitive The predicted Rapture by Pastor Frick's Church of America has come and gone, and three thousand Believers are now missing or dead. Seventeen-year-old Vivian Apple and her best friend, Harpreet, are revolutionaries, determined to expose the Church's diabolical power grab . . . and to locate Viv's missing heartthrob, Peter Ivey. This fast-paced, entertaining sequel to Vivian Apple at the End of the World challenges readers to consider how to live with integrity in a disintegrating world.
Vivian Lantz's Second Chances
by Kathryn OrmsbeeGroundhog Day meets Eighth Grade in this time-loop story set on the first day of school, from the critically acclaimed author of Candidly Cline.Vivian Lantz is cursed. Every year, terrible things happen on her first day of school. This year, Vivian has a plan to conquer eighth grade. But eighth grade? Turns out to start with her worst first day yet. Vivian can’t wait to put it all behind her. But instead of waking up to a brand-new day, Vivian somehow gets stuck reliving her catastrophic one. Curse: 9,000 – Vivian: 0. Then she sees her misfortune for what it is: the golden opportunity to get her perfect plan back on track. But when her second chance turns into a third, a fourth, and a fifth, Vivian might have to let go of the perfect day of her dreams… and make a few surprising choices along the way. This delightfully awkward saga of first crushes, mean-girl drama, and unexpected magic is sure to please fans of Mark Oshiro, Lisa Jenn Bigelow, and Julie Murphy—and any reader who’s ever been nervous about their first day of school.
Vivian Van Tassel and the Secret of Midnight Lake
by Michael WitwerA debut epic middle grade fantasy from the New York Times bestselling Dungeons & Dragons expert Michael Witwer! Twelve-year-old Vivian Van Tassel is angry: angry about her mom&’s mysterious and sudden death; at her dad for uprooting their lives in Chicago to move to the sleepy, creepy town of Midnight Lake; at the bullies who seem to be drawn to her no matter how much she tries to keep her head down…but mostly angry at herself for causing bad things to happen wherever she goes. When a class assignment at her new school prompts Vivian to research the history of Midnight Lake, she quickly discovers her new home is even more peculiar than it seems. Not only was the infamous Beasts & Battlements (B&B) roleplaying game invented in Midnight Lake, but there are also some hard to explain coincidences about the town and its history that seem to tie back to the game in a way that&’s as puzzling as it is disturbing. When the biggest oddballs at school attempt to befriend Vivian and introduce her to their game of B&B, she&’s torn between wanting to follow the path that has always worked for her—keeping everyone at arm's length—and giving these strange kids and their even stranger fantasy game a chance. Maybe that&’s what it will take to get to the bottom of the mystery of Midnight Lake…and why Vivian was really brought there in the first place.
Viviendo con mi sexy hermanastro: Mi romance con un hombre oso
by Madelin BrookAlex siempre supo lo que quería al crecer y cuando su mirada cayó sobre su nueva hermanastra Carla, dos años antes, supo que la quería. Él era paciente y mientras vivían bajo el mismo techo con sus padres, sabía que no era posible. Ahora que había acordado vivir con ella, quien apenas tenía dieciocho años, no planeaba seguir siendo paciente. Ella quería saber a dónde iba él cuando desaparecía algunas noches y él la quería reclamar como su pareja. Los hombres oso eran conocidos por su temperamento y siendo el Alfa, él quería mostrarle a todos que ella era suya. Alex sabía que era hora de darle a Carla lo que quería. Ella no tenía idea de que pronto caería en un mundo de pasión, secretos y bosques iluminados por la luz de la luna.
Vivir y morir en Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse #Volumen 2)
by Charlaine Harris¿Seducir o ser seducido? ¿Morder... o ser mordido? Charlaine Harris ha creado en esta serie unas novelas adictivas, divertidas y que han marcado un antes y un después en el mundo del romance paranormal. No querrás perderte un solo párrafo...s. Una mala racha. Así es como podría llamarse a lo que está viviendo Sookie. Primero, su compañero de trabajo es asesinado y a nadie parece importarle. Luego se encuentra cara a cara con una criatura sobrenatural y casi muere en el ataque. Afortunadamente los vampiros le salvaron la vida, así que cuando le piden que busque a uno de ellos, desaparecido en Dallas, Sookie no lo duda ni un momento: les debe un favor. Se supone que el trabajo es fácil: debe entrevistar a ciertos humanos involucrados en la desaparición. Solo hay una condición, los vampiros deben prometer comportarse y dejar que los humanos salgan ilesos. Más fácil decirlo que hacerlo. Todo lo que se necesita es un pequeño error para que las cosas se vuelvan mortales... Reseñas:«Sangrienta, sexy y violenta, esta novela es divertida y escalofriante a la vez.»Chicago Sun-Times «Irresistible.»The Hollywood Reporter «Cautivadora.»The Boston Globe
Vivo o Morto
by D. P. PriorRICERCATO!!! A seguito dell'assassinio del Primo Senatore Mal Vatès e per traffici di husks attraverso le Montagne Farfall: SHADRAK L'INVISIBILE (ex-capogilda dei Falchi della Notte) Caratteristiche: Alto circa un metro. Pelle chiara. Occhi rosa. Capelli rasati bianchi e barba incolta. L'ultima volta che è stato avvistato indossava un mantello con cappuccio e portava due budriere, numerose spade, e alcuni "aggeggi esplosivi" che si pensa siano reperti degli Antichi, popolo di Urddynoor di tanto tempo fa.
Vixenish Wild Wife: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Li ShaThe flourishing modern culture however hides another culture that is taoist practitioners she inherits the taoist art practices in the immortal mountain walks in the world with high and strong martial arts and takes saving lives as her responsibility with leave sound for the number she walks around into a cold female teacher female soldiers walking in the forefront of the battle meet him that a cold young handsome her life produced earth-shaking change he she said was hooked she was in love with him but how far can they go in the face of a family political marriage the deliberate destruction of a third party and emotional upheaval