Semiosis

La caída de un misterioso meteorito, capaz de brillar de manera cíclica, desafía las convicciones de científicos al enterarse que otros especímenes a nivel mundial exhiben el mismo comportamiento, incluyendo la Piedra Negra de La Meca. El Dr. Eugene Henriksen, junto a otros investigadores, pronto descubrirá una inquietante conexión entre este hallazgo y un libro indescifrable al día de hoy, que esconde sus propios horrores. Motivada por el deseo de un contacto extraterrestre, una polémica odisea espacial buscará conocer la verdad en medio de una crisis sin precedentes entre ciencia...

Sometimes life gives you exactly what you do not want, precisely when you need it most. That's how it was for Gideon. Not that he was guilty, at least not of rustling, but the town was pretty well set on hanging him anyway. Don't get me wrong, Caswell Crossing is full of good folks. Some would even call themselves upstanding citizens. Have you ever tried to change the minds of 'good folks' when they are half convinced the swift application of a rope will solve all their problems? But the prospect of being hung counted as nothing more than a bothersome inconvenience to Gideon. Maybe he was...

As he deals with the death of his father just before Thanksgiving in 1971, Zack journeys through significant childhood memories. To better understand himself, his father, and their difficult relationship, he revisits some dark and troubling vignettes from his memory. As pieces of the puzzle are revealed on this voyage of discovery and transformation, Zack must face the challenge of whether to reconcile with his past. Set in the years of World War II, Flypaper Dreams explores the thirty-year history of family dynamics and personal growth.

Entre la selva y el hielo es una colección de relatos en que Xavier Alcalá muestra su capacidad de narrar historias que podrían haber acontecido, perfectamente encajadas en las realidades histórica y geográfica. Con ellas avanza desde las selvas del río Paraná a los fríos extremos de la Patagonia, y desde el siglo XX retrocede al XVI. Una vez más escoge la epopeya de la emigración a la Argentina, fuente inagotable de aventuras que nunca pasarán a la Historia, y la completa con hazañas que sí pasaron a los anales del mundo pero contadas como lo que ningún historiador se...