- “This is a journey of a person who loses hope due to the things around him... a lysergic thriller that explores the darkest corners of the mind.” — elDiario.es
- “A poetic graphic tribute to the lives lost in the Mediterranean.”— El País
- “Using the beauty of art to convey a critical voice.” — Público
- “A gripping graphic novel.” — RTVE.es "Comics Column"
- “A human narrative going against the trend.” — The Objective
- “A dark-style graphic novel that is both moving and heartbreaking.” — elDiario.es

★ Winner of the "Understanding the Present" Award at the Splash Sagunt Festival, it is a landmark work in Spanish comics. The media highly praises it as "a gripping graphic novel" and "a lysergic thriller exploring the darkest corners of the mind".
★ The story focuses on the real-life dilemma of "the collapse of a monotonous life". Through the metaphor of "a plague of larvae", it directly addresses the anxiety and fear in the hearts of modern people, resonating with people's emotional experience of "losing control of life" nowadays.
★ It has gained high recognition from the media. Authoritative platforms such as El País, elDiario.es, Público and RTVE (Spanish National Television) have all given positive reviews, making it popular among both professionals and the general public.

Following their award-winning comic "Como si nunca hubieran sido" (As If They Had Never Been), the Gallego brothers make a grand return with a lysergic thriller.

A disturbing graphic novel that delves into the darkest corners of the mind
(Winner of the "Understanding the Present" Award at the Splash Sagunt Festival)

This is a wonderful, dreamlike and lysergic thriller about the darkest corners of the mind. The protagonist, Pedro, is an architect leading a monotonous and dull life, with his mind fully occupied by work. He devotes all his energy to his career, a near-obsession that keeps him away from his family and friends, and even deprives him of the possibility of pursuing happiness (let alone falling in love).

However, when a plague of larvae invades his home, the false balance that sustains his life is completely shattered. From then on, nothing is ever the same as before. This work is regarded as a landmark in Spanish comics.

# Juan Gallego
Painter and illustrator, holding a PhD in Fine Arts from Complutense University of Madrid. He currently serves as a Full Professor of Painting and Illustration at Rey Juan Carlos University. His works have been exhibited in numerous galleries both domestically and internationally, and featured in prestigious art fairs including ARCOmadrid (Madrid International Contemporary Art Fair), ARTEXPO Barcelona, KIAF Seoul (Seoul International Art Fair), and ARTBO Bogotá. As an illustrator, he created humorous comic strips for the program Carne Cruda (Raw Meat) for two years; collaborated with Por Causa, a journalistic foundation focusing on migration and human rights; and published a series of short comics centered on social issues.

# Javier Gallego
Journalist, writer, and musician, best known as the producer of the hit podcast Carne Cruda (Raw Meat)—Spain’s first listener-funded program, which won the Ondas Award in 2012. He has produced documentaries on social issues and natural disasters, and his radio fiction works received Special Mentions at the 2002 Premio Italia and the 2004 Mexico Biennial. He has published two poetry collections: Abolición de la pena de muerte (Abolition of the Death Penalty) and El grito en el cielo (The Cry in the Sky), both released by Arrebato Libros. One of his long poems was adapted into the comic Como si nunca hubieran sido (As If They Had Never Been) (published by Reservoir Books), illustrated by his brother, painter and illustrator Juan Gallego; the siblings are currently collaborating on their second graphic novel. His column writings are collected in Lo llevamos crudo (We Present It Raw) (published by Léeme Libros), and numerous of his short stories, poems, and journalistic essays have been included in various anthologies. He contributes to elDiario.es and has worked with media outlets including TVE (Spanish National Television), RNE (Spanish National Radio), SER Radio, M80 Radio, and television channels Cuatro and La Sexta. Since the 1990s, he has been active as a drummer in underground rock and jazz bands, releasing 5 albums with these groups. La caída del imperio (The Fall of the Empire) is his debut novel.