Ofertas de Angry Robot por el Día Internacional de la Mujer

Gracias al aviso de Izumi en Twitter, me he enterado de que Angry Robot ha puesto en oferta un montón de ebooks de sus autoras para celebrar el Día Internacional de la Mujer. 

Entre los libros en oferta se encuentran obras de escritoras como Kameron Hurley (incluyendo la reciente The Stars Are Legion), Madeline Ashby, Carrie Patel, Marianne de Pierres, Foz Meadows o Jo Anderton. Podéis ver el listado completo en la página web de la editorial.

Cada libro se puede adquirir, a través de la tienda de Angry Robot, en formato digital sin DRM al precio de 1£. 

Una estupenda iniciativa y una maravillosa manera de ayudar a visibilizar la obra de las escritoras que trabajan en los géneros de la ciencia ficción y la fantasía. 

Novedad: Outriders, de Jay Posey

Angry Robot pone hoy a la venta Outriders, una novela de ciencia ficción de Jay Posey. 

Ésta es su sinopsis:

A daring hostage rescue leads to the discovery of an imminent terrorist attack. Thanks to the Outriders, thousands of lives are saved. Until they aren't. 

Despite the intelligence and the warnings provided by the unit, the terrorist attack goes off unhindered. What was supposed to be a triumph becomes a tragedy, and a "mission completed" completely unravels. And when they learn the reasons why, the Outriders find themselves tasked with stopping a war before it can ever start. 

A dangerously cunning woman who most assuredly should be dead has seemingly returned. And her plans aren't just devastating, they might be unstoppable. How do you defeat a hidden enemy when you can't let them know they've been discovered?

Ebook en oferta: City of Dreams and Nightmare, de Ian Whates

En estos momentos se puede adquirir en Amazon España el ebook City of Dreams and Nightmare, de Ian Whates (cuya presencia ya se confirmado para el próximo Festival Celsius 232) al precio promocional de 1,10€.

Ésta es la sinopsis de la novela:

They call it the City of a Hundred Rows. The ancient city of Thaiburley is a vast, multi-tiered metropolis, where the poor live in the City Below and demons are said to dwell in the Upper Heights. 

Having witnessed a murder in a part of the city he should never have been in, Tom, a lowly street-nick, has to run for his life through the City Below, Thaiburley’s unsavoury basement world. Accused of committing the murder himself, he is pursued by sky-borne assassins, Kite Guards, and agents of a darker force intent on destabilising the whole city. His only ally is Kat, a renegade like him, but she proves to have secrets of her own… 

City of Dreams & Nightmare is Ian Whates’ debut novel, and the first of a series set in the great city.

Novedad: The Buried Life, de Carrie Patel

Ya está a la venta The Buried Life, la novela de debut de Carrie Patel. Estad atentos a VerdHugos Podcast, porque es posible que pronto tengamos una sorpresa relacionada con este libro y esta autora.

Ésta es la sinopsis de la novela:

The gaslight and shadows of the underground city of Recoletta hide secrets and lies. When Inspector Liesl Malone investigates the murder of a renowned historian, she finds herself stonewalled by the all-powerful Directorate of Preservation – Recoletta’s top-secret historical research facility. 

When a second high-profile murder threatens the very fabric of city society, Malone and her rookie partner Rafe Sundar must tread carefully, lest they fall victim to not only the criminals they seek, but the government which purports to protect them. Knowledge is power, and power must be preserved at all costs…

Ebooks en oferta de Kameron Hurley y Rod Duncan

Para poner el broche de oro a sus ofertas navideñas, Angry Robot nos ofrece hoy dos ebooks, uno de Kameron Hurley y otro de Rod Duncan. Como en los días pasados, cada uno se puede adquirir por una libra esterlina usando el código mincepie.

Estos son los libros y sus sinopsis:

The Mirror Empire, Kameron Hurley (mi reseña)

On the eve of a recurring catastrophic event known to extinguish nations and reshape continents, a troubled orphan evades death and slavery to uncover her own bloody past… while a world goes to war with itself. 

