The Angel's Game

The brilliant new page-turner The Angel's Game by master storyteller Carlos Ruiz Zafon, the author of the widely read The Shadow of the Wind, explores the dangerous nature of obsession in both love and literature.

The all of Barcelona spread out beneath me, and I wanted to think that every night, when I opened those windows — my new windows — its streets would whisper secrets to me, tales to me that I might write down and tell to everyone who would listen.

David Martin is a young guy who writes sensationalist books behind a pen name from an abandoned home in the center of Barcelona. Having had a difficult upbringing, he has found solace in literature and spends his evenings narrating rococo stories about the city's hidden corners. However, it's possible that his paranormal fantasies are not as bizarre as they first seem since there are letters and pictures in a hidden area deep inside the home that allude to the previous owner's unexplained death.

The history of the area seeps into his bones like a slow poison as he battles an unattainable love. David is on the verge of giving up when he gets a letter from the exclusive French editor Andreas Corelli, offering him the chance of a lifetime. His task is to produce a book that will be unlike anything that has ever been written and have the ability to alter people's opinions. He will get a fortune in exchange, maybe even more. However, when David gets to work, he discovers that the shadows around his house and his disturbing book are related.

Once again, Zafon transports us to a sinister, Gothic world first seen in The Shadow of the Wind and crafts a magnificent tale filled with romance, mystery, and tragedy. A brilliant tale combining the power of literature, desire, and friendship is told via an intricately designed maze of secrets.

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