El Laberinto de los Espiritus es un relato electrizante de pasiones, intrigas y aventuras. A traves de sus paginas llegaremos al gran final de la saga iniciada con La Sombra del Viento, que alcanza aqui toda su intensidad y calado, a la vez que dibuja un gran homenaje al mundo de los libros, al arte de narrar historias y al vinculo magico entre la literatura y la vida.

En la Barcelona de finales de los anos 50, Daniel Sempere ya no es aquel nino que descubrio un libro que habria de cambiarle la vida entre los pasadizos del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. El misterio de la muerte de su madre Isabella ha abierto un abismo en su alma del que su esposa Bea y su fiel amigo Fermin intentan salvarle.

Justo cuando Daniel cree que esta a un paso de resolver el enigma, una conjura mucho mas profunda y oscura de lo que nunca podria haber imaginado despliega su red desde las entranas del Regimen. Es entonces cuando aparece Alicia Gris, un alma nacida de las sombras de la guerra, para conducirlos al corazon de las tinieblas y desvelar la historia secreta de la familia… aunque a un terrible precio.

El Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados Este libro forma parte de un ciclo de novelas que se entrecruzan en el universo literario del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. Las novelas que forman este ciclo estan unidas entre si a traves de personajes e hilos argumentales que tienden puentes narrativos y tematicos, aunque cada una de ellas ofrece una historia cerrada, independiente y contenida en si misma.

Las diversas entregas de la serie del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados pueden leerse en cualquier orden o por separado, permitiendo al lector explorar y acceder al laberinto de historias a traves de diferentes puertas y caminos que, anudados, le conduciran al corazon de la narracion.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The
internationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author returns to the magnificent universe he
constructed in his bestselling novels The Shadow
of the Wind, The
Angel’s Game, and The Prisoner of Heaven in this
riveting series finale–a heart-pounding thriller and nail-biting work of
suspense which introduces a sexy, seductive new heroine whose investigation
shines a light on the dark history of Franco’s Spain.

In this unforgettable final volume of Ruiz Zafon’s cycle of novels set in
the universe of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, beautiful and enigmatic
Alicia Gris, with the help of the Sempere family, uncovers one of the most
shocking conspiracies in all Spanish history.

Nine-year-old Alicia lost her parents during the Spanish Civil War when the
Nacionales (the fascists) savagely bombed Barcelona in 1938. Twenty years
later, she still carries the emotional and physical scars of that violent and
terrifying time. Weary of her work as an investigator for Spain’s secret
police in Madrid, a job she has held for more than a decade, the
twenty-nine-year old plans to move on. At the insistence of her boss, Leandro
Montalvo, she remains to solve one last case: the mysterious disappearance of
Spain’s Minister of Culture, Mauricio Valls.

With her partner, the intimidating policeman Juan Manuel Vargas, Alicia
discovers a possible clue–a rare book by the author Victor Mataix hidden in
Valls’ office in his Madrid mansion. Valls was the director of the notorious
Montjuic Prison in Barcelona during World War II where several writers were
imprisoned, including David Martin and Victor Mataix. Traveling to Barcelona
on the trail of these writers, Alicia and Vargas meet with several
booksellers, including Juan Sempere, who knew her parents.

As Alicia and Vargas come closer to finding Valls, they uncover a tangled
web of kidnappings and murders tied to the Franco regime, whose corruption is
more widespread and horrifying than anyone imagined. Alicia’s courageous and
uncompromising search for the truth puts her life in peril. Only with the
help of a circle of devoted friends will she emerge from the dark labyrinths
of Barcelona and its history into the light of the future.

In this haunting new novel, Carlos Ruiz Zafon proves yet again that he is a
masterful storyteller and pays homage to the world of books, to his ingenious
creation of the Cemetery of Forgotten, and to that magical bridge between
literature and our lives.