Cádiz withstands a French siege in 1811 while a series of murders unsettles the city within its walls. A policeman notices disturbing connections between the killings and falling shells. Merchants, spies and privateers pursue their own interests as military danger and criminal investigation converge.
On a world battered by storms, a former soldier struggles to keep a bridge crew alive in a seemingly endless war. Alongside his story, a troubled nobleman and an ambitious scholar uncover signs that Roshar's past is returning.
Commissioned to write a personal guide to Germany, Clara persuades her partner to take a sabbatical and travel north with her. Their differing expectations turn the journey into a comic examination of life as a couple. The novel sets literary ambition against the inconveniences, misunderstandings and small tensions of travelling together.
Betrayed by her employer and left for dead, mercenary commander Monza Murcatto survives with a list of people to kill. Her pursuit of revenge crosses a country already consumed by war, making each alliance another possible betrayal.
Katniss and Peeta return from the Hunger Games to a victory that has stirred unrest rather than brought safety. Forced to perform for the Capitol again, they discover that their public story has become bound to a rebellion they cannot simply control.
A fisherman’s body washes ashore with its hands bound, prompting Leo Caldas to investigate a death that resists easy explanation. In a Galician fishing community shaped by old loyalties and maritime fears, silence proves as difficult to interpret as the physical evidence.
After her husband’s sudden death, Natalie retreats into work and a life shaped by grief. An impulsive kiss with an unassuming colleague interrupts that withdrawal. Their unexpected connection opens a hesitant path towards intimacy, as two people try to understand a possibility neither had planned.
Pilar Eyre imagines the private life of Victoria Eugenia, from her British upbringing to marriage with Alfonso XIII. The royal union offers little protection from infidelity, illness and hostility at court. This historical novel explores the distance between a queen’s public position and her personal isolation.
A secret mission draws a group of European politicians into the violence surrounding mineral exploitation in central Africa. Adrián Balanegra and Gazá Magalé become involved in the pursuit of Joseph Kony. This thriller connects armed conflict, commercial interests and the risks of a clandestine operation.
Zehera escapes the Bosnian war and reaches Spain hoping to rebuild her life. The violence she has survived is followed by new dangers, exploitation and prejudice. Her story follows the difficult search for safety and belonging, alongside the solidarity that can emerge between people marked by displacement.
Returning to Alicante after many years, film director Rita finds an old friend dead. The discovery reunites women whose lives diverged after a school trip in 1974. Investigating the present means reopening their shared past, where loyalty and silence have protected a secret for decades.
In sixteenth-century Andalusia, young Morisco Hernando grows up between Muslim and Christian worlds that demand incompatible loyalties. Rebellion and repression reshape his life, while love complicates the search for a place of his own. His story follows the possibilities and limits of coexistence in a divided society.
Twelve young people are lured away from home to the ruined city of Rocavarancolia. They must survive its creatures and hazards until the Red Moon rises, while the city's divided rulers watch them as a possible answer to the kingdom's decline.
Seamstress Sira Quiroga follows a lover from Madrid to Morocco, where abandonment forces her to rebuild her life. Her work brings her into contact with wealthy clients and political interests. As Europe approaches war, the skills that sustain her become entwined with a dangerous world of espionage.
Two royal sisters take unexpected paths when a political marriage sends one of them to the court of a mysterious God King. Around them, divine figures and hidden agendas compete in a city where magic depends on Breath and colour.
Nobody Owens, called Bod, grows up in a cemetery after a violent attack separates him from his family. Ghosts become his guardians, and the graveyard offers shelter while danger remains outside. As a living child, Bod must also learn how to approach the world beyond his unusual home. This standalone children’s fantasy is the original prose novel, distinct from later graphic adaptations, and includes a frightening opening.
Bella Swan’s decision about life with Edward Cullen brings consequences that reach beyond their relationship. As her human and supernatural attachments change, an unexpected sequence of events threatens the fragile balance between the families and communities surrounding her.
After an attack destroys his family’s world, Diego escapes on his mare and reaches medieval Toledo. There he learns the art of healing horses from a skilled practitioner, pursuing knowledge and survival amid the conflicts that divide the Iberian Peninsula.
Douglas Crockford presents a selective approach to JavaScript, concentrating on language features he considers useful and identifying others he considers troublesome. Functions, objects and coding conventions form part of this concise account of writing clearer programs in the language.
A dying king leaves the Union vulnerable to noble ambitions, popular revolt and approaching war. As competing factions struggle over its future, the First of the Magi offers a possible answer whose risks may rival the dangers facing the kingdom.