Max Carver's father, a watchmaker & inventor, decides to move his family to a small town on the coast, to an old house that once belonged to a prestigious surgeon, Dr Richard Fleischmann. But the house holds many secrets & stories of its own.
Brouillard Séries
Cette série plonge dans un paysage mystérieux et brumeux où les frontières entre la réalité et l'illusion s'estompent. Elle suit le destin de personnages piégés par un phénomène surnaturel qui perturbe leur vie et les oblige à affronter leurs peurs les plus profondes. Préparez-vous à un voyage plein de suspense, de mystère et de drame psychologique qui vous captivera dès le début. Découvrez les secrets cachés dans la brume perpétuelle.
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From the author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND, the haunting story of a secret society and a labyrinthine railway station with a dark past. 1916, Calcutta. A man pauses for breath outside the ruins of Jheeter's Gate station knowing he has only hours to live. Pursued by assassins, he must ensure the safety of two newborn twins, before disappearing into the night to meet his fate. 1932. Ben and his friends are due to leave the orphanage which has been their home for sixteen years. Tonight will be the final meeting of their secret club, in the old ruin they christened The Midnight Palace. Then Ben discovers he has a sister - and together they learn the tragic story of their past, as a shadowy figures lures them to a terrifying showdown in the ruins of Jheeter's Gate station.
The Watcher in the Shadows
- 246pages
- 9 heures de lecture
Bestselling author Carlos Ruiz Zafón's tale of one magical summer that turns into a nightmare when a young girl discovers the secrets locked into a reclusive toymaker's mansion. A mysterious toymaker who lives as a recluse in an old mansion, surrounded by the mechanical beings he has created... an enigma surrounding strange lights that shine through the mists that envelop the small island on which the old lighthouse stands... a shadowy creature that hides deep in the woods... these are the elements of a mystery that bind 14-year-old Irene to Ismael during one magical summer spent in the Blue Bay. Irene's mother has taken a job as a housekeeper for the toymaker, Lazarus, but his house contains more secrets than Irene and Ishmael have bargained for.
Dans le même esprit
Trilogia della nebbia
Il Principe della Nebbia; Il Palazzo della Mezzanotte; Le Luci di Settembre
- 574pages
- 21 heures de lecture
Una misteriosa casa sulla costa atlantica spagnola e tre ragazzi alla scoperta degli antichi segreti che custodisce, legati a innominabili patti siglati con un personaggio luciferino, il misterioso Principe della Nebbia che emerge dalle ombre della notte per sparire alle prime luci dell'alba. Nella Calcutta del 1916 un treno in fiamme squarcia la notte mentre i gemelli neonati Ben e Sheere vengono miracolosamente salvati. Sedici anni dopo, le braci di quell'incendio ricominciano ad ardere per i due adolescenti, segnando il loro destino. In un faro sulla costa normanna i giovani Irene e Ismael si addentrano nel mistero di un fabbricante di giocattoli, un enigma che li unirà per sempre trascinandoli in un mondo labirintico di luci e ombre. I primi tre romanzi dell'autore de L'ombra del vento, riuniti per la prima volta secondo le intenzioni dell'autore. Atmosfere gotiche, trame mozzafiato e personaggi che si imprimono indelebili nella memoria dei lettori.