Cassandra Apollinaire's Prodigious Soul-Capturing Machine
Lucia Perrucci
Now or never
Crime
Mystery
Six in the morning. The city begins to wake up. But something is not as it should be.
A former private investigator and a young conservatory student wake up tied to the floor of a newsstand with numbers tattooed on their arms and a bloodstained knife. They don’t know each other. Their memories stop at midnight the night before. Who kidnapped them? Why?
Thus begins a long nightmare escape where nothing is random and nothing is as it seems. But who is running, and who is chasing?
- A novel for young readers aged 13 and up.
- A gripping story for fans of action and suspense.
- A straightforward novel exploring detachment and the importance of memory, where the protagonists face the fear of failure and grow by challenging the impossible.
Publisher:
Einaudi Ragazzi
Target:
12+
Year:
2025
Author
Daniele Nicastro
Daniele Nicastro was born in 1978. He currently lives in a small village in the province of Cuneo, where he writes everything: novels, postcards, messages in bottles and phrases on the walls. He began telling stories as a boy, to his mother, whenever he came home late without warning her. Over time he made a profession out of it. He made his debut with the novel Grande, which won the Legenda Junior Prize and was shortlisted for the Bancarellino Prize 2018. He has consolidated experience in several genres, from adventure novels to funny stories, but always focused on themes related to growing up.
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