In the frozen kingdom of Saiduan, invaders from another realm are decimating whole cities, leaving behind nothing but ash and ruin. As the dark star of the cataclysm rises, an illegitimate ruler is tasked with holding together a country fractured by civil war, a precocious young fighter is asked to betray his family and a half-Dhai general must choose between the eradication of her father’s people or loyalty to her alien Empress. 

Through tense alliances and devastating betrayal, the Dhai and their allies attempt to hold against a seemingly unstoppable force as enemy nations prepare for a coming together of worlds as old as the universe itself.

The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter, Rod Duncan

Elizabeth Barnabus lives a double life – as herself and as her brother, the private detective. She is trying to solve the mystery of a disappearing aristocrat and a hoard of arcane machines. In her way stand the rogues, freaks and self-proclaimed alchemists of a travelling circus. 

But when she comes up against an agent of the all-powerful Patent Office, her life and the course of history will begin to change. And not necessarily for the better...

Dos ebooks de James A. Moore en oferta

Hoy Angry Robot nos ofrece dos ebooks de James A. Moore a una libra esterlina con el código mincepie. Son los siguientes:

Seven Forges

The people of Fellein have lived with legends for many centuries. To their far north, the Blasted Lands, a legacy of an ancient time of cataclysm, are vast, desolate and impassable, but that doesn't stop the occasional expedition into their fringes in search of any trace of the ancients who once lived there… and oft-rumoured riches. 

Captain Merros Dulver is the first in many lifetimes to find a path beyond the great mountains known as the Seven Forges and encounter, at last, the half‐forgotten race who live there. And it would appear that they were expecting him. 

As he returns home, bringing an entourage of the strangers with him, he starts to wonder whether his discovery has been such a good thing. For the gods of this lost race are the gods of war, and their memories of that far-off cataclysm have not faded.

The Blasted Lands

The Empire of Fellein is in mourning. The Emperor is dead, and the armies of the empire have grown soft. Merros Dulver, their newly-appointed – and somewhat reluctant – commander, has been tasked with preparing them to fight the most savage enemy the world has yet seen. 

Meanwhile, a perpetual storm ravages the Blasted Lands, and a new threat is about to arise – the Broken are coming, and with them only Death.

Ebook en oferta: The Shadow Master, de Craig Cormick

La oferta de hoy en Angry Robot es The Shadow Master, de Craig Cormick (una libra esterlina con el código mincepie). 

Ésta es la sinopsis del ebook:

In a land riven with plague, in the infamous Walled City, two families vie for control – the Medicis with their genius inventor Leonardo; the Lorraines with Galileo, the most brilliant alchemist of his generation. 

And when two star-crossed lovers, one from either house, threaten the status quo, a third, shadowy power – one that forever seems a step ahead of all of the familial warring – plots and schemes, and bides its time, ready for the moment to attack...

Ebooks de Andy Remic y Tim Waggoner en oferta

Angry Robot ha añadido dos nuevos ebooks a su oferta navideña (recordad: una libra esterlina cada uno usando el código mincepie). Son los siguientes:

Night Terrors, Tim Waggoner

It's Supernatural meets Men in Black in a darkly humorous urban fantasy from the author of Nekropolis. 

When you dream, you visit the Maelstrom. Dream long enough and hard enough, and your dreams can break through into the living world. So, alas, can your nightmares.

And who's there to catch the dreams and nightmares as they fall into reality? Meet the Shadow Watch. 

Pray you never need them...

The White Towers, Andy Remic

Vagandrak is broken, and a new threat has arisen that threatens to defeat even the mighty Iron Wolves. 

The twisted, deviant Elf Rats have gathered in the toxic realm beyond the White Lion Mountains... swiftly they invade the troubled land of Vagandrak, killing for profit and pleasure. 

The now-disgraced Iron Wolves are the realm's only hope, but there's a problem: they've been sentenced to death by the insane King Yoon for the dark sorcery in their blood. 

In the mountains of Zalazar lie the White Towers, pillars of legend said to contain the Heart of the Elves. The Iron Wolves must journey north to steal the Heart, and purify the evil in the land, but the land belongs to the Elves – and they won't give it up without a fight!

