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La Trinidad se ha dividido y de entre sus grietas se cuelan grandes secretos que borran la línea entre el bien y el mal. Camino a Alaska, Isaac y Sadina se ven obligados a separarse y, a Minho, aquello que lo llevó a unirse a la Trinidad ahora lo hace cuestionar su pasado… y su futuro. El futuro se reescribe. Y ni siquiera la Trinidad sabe contra qué se enfrentan realmente, pues los Cranks están volviendo a mutar.

Setenta y tres años después, ¿CRUEL es bueno? Han pasado casi tres cuartos de siglo desde los hechos narrados en La cura mortal, ahora, los descendientes de los Habitantes viven aislados en una isla. Y si saben sobre su pasado es por dos motivos: los relatos del viejo Sartén, que no los deja olvidar. Y el diario de Newt. Cuando un barco, el Maze Cutter, llega deshecho a la costa con una única sobreviviente abordo, tienen por primera vez noticias del continente: los cranks han mutado, la ciudad está bajo la tiranía de la Trinidad y CRUEL…CRUEL continúa con sus experimentos. Ahora, los isleños deberán volver a la civilización -o a lo que queda de ella- para acabar, de una vez y para siempre, con aquello que empezaron sus ancestros. NO PUEDES PERDERTE ESTA INCREÍBLE SECUELA DE MAZE RUNNER.

Con descripciones deliberadamente vagas y vívidas, el narrador describe un festival de mediados de verano en la ciudad utópica de Omelas, cuya prosperidad depende de la miseria perpetua de un chico. Quienes se marchan de Omelas fue nominado al Premio Locus al mejor relato corto en 1974​ y ganó el Premio Hugo al mejor relato corto en el mismo año. «Ursula K. Le Guin es más que una escritora de fantasía para adultos y ciencia ficción [ ] ella es una filósofa; una exploradora de los paisajes de la mente».Cincinnati Enquirer

Opiniones editoriales:Opinión:"A novel that brilliantly illuminates some of the darker interconnections between politics and sex . . . Just as the world of Orwell's 1984 gripped our imaginations, so will the world of Atwood's handmaid!" — The Washington Post Book World"The Handmaid's Tale deserves the highest praise." — San Francisco Chronicle"Atwood takes many trends which exist today and stretches them to their logical and chilling conclusions . . . An excellent novel about the directions our lives are taking . . . Read it while it's still allowed." — Houston Chronicle"Splendid." — NewsweekFrom the Inside FlapIn the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies? Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are only valued if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the days before, when she lived and made love with her husband Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now.... Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, "The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.From the Back CoverOffered is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets where signs are now in pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant because, in an age of declining births, Offered and other Handmaids are only valued if their ovaries are viable. Offered can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now.... Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.Sobre el autor:Margaret Atwood, whose work has been published in thirty-five countries, is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. In addition to The Handmaid’s Tale, her novels include Cat’s Eye, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; Alias Grace, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; The Blind Assassin, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; Oryx and Crake, short-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize; The Year of the Flood; and her most recent, MaddAddam. She is the recipient of the Los Angeles Times Innovator’s Award, and lives in Toronto with the writer Graeme Gibson. www.margaretatwood.ca