A partir de ahora, la leyenda se hace realidad. El universo creado por Frank Herbert en su aclamada serie Dune, seguida por millones de lectores en todo el mundo, se amplía para descubrirnos, por primera vez, el episodio que le dio origen. Diez mil años antes del nacimiento de Paul Atreides, del derrocamiento de un imperio, los últimos humanos libres se rebelaron contra el dominio de las poderosas máquinas que los habían esclavizado. En Dune, la Yihad Butleriana se revela la historia de Serena Butler, la mujer que prendió la llama de esa rebelión. Se destapa la traición que convertiría en enemigos mortales a la Casa Atreides y la Casa Harkonnen. Se desvelan los orígenes de la hermandad Bene Gesserit, de los doctores Suk, de la Orden de los Mentat y la Cofradía Espacial. Y aparece un planeta olvidado, Arrakis, donde acaba de descubrirse la melange, la especia que puede cambiar el destino de miles de planetas... Reseñ «Los seguidores de Dune querrán profundizar en esta nueva saga y los nuevos lectores se verán tentados a abordar la magnífica serie original.» Kirkus Reviews

A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy. Jason Dessen is walking home through the chilly Chicago streets one night, looking forward to a quiet evening in front of the fireplace with his wife, Daniela, and their son, Charlie—when his reality shatters. "Are you happy with your life?" Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man Jason's never met smiles down at him and says, "Welcome back, my friend." In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible. Is it this world or the other that's the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could've imagined—one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself even as he battles a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe. Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human--a relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we'll go to claim the lives we dream of.

Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters, emerges from the shadows and transforms into a desired woman with choices of her own. What if Mary Bennet’s life took a different path from that laid out for her in Pride and Prejudice? What if the frustrated intellectual of the Bennet family, the marginalized middle daughter, the plain girl who takes refuge in her books, eventually found the fulfillment enjoyed by her prettier, more confident sisters? This is the plot of The Other Bennet Sister, a debut novel with exactly the affection and authority to satisfy Austen fans. Ultimately, Mary’s journey is like that taken by every Austen heroine. She learns that she can only expect joy when she has accepted who she really is. She must throw off the false expectations and wrong ideas that have combined to obscure her true nature and prevented her from what makes her happy. Only when she undergoes this evolution does she have a chance at finding fulfillment; only then does she have the clarity to recognize her partner when he presents himself—and only at that moment is she genuinely worthy of love. Mary’s destiny diverges from that of her sisters. It does not involve broad acres or landed gentry. But it does include a man; and, as in all Austen novels, Mary must decide whether he is the truly the one for her. In The Other Bennet Sister, Mary is a fully rounded character—complex, conflicted, and often uncertain; but also vulnerable, supremely sympathetic, and ultimately the protagonist of an uncommonly satisfying debut novel.

A traditional American woman, a “tradwife” influencer, suddenly awakens in the brutal reality of 1855—where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax, a twisted reality show, or something far more sinister in this sensational debut novel. My name was Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive. Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic, her husband a handsome cowboy, her six children each more delightful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes, her kitchen hiding industrial-grade fridges and ovens, her husband the heir to a political dynasty? What Natalie’s followers—all 8 million of them—don’t know won’t hurt them. And The Angry Women? The privileged, Ivy League, coastal elite haters who call her an antifeminist iconoclast? They’re sick with jealousy. Because Natalie isn’t simply living the good life, she’s living the ideal—and just so happens to be building an empire from it. Until one morning she wakes up in a life that isn’t hers. Her home, her husband, her children—they’re all familiar, but something’s off. Her kitchen is warmed by a sputtering fire rather than electricity, her children are dirty and strange, and her soft-handed husband is suddenly a competent farmer. Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram, and now she’s expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes until her fingers bleed. Has she become the unwitting star of a ruthless reality show? Could it really be time travel? Is she being tested by God? By Satan? When Natalie suffers a brutal injury in the woods, she realizes two things: This is not her beautiful life, and she must escape by any means possible. A gripping, electrifying novel that is as darkly funny as it is frightening, Yesteryear is a gimlet-eyed look at tradition, fame, faith, and the grand performance of womanhood.

