'Nobody loved the Pissimbonis. They lived in an ivy-clad house at the top of a hill, far enough away from the other houses for everyone to think of them as living outside the town.

Vicente Friman is the new kid. It’s happened before, so he’s not too worried. But this time is different. This time there’s Barbara, the leader of the Protectors. Or so she thinks.

Sofi lives with her parents and her grandfather in a house near to the wood. Sometimes her grandfather disappears for hours or even days, and returns home seeming very happy, albeit dirty.

Adelaida García Morales is one of the most mysterious figures in recent culture.

Junior, the poly-addicted son of the former mayor Roger Lobus, decides to return to the city of Sierpe where, after suffering an overdose that is on the point of killing him, he finds out that his father has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.