Three bandits without a plan, twenty-one hostages with no escape, twenty-four hours of pure horror.

This is the story…

… of Lynx, Buzzard and Toad, three amateur criminals fleeing from a robbery gone wrong.

… of a class of high school students taken hostage during a trip to an abandoned former hospital.

… of the former Boeri sanatorium, which hides layers of cursed stories, buried in its crumbling walls and dark bowels.

… of a girl with an extrasensory power that allows her to perceive Evil.

… of animals and humans transformed into beasts by certain ghosts of the mind and the ferocity of their torturers.

  • A provincial town suspended in a foggy, silent land, and hidden secrets that teem beneath a seemingly peaceful surface.

  • A tense and fast-paced horror-thriller for young people, following in the footsteps of Stephen King, with echoes of the new frontiers of serial horror: Hill House, Marianne; and classic chiller brand cinema: The Shining, The Orphanage and The Others.

Publisher: Piemme
Target: 12+
Year: 2020
Author
Guido Sgardoli

Born in San Donà di Piave (VE), a graduate in Veterinary Medicine, and a full-time writer. He collaborated for several years with newspapers, magazines, and websites dedicated to road trips, focusing on the history and traditions of the United States. He has had a long-standing interest in Ufology, Paranormal Phenomena, Astronomy, Archaeoastronomy, and the History of the United States and Native Americans.

In addition to his love of animals, he has always cherished books since childhood. Like many people, one day he decided to write his own story. Since then, he has never stopped, and in 2004, he published his first book, followed by many others: adventurous, entertaining stories filled with various "animality" that are beloved and widely read by children and young readers.

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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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