El valle del dragón (Gran Temblor 1)

In this first book in a trilogy a girl child is born to Vlad Dracula, in Transylvania, in 1435--at first rejected by her father and always ignored by her mother, she will grow up to be Lada Dragwlya, a vicious and brutal princess, destined to rule and destroy her enemies.

"Sixteen-year-old Finley Price knows how to do two things really well: direct and go unnoticed. The only person who seems to realize that she exists is Oliver Bertram, the son of her parents' best friends. If only she could believe she was as good as he says. If she were, she could study at the prestigious Mansfield Theater. Their friendship changes when new neighbors move in across the street. Emma and Harlan Crawford are two young stars that immediately notice Oliver and his sister Juliette. As Oliver and Emma get closer, Harlan drops Juliette and becomes interested in Finley. He thinks it...

While the students in Mr. Fuller's math class are taking a test, an alarm goes off signaling that someone has entered the school with a gun. The building goes into immediate lockdown. All of a sudden, there is a knock at the door. A little girl asks to be let in. Against policy, the class opens the door and the intruder gets inside. The story of what happens next is told alternatively by the teacher and two students.

Bienvenidos a la serie de libros de los Maestros de la Prosa, una selección de los mejores trabajos de autores notables. El crítico literario August Nemo selecciona los textos más importantes de cada autor. La selección se hace a partir de las novelas, cuentos, cartas, ensayos y textos biográficos de cada escritor. Esto ofrece al lector una visión general de la vida y la obra del autor. Esta edición está dedicada a Mark Twain, un escritor, orador y humorista estadounidense. Escribió obras de gran éxito como El príncipe y el mendigo o Un yanqui en la corte del Rey Arturo, pero es...