2026

The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly – and his sister is convinced it was murder…. When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard’s funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard’s will, Cora was clearly heard to say: ‘It’s been hushed up very nicely, hasn’t it…But he was murdered, wasn’t he?’ In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.

Set in a brand-new, Norse-inspired world, and packed with myth, magic and bloody vengeance, The Shadow of the Gods begins an epic new fantasy saga from bestselling author John Gwynne. After the gods warred and drove themselves to extinction, the cataclysm of their fall shattered the land of Vigrið. Now a new world is rising, where power-hungry jarls feud and monsters stalk the woods and mountains. A world where the bones of the dead gods still hold great power for those brave - or desperate - enough to seek them out. Now, as whispers of war echo across the mountains and fjords, fate follows in the footsteps of three people: a huntress on a dangerous quest, a noblewoman who has rejected privilege in pursuit of battle fame, and a thrall who seeks vengeance among the famed mercenaries known as the Bloodsworn. All three will shape the fate of the world as it once more falls under the shadow of the gods . . .

Entrar na Casa de Vidro, reality show mais badalado da televisão brasileira, é a chance de ouro para quem está atrás de fama e dinheiro. Mas não para Lorenzo... Três anos atrás, o ator de novelas adolescentes assistiu a sua namorada, Lisbela, mudar radicalmente de comportamento depois de ser chamada para conversar com a produção na Caixa Preta, único cômodo sem câmeras e com paredes não transparentes da Casa de Vidro. Ao confrontá-la, após sua eliminação, quase não a reconheceu: assustada e paranoica, Lisbela falava sobre chips cerebrais para controlar os participantes e conspirações macabras da produção para alcançar audiência a qualquer custo. E o que já estava estranho ganhou ares trágicos quando a garota desapareceu, sem deixar rastros. Decidido a encontrar a verdade, nosso herói ingressa na vigésima segunda edição do reality, equilibrando-se entre conquistar o público e investigar a casa sob o olhar vigilante de centenas de câmeras. Conseguirá Lorenzo descobrir o que aconteceu com Lisbela dentro da Caixa Preta, ou acabará sendo mais uma peça de xadrez no tabuleiro da produção?

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.