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Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Set at the time of the Spanish Inquisition in the fifteenth century, Rose of Fire tells the story of the origins of the mysterious labyrinthine library, the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, which lies at the heart of Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s novels The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel’s Game, and now The Prisoner of Heaven.

This free e short story includes an excerpt from Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s latest book, The Prisoner of Heaven.

Estimated reading time: 30 minutes. Number of pages: 36.

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