El Reino / The Kingdom

En lo alto de una montaa, en los pramos de Noruega, hay un viejo casern habitado por un hombre solitario. Se llama Roy, es experto en pjaros, lleva la gasolinera del pueblo y en cada casa corre un rumor sobre l. Su vida gris se reabre con la vuelta de Carl, su hermano pequeo. No se ven desde que se fue a estudiar a Estados Unidos hace quince aos, tras la muerte trgica de sus padres en un accidente de coche.

El hijo prdigo trae consigo a su flamante esposa, Shannon, una enigmtica arquitecta: han ideado un plan para construir un gran hotel en los antiguos terrenos familiares y podran hacerse ricos, no solo ellos sino adems los vecinos de la zona.

Sin embargo, pronto llegan tambin los malos presagios. Porque es difcil reinventarse en una comunidad pequea donde todos se conocen, y a los habitantes del lugar les costar olvidar ciertos episodios del pasado. Sobre todo, al agente Olsen, hijo del antiguo alguacil, que desapareci tiempo atrs en extraas circunstancias.

El reino es un thriller gigantesco, adictivo y complejo, que retrata como ningn libro de Nesb las pasiones humanas, y que ha sido considerado inmediatamente por la crtica una obra maestra.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

"I read The Kingdom and couldn't put it down ... Suspenseful ... Original ... This one is special in every way." --Stephen King

A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER OF THE YEAR

Two brothers. One small town. A lifetime of dark secrets.

A tense and atmospheric standalone thriller from best-selling author Jo Nesb .

Roy has never left the quiet mountain town he grew up in, unlike his little brother Carl who couldn't wait to get out and escape his troubled past. Just like everyone else in town, Roy believed Carl was gone for good. But Carl has big plans for his hometown. And when he returns with a mysterious new wife and a business opportunity that seems too good to be true, simmering tensions begin to surface and unexplained deaths in the town's past come under new scrutiny. Soon powerful players set their sights on taking the brothers down by exposing their role in the town's sordid history.

But Roy and Carl are survivors, and no strangers to violence. Roy has always protected his younger brother. As the body count rises, though, Roy's loyalty to family is tested. And then Roy finds himself inextricably drawn to Carl's wife, Shannon, an attraction that will have devastating consequences. Roy's world is coming apart and soon there will be no turning back. He'll be forced to choose between his own flesh and blood and a future he had never dared to believe possible.