The Soul Game
About this ebook
After reaching 3,000,000 copies sold, Javier Castillo challenges the reader in his fifth novel.
Will you play the game?
New York, 2011. A fifteen-year-old girl is found crucified in a suburb on the outskirts. Miren Triggs, an investigative reporter for the Manhattan Press, unexpectedly receives a mysterious envelope. Inside: a Polaroid picture of another gagged and bound teenager, with a simple caption: "GINA PEBBLES, 2002".
Miren Triggs and Jim Schmoer, her former journalism professor, follow the trail of the girl in the image while they investigate the crucifixion in New York. They will be led deep into a religious institution with strange rituals, and immersed in a dark secret that, if revealed, could change everything.
With more than 2,000,000 copies of his previous novels sold, Javier Castillo places the pieces of a new and macabre thriller on the table and invites the reader to a join in a dangerous game with the most precious prize at stake.
What the critics have said:
«Javier Castillo is undoubtedly the new phenomenon of European literature.»
Joël Dicker
«Javier Castillo's work grips the reader from the first moment.»
EL PAÍS
«I am very grateful to have discovered Javier Castillo.»
Donato Carrisi
«Javier Castillo has revolutionized the publishing market.»
La Verdad
«The Spanish Stephen King.»
ABC
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About the author
Javier Castillo grew up in Malaga. He studied business and earned a Master's in Management at ESCP Europe. His first novel, El día que se perdió la cordura (2017), became a true publishing phenomenon, translated into 15 languages and published in more than 60 countries. Rights have been acquired to produce the television series. His second novel, El día que se perdió el amor (2018), received both public and criticalacclaim, as did Todo lo que sucedió con Miranda Huff (2019). The Snow Girl was the most read novel during the 2020 lockdown in Spain, and in 2023 it was released as a miniseries on Netflix, achieving great success. The Soul Game (2021) marked his global consolidation as one of the masters of suspense. To date, his novels have reached more than 2,000,000 readers worldwide. His sixth novel, The Crystal Cuckoo, was published in January 2023.
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