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Metal Pesado: Serie de Magia Heavy Metal: Historias de Origen
by Margo Bond CollinsCon una maldición por un demonio, la cazadora Blaize Silver se enfrenta a licántropos, chupacabras, vampiros, y otros seres sobrenaturales en esta colección de novelas e historias cortas. Salvaje & Silver Blaize y su prima Grace se enfrentan a los licántropos en Tombstone, Arizona, ¡Y se encuentran de cara con un problema mucho más grande! Campanas Infernales de los Silver La cazadora de monstruos Blaize Silver y su nuevo compañero Lobo siguen su maldición a un pequeño pueblo en las Montañas San Juan, en Colorado, donde la nieve esconde un secreto mortal. Resoluciones Blaize y Lobo conocen a MaddieAnne Honeycutt, ¡Y descubren que hay una nueva cazadora en el pueblo! Hechicería & Silver ¡Blaize y Lobo terminan en un rancho abandonado y se encuentran en un combate con un enemigo muy inusual! ¡También incluye la novela de Ruby Silver: Regalos No Deseados! Aprendan como la ancestro de Blaize Silver, Ruby, terminó maldita con alergia a la plata y una compulsión a cazar monstruos.
El metal perdido (Nacidos de la bruma [Mistborn] #Volumen 7)
by Brandon SandersonEl metal perdido es el séptimo libro de Nacidos de la Bruma (Mistborn), la saga de fantasía épica que ha conquistado el mundo y parte imprescindible del Cosmere, el universo destinado a convertirse en la serie más extensa y fascinante jamás escrita en cualquier género. Waxillium Ladrian, vigilante de la ley convertido en senador de la gran ciudad, lleva años intentando dar caza a la sombría organización llamada el Grupo -entre cuyos líderes se cuentan su difunto tío y su hermana-, desde que empezaron a secuestrar a personas con el poder de la alomancia en su linaje. Cuando la detective Marasi Colms y su compañero Wayne encuentran un almacén ilegal de armas con destino a la ciudad exterior de Bilming, se abre ante ellos una nueva pista. El conflicto entre Elendel y las ciudades exteriores favorece al Grupo, que ya extiende sus tentáculos hasta el Senado de Elendel -cuya corrupción pretenden destapar Wax y Steris-, y la ciudad de Bilming está incluso más implicada de lo que creían. Después de que Wax descubra un nuevo tipo de explosivo capaz de desatar una destrucción sin precedentes y comprenda que el Grupo ya debe de tenerlo, un kandra inmortal al servicio del dios de Scadrial, Armonía, le revela que Bilming ha caído bajo la influencia de otro dios: Trell, venerado por el Grupo. Pero Trell no es el único factor que interviene procedente del amplio Cosmere, puesto que a Marasi la reclutan unas personas de fuera del planeta dotadas de extrañas capacidades, que afirman que su objetivo es proteger Scadrial... a toda costa. Wax deberá decidir si deja a un lado las dificultades de su relación con Dios y se convierte de nuevo en la espada que Armonía lo ha estado preparando para ser. Si nadie da el paso y actúa como el héroe que Scadrial necesita, el planeta y sus millones de habitantes sufrirán una repentina y calamitosa ruina. «Brandon Sanderson es una leyenda».Alexelcapo, @EvilAFM
The Metal Moon
by Everett C. SmithWe know that as soon as interplanetary travel is possible, expeditions from the Earth will be ranging the length and breadth of the solar system searching out the thousands of wonders that are to be discovered. It is quite possible that some of the explorers, whether through accident or desire, may colonize the other planets and develop under new and unusual conditions a new branch of the human race. It is doubtlessly true that if each of the solar planets were to be colonized, at the end of several hundred centuries there would be nine races of human beings who might differ radically from each other and in fact might not recognize each other as members of the same human stock.
The Metal Monster
by Abraham Merritt"Dr. Goodwin is on a botanical expedition in the Himalayas. There he meets Dick Drake, the son of one of his old science acquaintances. They are witnesses of a strange aurora-like effect, but seemingly a deliberate one. As they go out to investigate, they meet Goodwin's old friends Martin and Ruth Ventnor, brother and sister scientists. The two are besieged by Persians as Darius III led when Alexander of Macedon conquered them more than two thousand years ago.The group is saved by a magnificent woman they get to know as Norhala. She commands the power of lightning and controls strange metal animate Things, living, metallic, geometric forms; an entire city of sentient cubes, globes and tetrahedrons, capable of joining together and forming colossal shapes, and wielding death rays and other armaments of destruction."
