Akirestexia II Metamorfosis

Tragedy has struck His Majesty’s Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defend England’s shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the noble dragons’ ranks–forcing the hopelessly stricken into quarantine. Now only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons remain uninfected–and stand as the only means of an airborne defense against France’s ever bolder sorties.

Jose R. "Pepe" Fernandez was born in San Nicolas de Bari, Cuba, and since 1962 has been living in exile. Although his professional life has unfolded in the business sector, from an early age Pepe developed a love of reading and historical research. He is currently putting the finishing touches on yet another extensive research project on little known people and accounts relating to the Cuban wars of independence. The current work was born from the desire to understand how a falsehood of the eighteenth century could become a fact validated by the last three generations of our most important...

Instalada en un destartalado castillo rodeado de abundante naturaleza, los dias transcurren sin sorpresas en la vida de Cassandra Mortmain. A sus diecisiete anos, su familia no es precisamente una fuente de diversion: su padre es escritor, pero no escribe; su madrastra, bohemia y musas de artistas, suena con tiempos pasados; su hermana Rosa muestra uan preocupante tendencia a la melancolia; y a su hermano Thomas no le ven el pelo.

Fin de guardia es el espectacular final de la «Trilogía Bill Hodges» que comenzó con Mr. Mercedes y continuó con Quien pierde paga. Hay asesinos que usan cuchillos, otros pistolas o incluso coches, pero todos ellos tienen un objetivo en mente: volverte loco. Al detective retirado Hodges, que dirige una agencia de investigación privada con Holly, le diagnostican un cáncer de páncreas: le quedan meses de vida. En ese momento Hodges investiga una serie de suicidios recientes con un punto en común: todos los fallecidos tuvieron relación con Brady Hartsfield, el tristemente famoso...