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The groundbreaking first book of an epic series that has changed the face of fantasy. The Way of Kings begins The Stormlight Archive. Speak again the ancient oaths: Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before Destination. Return to men the Shards they once bore. The Knights...

Das Letzte Reich ist Vergangenheit, der Oberste Herrscher besiegt. Das jetzt freie Volk der Skaa und die Nebelgeborenen blickten hoffnungsvoll in die Zukunft. Doch um wirklich ein neues glückliches Zeitalter herbeizuführen, müssen die Helden um Rebellenanführerin Vin und den neuen König Elant noch einige Prüfungen bestehen. Es gilt Kriege mit neuen Feinden zu bestreiten – und nun muss auch noch ein uraltes Grauen besiegt und das Land von einem tödlichen Fluch befreit werden.

Long months have passed since Siris and the God King, enemies betrayed together, were left to rot in the prison at the Vault of Tears. Their true enemy - the Worker of Secrets, creator of the Infinity Blade itself - now reigns. Upon finally obtaining freedom, Siris must unravel plots that seem to make no sense, lead a rebellion with no direction, and fight against the division within his very heart. The secrets unraveled will dig backward in time toward the origins of the deathless and the true nature of the world itself....

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, who completed Robert Jordan's bestselling Wheel of Time? sequence, come a Mistborn adventure which combines terrorism and assassination, political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action. When family obligations forced Waxillium...

When Holly Winseed wakes up in a hospital room, her memory compromised and a new identity imposed on her, a team of government agents wastes no time stating their objective. With intent to infiltrate and defeat the terrorist group ICON, the agents tell Holly that she is now a Provisional Replica and has one week to hunt down and kill her Original for the murder of her husband, Jonathan. If she succeeds, she’ll assume her Original’s place in society. If she fails, her life will end.

Han pasado trescientos años desde los acontecimientos narrados en la primera trilogía de la saga, y Scadrial se encuentra ahora cerca de la modernidad: ferrocarriles, canales, iluminación eléctrica y los primeros rascacielos invaden el planeta. Aunque la ciencia y la tecnología están alcanzando nuevos retos, la antigua magia de la alomancia continúa desempeñando un papel fundamental. En una zona conocida como los Áridos, existen herramientas cruciales para aquellos hombres y mujeres que intentan establecer el orden y la justicia.

The city of the gods. Elantris once stood as the symbol of all that is beautiful. A sprawling metropolis of unrivaled grandeur, it was a symbol of power and strength, built to be as imposing as it was magnificent. The only thing more glorious than the city itself was its inhabitants, Godlike beings, with silvery skin and hair of the purest, flowing white. Able to create powerful magics with a mere wave of their hands, the Elantrians were able to heal mortal wounds and create any object they desired. To be an Elantrian was to be without sickness, without pain and without want.

From Brandon Sanderson—author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive and its fourth massive installment, Rhythm of War—comes a new hefty novella, Dawnshard. Taking place between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, this tale (like Edgedancer before it) gives often-overshadowed characters their own chance to shine.

Yumi viene de una tierra de jardines, meditación y espíritus, mientras que Pintor vive en un mundo de oscuridad, tecnología y pesadillas. Cuando de pronto sus vidas se ven extrañamente entrelazadas, ¿podrán dejar de lado sus diferencias y colaborar para descubrir los misterios de su situación y salvar sus respectivas comunidades de un desastre seguro?

Alcatraz Smedry is up against a whole army of Evil Librarians with only his friend Bastille, a few pairs of glasses, and an unlimited supply of exploding teddy bears to help him. This time, even Alcatraz's extraordinary talent for breaking things may not be enough to defeat the army of Evil Librarians and their giant librarian robots.

Spensa ha salido de la ninguna-parte, pero lo que vio en el espacio la ha cambiado para siempre. Se enfrentó a los zapadores y por fin obtuvo respuestas a las preguntas que se hacía sobre sus propios y extraños dones citónicos. Pero la Supremacía no ha desistido en su lucha por el dominio galáctico mientras ella no estaba. El equipo de Spensa, el Escuadrón Cielo, logró resistir ante Winzik y hasta sumar aliados a su causa, pero es cuestión de tiempo que la humanidad y el resto de la galaxia caigan.

