Solaris Books: Novedades | Junio 2012

Estas son algunas de las últimas novedades que publica el sello Solaris (una división de Black Library) para este mes de junio. A finales del mismo tendremos, por un lado, la segunda entrega de la saga de James Maxey "The Dragon Apocalypse", titulada Hush. Una saga donde los dragones tienen una vital importancia como se pudo ver en su predecesora Greatshadow -título en honor al dragón primario de fuego al que da caza un grupo de aventureros- publicada a principios de año.

Seguidamente, ese mismo día se pone a la venta la primera entrega de la nueva trilogía de Rowena Cory Daniells (autora de la también trilogía "King Rolen's Kin"), como pudimos ver en esta entrada del pasado año. El título de su nueva obra se titula "The Outcast Chronicles", y su primer título, Besieged, será seguido por Exile y Sanctuary, a publicar en julio y agosto de este año, respectivamente.

Finalmente, publicaron Champions of Mars, de Guy Haley, un título que podemos encontrar en librerías de habla inglesa desde principios del pasado mes de mayo. Un buen ejemplo de ciencia-ficción británica ambientado en un viaje a través de las eras -a raíz del descubrimiento de un extraño artefacto- en un Marte que se muere por segunda vez. Más información de las novedades:

Besieged, de Rowena Cory Daniells. Edición en bolsillo, 672 páginas, 8,99 dólares. A la venta el 26 de junio. Género: Fantasía épica. Serie: The Outcast Chronicles/1.

Sinopsis:

For nearly 300 years the mystics have lived alongside the true-men, who barely tolerate them, until...

King Charald is cursed with a half-blood mystic son. Sorne is raised to be a weapon against the mystics. Desperate to win his father’s respect, Sorne steals power to trigger visions. Unaware King Charald plans their downfall, the mystics are consumed by rivalry. although physically stronger, the males’ gifts are weaker than the females. Imoshen, the only female mystic to be raised by males, wants to end the feud. But the males resent her power and, even within her own sisterhood Imoshen’s enemies believe she is addicted to the male gifts.

Sorne tries, but cannot win the respect of true-men. When he has a vision of half-bloods in danger he has to ask himself where his loyalty lies.

Convinced he can destroy the mystics, King Charald plans to lay siege to their island city. Will Imoshen win the trust of the mystic leaders and, if she does, will she believe the visions of a half-blood?

Hush, de James Maxey. Edición en bolsillo, 416 páginas, 8,99 dólares. A la venta el 26 de junio. Género: Fantasía épica. Serie: The Dragon Apocalypse/2.

Sinopsis:

The invulnerable, super-strong warrior Infidel has a secret: she’s lost her magical powers right at the moment when she needs them most. To keep a promise to a fallen friend, she must journey to the frozen wastelands of the north.

Her quest leads her through the abstract realms of the Sea of Wine, where she uncovers a conspiracy that threatens all life. Hush, the primal dragon of cold, has formed an alliance with the ghost of a vengeful witch to murder Glorious, the dragon of the sun, plunging the world into an unending winter night.

Without her magical strength, can Infidel possibly survive her battle with Hush? If she fails to save glorious, will the world see another morning?

Champions of Mars, de Guy Haley. Edición en bolsillo, 416 páginas, 17,75 dólares. A la venta desde el 1 de mayo. Género: Ciencia-ficción. Serie: Independiente.

Sinopsis:

In the far future, Mars dies a second time. The Final War between man and the spirits is beginning. In a last bid for peace, disgraced champion Yoechakanon Val Mora and his spirit lover Cybele are set free to find the long-missing Libararian of Mars, the only hope to save the remnants of mankind.

In the near-future Dr Holland, a scientist running from a painful past, joins the Mars colonisation effort, cataloguing the remnants of Mars' biosphere before it is swept away by the terraformation programme. When an artefact is discovered deep in the caverns of the red planet, the actions of Holland and his team lead to tragedy, with profound consequences that ripple throughout time, affecting Holland's present, the distant days of Yoechakenon, and the eras that brige the aeons between.