by Tim Powers · Ediciones Gigamesh · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416035366
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Dive into a historical fantasy adventure with 'On Stranger Tides' by Tim Powers. In the 18th-century Caribbean, the pirate Blackbeard terrorizes the coasts while John Chandagnac, a puppeteer, is drawn into his crew. Renamed Jack Shandy, he becomes a pirate leader in a world of magic and danger. Powers mixes history and fantasy in an action-packed tale, with spirit quests, trips to the Fountain of Eternal Youth, and naval battles against zombies. This Gigamesh Omnium edition will transport you to a world of pirates and sorcery.
Timothy Thomas Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author. His first major novel was The Drawing of the Dark (1979), but the novel that earned him wide praise was The Anubis Gates (1983), which won the Philip K. Dick Award, and has since been published in many other languages. His other written work include Dinner at Deviant's Palace (1985), Last Call (1992), Expiration Date (1996), Earthquake Weather (1997), Declare (2000), and Three Days to Never (2006). Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare. His 1987 novel On Stranger Tides served as inspiration for the Monkey Island franchise of video games and was partly adapted into the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film.
