LETRAS

Digging graves had not been part of my plans when I woke up that morning. Reacher goes where he wants, when he wants. That morning he was heading west, walking under the merciless desert sun—until he comes upon a curious scene. A Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. A woman is slumped over the wheel. Dead? No, nothing is what it seems. The woman is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent trying to find her twin brother, who might be mixed up with some dangerous people. Most of them would rather die than betray their terrifying leader, who has burrowed his influence deep into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. The mysterious Dendoncker rules from the shadows, out of sight and under the radar, keeping his dealings in the dark. He would know the fate of Fenton’s brother. Reacher is good at finding people who don’t want to be found, so he offers to help, despite feeling that Fenton is keeping secrets of her own. But a life hangs in the balance. Maybe more than one. But to bring Dendoncker down will be the riskiest job of Reacher's life. Failure is not an option, because in this kind of game, the loser is always better off dead.

Nanny needed. Discretion is of the utmost importance. Special conditions apply. When Sarah Larsen finds the notice, posted on creamy card stock in her building’s lobby, one glance at the exclusive address tells her she’s found her ticket out of a dead-end job—and life. At the interview, the job seems like a dream come true: a glamorous penthouse apartment on the Upper West Side of NYC; a salary that adds several zeroes to her current income; the beautiful, worldly mother of her charge, who feels more like a friend than a potential boss. She’s overjoyed when she’s offered the position and signs the NDA without a second thought. But in retrospect, the notice in her lobby was less an engraved invitation than a waving red flag. For there is something very strange about the Bird family. Why does the beautiful Mrs. Bird never leave the apartment alone? And what happened to the nanny before Sarah? It soon becomes clear that the Birds’ odd behaviors are more than the eccentricities of the wealthy. But by then it’s too late for Sarah to seek help. After all, discretion is of the utmost importance.

La mítica expedición a las fuentes del Nilo en la Roma imperial de Nerón. Numidia, año 62 d.C. El centurión veterano de guerra Furio Voreno encabeza la escolta de una caravana en cuyos carros viajan animales salvajes y seres humanos capturados para luchar en las arenas de la Roma imperial. Entre los cautivos hay una joven llamada Varea. Es orgullosa y salvaje como un felino, puede comunicarse con los animales y Voreno la observa, fascinado. Los retratos de la joven que el pintor de paisajes ha realizado durante el viaje despiertan el interés del emperador por Varea, que al ser rechazado por la chica la envía a la arena. Mientras tanto, Roma se prepara para una de las mayores expediciones de su historia: el emperador Nerón, a sugerencia de su consejero el filósofo Séneca, planea remontar el Nilo en busca de sus fuentes. Será un viaje más allá de los límites del mundo conocido, una gran maniobra militar que extenderá los dominios del imperio. Voreno y Varea participarán en ella.