Sueños de cloaca

Strange, twisted carvings and hideous gargoyles adorn the palazzo of the great Scarletti family. But a more fearful secret lurks within: every bride who enters its forbidding walls is doomed to leave in a casket. Nicoletta knows all too well the curse that plagues the house of Scarletti; she believes her miraculous healing gifts set her apart.

Una intriga policial que excede el género negro para dar paso a una verdadera novela de aprendizaje.

Jorge Vane, funcionario del Ministerio Británico de Informaciones, es el hilo conductor de los seis cuentos de este libro, escritos en Buenos Aires en las décadas de 1930 y 1940, en pleno estallido de la narrativa policial argentina. Vane actúa resolviendo misterios con su arriesgada presencia en la zona de la Triple Frontera, o mediante un intercambio de cartas a distancia, o en la zona de teatros de la Rive Gauche de París, o en el interior de la Inglaterra rural, o en una ciudad portuaria del Plata, o en una indeterminada casona noble en los Estados Unidos… La mano ya maestra de un...

The walls between the worlds are down. A new unfolding has begun... It started long ago, as a war between the shadowy Immortals that persists today, as the wizard Mauryl's Shaping confronts the Shadows summoned from Chaos. Tristen is that Shaping. Both more and less than human, he successfully fought sorcery's evil tides, a victory that brought his friend Cefwyn both a kingdom and true love. But the Lines that hold the world in place are shifting again. A ruthless enemy is preparing for battle. Once again, Tristen will take up the sword inscribed with "Truth" and "Illusion" on its blade. But...