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Mario Acevedo Author Of Rescue From Planet Pleasure

From Mario's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Mario Acevedo Why Mario loves this book

My big discovery this year were the works by the Spanish author, Arturo Perez-Reverte, and this was the third book of his which I've read so far, all in Spanish. He can seamlessly weave history with fiction in a way that will have you checking the Internet to see what was fact and which characters were real. Falco is a fantastic spy novel about the politics and treachery of the Spanish Civil War. The protagonist, Lorenzo Falco, arms smuggler recruited by the Fascists, finds himself at the center of a double-cross by his own side, in cahoots with their mortal enemies, the Reds. We're introduced to Falco, who we see as a slick, romanticized Bond-type womanizer, until we're with him when he has the unpleasant task of beating a confession out of a suspected turncoat. The narrative throughout can be brutal. Weaselly government hacks, psychopathic secret agents, naive partisans, and…

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Un libro protagonizado por su personaje más fascinante desde el capitán Alatriste.

Violencia, tramas de poder, suspense, lealtad y pasión conforman esta extraordinaria novela de lectura adictiva.

«El mundo de Falcó era otro, y allí los bandos estaban perfectamente definidos: de una parte él, y de la otra todos los demás.»

La Europa turbulenta de los años treinta y cuarenta del siglo XX es el escenario de las andanzas de Lorenzo Falcó, ex contrabandista de armas, espía sin escrúpulos, agente de los servicios de inteligencia. Durante el otoño de 1936, mientras la frontera entre amigos y enemigos se reduce a…


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The High House by James Stoddard,

The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.

The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.

Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…

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John David Mann Author Of The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea

From John's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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John David Mann Why John loves this book

I adore everything Bob Crais writes; he is a lovely human being in person, and it shines through all his writing, no matter how dark the subject matter. The Big Empty was especially bold; he took on some awfully dark topics, and wrote them with such poignant care and sensitivity. Powerful stuff.

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