Dying of the Light: A NovelRandom House Publishing Group, 2004 M09 28 - 288 páginas In this unforgettable space opera, #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin presents a chilling vision of eternal night—a volatile world where cultures clash, codes of honor do not exist, and the hunter and the hunted are often interchangeable. A whisperjewel has summoned Dirk t’Larien to Worlorn, and a love he thinks he lost. But Worlorn isn’t the world Dirk imagined, and Gwen Delvano is no longer the woman he once knew. She is bound to another man, and to a dying planet that is trapped in twilight. Gwen needs Dirk’s protection, and he will do anything to keep her safe, even if it means challenging the barbaric man who has claimed her. But an impenetrable veil of secrecy surrounds them all, and it’s becoming impossible for Dirk to distinguish between his allies and his enemies. In this dangerous triangle, one is hurtling toward escape, another toward revenge, and the last toward a brutal, untimely demise. Praise for Dying of the Light “Dying of the Light blew the doors off of my idea of what fiction could be and could do, what a work of unbridled imagination could make a reader feel and believe.”—Michael Chabon “Slick science fiction . . . the Wild West in outer space.”—Los Angeles Times “Something special which will keep Worlorn and its people in the reader’s mind long after the final page is read.”—Galileo magazine “The galactic background is excellent. . . . Martin knows how to hold the reader.”—Asimov’s “George R. R. Martin has the voice of a poet and a mind like a steel trap.”—Algis Budrys |
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... remembered the day the esper had cut it for them , back on Avalon . After a long time he touched it . It was smooth and very cold against the tip of his finger , and deep within his brain it whispered . Memories and promises that he had ...
... remembered the day the esper had cut it for them , back on Avalon . After a long time he touched it . It was smooth and very cold against the tip of his finger , and deep within his brain it whispered . Memories and promises that he had ...
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... remembered how Gwen would brush his hair away whenever she meant to kiss him . He felt very tired then , and very lost . His carefully nurtured cynicism trembled , and a weight fell upon his shoulders , a ghost weight , the heaviness of ...
... remembered how Gwen would brush his hair away whenever she meant to kiss him . He felt very tired then , and very lost . His carefully nurtured cynicism trembled , and a weight fell upon his shoulders , a ghost weight , the heaviness of ...
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... remembered laugh . " No , " she said . " You're about ten years too late . " Dirk scowled and shook his head . " Hell , " he said . Then he smiled again , and she came to him , and they embraced . The other man , the stranger , stood ...
... remembered laugh . " No , " she said . " You're about ten years too late . " Dirk scowled and shook his head . " Hell , " he said . Then he smiled again , and she came to him , and they embraced . The other man , the stranger , stood ...
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... remembered her too well to be fooled , however ; she was not one bit less tense than when she had snapped at Ruark a moment before . " I don't understand , " Dirk said , feeling quite stupid , since everyone seemed to think he should ...
... remembered her too well to be fooled , however ; she was not one bit less tense than when she had snapped at Ruark a moment before . " I don't understand , " Dirk said , feeling quite stupid , since everyone seemed to think he should ...
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... remembered the whisperjewel , and he still wondered . She had some reason for sending for him , surely , and in time she would tell him . And really , he could hardly have expected that she would be alone . At the port he had even ...
... remembered the whisperjewel , and he still wondered . She had some reason for sending for him , surely , and in time she would tell him . And really , he could hardly have expected that she would be alone . At the port he had even ...
Contenido
Sección 11 | 159 |
Sección 12 | 174 |
Sección 13 | 187 |
Sección 14 | 203 |
Sección 15 | 216 |
Sección 16 | 231 |
Sección 17 | 239 |
Sección 18 | 243 |
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Términos y frases comunes
aircar answer Arkin asked Avalon began believe beneath bond Bretan Braith called Challenge Chell close clothing cold dark dead Dirk Dirk's don't door duel empty everything eyes face feel felt finally fire forest Garse gone gray Gwen hair hand hard head heard Helleye High Kavalaan hold holdfast human hunt hunters Ironjade Jaan Vikary Janacek Kavalar kill Kimdissi knew Larteyn laser leave light live looked Lorimaar lost matter mockman moved never night nodded once perhaps reached remembered returned Ruark seemed side smiled sound spoke stars stood stopped suddenly sure t'Larien talk tell teyn things thought told took touched towers tried truth turned understand voice waiting walked walls watched wind Worlorn