20. Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers, Bill Willingham

240 Páginas

Bill Willingham's runaway hit series FABLES continues its success in this fourth trade paperback, collecting issues #19-21 and #23-27 (issue #22 will appear in a future collection) and featuring the rise of a new threat to Fabletown. Also included is the Prestige Format Special Fables: The Last Castle. When Little Red Riding Hood suddenly walks through the gate between this world and the lost Fable Homelands, she's welcomed as a miraculous survivor by nearly everyone - everyone except her old nemesis, Bigby Wolf, who smells spying and subversion more than survival. But will he be able to prove his case before disaster strikes? And how will it all affect Prince Charming's upstart campaign to become the new mayor of Fabletown,

19. A Revolta, Suzanne Collins

275 Páginas

Katniss Everdeen não devia estar viva. Mas, apesar dos planos do Capitólio, a rapariga em chamas sobreviveu e está agora junto de Gale, da mãe e da irmã no Distrito 13. Recuperando pouco a pouco dos ferimentos que sofreu na arena, Katniss procura adaptar-se à nova realidade: Peeta foi capturado pelo Capitólio, o Distrito 12 já não existe e a revolução está prestes a começar. Agora estão todos a contar com Katniss para continuar a desempenhar o seu papel, assumir a responsabilidade por inúmeras vidas e mudar para sempre o destino de Panem - independentemente de tudo aquilo que terá de sacrificar…

18. Em Chamas, Suzanne Collins

265 Páginas

Contra todas as expectativas, não só Katniss Everdeen venceu os Jogos da Fome, como pela primeira vez na história desta competição dois tributos conseguiram sair da arena com vida. Mas o que para Katniss e Peeta não passou de uma estratégia desesperada para não terem de escolher entre matar ou morrer, para os espectadores de todos os distritos foi um acto de desafio ao poder opressivo do Capitólio. Agora, Katniss e Peeta tornaram-se os rostos de uma rebelião que nunca esteve nos seus planos. E o Capitólio não olhará a meios para se vingar... O segundo volume da trilogia "Os Jogos da Fome" mantém um ritmo constante de adrenalina e promete tornar-se uma das leituras mais viciantes do ano.

17. Private, James Patterson

489 Páginas

The police can't help you

Former Marine helicopter pilot Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. It is where you go when you need maximum force and maximum discretion. The secrets of the most influential men and women on the planet come to Jack daily--and his staff of investigators uses the world's most advanced forensic tools to make and break their cases.

The press will destroy you

Jack is already deep into the investigation of a multi-million dollar NFL gambling scandal and the unsolved slayings of 18 schoolgirls when he learns of a horrific murder close to home: his best friend's wife, Jack's former lover, has been killed. It nearly pushes him over the edge. Instead, Jack pushes back and devotes all of Private's resources to tracking down her killer.

Only one place to turn: Private

But Jack doesn't have to play by the rules. As he closes in on the killer and chooses between revenge and justice, Morgan has to navigate a workplace love affair that threatens to blow the roof off his plans. With a plot that moves at death-defying speeds, Private is James Patterson sleekest, most exciting thriller ever.

16. Os Jogos da Fome, Suzanne Collins

260 Páginas

Num futuro pós-apocalíptico, surge das cinzas do que foi a América do Norte Panem, uma nova nação governada por um regime totalitário que a partir da megalópole, Capitol, governa os doze Distritos com mão de ferro. Todos os Distritos estão obrigados a enviar anualmente dois adolescentes para participar nos Jogos da Fome - um espectáculo sangrento de combates mortais cujo lema é «matar ou morrer». No final, apenas um destes jovens escapará com vida… Katniss Everdeen é uma adolescente de dezasseis anos que se oferece para substituir a irmã mais nova nos Jogos, um acto de extrema coragem… Conseguirá Katniss conservar a sua vida e a sua humanidade? Um enredo surpreendente e personagens inesquecíveis elevam este romance de estreia da trilogia Os Jogos da Fome às mais altas esferas da ficção científica.

15. Um Bom Dia para Morrer, Simon Kernick

256 Páginas

When Dennis Milne--now living under an assumed identity in the Philippines--hears that his old friend and colleague Malik has been gunned down in a restaurant, he decides to go back to the violent city he once called home and bring the murderer to justice. Milne arrives in a pre-Christmas London that is cold and hostile. But he is no longer a policeman; no longer charged with keeping the peace and upholding the law. Although his old friends at the King's Cross station do not know that Milne is back in town, it soon becomes clear that his arrival has been expected by men who are after his blood. Hungry for revenge and determined to uphold his own very rough brand of justice, Milne searches for the person behind his friend's demise--and leaves a trail of death and destruction more wide-reaching than even he could have expected.

14. Odd Hours, Dean Koontz

352 Páginas

Only a handful of fictional characters are recognized by first name alone. Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas is one such literary hero who has come alive in readers’ imaginations as he explores the greatest mysteries of this world and the next with his inimitable wit, heart, and quiet gallantry. Now Koontz follows Odd as he is drawn onward, to a destiny he cannot imagine. Haunted by dreams of an all-encompassing red tide, Odd is pulled inexorably to the sea, to a small California coastal town where nothing is as it seems...

13. Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love, Bill Willingham

192 Páginas

In the Fables' world, there isn't a lot of happily-ever-after to go around. As refugees from the lands of make-believe, the Fables have been driven from their storybook realms and forced to blend in with out gritty, mundane reality.
But that doesn't mean they don't have any room for romance -- or the pain, betrayal and jealous rage that go along with it. In fact, love may be blooming between two of the most hard-bitten, no-nonsense Fables around. But are they destined for happiness -- or a quick and untimely death?