La ciudad de los girasoles

How far would you go to protect those you love most? Winter descends upon Kryos alongside the Red Empire's relentless invasion. War consumes everything, forcing sixteen-year-old Liv to become her family's sole shield. Her world is turned upside down when her two younger siblings are kidnapped as part of a sinister plan to deport children. They are not collateral damage: they are the most prized spoils of war. With no weapons other than their instincts, Liv and her older brother embark on a race-against-time quest through crossfire, re-education camps, bombed-out hospitals, and ghost towns. The City of Sunflowers is a gripping thriller and a raw portrait of modern warfare, inspired by real events. In a land where wild dogs no longer fear bombs and the enemy doesn't always wear a uniform, trusting the wrong person can be fatal. Marta Solano offers us a deeply human novel that gives voice to a lost generation and pays tribute to those anonymous heroes who risk their lives in rescue operations. In its pages, we discover that, even in the darkest night, love can become a flame of hope. "A beautiful book, full of wonder and sadness. It is an embrace that fills the reading with passion, but above all narrates how war shatters hope and the future. Marta Solano lends that embrace a unique and powerful way of telling what words alone cannot express." JUAN CRUZ