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Descripción editorial
Mientras el joven Ned explora la catedral de Aix-en-Provence, se encuentra con Kate Wenger, una estudiante de intercambio estadounidense con un profundo conocimiento de la historia de la zona. Cuando sorprenden allí a un extraño con una cicatriz en la cara y un cuchillo, no saben cómo reaccionar. «Creo que deberíais marcharos ya», les dice. «Os habéis topado con una historia muy antigua...»
En ese lugar donde los límites entre los vivos y los que llevan mucho tiempo muertos se desdibujan, Ned y su familia están a punto de entrar en un cuento extraño e inquietante, mientras figuras mitológicas pertenecientes a conflictos pasados irrumpen en el presente reclamando... vidas.
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Kay (The Last Light of the Sun) departs from his usual historical fantasies to connect the ancient, violent history of France to the present day in this entrancing contemporary fantasy. Fifteen-year-old Canadian Ned Marriner accompanies his famous photographer father, Edward, on a shoot at Aix-en-Provence's Saint-Saveur Cathedral while his physician mother, Meghan, braves the civil war zone in Sudan with Doctors Without Borders. As Ned explores the old cathedral, he meets Kate Wenger, a geeky but attractive American girl who's a walking encyclopedia of history. In the ancient baptistry, the pair are surprised by a mysterious, scarred man wielding a knife who warns that they've "blundered into a corner of a very old story. It is no place for children." But Ned and Kate can't avoid becoming dangerously entangled in a 2,500-year-old love triangle among mythic figures. Kay also weaves in a secondary mystery about Ned's family and his mother's motivation behind her risky, noble work. The author's historical detail, evocative writing and fascinating characters both ancient and modern will enthrall mainstream as well as fantasy readers.