Ebook en oferta: Peacemaker, de Marianne de Pierres

Angry Robot sigue con sus promociones navideñas y hoy nos ofrece Peacemaker, de Marianne de Pierres, por una libra esterlina al usar el código mincepie. 

Ésta es la sinopsis del ebook:

Virgin Jackson is the senior ranger in Birrimun Park – the world’s last natural landscape, overshadowed though it is by a sprawling coastal megacity. She maintains public safety and order in the park, but her bosses have brought out a hotshot cowboy to help her catch some drug runners who are affecting tourism. She senses the company is holding something back from her, and she’s not keen on working with an outsider like Nate Sixkiller.When an imaginary animal from her troubled teenage years reappears, Virgin takes it to mean one of two things: a breakdown (hers!) or a warning. When the dead bodies start piling up around her and Nate, she decides on the latter. 

Something terrible is about to happen in the park and Virgin and her new partner are standing in its path...

Dos ebooks de Jay Posey en oferta

Angry Robot sigue con paso firme en su campaña de ofertas navideñas y hoy nos ofrece dos títulos de Jay Posey, cada uno por una libra esterlina al usar el código mincepie.

Estos son los ebooks en oferta con sus sinopsis:

Three

The world has collapsed, and there are no heroes any more. 

But when a lone gunman reluctantly accepts the mantle of protector to a young boy and his dying mother against the forces that pursue them, a hero may yet arise.

Morningside Fall

The lone gunman Three is gone, and Wren is the new governor of the devastated settlement of Morningside, but there is turmoil in the city. When his life is put in danger, Wren is forced to flee Morningside until he and his retinue can determine who can be trusted. 

They arrive at the border outpost, Ninestory, only to find it has been infested with Weir in greater numbers than anyone has ever seen. These lost, dangerous creatures are harbouring a terrible secret – one that will have consequences not just for Wren and his comrades, but for the future of what remains of the world.

Ebook en oferta: Stolen Songbird, de Danielle L. Jensen

La oferta de hoy en Angry Robot es Stolen Songbird, de Danielle L. Jensen. Se puede adquirir por una libra esterlina usando el código mincepie.

Ésta es la sinopsis de la novela:

For five centuries, a witch's curse has bound the trolls to their city beneath the ruins of Forsaken Mountain. Time enough for their dark and nefarious magic to fade from human memory and into myth. But a prophesy has been spoken of a union with the power to set the trolls free, and when Cécile de Troyes is kidnapped and taken beneath the mountain, she learns there is far more to the myth of the trolls than she could have imagined. 

Cécile has only one thing on her mind after she is brought to Trollus: escape. Only the trolls are clever, fast, and inhumanly strong. She will have to bide her time, wait for the perfect opportunity. 

But something unexpected happens while she’s waiting – she begins to fall for the enigmatic troll prince to whom she has been bonded and married. She begins to make friends. And she begins to see that she may be the only hope for the half-bloods – part troll, part human creatures who are slaves to the full-blooded trolls. There is a rebellion brewing. And her prince, Tristan, the future king, is its secret leader. 

As Cécile becomes involved in the intricate political games of Trollus, she becomes more than a farmer’s daughter. She becomes a princess, the hope of a people, and a witch with magic powerful enough to change Trollus forever.

Ebook en oferta: Last God Standing, de Michael Boatman

La oferta del día de hoy en Angry Robot es Last God Standing, de Michael Boatman. Se puede adquirir por 1£ usando el código de descuento mincepie.

Ésta es su sinopsis:

Creator. Supreme being. Stand-up comic...?! 

When God decides to quit and join the human race to see what all the fuss is about, all Hell breaks loose. 

Sensing his abdication, the other defunct gods of Earth’s vanquished pantheons want a piece of the action He abandoned. 

Meanwhile, the newly-humanised deity must discover the whereabouts and intentions of the similarly reincarnated Lucifer, and block the ascension of a murderous new God. 

How is he ever going to make it as a stand-up comedian with all of this going on..?

Ebooks en oferta de Freya Robertson y Anna Kashina

Continúan las ofertas de Angry Robot, hoy con ebooks de Freya Robertson y Anna Kashina. Como siempre, el precio por unidad es de una libra esterlina y hay que usar el código mincepie antes de realizar el pago.

