The Prisoner of Heaven PDF

The Prisoner Of Heaven returns to the world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books and the Sempere & Sons bookshop. It begins just before Christmas in Barcelona in 1957, one year after Daniel and Bea from The Shadow Of The Wind have married. They now have a son, Julian, and are living with Daniels father at Sempere & Sons. Fermin still works with them and is busy preparing for his wedding to Bernarda in the New Year. However something appears to be bothering him. Daniel is alone in the shop one morning when a mysterious figure with a pronounced limp enters. He spots one of their most precious volumes that is kept locked in a glass cabinet, a beautiful and unique illustrated edition of He Count Of Monte Cristo. Despite the fact that the stranger seems to care little for books, he wants to buy this expensive edition. Then, to Daniels surprise, the man inscribes the book with the words To Fermin Romero de Torres, who came back from the dead and who holds the key to the future. This visit leads back to a story of imprisonment, betrayal and the return of a deadly rival ...



Sayfa Sayısı: 320

Baskı Yılı: 2013


Dili: İngilizce
Yayınevi: Phoenix Publishing

The Prisoner of Heaven was in some ways a more satisfying (and certainly a pacier) read than the previous instalment, The Angel’s Game.I say ‘series’. It’s more a cycle of novels, which can ingeniously be read in any order – although apparently the fourth and final novel in the cycle (hurry up and publish it, Carlos!) will provide the key.