NOVEDADES

When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions. Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.

Ha ocurrido un asesinato en el Elíseo, un retiro situado en una mansión en medio de la campiña inglesa. Cuando llegas al lugar de los hechos te encuentras con la víctima: el cuerpo de un empresario local yace en el césped con una rosa en la boca y una horca de jardinería clavada en el corazón. Todo parece indicar que se trata de un asesinato y que ya estaba muerto cuando cayó desde el balcón de arriba. Sin embargo, solo se puede acceder a él a través de una puerta cerrada, cuya llave ha desaparecido?