Image credit: (www.powells.com) Zafón, Carlos Ruiz. The Prince of Mist. New York: Little Brown and Company, 1993. English translation copyright 2010 by Lucia Graves.
Sunken ships and moveable statues are background for this mystery set in a small coastal village town in 1943. Forced to move from the city when the winds of war nip at their heels, the Carver family may find more danger in what looks like a peaceful town full of ornate Victorian houses. The clock is ticking in the Carver's new house as reality becomes an illusion and the Prince of Mist calls to collect an old debt.
When Max Carver leaves the city to live in a small coastal village, he begins a chapter in his life that will test him both physically and mentally. With perceptions clouded by changing emotions and shifting loyalties and stones in a garden, Max works behind the scenes to help save his family and thier new friend Roland.
Could the answers he's seeking be found in the old film reels left to rot by the house's previous owners?
"Max waited until he heard the door to Alicia's room close, then he sat in the armchair next to the projector. From there he could hear the murmer of his parents speaking in low voices. The rest of the house sank slowly into the silence of night, disturbed only by the sound of the waves breaking on the beach. Suddenly Max felt a presence right behind him. He turned around. Someone was looking at him from the foot of the stairs. The shining, yellow eyes of Irina's cat observed him from the gloom.
"Get out," Max spat.
The cat kept his eyes on Max for a few seconds longer. They were lifeless and cold, like doll's eyes. Max stood and faced the beast.
"I said out."
The cat appeared to smile, if such a thing were possible, then slowly withdrew into the shadows. What a time for Irina to bring that thing into their home..."
In this book, you'll go on an adventure with three friends as they explore suken ships, old men's stories, and the ever lurking Prince of Mist.
