El príncipe de la niebla by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

As they learn more about the wreck, the chilling story of the Prince of the Mists begins to emerge. During the dive, Max sees something that leaves him cold - on the old mast floats a tattered flag with the symbol of the six-pointed star. Everyone on board perished except for one man - an engineer who built the lighthouse at the end of the beach.

They also discover the wreck of a boat that sank many years ago in a terrible storm. As the family settles in they grow increasingly uneasy: they discover a box of old films belonging to the Fleischmanns his sister has disturbing dreams and his other sister hears voices whispering to her from an old wardrobe. Max has the curious sensation that the statue is beckoning to him. When he goes to investigate, Max finds that the statues seem to consist of a kind of circus troop with the large statue of a clown at its centre. Behind it is an overgrown garden full of statues surrounded by a metal fence topped with a six-pointed star. But the house holds many secrets and stories of its own. 8vo 8' - 9' tall 202 pages Summary: Max Carver's father - a watchmaker and inventor - decides to move his family to a small town on the coast, to an old house that once belonged to a prestigious surgeon, Dr Richard Fleischmann. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. An exceptional copy fine in the original decorated boards.

El príncipe de la niebla by Carlos Ruiz Zafón