The Metal Monster: Large Print
by Abraham MerrittIn the wilds of the Trans-Himalayan region, a quartet of adventurers led by Dr. Walter T. Goodwin stumbles upon a tribe of human primitives forgotten since the age of Alexander the Great, and an awesome being of living metal commanded by the exiled Norhala. As Norhala's guests, Goodwin and his team witness the mind-boggling marvels that are the Metal Monster's way of life, and the unspeakable horrors it commits when Norhala takes it to war against her persecutors.
The Metal Maiden Collection: To Be a Woman, Shepherd, Fly Trap, and Awares (Metal Maiden)
by Piers AnthonyFour novellas in one volume—the thrilling science fiction saga of a female robot who becomes sentient and fights to save humanity from destruction. With nearly two hundred published works and more than twenty New York Times bestsellers to his credit, Piers Anthony is without a doubt one of the most prolific and creative authors in science fiction and fantasy. Among his most ingenious literary creations are the four books of his remarkable Metal Maiden saga, collected here in one volume: the breathtaking tale of Elasa, the fembot who desires nothing more than to be human. In &“To Be a Woman&” we meet Elasa, who is perfect in every way—a female machine created for pleasure, whose newborn consciousness makes her strive for more. The story moves to a distant colony planet in &“Shepherd,&” in which a young man participating in a student exchange program finds himself in another body and suddenly the caretaker of a herd of telepathic and eminently wise sheep. &“Flytrap&” brings Elasa&’s friend Mona to the colony in the body of a pregnant woman, through which she learns that her work with a young precognitive lamb could have a major impact on more than one existence and more than one world. Finally, in &“Awares,&” Elasa must work closely with a unique group of environmentally attuned beings in order to protect the earth from an onslaught of gigantic, world-devouring extraterrestrial maggots.
The Metal Eater
by E. C. TubbIt was the last planet left for men to conquer - a planet rich in priceless urillium ore, yet no man laid a finger on this wealth that was for the taking. For the planet Vendor could not be conquered. Space-men tried time and time again, but always the Voices drove them mad and destroyed them. Some intangible power kept men away from that taunting prize - until a scientist on Deneb IV perfected a blanketing device to protect his shop through the barrier. It took him twenty years to do it and every penny he possessed, but at last his voyage to Vendor began. It was the voyage of a gambler who knew that only two alternatives faced him...illimitable wealth and glory, or failure and death. But the journey to Vendor brought hazards that neither he nor his crew had foreseen, and before its conclusion a force was unwittingly released that could have swept life from the Universe - the indestructible and horrifying force of THE METAL EATER.
The Metal Eater
by E.C. TubbIt was the last planet left for men to conquer - a planet rich in priceless urillium ore, yet no man laid a finger on this wealth that was for the taking.For the planet Vendor could not be conquered. Space-men tried time and time again, but always the Voices drove them mad and destroyed them. Some intangible power kept men away from that taunting prize - until a scientist on Deneb IV perfected a blanketing device to protect his shop through the barrier. It took him twenty years to do it and every penny he possessed, but at last his voyage to Vendor began.It was the voyage of a gambler who knew that only two alternatives faced him...illimitable wealth and glory, or failure and death.But the journey to Vendor brought hazards that neither he nor his crew had foreseen, and before its conclusion a force was unwittingly released that could have swept life from the Universe - the indestructible and horrifying force of THE METAL EATER.
Metal Angel
by Nancy SpringerA dissatisfied angel falls to Earth to pursue his long-held dream of becoming a heavy-metal rock &’n&’ roll god For Volos, heaven is a bore; the real action is in the world of mortals. So the restless celestial abandons the eternal realm, transforming himself into a beautiful, decadent example of the human male while keeping his wings intact, and sets out to become a rock star. Needing appropriate lyrics for his soon-to-be hit singles and having no firsthand experience with mortal emotions and concerns, Volos finds everything he needs in the personal writings of a sexually repressed wife and mother from the Bible Belt. The daughter of a tyrannical fundamentalist preacher, Angie composes poetry in secret, and she is shocked when she hears her own words on the radio. Surely a higher power is calling her to Los Angeles. But the music is leading her to a shining star who is more than a man yet less than human—a true soulmate capable of changing her world in ways she never could have imagined. Multiple award–winning fantasist Nancy Springer reinvigorates the fallen-angel trope in a delightfully inventive and thought-provoking story of a celestial being who is unhappy in the service of a distant and unapproachable God. Metal Angel is an enthralling exploration of belief, spirituality, sexual awakening, and superstardom.
