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Cuando los caminos de Zoe Asfah y Miles Blake se cruzan accidentalmente una tranquila tarde de verano, ellos sienten una atracción inexplicable. ¿Es el destino? Tal vez. Pero si es así, pronto descubrirán que el destino también tiene su lado oscuro. La forma en que estas dos almas jóvenes enfrentan lo que la vida les depara define el enfoque de esta novela desgarradora, aunque llena de risas, amor, tristeza y misterio. Y con un final que promete poner la piel de gallina.

When the paths of Zoe Asfah and Miles Blake accidentally cross one quiet, summer afternoon, they feel this inexplicable attraction. Is it fate? Maybe. But if so, they soon discover that fate also has its dark side. The way these two young souls confront what life throws at them defines the focus of this heart-wrenching novel filled with laughter, love, sorrow, and mystery. And a surprise ending that promises goosebumps.

In this darkly humorous and philosophically engaging sci-fi adventure, a wayward young woman and her straightlaced companion awake from 200 years of “suspended life” to a future that challenges many ideas about what it means to be and to remain human. The technological changes that have transpired during their long sleep rattle them, but even more mind-boggling are the startling views they must grapple with regarding sex, family, and regeneration.

Cupiditas: Evil's Root is a sequel to Michael Segedy's thriller romance, In Deep. The novel is set in South America. Like In Deep, it is full of twists and turns, romance and adventure, with dark underpinnings that show how powerful, ruthless political and corporate structures cast shadows over the lives of all of us. In this exciting mystery, you'll meet fascinating characters you'll never forget: drug lords, mass murderers, a courageous old grandfather, and two young Americans brave enough to confront the greatest power on Earth.

When Steve Collins, a disillusioned expat journalist, sets off to cover a plane crash in the middle of the Amazon jungle, he has no idea how his life is about to change. Under pressure from his editor, Steve agrees to let Jennifer Strand, a young, US embassy-embedded journalist, tag along. Gorgeous and full of spunk, she accompanies him on an adventure where he discovers a shocking truth about American foreign policy and about blindly following the dictates of the heart.

This scholarly essay examines John Champlain Gardner's attack on existential nihilism in his satirical work Grendel. This lengthy essay has been referenced in numerous critical works on Gardner's satirical classic about an existential monster who chooses to construct a worldview based on chaos, violence, and absolute anarchy.

Imagine a couple of young hacktivists, both former members of the internet freedom fighters group Anonymous, and one of them an ex-black ops officer, breaking away and creating a militant group of anarchists committed to social change. But social change is precipitated by acts of violence against CEOs of major corporations responsible for crimes against humanity.

Imagínese a un par de jóvenes hacktivistas, ambos ex miembros del grupo de lucha por la libertad de Internet Anonymous, y uno de ellos ex oficial de operaciones encubiertas, separándose de Anonymous y creando un grupo militante de anarquistas comprometidos con el cambio social. Pero el cambio social es acelerado por actos de violencia contra los directores ejecutivos de las principales corporaciones responsables de crímenes de lesa humanidad.

Hampton Road es un thriller psicológico contado desde la perspectiva de tres personajes. Sus relatos se superponen para desentrañar un misterio que comienza una fatídica noche de verano y termina meses después en una institución mental, cuando un joven se ve obligado a enfrentarse al origen de su angustia personal. Es su agudo ingenio y sus chispazos de humor lo que lo salvan de la desesperación.