Héctor Fuentes disappears after travelling to Gran Canaria, and Eladio Monroy is hired to find him. The former sailor follows a trail through Las Palmas, relying on local knowledge and stubborn questions as an apparently straightforward missing-person case grows darker.
Humanity prepares for an alien invasion while the enemy can observe almost every plan it makes. Four people receive extraordinary freedom to devise secret strategies, including an unassuming scholar who does not understand why he has been chosen.
Fifty illustrated models offer ways to examine decisions, priorities and working relationships. Krogerus and Tschäppeler assemble tools drawn from management and everyday problem solving, inviting readers to map a situation, question familiar assumptions and compare possible actions before choosing a direction.
A little girl arrives alone in Australia in 1913 with a book of fairy tales and an uncertain identity. Decades later, Nell searches for the truth about her childhood. The mystery passes to her granddaughter Cassandra, whose inheritance leads towards a Cornish estate and its hidden garden.
The fall of the old empire has exposed a threat to the world itself. As ash smothers crops and the mists become deadly, Vin and her allies seek a way to resist destruction while confronting the consequences of their earlier victories.
In Panem, the Capitol forces each district to send two young people to a televised fight to the death. Katniss Everdeen volunteers in place of her sister and enters an arena where survival depends on practical skills, uncertain alliances and the image she presents to viewers.
A meeting in Cambridge in 1965 brings Italian student Sonia Maino into the life of Rajiv Gandhi. This historical novel follows the marriage that takes her to India, where private loyalties become inseparable from the pressures, tragedies and political responsibilities of the Gandhi family.
Five tales from the wizarding world explore wishes, power and the consequences of magical choices. Presented with comments attributed to Albus Dumbledore, they connect the traditions of fairy tales with the fictional history surrounding Hogwarts.
Looking back on his adolescent experience of cancer, Albert Espinosa explores the people and encounters that changed his understanding of life. Memory and reflection meet in an account of friendship, loss and the distinctive bonds he calls “yellows”, extending beyond illness into everyday relationships.
Reyes Monforte reconstructs the experience of María Galera, a Spanish woman who follows her Afghan husband from London to Afghanistan. Trapped under Taliban rule, she seeks help through a radio programme. Her story traces the collision between family attachment, restrictions on women and the urgent search for a way home.
The death of a wealthy businessman exposes tensions between his comfortable legacy and the history that made it possible. Members of two families confront an inheritance marked by Spain’s Civil War, exile and betrayal, as present-day attachments reopen questions their elders left unresolved.
Mariam and Laila belong to different generations, but war and circumstances bring them into the same household in Kabul. Their uneasy relationship develops into a bond that helps them face violence and oppression. Against Afghanistan’s changing political landscape, the novel follows care, endurance and the cost of protecting another person.
Selected by María Jesús Pablo Gimeno, this anthology follows the different strands of Pedro García Cabrera's writing. Poems appear alongside essays, critical articles, three stories and a scene from his sole play. The selection offers an introduction to the Canarian author's literary range and to the intellectual and aesthetic concerns running through his work.
Glokta tries to hold a besieged city while the Union’s poorly prepared army faces northern invaders. Far away, Bayaz leads an uneasy group through the remains of an older world, where personal hostility threatens an already dangerous mission.
Mysterious killings in Seattle and a vampire’s pursuit of revenge bring danger closer to Bella. As graduation approaches, her feelings for Edward and her friendship with Jacob become entangled with a conflict that reaches beyond any personal choice.
Harry leaves the protection of his familiar world to search for the Horcruxes that sustain Voldemort. As the struggle closes in on everyone he loves, loyalty, sacrifice and unresolved mysteries lead him towards the final confrontation of the series.
In 1852, governess Helen and aristocratic Gwyneira leave Britain for New Zealand, each facing a marriage arranged across an ocean. Their very different expectations meet the demands of an unfamiliar country. The opening novel of the trilogy traces the friendships and family ties that connect their new lives.
A medieval friar’s account of the Cathar persecution, a scholar’s desperate choices in Nazi Berlin and a present-day European terrorism investigation form intersecting strands. Across different periods, the novel follows the consequences of fanaticism and inherited grievances, connecting private loyalties with violence justified in the name of belief.
After inheriting her uncle’s estate, Stephanie discovers a hidden world of magic and dangerous powers. Her alliance with Skulduggery Pleasant, a sharp-witted skeleton detective, draws her into a struggle whose stakes reach far beyond the mysteries surrounding her family.
Slash recounts his early life and his path through the Los Angeles music scene to Guns N’ Roses. Written with Anthony Bozza, the memoir follows the work, excesses and personal tensions surrounding his career as a guitarist.