The Midnight Palace (Niebla, #2)

Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Lucia Graves)

In the heart of Calcutta lurks a dark mystery. . . .Set in Calcutta in the 1930s, The Midnight Palace begins on a dark night when an English lieutenant fights to save newborn twins Ben and Sheere from... an unthinkable threat. Despite monsoon-force rains and terrible danger lurking around every street corner, the young lieutenant manages to get them to safety, but not without losing his own life. . . .Years later, on the eve of Ben and Sheere’s sixteenth birthday, the mysterious threat reenters their lives. This time, it may be impossible to escape. With the help of their brave friends, the twins will have to take a stand against the terror that watches them in the shadows of the night—and face the most frightening creature in the history of the City of Palaces.
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HODNOTENIE:   *****Po pravdě ŕečeno, v té barabizně, kterou jsme hrdě překřtili na Pulnoční palác (na počest hodiny, kdy zaťínali naše schuze), nikdy nestrašilo. Zvěsti o tom, že se domu zmocnily nadpřirozené síly, vznikly až díky našemu vlastnímu přičinení." (s.42). Kalkata, 1936. Začiatok pripomína Bibliu. Poručíka Peakea prenasleduje neznámy muž, ktorý chce získať za každú cenu dvojičky -[...]

In the heart of Calcutta lurks a dark mystery. . . .

Set in Calcutta in the 1930s, The Midnight Palace begins on a dark night when an English lieutenant fights to save newborn twins Ben and Sheere from an unthinkable threat. Despite monsoon-force rains and terrible danger lurking around every street corner, the young lieutenant manages to get them to safety, but not without losing his own life. . . .

Years later, on the eve of Ben and Sheere’s sixteenth birthday, the mysterious threat reenters their lives. This time, it may be impossible to escape. With the help of their brave friends, the twins will have to take a stand against the terror that watches them in the shadows of the night—and face the most frightening creature in the history of the City of Palaces.