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GREG RUCKA NOS AVANZA UN FUTURO DE DESIGUALDAD ECONÓMICA EXTREMA EL MUNDO ya no está dividido por la política o la geografía, sino por las finanzas. El dinero es poder, y ese poder se encuentra en las manos de unas pocas FAMILIAS. Aquellos pocos que proveen servicios para una Familia gobernante tendrán sustento, ELEVADOS al rango de Siervo, con una vida cómoda garantizada para ellos y sus seres quedridos. Los demás son SOBRANTES. En cada Familia hay una persona a la que se le otorga lo mejor que la tecnología y el entrenamiento pueden ofrecer. Esta persona es el escudo y la espada de la Familia, su protector, su Lazarus. El Lazarus de la Familia Carlyle se llama Forever. Aquí empieza su historia.

UNA HISTORIA DE DETECTIVES SITUADA EN EL JAPÓN MEDIEVAL E INSPIRADA EN LOS RELATOS DE RYONOSUKE AKUTAGAWA. RASHOMON cuenta la historia de un crimen por resolver, el de un samurái de grado medio que ha aparecido cerca de la carretera de Yamashina muerto de un solo y certero corte. Un varón adulto, de unos 40 años, de complexión recia, que parecía ir armado y acompañado. No hay muchas pistas sobre el asesino, solo un trozo de cuerda y una peineta, y tampoco hay testigos, solo informaciones contradictorias. Por suerte, el detective Heigo Kobayashi, protagonista indiscutible de este relato, se ocupa del caso.

A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—a daring, moving tale of memory and fate from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Piano Tuner and The Winter Soldier. When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become home to an extraordinary succession of inhabitants . An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to apples. A pair of spinster twins survive war and famine, only to succumb to envy and desire. A crime reporter unearths a mass grave, but finds the ancient trees refuse to give up their secrets. A lovelorn painter, a conman, a stalking panther, a lusty as each one confronts the mysteries of the north woods, they come to realize that the dark, raucous, beautiful past is very much alive.

A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull over. Two freedom riders take a bus ride that leaves them stranded on a lonely road in Alabama where several unsettling somethings await them. A young girl dives into the depths of the Earth in search of the demon that killed her parents. These are just a few of the worlds of Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele’s anthology of all-new horror stories by Black writers. Featuring an introduction by Peele and an all-star roster of beloved writers and new voices, Out There Screaming is a master class in horror, and—like his spine-chilling films—its stories prey on everything we think we know about our world . . . and redefine what it means to be afraid.

As the head of a prestigious movie studio for nearly two decades, Andy Westfield has had every conceivable professional luxury: a stunning office on the forty-fourth floor, a loyal assistant who can all but read his mind, access to a private jet and company cars. The son of Hollywood royalty, Andy always put his career before his marriage, and now, besides his daughter and young grandchildren, it’s the only thing he truly loves. But then Andy’s world is upended. The studio is sold, and the buyer’s son demands the top seat. Out of a job and humiliated, Andy spirals. When his head clears, he decides to get as far away from Los Angeles as possible until the dust settles and he can find a new way forward. Andy signs a six-month rental agreement for a luxurious home in a tiny, forgotten coastal town two hours from London. When he arrives, he hires a local woman to help get his affairs in order. A former journalist, Violet Smith is at a crossroads as well, and this temporary job is exactly what she needs to tide her over. But when Violet leaves the manuscript of her unfinished novel behind after work one day, Andy lets his curiosity get the best of him and is captivated by a story that begs to be adapted for the big screen. Could this be the miracle they’ve both been looking for? In Second Act, Danielle Steel presents a heartening tale of how challenging times give way to opportunities and an original outline does not always contain the perfect ending.

A string of mysterious deaths. A long-classified mission. A young MP with nothing to lose. 1992. All across the United States respectable, upstanding citizens are showing up dead. These deaths could be accidents, and they don’t appear to be connected—until a fatal fall from a high-floor window attracts some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the secretary of defense. All of a sudden he wants an interagency task force to investigate. And he wants Jack Reacher as the army’s representative. If Reacher gets a result, great. If not, he’s a convenient fall guy. But office politics isn’t Reacher’s thing. Three questions quickly emerge: Who’s with him, who’s against him, and will the justice he dispenses be the official kind . . . or his own kind?