LA ULTIMA AVENTURA

Cass no podía seguir con una relación en la que sólo participaba su cuerpo y que le estaba rompiendo el corazón... Pero el trato que había hecho con el magnate siciliano Maximo Guiliano sólo incluía sexo, y cuando eso dejó de ser suficiente para Cass, Maximo decidió acabar con la relación. Y Cass se quedó destrozada... y embarazada.

In subtle, sensuous prose, the stories in Sara Majka's debut collection explore distance in all its forms: the emotional spaces that open up between family members, friends, and lovers; the gaps that emerge between who we were and who we are; the gulf between our private and public selves. At the center of the collection is a series of stories narrated by a young American woman in the wake of a divorce; wry and shy but never less than open to the world, she recalls the places and people she has been close to, the dreams she has pursued and those she has left unfulfilled. Interspersed with...

Finn was the second son who was never meant to become the crown prince. He was the lesser brother, the useless spare, even the rumoured bastard—at least according to his elder brother Henry, who destroyed everything, including himself, and Finn rose to the throne. Now, the memory of Henry still hangs heavy in the air, and his supporters linger in the shadows waiting to strike. It’s time for Finn to fight back. For his people. For the future of his country. For his wife and daughter. For himself. Yet, there are some who will fight dirty, fight with such cold, calculated viciousness, that...

El siglo XIII se acerca a su fin. Mientras Occidente se defiende de los ataques del islam, en Oriente, Kublai Jan, el descendiente del gran Gengis, sueña con unificar el mundo bajo su cetro. Su próximo objetivo será Japón. Dos mundos poblados de geishas y guerreros, de sabios y emperadores, de eruditos y magos.