Tanya Huff

El rastro de la sangre

La saga de la sangre

El linaje de la sangre

Alguien estaba decidido a averiguar el secreto de la vida después de la muerte... ¡y estaba a punto de convertir a la madre de Vicki Nelson en parte del experimento!

La investigadora privada Vicki Nelson presencia el primer ataque perpetrado por una fuerza de siniestra magia que pronto sembrará el terror sobre Toronto. A medida que los asesinatos se suceden, Vicki se involucra mas y mas en la investigacion. Renueva su tormentosa relacion con un antiguo novio, el policia Mike Celluci, mientras se asocia con el escritor Henry Fitzroy, hijo ilegitimo de Enrique viii, que a lo largo de los siglos ha acumulado conocimientos sobre los anhelos de vida mas alla de la muerte de un vampiro. A menos que Vicki, Mike y el consigan encontrar el modo de detener la amenaza, su verdadera naturaleza podria ser descubierta y su vida sacrificada a los miedos de la humanidad.

La investigadora privada Vicki Nelson presencia el primer ataque perpetrado por una fuerza de siniestra magia que pronto sembrará el terror sobre Toronto. A medida que los asesinatos se suceden, Vicki se involucra mas y mas en la investigacion. Renueva su tormentosa relacion con su antiguo novio, el policia Mike Celluci, mientras se asocia con el escritor Henry Fitzroy, hijo ilegitimo de Enrique VIII, que a lo largo de los siglos ha acumulado conocimientos sobre los anhelos de vida mas alla de la muerte de un vampiro. A menos que Vicki, Mike y el consigan encontrar el modo de detener la amenaza, su verdadera naturaleza podria ser descubierta y su vida sacrificada a los miedos de la humanidad.

Todo comenzó con la llamada que ninguna hija desea recibir nunca, la llamada que informó a la detective privada de que su madre había muerto. La colaboradora de la señora Nelson en el Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida de la Queen´s Univertsity contó a Vicky que la causa de la muerte había sido un ataque cardíaco, pero el cuerpo desapareció misteriosamente de la funeraria.

Henry Fitroy, vampiro, escritor e hijo bastardo de Enrique VIII, había sobrevivido durante siglos cumpliendo el código vampírico. No mataba sin necesidad, no atraía la atención hacia sí mismo, y nunca invadía el territorio de otro vampiro. Mas esta vez Henry estaba a punto de hacer lo impensable. Iba a violar las reglas.

Durante incontables siglos, encerrado enun sarcófago que nio debía abrirse, había esperado pacientemente la oportunidad de vivir de nuevo par poder alimentarse de incautos y fortalecerse. La espera por fin ha terminado.Una vez en el departamento de egiptología del Royal Ontario Museum d eToronto, tras arrancar sus descubridores los sellos y hechizos que lo aprisionaban, se apresuró a hacerse con las mentes y las almas de los confiados habitante de la ciudad, para comenzar a crear un imperio para sí y para su dios.

Durante siglos , han coexistido pacíficamente con los humanos normales en Canadá. Pero ahora la merte ha invadido el apacible refugio de su granja de Londres, Ontario. Alguien ha descubierto su secreto mejor guardado.Alguien sabe que son hombres lobo y, quienquiera que sea, se ha propuesto destruirlos a todos.

From bestselling author Tanya Huff comes a new novel in the Confederation series of military science fiction, blending action, intrigue, courage, and humor with more twists than a trip through Susumi spaceEven if she was saving the Confederation at the time, Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr is aware that questioning a generals parentage to his face was not a strategic career move. But she never imagined it would land her as senior NCO on a top-secret recon mission practically guaranteed to go sideways. The target is an unidentified alien ship the size of a station, floating dead in space. Most of her intel comes from a civilian salvage operator whos bargained his way onto her landing party while making it clear he wont be taking any orders. Best of all, the missions commanding officer is a politically connected captain so heroic his troops tend to end up dead.But as soon as Torin and her Marines set foot on the strange vessel, the rules change. This ship isnt empty. Communications are down. And if they cant get back to tell the Confederation what theyve found out, all of the known galaxy is going to learn about it the hard way

Bestselling author Tanya Huff returns to the Confederation series of military science fiction, where after centuries of fighting, the dangers of peacetime prove as alien as any new galaxy.Once Torin Kerr was a gunnery sergeant, secure in the embrace of the Confederation Marine Corps. Now the war is over. Torin is free to delve the depths of space with Craig Ryder in a tiny salvage ship, responsible only for keeping them in enough ready credit to breathe and eat. But when she discovers pirates, actual pirates, are a deadly threat to salvage operators, she cant imagine not taking action. Even if Ryders motley group of colleagues and quasi-family think its ridiculous. After all, she doesnt have the Marines behind her anymore.Then Ryder goes missing. Of course Torin is going after him. And whatever the odds, there will always be some who follow Torin Kerr into battle. But this time, instead of Other armies, shes facing ruthless criminals whove seen her story on broadcasts. Shes fighting through all the scars and fears experience has left with herwith none of the rules that told her when to stop. And whatever happens, no ones coming to rescue her...

