Carlos Marrodan Casas Book order (chronological)

Bestselling author Carlos Ruiz Zafón's tale of one magical summer that turns into a nightmare when a young girl discovers the secrets locked into a reclusive toymaker's mansion. A mysterious toymaker who lives as a recluse in an old mansion, surrounded by the mechanical beings he has created... an enigma surrounding strange lights that shine through the mists that envelop the small island on which the old lighthouse stands... a shadowy creature that hides deep in the woods... these are the elements of a mystery that bind 14-year-old Irene to Ismael during one magical summer spent in the Blue Bay. Irene's mother has taken a job as a housekeeper for the toymaker, Lazarus, but his house contains more secrets than Irene and Ishmael have bargained for.

Max Carver's father - a watchmaker and inventor - decides to move his family to a small town on the coast, to an old house that once belonged to a prestigious surgeon, Dr Richard Fleischmann. But the house holds many secrets and stories of its own. Behind it is an overgrown garden full of statues surrounded by a metal fence topped with a six-pointed star. When he goes to investigate, Max finds that the statues seem to consist of a kind of circus troop with the large statue of a clown at its centre. Max has the curious sensation that the statue is beckoning to him. As the family settles in they grow increasingly uneasy: they discover a box of old films belonging to the Fleischmanns; his sister has disturbing dreams and his other sister hears voices whispering to her from an old wardrobe. They also discover the wreck of a boat that sank many years ago in a terrible storm. Everyone on board perished except for one man - an engineer who built the lighthouse at the end of the beach. During the dive, Max sees something that leaves him cold - on the old mast floats a tattered flag with the symbol of the six-pointed star. As they learn more about the wreck, the chilling story of the Prince of the Mists begins to emerge.

W letni świt 1945 roku dziesięcioletni Daniel Sempere zostaje zaprowadzony przez ojca, księgarza i antykwariusza, do niezwykłego miejsca w sercu starej Barcelony, które wtajemniczonym znane jest jako Cmentarz Zapomnianych Książek. Zgodnie ze zwyczajem Daniel ma wybrać, kierując się właściwie jedynie intuicją, książkę swego życia. Spośród setek tysięcy tomów wybiera nieznaną sobie powieść "Cień wiatru" niejakiego Juliana Caraxa. Zauroczony powieścią i zafascynowany jej autorem Daniel usiłuje odnaleźć inne jego książki i odkryć tajemnicę pisarza, nie podejrzewając nawet, iż zaczyna się największa i najbardziej niebezpieczna przygoda jego życia, która da również początek niezwykłym opowieściom, wielkim namiętnościom, przeklętym i tragicznym miłościom rozgrywającym się w cudownej scenerii Barcelony gotyckiej i renesansowej, secesyjnej i powojennej.

Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'La Sombra del Viento' by Julian Carax. But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. Then, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from La Sombra del Viento, a character who turns out to be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax's work in order to burn them. What begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax and to save those he left behind. A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can lead.