Metal and Dust Book 2: Ty's Trick
by Eve FrancisTycoon Wind has lived as a hacker on The Government's surveillance facility, Sector 17, since she was twelve years old. The entire time, stories have ruled her life. As The Government's librarian, she has been in charge of surveying what the people read and deleting the dangerous stories if necessary. But Ty has realized over the years that merely deleting something from the database does not fully make it disappear. Using her mother's recipe for ink, she has been writing down the stories she's been forced to delete, along with her personal stories about her mother, her life in the compound, and anything else she can remember late at night.Soon, Ty meets Mace, another young soldier forced to live and abide by The Government’s strict rules and constant surveillance. At night, they carry on a relationship that would make the love stories Ty writes out pale in comparison.For a long time, Ty believes her secret writing and smuggling of the stories outside of the compound is enough. But when another hacker, Riley Hurwitz, escapes without a trace, Ty begins to take back her own life and makes plans to escape. With the help of Mace, Ty finally writes the last line she has always wanted to see for herself: happily ever after.
Metal and Dust Book 1: The Siege
by Eve FrancisSamandra Keen is the leader of a resistance movement that has set up camp in a deserted military base in the wake of a government meltdown and disbanding of the fifty states. Now threatened by constant surveillance and with no information they can trust, people like Samandra must fend for themselves and only trust their instinct. Samandra’s biggest fear is her past coming back to haunt her -- growing up inside a mapped “red zone” and her prison time for being an activist. To fall back into the lure of time and memory, Samandra knows, will be the first act that leads her astray. In order to win and maintain her power, Samandra focuses on her tight military crew, fending off attacks from another resistance movement called The Tea Traitors, and staying hidden from The Government.When Riley Hurwitz, a young hacker and weapons maker, breaches Samandra’s military compound, she is taken prisoner. With Riley now bound to a bed and gagged, Samandra is determined to figure out why someone as smart as Riley has been caught. As Riley’s plan slowly unravels and her true intent found out, Riley strikes a deal with Samandra: they can both band together and share power -- or Samandra’s crew will be destroyed from the inside.What results between Riley and Samandra is a constant battle of wills until they both understand that their mission in this futuristic landscape is not to be bound to an idea or a cause for war -- but to one another.
Metais Pesados
by Margo Bond CollinsConheça Blaze Silver, uma caçadora de monstros e uma maga da terra muito mal humorada que acabou sendo amaldiçoada por um demônio e que enfrenta lobisomens, demônios, vampiros e muitas outras criaturas nessa coleção de romances e contos de fantasia. Silver & Selvagens Blaize e sua prima Grace enfrentam lobisomens em Tombstone no Arizona, e ficam cara a cara com um problema muito maior do que esse! Sinos de Prata do Inferno Blaize e seu mais novo companheiro Lobo, seguem o Chamado até uma pequena cidade nas montanhas de San Juan no Colorado, onde há um segredo mortal escondido na neve. Resoluções Blaize e Lobo conhecem MaddieAnne Honeycutt e descobrem que ela pode ser a mais nova caçadora! Prata e Feitiçaria Blaize e Lobo vão parar em um rancho abandonado e acabam em uma batalha com um inimigo inusitado. Inclui também a história de Ruby Silver: "Presentes Indesejados"! Conheça como a ancestral de Blaze Silver acabou amaldiçoada com alergia à prata e com uma compulsão por caçar monstros.
The Metaconcert (Intervention #2)
by Julian MayAll over the world, the metapsychics are honing their skills, learning to stretch their incredible minds far beyond the ken of ordinary humans. Most are dedicated to the harmony of the human soul. But some have darker intentions. . . If the metapsychics succeed in uniting Earth's minds to take the next step up in human evolution, a place awaits humanity among the alien peoples of the fabulous Galactic Milieu. But if evil minds prevail in their bid for power, Earth will be cut off. . . and mankind forever doomed!