In this third Alcatraz adventure, Alcatraz Smedry has made it to the Free Kingdoms at last. Unfortunately, so have the evil Librarians - including his mother! Now Alcatraz has to find a traitor among the Knights of Crystallia, make up with his estranged father, and save one of the last bastions of the Free Kingdoms from the Evil Librarians.

El futuro de Scadrial pende de un hilo en la conclusión de la segunda era. Waxillium Landra lleva años intentando dar caza a la organización conocida como el Grupo. Y cuando Marasi y Wayne encuentran un alijo de armas con destino a la ciudad exterior de Bilming, se abre ante ellos una nueva pista. Wax descubre un explosivo capaz de desatar una destrucción sin precedentes y comprende que el Grupo ya debe de tenerlo en su poder. Por si fuera poco, un kandra inmortal le revela que Bilming ha caído bajo la influencia de un nuevo dios, Trell.

Warbreaker is the story of two sisters who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn't like his job, and the immortal who's still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren's capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can be collected only one unit at a time from individual people.

Stephen Leeds, AKA 'Legion,' is a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate a multitude of personae: hallucinatory entities with a wide variety of personal characteristics and a vast array of highly specialized skills. As the story begins, Leeds and his 'aspects' are drawn into the search for the missing Balubal Razon, inventor of a camera whose astonishing properties could alter our understanding of human history and change the very structure of society.

THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON BEHIND THE COSMERE **** The Dark Lord is dead, and now a new world can be built. The impossible has happened. The Lord Ruler is dead has been vanquished. But so too is Kelsier the man who masterminded the triumph. The awesome task of rebuilding the world has been...

As a Knight of Crystallia, I, Bastille, swore to protect the Smedry clan from the Evil Librarians. (And believe me, screwups like them constantly need protecting.) But when Alcatraz Smedry got strapped to an altar of outdated encyclopedias to be sacrificed to the dark gods, I arrived too late—and instead his father took his place. Now Alcatraz is a blubbering mess, so it's up to me lead the charge against his father's killer: Biblioden, founder of the Evil Librarians—I was sure he died centuries ago!—who's back to complete his goal of world domination.

Curso de escritura creativa convierte en libro las clases que Brandon Sanderson lleva 16 años impartiendo anualmente en la Universidad Brigham Young, donde estudió. Él mismo dice que nunca ha dejado de darlas porque es un recurso que necesita para seguir creciendo como escritor. El curso se centra en los engranajes de la escritura y tiene un enfoque muy práctico; en él nos habla de la trama, la ambientación y los personajes, pero también de la parte empresarial.

Die Völker der Welt Roschar wurden von einer scheinbar unbesiegbaren Armee überrannt. Nichts scheint gegen die unheimlichen Bringer der Leere standzuhalten. Fürst Dalinar, Hauptmann Kaladin, die Adlige Schallan und der Orden der Strahlenden Ritter sammeln alle verfügbaren Kräfte, doch zunächst müssen sie das Rätsel der Turmfestung Urithiru lösen und die magische Kraft des Sturmlichts nutzbar machen. Die Zeit drängt.

Teil 1 des neuen Sturmlicht-Chroniken-Romans von Fantasy-Superstar Brandon Sanderson Auf der Welt Roschar brechen Konflikte auf, die schon seit Tausenden Jahren schwelen. Dalinar Kholin, der Bruder des ermordeten Großkönigs und nun der Anführer der Strahlenden Ritter, hat den bösen Gott Odium zu einem Wettkampf herausgefordert. Jetzt haben die Königreiche Roschars nur zehn Tage Zeit, um sich auf das Schlimmste vorzubereiten. Das Schicksal der gesamten Welt – und das von ganz Kosmeer – steht auf Messers Schneide.