Siete esqueletos decapitados
core novel 2009 El libro de los héroes
Record
| First published | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  ES |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.18 (2,494 ratings, collected 2026-10-31) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9789707774995 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
In contemporary Mexico City, a killer is abducting children. Their families receive bones and bloodied clothes, but the skulls are never returned. Lieutenant Guillén leads the hunt, while the story also follows Nicte, the kidnapper. Sergio Mendhoza, a reserved teenager who wears a prosthetic leg after a childhood accident and plays drums, becomes involved through his sharp eye for detail and his friends Brianda and Jop. A stranger named Farkas begins messaging him, claiming he has a mission, and steers him toward a book describing how heroes once held power over demons. Sergio sees ghostly apparitions and slowly realises that forces beyond the human world are connected to the crimes. As the murders multiply, he starts to learn what his own destiny might be.
Where it sits
- Universe: El libro de los héroes
- Series: El libro de los héroes core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Antonio Malpica
Notes
- From the series record (El libro de los héroes): Five young-adult supernatural horror novels about Sergio Mendhoza, a mediator between heroes and demons.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series El libro de los héroes: position 1 of 5: next Nocturno Belfegor (2011)
Sources
- El Financiero
- Hispanopedia, Antonio Malpica
- UPN library catalogue
- Viking Alectora review
- IPG (distributor listing, Océano)
- Chilango
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