An English-language release of a popular story for older teens relates the experiences of a boarding school student who witnesses a shrouded womans macabre ritual at a cemetery, then follows her on a journey that transports him and his companion, Marina, to a forgotten post-war Barcelona, where they uncover a dark secret. By the best-selling author of The Shadow of the Wind. Simultaneous. Fifteen-year-old Oscar Drai, a boarding school student, witnesses a shrouded womans macabre ritual at a cemetery, then follows her on a journey that transports him and his companion, Marina, to a forgotten post-war Barcelona, where they uncover a dark secret.