Los títulos rebajados son los siguientes:

• Sunstone, Freya Robertson
• Heartwood, Freya Robertson
• Blades of the Old Empire, Anna Kashina
• The Guild of Assasins, Anna Kashina

Ebooks de Joseph D'Lacey y Matthew Hughes en oferta

Hoy Angry Robot nos ofrece en oferta ebooks de Joseph D'Lacey y Matthew Hughes. Recordad que cada uno tiene un precio de 1£ y que es necesario utilizar el código mincepie antes de finalizar la compra.

Los ebooks rebajados son:

• Black Feathers, Joseph D'Lacey
• The Book of the Crowman, Joseph D'Lacey
• Hell to Pay, Matthew Hughes
• The Damned Busters, Matthew Hughes
• Costume Not Included, Matthew Hughes

Ebooks en oferta de Andy Remic y Chuck Wendig

Angry Robot acaba de comenzar su tradicional campaña 12 Days of Christmas, en la que cada día ofrece ebooks de su catálogo a 1£ cada uno. Los libros que están rebajados hoy son:

• The Iron Wolves, de Andy Remic
• Blackbirds, de Chuck Wendig
• Mockingbird, de Chuck Wendig
• The Cormorant, de Chuck Wendig

Para hacer uso de la oferta es necesario añadir los ebooks a la cesta de la compra en la tienda online de Angry Robot y usar el cupón mincepie antes de hacer el pago. 

Portada y sinopsis de The Mirror Empire, de Kameron Hurley

La editorial Angry Robot ha desvelado la portada y sinopsis de The Mirror Empire, la novela de Kameron Hurley que publicarán en septiembre de este año. El libro abre una nueva saga, llamada Worldbreaker, y, personalmente, pienso que tiene un pinta excelente (he conseguido un ARC y pronto podré ofreceros una reseña). Se puede leer un extracto de la novela en Tor.com.

Ésta es la sinopsis:

From the award-winning author of God’s War comes a stunning new series… 

On the eve of a recurring catastrophic event known to extinguish nations and reshape continents, a troubled orphan evades death and slavery to uncover her own bloody past… while a world goes to war with itself.  

In the frozen kingdom of Saiduan, invaders from another realm are decimating whole cities, leaving behind nothing but ash and ruin. As the dark star of the cataclysm rises, an illegitimate ruler is tasked with holding together a country fractured by civil war, a precocious young fighter is asked to betray his family and a half-Dhai general must choose between the eradication of her father’s people or loyalty to her alien Empress.

Through tense alliances and devastating betrayal, the Dhai and their allies attempt to hold against a seemingly unstoppable force as enemy nations prepare for a coming together of worlds as old as the universe itself. 

In the end, one world will rise – and many will perish.

Dos ebooks de Chuck Wendig en oferta

Siguiendo con la campaña 12 Days of Christmas, la editorial Angry Robot nos ofrece hoy en oferta en su tienda dos títulos de Chuck Wendig en formato electrónico a una libra esterlina cada uno siempre que usemos el cupón "tinsel". Os recuerdo también que Blackbirds, del mismo autor, se puede descargar gratuitamente hasta final de este año.

Los libros rebajados son los siguientes:

Mockingbird

Miriam is trying to keep her ability - her curse - in check. 

But when Miriam touches a woman in line at the supermarket, she sees that the woman will be killed here, now. 

She reacts, and begins a new chapter in her life - one which can never be expected to go well. 

The Blue Blazes

Meet Mookie Pearl. 

Criminal underworld? He runs in it. 

Supernatural underworld? He hunts in it. 

Nothing stops Mookie when he’s on the job. 

But when his daughter takes up arms and opposes him, something’s gotta give...

Ebook gratis: Blackbirds, de Chuck Wendig

La buena gente de Angry Robot, no contenta con tentarnos con las ofertas de su campaña 12 Days of Christmas, nos regala hoy un ebook: Blackbirds, de Chuck Wendig. El libro se puede descargar gratuitamente en formatos epub y mobi (sin DRM) hasta final de año. 

