“The idea was not for them to serve a sentence of so many months institutionalised, but that when they regained their freedom, they would be able to develop bonds of affection that would later serve as life rafts. Because every life is in danger of shipwreck at some point.”
Ramón

“Living together creates and strengthens bonds of affection. Or the complete opposite.”
Eva María Gosálbez Velasco

THE AUTHOR SKILFULLY DISSECTS THE INTRICACIES OF THE HUMAN CONDITION THROUGH THESE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS WHO BRING OUT THE BEST AND WORST IN THEMSELVES IN AN EXTREME SITUATION.

A group of ten troubled youths, supervised by their mentor Ramón, set off to a mountain camp to discover some weeks later that the world has been ravaged by a deadly virus. After Ramón fails to return from seeking help, they are forced to organize themselves to survive. At first, collaboration and empathy prevail, but despite being aware that they need each other and that altruism will always be the best option, egos, aggression, and selfishness begin to wreak havoc. The situation worsens with the arrival of winter and as the season progresses, so does the fragile equilibrium within the group, splintering into two subgroups marked by clandestine alliances and heart-wrenching betrayals that finally lead to near extinction. Only one couple remains, Eva and Nando, who will have to rely on each other, suggesting a new beginning.

Daniel Hernández Chambers was born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands) in 1972 into a Spanish-British family. He has always been an engine driver on the Alicante tramway and a very well known writer of children’s and young adult literature with around fifty published works and several literary awards in his pocket, such as Everest Award in 2012, Ala Delta Award in 2016, Alandar Award in 2017, Vila d’Ibi Award in 2018, Algar Award in 2019, Premio Hache in 2024. In edebé, Daniel has already published four children’s titles: Chelo Holmes, Águilas sobre Damasco, Historias de miedo en el faro and El álbum de palabras de Elvira.