The Labyrinth of the Spirits

The late 1950s. Mauricio Valls, a power broker in Franco's regime, vanishes. The secret police send Alicia Gris, a cold agent carrying a wound from the war, and Captain Vargas to Barcelona. The clues lead to the books of a forgotten writer and to crimes the regime tried to bury, committed against political prisoners and their families. Meanwhile, Daniel Sempere, obsessed with avenging his mother Isabella's death, crosses paths with Alicia, whom Fermín saved as a child. The regime's lies come out, Daniel finally learns what happened to his mother, and the threads of all four books are tied together. In the epilogue, Daniel's son Julián sets out to write down the story of the family.

1. Behind the scenesSame-day launch

   It came out the same day in Spain and Latin America, November 17, 2016. The English version didn't arrive until September 2018.

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2. Behind the scenesThe doorstopper

   The Spanish edition runs 928 pages, more than double The Prisoner of Heaven. Zafón called it the hardest book he ever wrote.

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3. ReferenceEvery thread

   Zafón said this book ties up all the elements, plots, characters and threads of the three earlier books.

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4. ReferenceSaved by Fermín

   Alicia Gris, the new lead, was saved by Fermín when she was a child. It's one of the bridges between her and the Semperes.

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