Del Rey: Novedades | Agosto 2012

Estas son las novedades en lengua inglesa de Del Rey para este mes de agosto. Junto a la nueva novela de la franquicia "Star Wars" correspondiente a la línea "X-Wing" -Mercy Kill, de Aaron Allston- publican la precuela del próximo videojuego que sale a la venta en España el próximo mes de octubre bajo el título "Fable: The Journey". Se trata de Fable: Edge of the World, y la firma Christie Golden, una habitual de las novelas ambientadas en el universo online de "World of Warcraft".

Junto a la segunda entrega de "Legends of Shannara" que publicó la editorial el mes pasado (ver la noticia), publican el inicio de una nueva trilogía del autor de La Espada de ShannaraTerry Brooks: "The Dark Legacy of Shannara". Igualmente, Lia Habel publica la primera entrega de la serie "Gone with the Respiration", cuyo primer título, Dearly, Departed, se ambienta en una ciudad futurista de finales del siglo XXII con muchas reminiscencias de la época victoriana.

Fable: Edge of the World, de Christie Golden. Edición en rústica, 256 páginas, 15 dólares. A la venta el 21 de agosto. Género: Fantasía. Serie: Fable.

Sinopsis:

The official prequel novel to the Xbox 360 videogame, Fable:™ The Journey

It’s been almost a decade since the events of Fable 3, when the Hero vanquished the threat across the sea and claimed his throne. As king he led Albion to an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity. But on the night of his wedding to his new queen, ominous word arrives: The darkness has returned.

Beyond a harrowing mountain pass, the exotic desert country Samarkand has been overrun by shadowy forces. Within the walls of its capital city, a mysterious usurper known only as the Empress has seized control. To protect his realm, the king must lead his most trusted allies into a strange land unknown to outsiders. As they forge ahead along Samarkand’s ancient Great Road, populated by undead terrors and fantastic creatures once believed to be the stuff of legend, the king is drawn ever closer to his greatest challenge yet.

But soon Albion is engulfed in a war of its own. As the darkness spreads, town by town, a treacherous force has infiltrated the queen’s circle. Now the fate of all that is good rests with a faint flicker of hope... that somewhere, somehow, heroes still do exist.

Wards of Faerie, de Terry Brooks. Edición en tapa dura, 384 páginas, 28 dólares. A la venta el 21 de agosto. Género: Fantasía. Serie: The Dark Legacy of Shannara/1 (de 3).

Sinopsis:

Seven years after the conclusion of the High Druid of Shannara trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks at last revisits one of the most popular eras in the legendary epic fantasy series that has spellbound readers for more than three decades.

When the world was young, and its name was Faerie, the power of magic ruled—and the Elfstones warded the race of Elves and their lands, keeping evil at bay. But when an Elven girl fell hopelessly in love with a Darkling boy of the Void, he carried away more than her heart.

Thousands of years later, tumultuous times are upon the world now known as the Four Lands. Users of magic are in conflict with proponents of science. Elves have distanced their society from the other races. The dwindling Druid order and its teachings are threatened with extinction. A sinister politician has used treachery and murder to rise as prime minister of the mighty Federation. Meanwhile, poring through a long-forgotten diary, the young Druid Aphenglow Elessedil has stumbled upon the secret account of an Elven girl’s heartbreak and the shocking truth about the vanished Elfstones. But never has a little knowledge been so very dangerous—as Aphenglow quickly learns when she’s set upon by assassins.

Yet there can be no turning back from the road to which fate has steered her. For whoever captures the Elfstones and their untold powers will surely hold the advantage in the devastating clash to come. But Aphenglow and her allies—Druids, Elves, and humans alike—remember the monstrous history of the Demon War, and they know that the Four Lands will never survive another reign of darkness. But whether they themselves can survive the attempt to stem that tide is another question entirely.

X-Wing: Mercy Kill, de Aaron Allston. Edición en tapa dura con sobrecubierta, 416 páginas, 27 dólares. A la venta el 7 de agosto. Género: Ciencia-ficción. Serie: X-Wing/10.

Sinopsis:

The intrepid spies, pilots, and sharpshooters of Wraith Squadron are back in an all-new Star Wars adventure, which transpires just after the events of the Fate of the Jedi series!

Three decades have passed since Wraith Squadron carried out its last mission. Taking on the most dangerous and daring operations, the rogues and misfits of the elite X-Wing unit became legends of the Rebellion and the Second Galactic Civil War, before breaking up and going their separate ways. Now their singular skills are back in vital demand—for a tailor-made Wraith Squadron mission.

A powerful general in the Galactic Alliance Army, once renowned for his valor, is suspected of participating in the infamous Lecersen Conspiracy, which nearly toppled the Alliance back into the merciless hands of the Empire. With orders to expose and apprehend the traitor—and license to do so by any and all means—the Wraiths will become thieves, pirates, impostors, forgers... and targets, as they put their guts, their guns, and their riskiest game plan to the test against the most lethal of adversaries.

Dearly, Departed, de Lia Habel. Edición en rústica, 496 páginas, 9,99 dólares. A la venta el 14 de agosto. Género: Fantasía urbana. Serie: Gone with the Respiration/1.

Sinopsis:

A classic romance, suspense thriller, rip-roaring adventure, and macabre comedy all at once, Dearly, Departed redefines the concept of undying love.

CAN A PROPER YOUNG VICTORIAN LADY FIND TRUE LOVE IN THE ARMS OF A DASHING ZOMBIE?

The year is 2195. The place is New Victoria—a high-tech nation modeled on the mores of an antique era. Sixteen-year-old Nora Dearly is far more interested in her country’s political unrest than in silly debutante balls. But the death of her beloved parents leaves Nora at the mercy of a social-climbing aunt who plans to marry off her niece for money. To Nora, no fate could be more horrible—until she’s nearly kidnapped by an army of walking corpses. Now she’s suddenly gunning down ravenous zombies alongside mysterious black-clad commandos and confronting a fatal virus that raises the dead. Then Nora meets Bram Griswold, a young soldier who is brave, handsome, noble . . . and thoroughly deceased. But like the rest of his special undead unit, Bram has been enabled by luck and modern science to hold on to his mind, his manners, and his body parts. And when his bond of trust with Nora turns to tenderness, there’s no turning back. Eventually, they know, the disease will win, separating the star-crossed lovers forever. But until then, beating or not, their hearts will have what they desire.

por Loren Sparrow agosto 05, 2012