El mapa del cielo

Synopsis of El mapa del cielo

«El mapa del cielo» is the science fiction and romance novel by Félix J. Palma, published by Debolsillo in paperback (744 pages, in Spanish).

In 1835 a man made the world believe the Moon was inhabited by fantastic creatures. Decades later, his great-granddaughter Emma Harlow, a lady of New York high society, will only fall in love with someone who repeats that feat, and challenges her suitor Montgomery Gilmore to reproduce the Martian invasion of The War of the Worlds.

Second novel of the Victorian Trilogy, after «El mapa del tiempo», and winner of the Ignotus Award for best novel in 2013.

For readers of Victorian alternate histories, period romance, and reinventions of classic science fiction.