No one is coming to get you

Mystery
Thriller

A piece of paper inside a crack in the wall.
A message from someone who shouldn’t exist.
What if it’s already too late to escape?

During the class trip to the archaeological site of Herculaneum, Calista – known as Cali – happens to find a piece of paper inside a crack in the wall. A message is written on it in clumsy handwriting: a request for help, a scream of loneliness. Cali doesn’t know how to find the writer, so she puts her reply in the crack between the tiles. This is the beginning
of an exchange of thoughts with someone who always seems to be with her, behind the walls, in her room, at school… And as Cali’s life is intertwines with that of her mysterious
interlocutor, strange and dangerous things start happening. While the messages were conspiratorial and intriguing at first, Calista soon starts to want to be free of this increasingly disturbing presence… until a terrible event presents her with the most difficult choice of all.

  • A paranormal psychological thriller where reality and nightmare blur as the mystery
    deepens.
  • A crescendo of tension and fear, pulling the reader into paranoia and doubt.
  • Short books with fast-paced, easy-to-read chapters.
Publisher: Mondadori
Target: 12+
Year: 2025
Author
Manlio Castagna

Screenwriter, director, author, and film critic, he spent over 20 years as part of the artistic direction of the Giffoni Film Festival.
He made his debut in children's fiction in 2018 with the bestselling Petrademone trilogy (Mondadori), translated into several languages. Since then, he has explored a wide range of genres: from the historical fantasy of La notte delle malombre and Di fuoco e seta (both longlisted for the Strega Ragazzi Award and finalists in various literary prizes), to the horror of Goodwill and Nessuno verrà a prenderti, to nonfiction with the cinema guide 116 Movies to See Before You’re 16, and the genre-bending novel Dedalo & Dharma, all the way to social noir with Barriera (all published by the Mondadori Group).
The Reincarnation of the Klun Sisters and Try Not to Sleep are his adult fiction titles.
In 2022, he made his directorial and screenwriting debut in cinema with Il viaggio degli eroi, produced by Rai Cinema and awarded with record-breaking viewership on Rai1.

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