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A literary dystopian thriller: by looking into the future, the novel seeks to understand the present and questions a whole series of basic values such as morality, democracy, the role of politics... Together with IT genius Babak Hamwi, Britta Söldner has founded a small company that has enriched them. Fortunately no one really knows what is behind their business, because behind the facade of their simple offices, Britta and Babak are running a lucrative business with death. When their company threatens to get competition, Britta does everything possible to get rid of the unknown free rider....

Elena recibe una carta en la que le ofrecen su primer puesto de trabajo. Lo que no sabe es que se trata de un regalo envenenado, pues con la oferta se lanzará a una dolorosa espiral de acoso laboral. Atrapada por las convenciones sociales del momento y el machismo imperante, Elena necesitará de toda su fuerza de voluntad para salir de la prisión en la que se ha convertido su vida. Una novela contundente, oportuna y más relevante que nunca. Carmen Bandrés es una autora española nacida en Jaca (Huesca. Formada en turismo e idiomas, compagina su labor profesional con la redacción de...

Excerpt from El Niño de la Bola The next twelve years find Alarcón actively engaged in politics. Owing, however, to the instability of his political beliefs, he achieved no position of importance. He was a deputy to the Cortes in 1865, 1869, 1870 and 1871, and in 1876 he was elected Senator. In 1875 he entered the Council of State and was decorated in the same year with the Gran Cruz of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. In 1874 he resumed his literary labors and in 1876 he was elected to the Royal Spanish Academy. In 1874 appeared La Alpujarra and El Sombrero de tres picos, followed by El ...

« Une œuvre contemporaine essentielle qui mêle, avec une finesse digne de Margaret Atwood, l’écosystème merveilleux d’Avatar et l’énigme extraterrestre de Premier Contact. » Stephen Baxter, auteur d’Evolution. Ils sont cinquante - des femmes, des hommes de tous horizons. Ils ont définitivement quitté la Terre pour, au terme d’un voyage interstellaire de cent soixante ans, s’établir sur une planète lointaine qu’ils ont baptisée Pax. Ils ont laissé derrière eux les guerres, la pollution, l’argent, pour se rapprocher de « la nature ». Tout recommencer. Construire...