The scarlet plague - formato ePub

La llamada de la selva es una obra maestra de Jack London que examina la lucha por la supervivencia en un entorno hostil y la transformación del ser humano frente a las adversidades. La novela sigue la...

 El talón de hierro es una obra que presenta una crítica profunda al poder opresivo y la lucha de clases, explorando cómo la tiranía política y económica afecta la vida de las personas. En esta novela,...

El lobo de mar, es una novela de aventuras con marcado carácter psicológico escrita en 1904 por el escritor estadounidense Jack London. Al igual que La llamada de la selva, El lobo de mar cuenta la historia...

Jack London escribe esta historia como una obra complementaria y, a su vez, como un reflejo de la llamada de «lo salvaje», en la cual Buck, el perro protagonista, descubre y emplea sus instintos más primitivos...

«El instinto y la ley exigían obediencia. Pero crecer también implica desobedecer en algunas ocasiones. Así se aprende, poco a poco, a vivir.» Entre los hielos de Klondike, en la frontera con Alaska,...

Alabada por crítica y público desde su publicación en 1903, nunca ha dejado de ser reimpresa y de lectura obligatoria en las escuelas estadounidenses. El relato de supervivencia y de retorno al estado...

"El talón de hierro" está llamada a ser la primera novela distópica de carácter político de la literatura en lengua inglesa y, posiblemente, una de las primeras distopías literarias contemporáneas de...

Tanto "La llamada de lo salvaje" como "Finis", el cuento que completa este volumen, tienen en común el espacio en que se desarrolla la acción: la zona ártica próxima al río Yukón, donde se encontraron...

Las mil docenas` forma parte de los 13 relatos que componen la novela de Jack London `La quimera del oro`. En este cuento David Rasmunsen planea su fortuna. Se trata de transportar mil docenas de huevos...

Esta colección nos trae nueve relatos que tienen lugar en los Mares del Sur y nos permite asomarnos a un modo de vida ya extinto, a sus tribus caníbales y los exploradores y negreros que surcaban esas...

La peste escarlata es una historia post-apocalíptica, ambientada en el año 2072, que fue escrita por London en 1912. La humanidad sucumbió en la pandemia de 2013 (aun estamos a tiempo), y quedó mermada...

Colmillo Blanco es el título de una novela del escritor estadounidense Jack London, así como el nombre de su protagonista. Inicialmente aparecida por entregas en la revista Outing, fue publicada en 1906.

Dos hombres Mason y Malemute Kid, en compañía de la esposa india de Mason, atraviesan en trineo las tierras de Klondike a temperaturas de más de cincuenta grados bajo cero.

El lobo de mar (Sea-wolf es el título original) es una novela de aventuras con marcado carácter psicológico escrita en 1904 por el escritor norteamericano Jack London. Su primera edición de cuarenta mil...

Dos hombres Mason y Malemute Kid, en compañía de la esposa india de Mason, atraviesan en trineo las tierras de Klondike a temperaturas de más de cincuenta grados bajo cero.

Relato incluído dentro el libro "La invasión y otros terrorismos" El conjunto de relatos de La invasión y otros terrorismos reúne una muestra relevante de la literatura que ha hecho de Jack London uno...

In a dark copse of trees, in the shadow of the city skyline, the fae hand a changeling child to an unsuspecting woman. Or so they think. When a human woman wants a child, and can't have one by natural...

This isn't the Wild West you've seen before. In the aftermath of a chaotic gold rush and the resulting war, a mega-corporation emerges, seizing control of the nation's gold and the technology produced...

IF my aunt, Sarah Undridge, had lived until today she would have been a hundred years old. I was at a small party given for her ninety-ninth birthday, and she was spry enough then. There was a sense of...

Mary Lynn Melton, now in her mid-40s, has resigned herself to a lonely fate, believing that her manipulative, deceitful, and destructive past has irreparably damaged her relationships and her life. In...

For three centuries, Nara's existence has revolved around providing sexual gratification to men not of her choosing. As a concubine enslaved by a brutal master she knows only as the Conqueror, Nara can...

An Angel Alien. A Bar Owner. A Christmas Eve Nightmare.Aliens enjoy human festivities.When Bar Owner Peter Rodgers receives an alien warning, he races against time to save a friend. He quickly realises...