Meta Television: A History of US Popular Television's Self-Awareness (Routledge Advances in Popular Culture Studies)
by Erin GianniniThe idea of metatextuality is frequently framed as a recent television development and often paired with the idea that it represents genre exhaustion. US television, however, with its early “live” performances and set-bound sitcoms, always suggested an element of self-awareness that easily shaded into metatextuality even in its earliest days. Meta Television thus traces the general history of US television’s metatextuality throughout television’s history, arguing that TV’s self-awareness is nothing new—and certainly not evidence of a period of aesthetic exhaustion—but instead is woven into both its past and present practice, elucidated through case studies featuring series from the 1970s to the present day—many of which have not been critically analyzed before—and the various ways they deploy metatext to both construct and deconstruct their narratives. Further, Meta Television asserts that this re- and de-construction of narrative and production isn’t just a reward to the savvy and/or knowledgeable viewer (or consumer), but seeks to make broader points about the media we consume—and how we consume it.This book explores the ways in which the current metatextual turn, in both the usual genres in which it appears (horror and sci-fi/fantasy) and its movement into drama and sitcom, represents the next turn in television’s inherent self-awareness. It traces this element throughout television’s history, growing from the more modest reflexivity of programs’ awareness of themselves, as created objects in a particular medium, to the more significant breaking of the fictive illusion and therefore the perceived distance between the audience and the series. Erin Giannini shows how the increased currency of metatextual television in the contemporary era can be tied to a viewership well-versed in its stories and production as well as able and willing to “talk back” via social media. If television reflects culture to a certain extent, this increased reflexivity mirrors that “responsive” audience as a consequence of the lack of distance that metafiction embraces.As Robert Stam traced the use—and implications—of reflexivity in film and literature, this book does the same for television, further problematizing John Ellis’s glance theory in terms of both production and spectatorship.
The Meta-Rise
by J. V. KadeThe thrilling sequel to Bot Wars, perfect for fans of Skylanders! Trout St. Kroix can't believe that his half-human/half-robot father is the leader of the Meta-Rise, the robot civil rights movement. Trout can't even enjoy being a Bot Territory celebrity, because it also puts his whole family in danger. Ratch, a robot and former friend, has found a way to take control of robot Thinkchips, and under Ratch's control, all bots--including Trout's dad--would become Ratch's drones. CanTrout--and his friends Vee and Tellie Rix, along with brother Po--find a way to stop Ratch before Trout loses his father all over again?
Messy Miranda (Orca Echoes)
by Jeff Szpirglas Danielle Saint-OngeMiranda has one messy desk. It's full of books, pencils, science projects and…other stuff. Too much stuff, says her teacher, Ms. Basil. On a family visit to her Uncle Aldo's one night, Miranda wonders if some of his magician's tools might offer a solution to her messy-desk problem. Sneaking off to the magic room, Miranda finds Uncle Aldo's impressive collection of top hats. Miranda knows that magic top hats can hold lots of things—why not the mess from her desk? At first, the hat seems to do the trick, but soon things start to go horribly wrong. As Uncle Aldo says, you have to be careful with magic. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Messiah 2.0
by Robert T. Jeschonek Ben BaldwinWhat form will the Second Coming of Christ take? In the world of the far future, Father Clement the warrior priest and Imago the stained glass robot will stop at nothing to find Him...so they can kill Him. It's the only way to save the King of the World and his Kingdom from the great threat predicted in the Book of Revelations. Guided by the ultra-high tech Christputer, armed with an atomic scythe and righteous robotic power, Clement and Imago track the last of the proto-Christs through the realms of the savage Undead. Will a mysterious prisoner lead the way to their target Messiah, or will she help them realize they're serving an evil cause? In the world of tomorrow, Christ and Antichrist both take forms that no one expects and pit technological marvels in a futuristic clash that no one can imagine. Don't miss this exciting tale by award-winning storyteller Robert T. Jeschonek, a master of unique and unexpected science fiction that really packs a punch.
Messiah (Apotheosis #3)
by Swann S. AndrewThe last stand against the self-proclaimed God, Adam, has retreated to the anarchic planet Bakunin-a world besieged by civil war. Humanity's last hope lies with Nickolai Rajasthan, a Moreau who believes that the human race that created his kind is already damned beyond redemption. .
Messi@: A Novel
by Andrei CodrescuAt the end of the millennium, as Armageddon looms, two young women from opposite sides of the world unite as humanity's last hope for salvation In New Orleans, private investigator Felicity LeJeune has made it her mission to bring down the corrupt televangelist Reverend Mullin, leader of the United Ministries, who filched two million dollars in lottery winnings from Felicity's unassuming grandmother. Meanwhile, Mullin's flock of religious fundamentalists bombards the media with threats of catastrophic horror if people refuse to accept him as their savior. Across the globe, the mysterious Sarajevan orphan Andrea Isbik escapes a Serbian POW camp and finds asylum in Jerusalem, where she seduces cavalcades of religious scholars before finally landing in the Big Easy herself. There, amid the reverie of Mardi Gras, something dark is building. Surrounded by a wild cast of characters, Andrea and Felicity join forces to combat the impending apocalypse, fending off millennial fervor and Mullin's fanatical followers as the world's religions converge on New Orleans for the end of days. This riveting novel links our most ancient imaginings of Armageddon with our contemporary worship of technology.