Bestselling author Tanya Huff returns to the Confederation series of military science fiction with a novel where nothing is as it seems, even in the most familiar placesFor Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr, its a relief to find that no matter what changes shake the Confederation, basic training stays the same. Fresh recruits arrive, get their butts kicked by a drill instructor, preview combat conditions on Crucible, and leave remade as Marines. When she reaches Ventris to debrief on her encounter with the most alien life form yet, she finds her very own drill sergeant shepherding along his final batch of recruits. By the time shes offered a chance to follow her DIs platoon to Crucibleinstead of answering yet more suspicious questions from every officer in the galaxytwenty days of simulated war sounds almost like a vacation.But as soon as their boots hit dirt, Crucibles controlled combat environment starts looking entirely too realistic. Platoon 72 is facing actual battles, with no idea who theyre fighting or how theyve infiltrated the system. No one offplanet knows. And if Torin cant figure out whats happening, fast, none of them will be leaving alive

Bestselling author Tanya Huffs Confederation series of military science fiction returns with a novel where one womans discovery shakes the foundations of the intergalactic alliance itself...Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr has had enough of special treatmentand of gaping, skepticism, and whispers of Silsviss or Big Yellow as she passes. Shes glad to be back with her own Shquo Company, surrounded by familiar faces and enduring more razzing than awe. Of course, the company is going into battle again, facing death on all sides in a centuries-old war where every attempt at diplomacy fails, and shes got a brand-new second lieutenant to train. Another glorious day in the Confederation Marine Corps.The battle goes disastrously wrong. And yet somehow Torin wakes up. The Others dont take prisonersor so the Confederation has always said. But the dark tunnels and mysterious mechanisms of the warren around her certainly seem like a prison. And theres more going on than simple confinement. One after another, Torins most cherished beliefs are shaken to the core. Shes always been a survivor. But time is running out. If she has to question everything to escape, answers had better start coming fast...

In bestselling author Tanya Huffs second installment of the Peacekeeper series, the Confederation reckons with costs of war not paid on the battlefieldWhen mercenaries attack an archaeological dig on a planet of pre-spacefaring ruins, Torin Kerr and her Peacekeepers can guess the aggressors are ex-military, just like them. Since Torin uncovered the "social experiment" that kept the Confederation at arms for centuries, shes seen plenty of warriors wounded in ways no autodoc can fix. But these renegades are more than disenchantedthey think the ruins hold the answer to defeating the mysterious civilization that manipulated both sides into generations of conflict. And theyve recruited some of their most feared former enemies from the Primacy to help steal it.With a ceasefire barely settled and a government on edge, Torin has no room for error. She and her team have to rescue the hostages, disable the hostiles, and play host to uneasy Primacy allies of their ownall on a planet dense with jungle and full of unknown dangers. Theres no time to seek out the so-called weapon or investigate what lurks in the ruins. But that doesnt mean it wont be hunting them

Bestselling author Tanya Huff presents an all-new world of action and intrigue, where survivors of a disastrous war have outlawed all magic in favor of shared knowledgebut all is not as it seems.Ryan Marsan was never meant to be Heir to the Lord Protector. But his brothers are dead, and for the first time in decades, the Black Flame that protects his people is flickering. Ryan must retrieve its fuel from the mage-destroyed wastes of the Broken Lands, leading Scholars with more knowledge, warriors with more experience, and an ambitious cousin with the morals of a cat.His authority rests with the weapon. The only mage-crafted artifice to survive the wars, it responds to the command of the heirs of Marsanport. While its capabilities are mysterious, its brutality is legend.Except Ryan soon discovers some mysteries are really omissions. The weapon is more than it appears and the Broken Lands will reveal secrets, lies, and the horrors of twisted sorcery. Even his companions hide more than he knows.With Marsanports future at risk, Ryan can only race forward, hoping to survive, keep his friends aliveand see truth where it is, not where he wants it to be

Bestselling author Tanya Huff returns to the spacefaring Confederation in a new series, as centuries of battle give way to a fragile calm but new threats lurk beneath the surface.With the war thats dominated her life finally over, Torin Kerr is ready to prove wrong anyone who claims theres no such thing as an ex-gunnery sergeant. She has plenty of opportunity to use her unique skills as a contractor to the Peacekeepers, zipping up petty rebellions and working to rehabilitate those who cant lay down arms. But when Military Intelligence calls with a covert mission so explosive it could tear apart the Confederation, Torin cant possibly refuse.Someone has found the hidden tomb planet where the founders of the Confederation buried their weapons when they swore off violence. Now the clock is ticking for Torin and her team to find it, too, and stop the planet-killing technology from resurrecting. But the Elder Races arent telling them everything. The citizens at the Core treat warriors like criminals. The grave-robbers know secrets no official record includes. And in the heart of this strange ancient memorial, Torin might learn more about the Confederations past than is good for her

In bestselling author Tanya Huffs third book in the Peacekeeper series, Warden Torin Kerr must decide where shes needed most when a galaxys worth of trouble hits the fanTorin Kerr loves leading Strike Team Alpha for the Peacekeepers. Theres too much paperwork, and the people shes trying to rehabilitate shoot real bullets at her, but the force shes creating will change the Confederation.That is, if the Confederation can hold. Too many malcontents are rallying to Humans First, becoming terrorists and rebels with spies in seemingly every network. The Silsviss are on the verge of violently withdrawing from their treaty. Big Yellow has reappeared with the alien warmongers that experimented on them all, and a furious and incomprehensible demand. And a certain general is growling out Torins name and pushing a reenlistment contract.As the world shes fought to preserve teeters on the brink of collapse, Torin cant do it allbut with a team like hers, she doesnt have to. And when the chips are down, theres no one who can change the game like Torin Kerr