Tras años de injusto olvido, Alfaguara se suma al fenómeno editorial del descubrimiento de Lucia Berlin, todo un clásico de la narrativa estadounidense. Con su inigualable toque de humor y melancolía, Berlin se hace eco de su vida, asombrosa y convulsa, para crear verdaderos milagros literarios con episodios del día a día. Las mujeres de sus relatos están desorientadas, pero al mismo tiempo son fuertes, inteligentes y, sobre todo, extraordinariamente reales. Ríen, lloran, aman, beben: sobreviven.

«Si no puede distinguir quién respira y quién no, el retrato es un Clayton & Co.» A fines del siglo XIX, en la desaparecida localidad de Atlas, la joven Abigail Clayton era reconocida por el curioso talento de fotografiar a los muertos. Una habilidad que cuidaba un aterrador secreto: los protagonistas de sus imágenes le susurraban secretos sobre los vivos. Personas de todo el país viajaron a conocer a la “médium Clayton”; recibió a campesinos y diplomáticos, ayudó en casos legales y policiales, hasta que una acusación de demencia y un escabroso homicidio terminaron con su corta carrera. “Bruja, loca, asesina”, dicen que estuvo encerrada más de una década en el sótano de un sanatorio antes de que la tuberculosis y el olvido la mataran. Dicen muchas cosas sobre ella. Sin embargo, lo único claro, es que la verdadera historia de quienes retrataba se escondía en el susurro de los fantasmas o detrás del clic de una de sus fotos.

A partir de ahora, la leyenda se hace realidad. El universo creado por Frank Herbert en su aclamada serie Dune, seguida por millones de lectores en todo el mundo, se amplía para descubrirnos, por primera vez, el episodio que le dio origen. Diez mil años antes del nacimiento de Paul Atreides, del derrocamiento de un imperio, los últimos humanos libres se rebelaron contra el dominio de las poderosas máquinas que los habían esclavizado. En Dune, la Yihad Butleriana se revela la historia de Serena Butler, la mujer que prendió la llama de esa rebelión. Se destapa la traición que convertiría en enemigos mortales a la Casa Atreides y la Casa Harkonnen. Se desvelan los orígenes de la hermandad Bene Gesserit, de los doctores Suk, de la Orden de los Mentat y la Cofradía Espacial. Y aparece un planeta olvidado, Arrakis, donde acaba de descubrirse la melange, la especia que puede cambiar el destino de miles de planetas... Reseñ «Los seguidores de Dune querrán profundizar en esta nueva saga y los nuevos lectores se verán tentados a abordar la magnífica serie original.» Kirkus Reviews

Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up. That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game--as leaders of a new human colony, to be peopled by settlers from all the major human worlds, for a deep political purpose that will put Perry and Sagan back in the thick of interstellar politics, betrayal, and war.

Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up. That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game--as leaders of a new human colony, to be peopled by settlers from all the major human worlds, for a deep political purpose that will put Perry and Sagan back in the thick of interstellar politics, betrayal, and war.

Klara es una AA, una Amiga Artificial, especializada en el cuidado de niños. Pasa sus días en una tienda, espe­rando a que alguien la adquiera y se la lleve a una casa, un hogar. Mientras espera, contempla el exterior desde el escaparate. Observa a los transeúntes, sus actitu­des, sus gestos, su modo de caminar, y es testigo de algunos episodios que no acaba de entender, como una extraña pelea entre dos taxistas. Klara es una AA sin­gular, más observadora, más dada a hacerse preguntas que la mayoría de sus congéneres. Y como sus compa­ñeros, necesita del Sol para alimentarse, para cargarse de energía... Narrada por la curiosa e inquisitiva Klara, un ser artificial que se hace preguntas muy humanas, la novela explora la esencia del ser humano y lanza preguntas turbado­ras: ¿qué es lo que nos define como humanos?, ¿cuál es nuestro papel en el mundo?, ¿qué es el amor?...