Belén Martínez

Violet Tennyson has lost her family and arrives in the capital accompanied by a strange Sentinel. There, she is taken in by a family whose sole purpose is to marry her off once she finishes her final year at the prestigious Covenant Academy.

But as her days pass between classes, uniforms, and veiled glances, her lie begins to crack. And not only because the idiot Sid Tennyson seems determined to make her life impossible.

Violet is hiding a secret. A secret that condemned the person she loved most and that has led her to Covenant Academy. A secret tied to four students destined to become legends.

The countdown has begun. Time is running out.

It’s time for the last waltz.

In a world where appearances serve as a veil over harsh truths, Cixi is nothing more than a servant. Yet within her beats a dark and forbidden power.

Her existence revolves around caring for and accompanying her young mistress, Lilan, the only daughter of the Yehonala family. However, when the great Jing Empire is shaken by the Emperor’s death, the family travels to the Red Palace to pay their respects to his heir: Xianfeng.

The arrival of the new monarch becomes a curse for the Yehonala, as Lilan is turned into a bargaining chip. But in the “city within the city,” no one is safe. At every corner, there are whispers of betrayal, desire, and ambition—and Lilan falls victim within those red walls.

Now Cixi crosses the walls of the Red Palace, determined to claim her revenge.

Even if she must sell her body, her soul, and her truth.

Even if she unleashes wars.

Even if she sheds blood.

Even if she becomes a monster.

London, 1884.

Once upon a time, there were four very powerful Blackbloods.

One died.
Another was imprisoned.
Two became legends.

This is part of their story—of everything that brought them together, and how they ended up torn apart.

In the kingdom of Valerya, where the blood of the Gods runs through the veins of the nobility, Anna is nothing more than a servant forbidden from going near fire. The blame lies with Bastien Doyle, the son of her masters, who nearly burned alive in an accident. Although he survived, the scar that runs across half his face is the perfect mask to hide what he carries inside—and what he does not.

Lya Viride, a disappointment to herself and to others, tries to find a place in his heart, even as she continues to dream of songs and Prince Charmings.

Their destinies were written—until news arrives of the king’s death.

The fragile bond that held their lives together shatters, and the three of them are separated, setting out on a journey where it no longer matters who they were, but who they are—and who they will become.

In a kingdom filled with cruel laws, their path will lead them to a crossroads where they must decide what to fight for, what to live for—and who to die for.r.

Liang Shelby is a survivor of the so-called “Covenant Academy Tragedy.” She tries to forget what happened while working as an apprentice at the Tower of London, putting up with the Demon she has as a companion, and wandering the East End at night, trying to earn some money to help her family.

Until one night, she witnesses something she was never meant to see—and her fate becomes tied to a magical object that should not even exist.

Now, with the help (if it can be called that) of an old acquaintance of her family, Liang must protect what she carries within, while bombs besiege London night after night, the Coven begins to suspect her, those responsible for the Covenant Academy Tragedy are hunting her down, and a former companion invades her days… and her dreams.

Is it possible to escape fate?

March 11, 2011. Nanami Tendo was forced to leave Miako, her hometown. That very day, an earthquake shattered Japan and triggered one of the deadliest tsunamis in history. She survived—but her home and her world were left in ruins.

Years later, in Kyoto, Nanami meets a strange boy who was in Miako on the day of the disaster, and who brings back ghosts and memories Nami believed she had left behind.

A heartbreaking story about life, death, hope, and family; about identity and those moments that ultimately define us as human beings.

There are borders where civilization ends and the wildest nature begins. They may seem like simple paths crossing ancient forests; the shore of a beach where the ocean cradles the land; a torii marking the entrance to a shrine. All of these places are cracks between the human world and another kind of realm. At these borders, you might accidentally glimpse someone—or something—that does not belong to your world.

“After the Ocean is a moving story, where magic seeps through the cracks of reality, told with incredible sensitivity.” —Paula Gallego, author of The Winter Princess

“An evocative and atmospheric story about the power of words and memory, one that draws you in irresistibly until the very end.” —Bruno Puelles, author of The City of a Thousand Eyes

Everything pointed to it being just another night at Covenant Academy—until Eliza Kyteler and Kate Saint Germain, two young Blackbloods, decide to awaken all the dead in the Little Hill cemetery.

What seemed like a harmless prank quickly turns into permanent expulsion from Covenant Academy. Now, the only future left for Eliza is to be presented in society and find the perfect husband—two things that, no matter how much they top her uncles’ priorities, sit at the very bottom of her own.

But as her days begin to fill with striking dresses, luxurious fabrics, and glittering balls where everything that shines appears to be gold, a dark threat starts to grow in the shadowy corners of London.

Twenty-seven years after the murder of Eliza’s parents, death once again strikes the Blackbloods—and each victim is found in a more macabre state than the last.

Who is behind the Blackblood murders? What is the threat that endangers both witches and non-magical people?

“I can’t express how hooked I was by this story. Without a doubt, one of the most original and addictive witch novels I’ve ever read.” —Victoria Álvarez, author of the Helena Lennox trilogy and Dreaming Spires.

First Prize – Puck Young Adult Novel Award

A gripping, moving story that will keep you drawing conclusions until the very last page. A fresh, authentic, and magical voice.

Casio Oliver is obsessed with Prelude to Winter, the first work by Óscar Salvatierra, a now-retired writer. Aguablanca, the town where the story unfolds, welcomes him for the final month of summer among its pines, ghosts, and forgotten memories, as he tries to escape the nightmare his life has become in recent months.

What he doesn’t know is that his own story began long ago—with a boy who offered him an umbrella in the rain, a mansion perched on a cliff, and a book that hides magic, death, and love within its pages.

In the abyss that separates magic from reality, Casio must decide what to fight for, what to live for—so that his own story can finally come true.

Julen Bas was just a boy who wanted to go unnoticed. Ibai Ayala was just his former childhood friend. This was supposed to be just another school year—quiet and uneventful.

But everything changes with a dream, a blood-red moon, a diary, and a death.

Now Julen is caught in a countdown in which he will have to fight, stand his ground, and perhaps give a chance to someone he never would have imagined. Because to change the course of the story, he must dig down to the roots of friendship and confront the shadows that surround it, in order to understand the value of a life—and how much he would be willing to give to save it.

 A novel by Belén Martínez, the acclaimed winner of the First Puck Young Adult Novel Award.