by Katherine Neville · PLAZA & JANES · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401336454
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«El Ocho» is the historical suspense and intrigue novel by Katherine Neville, published by Plaza & Janés in hardcover (632 pages, in Spanish).
Two eras converge around the Montglane chess set, which belonged to Charlemagne and which, when reunited, would grant unlimited power. In 1972, Catherine Velis, an expert in computing and chess, is commissioned in New York to find it. In 1790, the novices Mireille and Valentine hide its pieces in the face of the French Revolution.
First installment of the El Ocho series, translated by Susana Constante; the original English title is «The Eight».
Aimed at readers of historical thrillers and mystery novels, with a dual timeline and esoteric undertones.
Katherine Neville is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 internationally bestselling American author who writes adventure/quest novels. Her novels include The Eight (1988), A Calculated Risk (1992), The Magic Circle (1998) and The Fire (2008), which is a sequel to The Eight.
