While studying advanced physics at a prestigious European university, Elisa Robledo was invited to join a select research team on a secret project to manipulate String Theory. It was the opportunity of a lifetime for the eager young scientist—the chance to actually view monumental events from the far distant past: dinosaurs roaming the Earth, life during the Stone Age, the crucifixion of Christ. But on a remote island in the Indian Ocean, the team's experiments went horribly awry . . . and something terrible was awakened.
Now, years later, Elisa's former colleagues are dying, one by one. The nightmare they created by meddling with Time is taking a shocking and gruesome toll. And only by uncovering the sinister truth behind the science can Elisa hope to survive the dark, devouring forces that mean to destroy her and the world she knows.

Zig Zag: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

José Carlos Somoza

United States

Harper

The English debut of one of Spain's most dazzling younger writers -- a postmodern murder mystery set in ancient Greece.In this brilliant, highly entertaining, and intriguing novel, Jose Carlos Somoza intertwines two darkly compelling riddles, forcing us to confront the ways in which we interpret reality.In ancient Athens, one of the pupils of Plato's Academy is found dead. His idealistic teacher Diagoras is convinced the pupil's death is not as accidental as it appears, and asks the famous Heracles Pontor, the "Decipherer of Enigmas," to investigate. As the death toll rises, the two men find themselves drawn into the dangerous underworld of the Athenian aristocracy, risking their own lives to solve the riddle of these young men's deaths. Simultaneously, a second plot unfolds: that of the modern-day translator of the ancient text, who, as he proceeds with his work, becomes convinced that the original author has hidden a second meaning in the text, one that can be interpreted through certain repeated words and images. As the story advances, however, the translator is alarmed to discover references to himself, which seem to address him personally in an increasingly menacing fashion. An original and unsettling literary mystery, The Athenian Murders introduces a beguiling new talent to an American readership.

The Athenian Murders

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

ABACUS (LITT)

THE ATHENIAN MURDERS is a brilliant, very entertaining and absolutely original literary mystery, revolving round two intertwined riddles. In classical Athens, one of the pupils of Plato's Academy is found dead. His idealistic teacher suspects that this wasn't an accident and asks Herakles, known as the 'Decipherer of Enigma

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The Art of Murder

Contemporary

Die dreizehnte Dame

Product description Una novela enigma. Un desafío de ficción, diversión y espejismo, donde nada es lo que parece y donde el simple hecho de seguir leyendo puede resultar arriesgado. La caverna de las ideas es una obra griega clásica que narra una intrigante historia: diversos asesinatos ocurridos en la época de Platón. Cuerpos mutilados de efe About the Author José Carlos Somoza nació en La Habana en 1959, es psiquiatra y vive en Madrid. Es autor de las novelas Silencio de Blanca (Premio La Sonrisa Vertical 1996), La ventana pintada (Premio Café Gijón 1998), Cartas de un asesino insignificante (1999) y Dafne desvanecida (finalista Premio Nadal 2000). Ha escrito además la novela corta Planos (accésit Premio Gabriel Sijé 1994), el guión radiofónico "Langostas" (Premio Margarita Xirgu 1994) y la pieza teatral "Miguel Will" (Premio Miguel de Cervantes de teatro 1997), estrenada en el Festival de Almagro y en el Teatro de la Comedia de Madrid. La caverna de las ideas es su sexta novela y ha sido traducida a varios idiomas.

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