La Química / The Chemist

El primer thriller para adultos de Stephenie Meyer, autora superventas de la saga Crep sculo

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Van a sangrarEn esta trepidante y adictiva novela una exagente que huye de la organizaci n en la que colaboraba deber aceptar un ltimo caso para limpiar su nombre y salvar su vida.Antes trabajaba para el gobierno de Estados Unidos aunque casi nadie lo sab a. Como experta en su campo, era uno de los secretos m s oscuros de una agencia tan clandestina que ni siquiera tiene nombre. Hasta que la consideraron un lastre y fueron a por ella sin avisar.Ahora rara vez se queda en el mismo lugar o utiliza el mismo nombre durante mucho tiempo. Ya han matado a la nica persona en quien confiaba, pero sabe algo que sigue suponiendo una amenaza. La quieren muerta y pronto.Cuando su antiguo jefe le ofrece una salida, comprende que ser su nica oportunidad de borrar la enorme diana que lleva dibujada en la espalda. Pero eso implica aceptar un ltimo encargo. Y, para su espanto, la informaci n que consigue vuelve a n m s peligrosa la situaci n. Decidida a afrontar el desaf o cara a cara, empieza a prepararse para la peor pelea de su vida mientras se da cuenta de que se est enamorando de un hombre que solo puede complicar sus posibilidades de supervivencia. Ahora que sus opciones menguan a marchas forzadas deber aplicar su especial talent de formas en las que nunca antes habr a so ado.En esta novela intensa y arrolladora Meyer ha creado a una irresistible hero na con unas habilidades muy especiales. Y demuestra una vez m s por qu es una de las mejores escritoras de best sellers del mundo.La qu mica es el fruto de la uni n entre mis sensibilidades rom nticas y mi obsesi n con Jason Bourne y Aaron Cross. He disfrutado mucho dedicando tiempo a una hero na de acci n diferente, una cuya principal arma no es una pistola, un pu al o unos m sculos desarrollados, sino su cerebro. - Stephenie Meyer ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONIn this tautly plotted novel, Meyer creates a fierce and fascinating new heroine with a very specialized skill set. And she shows once again why she's one of the world's bestselling authors.In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life. She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn't even have a name. And when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning. Now, she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. They've killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. They want her dead, and soon. When her former handler offers her a way out, she realizes it's her only chance to erase the giant target on her back. But it means taking one last job for her ex-employers. To her horror, the information she acquires only makes her situation more dangerous. Resolving to meet the threat head on, she prepares for the toughest fight of her life, but finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood of survival. As she sees her choices being rapidly whittled down, she must apply her unique talents in ways she never dreamed of. The first adult thriller by Stephanie Meyer, author of the bestselling Twilight Saga.According to Stephenie Meyer, "The Chemist is the love child between my romantic sensibilities and my obsession with Jason Bourne and Aaron Cross."It is a frenetic thriller that keeps you frantic until the last page. It is very visual, like a Bourne movie with a female protagonist.The Host, Meyer's first novel for adults, went directly to #1 in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal's bestselling lists. And it was made into a very successful movie in 2013.