by Katherine Neville · DEBOLSILLO · tapa dura · ISBN 9788483468678
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«El ocho» is the mystery and adventure novel by Katherine Neville, published by Debolsillo in hardcover (664 pages, in Spanish).
In two eras —New York in 1972 and France in 1790—, a legendary chess set that belonged to Charlemagne hides a secret: whoever gathers its pieces will obtain unlimited power. Cat Velis, a mathematics and chess enthusiast, must find them, while the novices Mireille and Valentine try to scatter them to protect them.
First installment of the «El Ocho» saga. This special edition includes an unpublished text by Ricard Ruiz Garzón on the role of chess and mathematics in the novel.
For readers of historical intrigue and enigma novels who want a long-running plot with chess as the guiding thread.
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.