Messenger's Legacy: A Demon Cycle Novella (The Demon Cycle #3.5)
by Peter V. BrettAn aging Messenger takes his armor out of storage for one last adventure.Six-year-old Briar Damaj, a half Krasian boy in the tiny village of Bogton, is used to being tormented by his siblings, and the villagers who call him Mudboy. When an attack leaves him orphaned, Briar feels he has no choice but to flee into the demon-infested bog where chances of survival seem hopeless.Ragen, a Messenger and friend of Briar’s father, hunts for days through fetid swampland before giving the boy up for dead and retiring from his dangerous career.A decade later, Ragen receives news that Briar has survived against all odds, living alone in the wetlands like an animal. Unable to bear it, Ragen puts on his old armor and sets out for one last adventure to bring Briar home.A tale set between The Daylight War and The Skull Throne of Peter V. Brett’s internationally bestselling Demon Cycle series, Messenger’s Legacy can be enjoyed both as a standalone and part of the larger series, which has sold over 4M copies in 27 languages worldwide.Praise for Messenger’s Legacy:A great short story, and also a great lead-in to the fourth novel in the series, The Skull Throne. ... This series has my highest recommendation. A must-read.” — Civilian Reader“The amount of depth that Brett manages to get into his short stories and novellas never ceases to amaze me and Messenger’s Legacy is no exception [...] Once again, I thoroughly enjoyed getting stuck into Brett’s world and my only disappointment was that it ended so quickly.” — SFcrowsnestFriendship, love, bravery and survival against the odds are key themes in all of Peter’s work and you will find them weaved artistically within this novella – a wonderful addition to The Demon Cycle canon.” — Fantasy Faction
Messenger's Angel: Lost Angels Book 2 (Lost Angels)
by Heather Killough-WaldenFor fans of J. R. Ward, Nalini Singh and Charlaine Harris, the second novel in The Lost Angels from New York Times bestselling author Heather Killough-Walden. Are you ready to meet the angels of your dreams?Gabriel has always called Scotland his true home. Nevertheless, he is stunned when his archess suddenly appears in the land closest to his heart.Juliette Andersen's encounter with the gorgeous silver-eyed stranger changes their worlds for ever. But even as they find each other, enemies surround them. With danger closing in, they will have one chance to fulfil a destiny written for them in the stars...The Lost Angels will compell you into a world of desire, danger and devastation. Read the whole series: Always Angel, Avenger's Angel, Messenger's Angel, Death's Angel, Warrior's Angel and Samael.
Messenger's Angel
by Heather Killough-WaldenIn the second in Heather Killough-Walden's fantastic paranormal series, THE LOST ANGELS, it is the turn of Gabriel, the Messenger Archangel, to seek his soul mate. . . Gabriel has always called Scotland his true home. Nevertheless, he is stunned when his archess suddenly appears in the land closest to his heart. Juliette Andersen's encounter with the gorgeous silver-eyed stranger changes their worlds for ever. But even as they find each other, enemies surround them. With danger closing in, they will have one chance to fulfil a destiny written for them in the stars. . .
Messenger in the Mist
by Aubrie DionneTwo factions on the verge of war... A countryside overrun with beasts... A love tested against duty... Star, a messenger for the Elite Riders of Evenspark, races through the misted countryside delivering correspondence to the bordering Fortress of Ravencliff. The route is haunted by the mysterious beasts that lurk in the moors. Star risks her life for the hope of relocating her parents, for the glory of her illustrious career, and for an unrequited love. On one such mission, Star discovers she carries plans for the assassination of Prince Valen of Ravencliff--the man who has captured her heart. Weigh love against livelihood, she must decide what's more important...the safety of her country or her love for the Prince, who is betrothed to Princess Vespa of Evenspark. With the mist is rising, enabling the Elyndra to gather and threaten the borders of both kingdoms, Star must unravel the mystery of their existence and forestall a war.60,444 Words
The Messenger (Icewall Trilogy, Volume One)
by Douglas NilesCold, forbidding, remote, it stands like a dim white cloud on the very edge of sight. There Kerrick, an elf from the golden woods of Silvanesti, has been sent, an exile in disgrace. There too, a band of barbarian villagers make their stand against the remnants of an ogre empire that is determined to once again rule the frozen wastes. In the first book of this thrilling trilogy, Douglas Niles takes his readers to a land that most in Krynn have heard of only in legen -- the legend of the Icewall.