A Deceiver. A Superhuman. A Questionable Hero.When Hydra Legion Captain Severus travels to a loyal Empire world, he plots to spread lies, deceit and chaos.An old enemy waits in the shadows.Gripping. suspenseful....

Two Men On A Train Going Home For Christmas. A Sparkle. A Love Story Over The Years.When Gabriel Darling goes home for Christmas, he meets the man of his dreams on a train.Readers will love this emotional,...

Ian loves the Earth to the Moon route on Christmas. It pays great bonuses. But Charles, his best friend and secret crush, offers a gripping, emotional perspective that mixes love, romance and the meaning...

He chases crooks in the nineteenth century. She researches the past in the twenty-first. When both attend festivals that turn sinister, can they solve the crimes?Vancouver, 1898. Detective Jack Winston...

Anis and her brother Jatz wish their parents would realise they are now adults.Their life changes when they discover two strange looking men washed up on the beach. The men are telepaths, people outlawed...

When a woman is murdered by a vampire, St. Augustina must become the Constable. St. Augustina's tenure as the new constable of the Magic Guild Guard is not going well. The office staff quit in protest...

A Cold December. An Awful Bar. A Bitter Detective.Detectives hate the holidays.Private Detective Peter Griffins hates the holidays. He loves money. Peter meets a silly woman needing help.Peter investigates...

The first French edition of Les Ursitory was published just after the Second World War. During the war Matéo suffered the horrors of the concentration camps, like many others in his village. This is why...

Bet Swanson has returned to Richmond, the small town she once tried to leave behind, but something unsettling awaits her. The familiar streets seem wrapped in an eerie silence, and the townspeople, once...

A Hot Café Owner. A Romantic Christmas Setting. A University Professor Wanting Love.Doctor Henry Oscar loves order, routine and Canterbury. He loves teaching the next generation. Henry wants a man.But...

A University Student. A Cop. A Brilliant Romance.Student Kai Brands loves Christmas parties. He enjoys the free food, a rarity in his life. Kai meets a beautiful man in a shocking way.Sweet. Moving. Eye-Opening....

A Rubbish Shack. A Lot Of Drunks. A Hardboiled Detective. Detectives escape family during the holiday season. I rather like Freedom Day, a day without my family before Christmas. I enjoy Dave's Shack...

Mary Woods loves her husband. She loves being a mother. Mary wants the best for her family.When World War Two breaks out, Mary Woods watches her husband go to war and wishes her husband would come home...

How do you defeat a monster that can injure the Gods? All everyone wants to do is catch their breath. With Cadence's brother and the head of Southern Paranormal Investigations gone, Cadence, Aiden, and...

A Trapped Private Eye. A Christmas Crime. Little Hope For Rescue.A woman trapped in the darkness.Private Eye Bettie English sees darkness. She feels something covering her. Bettie tries to move.Can Bettie...

A rare rose blooms between the weeds, an innocent on the run. The abandoned city no longer abandoned, the untamed tamed. The truth will be revealed and a curse broken. 

A University Christmas Social. Two Men In Love. A Gay Romance Story Needing To Be Corrected.When Alex Blue tells the truth behind how he met his husband at a university party, he retells a sweet, adorable,...

I should never have touched her. I didn't know she's my best friend's little sister. When I found out... well... My life went off the rails, and we didn't see each other again.Now three years later, we're...

Sam McIntosh knows he doesn't need to be in the closet with his friends, but his family is another matter entirely. He keeps his sex life under wraps and never lets on to anyone that he enjoys any gender....

A Trapped Worker. A Chance To Escape. An Incoming Wreck.Rulers imprison people in the far future.Mia Scott watches the border of the Imperium. She supposedly protects it. Mila sees a mysterious incoming...

What happens in Vegas shouldn't stay in Vegas… It's spring break, and a group of teachers from Half Moon Bay Middle School are planning to cut loose. History teacher Meg Phillips hadn't planned on being...

A Bride for all Eternity. Ember Richard's wedding may have been arranged, but it might just be a childhood fantasy come true. Everything falls apart when Nathaniel gets called away to war—on her wedding...

Jack's paranormal investigations have rocketed him to internet fame, even though he thinks the whole thing is a joke.His wife Amy—not nearly so skeptical—tries to be supportive, at his side for every...

What's worse than a man who hates Christmas?  A Christmas-hating man who won't let me borrow his reindeer. Living in a Christmas-obsessed town while being a self proclaimed Christmas enthusiast means...