Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.

Samiam Nogueira hanyalah pedagang rempah yang tak mengenal dunia selain tanah dan laut Lisboa. Namun ada dua hal yang memaksa Samiam melepaskan kenyamanannya: Peta Orang Jawa, dan munculnya sosok bayangan hitam yang mendorongnya untuk melakukan perjalanan mencari ayah kandungnya, yang konon seorang pangeran di suatu tempat bernama Jawa. Sementara itu, kerajaan Portugal diteror organisasi pemberontakan rahasia bernama Porto de Graal, yang tidak puas dengan pemerintahan yang dikuasai pemimpin Kristen dan Takhta Suci. Pada masa genting itu, Samiam mengetahui bahwa orangtua angkat, tunangan, dan mertuanya ternyata terlibat dalam organisasi pemberontakan tersebut. Demi membalas budi, Samiam memulai misi pertama yang mengguncang nurani: berkomplot membunuh Paus. Misi Porto de Graal melemparnya semakin jauh dari pencarian sosok sang ayah. Kendati demikian, Porto de Graal sendiri merupakan kunci bagi Samiam dalam menemukan jati dirinya. Akankah ini menjadi perjalanan yang mustahil bagi Samiam?

Samiam Nogueira hanyalah pedagang rempah yang tak mengenal dunia selain tanah dan laut Lisboa. Namun ada dua hal yang memaksa Samiam melepaskan kenyamanannya: Peta Orang Jawa, dan munculnya sosok bayangan hitam yang mendorongnya untuk melakukan perjalanan mencari ayah kandungnya, yang konon seorang pangeran di suatu tempat bernama Jawa. Sementara itu, kerajaan Portugal diteror organisasi pemberontakan rahasia bernama Porto de Graal, yang tidak puas dengan pemerintahan yang dikuasai pemimpin Kristen dan Takhta Suci. Pada masa genting itu, Samiam mengetahui bahwa orangtua angkat, tunangan, dan mertuanya ternyata terlibat dalam organisasi pemberontakan tersebut. Demi membalas budi, Samiam memulai misi pertama yang mengguncang nurani: berkomplot membunuh Paus. Misi Porto de Graal melemparnya semakin jauh dari pencarian sosok sang ayah. Kendati demikian, Porto de Graal sendiri merupakan kunci bagi Samiam dalam menemukan jati dirinya. Akankah ini menjadi perjalanan yang mustahil bagi Samiam?

Pembaca tersayang, Dari Paris, sepotong kisah cinta bergulir, merupakan racikan istimewa dari tangan terampil Prisca Primasari yang sudah dikenal reputasinya dengan karya-karya sebelumnya Éclair, Beautiful Mistake, dan Kastil Es dan Air Mancur yang Berdansa. Ini tentang sebuah pertemuan takdir Aline dan seorang laki-laki bernama Sena. Terlepas dari hal-hal menarik yang dia temukan di diri orang itu, Sena menyimpan misteri, seperti mengapa Aline diajaknya bertemu di Bastille yang jelas-jelas adalah bekas penjara, pukul 12 malam pula? Dan mengapa pula laki-laki itu sangat hobi mendatangi tempat-tempat seperti pemakaman Père Lachaise yang konon berhantu? Setiap tempat punya cerita. Dan inilah sepotong kisah cinta yang kami kirimkan dari Paris dengan prangko yang berbau harum. Enjoy the journey, EDITOR

Pembaca tersayang, Dari Paris, sepotong kisah cinta bergulir, merupakan racikan istimewa dari tangan terampil Prisca Primasari yang sudah dikenal reputasinya dengan karya-karya sebelumnya Éclair, Beautiful Mistake, dan Kastil Es dan Air Mancur yang Berdansa. Ini tentang sebuah pertemuan takdir Aline dan seorang laki-laki bernama Sena. Terlepas dari hal-hal menarik yang dia temukan di diri orang itu, Sena menyimpan misteri, seperti mengapa Aline diajaknya bertemu di Bastille yang jelas-jelas adalah bekas penjara, pukul 12 malam pula? Dan mengapa pula laki-laki itu sangat hobi mendatangi tempat-tempat seperti pemakaman Père Lachaise yang konon berhantu? Setiap tempat punya cerita. Dan inilah sepotong kisah cinta yang kami kirimkan dari Paris dengan prangko yang berbau harum. Enjoy the journey, EDITOR

When the scientist Victor Frankenstein attempts to create life in his laboratory, he sets in motion tragic forces beyond his control and faces losing everything he loves. No reader in the grip of Mary Shelley’s novel, with its mythic-minded hero and its highly sympathetic monster who reads Goethe and longs to be at peace with himself, can fail to notice how much more excellent the original is than all the countless adaptations, imitations, and homages which have followed in its ample wake. In her first novel, written at the instigation of Lord Byron and published in 1818 (and revised in 1831), the teenaged Shelley managed to produce English Romanticism’s finest prose fiction. This edition reproduces her original 1818 text.

The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece. An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its author's lifetime and appeared only in a censored edition in the 1960s. Its truths are so enduring that its language has become part of the common Russian speech. One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan. But they also bring peace to two unhappy Muscovites: one is the Master, a writer pilloried for daring to write a novel about Christ and Pontius Pilate; the other is Margarita, who loves the Master so deeply that she is willing literally to go to hell for him. What ensues is a novel of inexhaustible energy, humor, and philosophical depth, a work whose nuances emerge for the first time in Diana Burgin's and Katherine Tiernan O'Connor's splendid English version.

Dear Reader, If you have picked up this book with the hope of finding a simple and cheery tale, I'm afraid you have picked up the wrong book altogether. The story may seem cheery at first, when the Baudelaire children spend time in the company of some interesting reptiles and a giddy uncle, but don't be fooled. If you know anything at all about the unlucky Baudelaire children, you already know that even pleasant events lead down the same road to misery. In fact, within the pages you now hold in your hands, the three siblings endure a car accident, a terrible odor, a deadly serpent, a long knife, a large brass reading lamp, and the appearance of a person they'd hoped never to see again. I am bound to record these tragic events, but you are free to put this book back on the shelf and seek something lighter. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket

Dear Reader, If you have picked up this book with the hope of finding a simple and cheery tale, I'm afraid you have picked up the wrong book altogether. The story may seem cheery at first, when the Baudelaire children spend time in the company of some interesting reptiles and a giddy uncle, but don't be fooled. If you know anything at all about the unlucky Baudelaire children, you already know that even pleasant events lead down the same road to misery. In fact, within the pages you now hold in your hands, the three siblings endure a car accident, a terrible odor, a deadly serpent, a long knife, a large brass reading lamp, and the appearance of a person they'd hoped never to see again. I am bound to record these tragic events, but you are free to put this book back on the shelf and seek something lighter. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket

A second family has been massacred by the terrifying serial killer the press has christened "The Tooth Fairy." Special Agent Jack Crawford turns to the one man who can help restart a failed investigation: Will Graham. Graham is the greatest profiler the FBI ever had, but the physical and mental scars of capturing Hannibal Lecter have caused Graham to go into early retirement. Now, Graham must turn to Lecter for help.

A second family has been massacred by the terrifying serial killer the press has christened "The Tooth Fairy." Special Agent Jack Crawford turns to the one man who can help restart a failed investigation: Will Graham. Graham is the greatest profiler the FBI ever had, but the physical and mental scars of capturing Hannibal Lecter have caused Graham to go into early retirement. Now, Graham must turn to Lecter for help.