Siete Esqueletos Decapitados / Seven Decapitated Skeletons - (El Libro de los Héroes) by Antonio Malpica (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The first installment in a series of chilling horror novels set in Mexico City, Siete esqueletos decapitados introduces kidnapper Nicte, Lieutenant Guillé n, and Sergio, a young man who quickly discovers that in order to solve the increasing numbers of vile murders in town, he must face true terror. He begins to understand his destiny, which ultimately saves his own life. A chilling horror novel set in Mexico City today will allow us also to know the most noble of some of its inhabitants side. How much fear can Mendhoza stand? Sergio does not know. He will soon discover that you need to know true terror to solve the mystery of the horrible murders, understand their destiny and, simultaneously, to save his own life.

About the Author

Antonio Malpica nació en la Ciudad de México en 1967. Autor de novelas infantiles y juveniles, ha sido galardonado con diversos premios, como el de Novela Breve Rosario Castellanos, el Premio Nacional Manuel Herrera de Dramaturgia, el premio Nacional de Obra de Teatro para Niños y el Premio Nacional de Novela Una Vuelta de Tuerca. En 2015 se convirtió en el primer escritor mexicano en obtener el Premio Iberoamericano SM de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil. Ha publicado más de cincuenta libros, incluyendo las novelas #MásGordoElAmor e Imagina que no hay cielo, así como los cinco volúmenes de la saga El Libro de los Héroes, que comienza con Siete esqueletos decapitados.

Antonio Malpica was born in Mexico City in 1967. Author of novels for children and young adults, he has won several awards, such as the Rosario Castellanos Short Novel Award, the Manuel Herrera National Playwriting Award, the National Children's Play Award and the National Novel Award Una Vuelta de Tuerca. In 2015 he became the first Mexican writer to win the Ibero-American SM Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. He has published more than fifty books, including the novels #MásGordoElAmor and Imagina que no hay cielo, as well as the five volumes of the saga El Libro de los Héroes, which begins with Siete esqueletos decapitados.