Un desafortunado pero maravilloso incidente

La nave espacial Pólux XXVII, navegando en la Constelación del Centauro a 4,3 años luz del Sistema Solar, debía conducir a la doctora Helena Alves y a su hijo a una estación espacial de investigación de Lantania, su planeta de origen. Allí la científica cumpliría tareas relacionadas con la propia supervivencia de aquel planeta y otras vinculadas a un antiguo anhelo de su cultura. El destino quiso que la nave sufriera un desperfecto y cayera al mar, cerca de una playa, en un mundo desconocido. Luego de salvar con vida, el grupo comandado por el capitán Balboa y su segundo de a bordo, ...

The Trials of Virtuous Succession have ended. Prince Andreus is king--and Princess Carys is dead. But even as he's haunted by what he did to win the throne, Andreus discovers that his dream of ruling only brings new problems. The people love his twin even more in death than they did when she was alive. The Elders treat him as a figurehead. And worst of all, the winds of Eden are faltering. But despite what everyone believes, Carys is alive. Exiled to the wilderness, Carys struggles to control the powers that have broken free inside her. And as she grows stronger, so does her conviction that...

La soledad es ese estado intelectual en el que la mente se entrega voluntariamente a sus propios reflejos. El filósofo, por lo tanto, que retira su atención de cada objeto externo a la contemplación de sus propias ideas, no es menos solitario que el que abandona la sociedad y se resigna por completo a los placeres tranquilos de la vida solitaria. La palabra "soledad" no necesariamente importa un retiro total del mundo y sus preocupaciones: la cúpula de la sociedad doméstica, una aldea rural o la biblioteca de un amigo erudito, respectivamente, pueden convertirse en la sede de la soledad, ...

Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother's web in an attempt to maintain control over his country--and his prisoner. As Mare bears the weight of Silent Stone in the palace, her once-ragtag band of newbloods and Reds continue organizing, training, and expanding. They prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows. And Cal, the exiled prince with his own claim on Mare's heart, will stop at...