Ésta es la sinopsis de la novela:

Miriam Black knows when you will die. She's foreseen hundreds of car crashes, heart attacks, strokes, and suicides. 

But when Miriam hitches a ride with Louis Darling and shakes his hand, she sees that in thirty days Louis will be murdered while he calls her name. Louis will die because he met her, and she will be the next victim.  

No matter what she does she can't save Louis. But if she wants to stay alive, she'll have to try.

Nota: Agradezco a mi amigo Josep María Oriol el aviso de esta promoción.

Tres ebooks de Cassandra Rose Clarke en oferta

Dentro de la promoción 12 Days of Christmas de Angry Robot hoy le toca el turno a Cassandra Rose Clarke. Si vais a la tienda de la editorial y usáis el código "tinsel" podréis comprar (en formato electrónico sin DRM) sus tres novelas por una libra cada una. Éstas son las sinopsis de los libros en oferta:

The Mad Scientist's Daughter

"Cat, this is Finn. He's going to be your tutor." 

He looks and acts human, though he has no desire to be. He was programmed to assist his owners, and performs his duties to perfection. A billion-dollar construct, his primary task now is to tutor Cat. As she grows into a beautiful young woman, Finn is her guardian, her constant companion... and more. 

But when the government grants rights to the ever-increasing robot population, however, Finn struggles to find his place in the world. 

Following her acclaimed Young Adult debut for Strange Chemistry, The Assassin's Curse, the very talented Cassandra Rose Clarke moves on to more adult themes, in a heartbreaking story of love, loss... and robots.

The Assassin's Curse 

Ananna of the Tanarau abandons ship when her parents try to marry her off to an allying pirate clan. But that only prompts the scorned clan to send an assassin after her. And when Ananna faces him down one night, armed with magic she doesn't really know how to use, she accidentally activates a curse binding them together. 

To break the curse, Ananna and the assassin must complete three impossible tasks—all while grappling with evil wizards, floating islands, haughty manticores, runaway nobility, strange magic, and the growing romantic tension between them.

The Pirate's Wish

After setting out to break the curse that binds them together, the pirate Ananna and the assassin Naji find themselves stranded on an enchanted island in the north with nothing but a sword, their wits, and the secret to breaking the curse: complete three impossible tasks. With the help of their friend Marjani and a rather unusual ally, Ananna and Naji make their way south again, seeking what seems to be beyond their reach. 

Unfortunately, Naji has enemies from the shadowy world known as the Mists, and Ananna must still face the repercussions of going up against the Pirate Confederation. Together, Naji and Ananna must break the curse, escape their enemies — and come to terms with their growing romantic attraction. 

The sequel to The Assassin's Curse.

Dos ebooks de Kim Curran en oferta

El autor del día de hoy en la campaña 12 Days of Christmas de Angry Robot es Kim Curran. En la tienda de la editorial se pueden adquirir en ebook, por una libra esterlina cada una usando el código "tinsel", sus dos novelas orientadas al público juvenil: Shift y Control. 

Éstas son las sinopsis de los libros en oferta:

Shift

When your average, 16-year old loser, Scott Tyler, meets the beautiful and mysterious Aubrey Jones, he learns he’s not so average after all. He’s a ‘Shifter’. And that means he has the power to undo any decision he’s ever made. 

At first, he thinks the power to shift is pretty cool. But as his world quickly starts to unravel around him he realises that each time he uses his power, it has consequences; terrible unforeseen consequences. Shifting is going to get him killed. 

In a world where everything can change with a thought, Scott has to decide where he stands.

Control

Scott Tyler is not like other teenagers. With a single thought he can alter reality around him. And he can stop anyone else from doing the same. 

That's why he’s so important to ARES, the secret government agency that regulates other kids like him: Shifters. 

They've sent him on a mission. To track down the enigmatic Frank Anderson. An ex-Shifter who runs a project for unusual kids – as if the ability to change your every decision wasn't unusual enough. But Anderson and the kids have a dark secret. One that Scott is determined to discover. 

As his obsession with discovering the truth takes him further away from anyone he cares about, his grip on reality starts to weaken. Scott realises if he can't control his choices, they'll control him.