Una historia de la alegría

From his village in post-war France, Brodeck makes his solitary journeys into the mountains to collect data on the natural environment. Day by day he also reconstructs his own life, all but lost in the years he spent in a camp during the war. No-one had expected to see him again. One day, a flamboyant stranger rides into the village, upsetting the fragile balance of everyday life. Soon he is named the Anderer, "the other," and tensions rise until, one night, the newcomer is murdered. Brodeck is instructed to write an account of the events leading to his death, but his report delivers much...

"Pídeme lo que quieras es sin duda una novela atrevida, en la que el morbo y las fantasías sexuales están a la orden del día"--P. [4] of cover.

The team of a television program dedicated to paranormal phenomena discovers some anomalous events, until then never recorded. At the same time, the city is struck by an earthquake, and by the sudden irruption of characters from another Barcelona, who come to ask for help from the members of a group.

En 2008 se produjeron 134 ataques y 40 secuestros de barcos en aguas de Somalia. Entre ellos el del atunero español Playa de Bakio, capturado con 26 personas a bordo, lo que demostró de forma notoria que la piratería era también un peligro para la actividad de la flota pesquera. En diciembre de ese mismo año se puso en marcha la Operación Atalanta con el objetivo de frenar las acometidas de los piratas. En el transcurso de esta peliaguda misión, Santiago Cruz, miembro de un Equipo Operativo de Seguridad (EOS), se ve inmerso en el mayor atentado terrorista contra la nación española...