| Author/Contributor(s): | Melgar, Luis |
| Publisher: | Plaza & Janés |
| Date: | 9/22/2026 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Una mirada a los años treinta desde una ciudad donde ya estaban presentes los monstruos que acabarían devorando Europay cambiando el mundo para siempre.
Shanghái, noche de San Juan de 1935. Durante la recepción del consulado de España, dos disparos interrumpen la música y el enigmático príncipe Volkov cae muerto ante los invitados. Allí se encuentran tres jóvenes españoles cuya vida está a punto de dar un giro irreversible: la fotógrafa Isabel de la Cruz, que ha recibido la misión de investigar a un empresario alemán ligado al partido nazi; Miguel Roxas, heredero de la cervecera San Miguel, dividido entre la lealtad familiar y su propia conciencia, y Asier Ormaetxe, pelotari exiliado que sobrevive como camarero.
Ninguno sospecha que el asesinato es solo el comienzo. Muy pronto quedarán en el centro de una trama internacional donde el ascenso del totalitarismo en Europa, la amenaza japonesa en Asia y el difícil equilibrio de convivir con los fantasmas de su propio pasado los colocarán al borde del abismo.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
In this new, fast-paced novel, Luis Melgar has drawn on his experience as a diplomat in China to create a gripping, action-packed international thriller and tell a story of identity, desire, and guilt.
A glimpse into the 1930s from a city where the monsters that would eventually devour Europe and change the world forever were already present.
Shanghai, St. John’s Eve, 1935. During the reception at the Spanish consulate, two gunshots interrupt the music, and the enigmatic Prince Volkov falls dead before the guests. There, three young Spaniards find themselves at a crossroads where their lives are about to take an irreversible turn: photographer Isabel de la Cruz, who has been tasked with investigating a German businessman linked to the Nazi Party; Miguel Roxas, heir to the San Miguel brewery, torn between family loyalty and his own conscience; and Asier Ormaetxe, an exiled pelotari who scrapes by as a waiter.
None of them suspects that the murder is only the beginning. Very soon they will find themselves at the center of an international plot where the rise of totalitarianism in Europe, the Japanese threat in Asia, and the difficult balance of living with the ghosts of their own past will place them on the brink of the abyss.