The Lost Flower of the Shaman of K

She took him into the world and he kept her safe in it.

Peru, 1986.
The daughter of a Finnish diplomat in the neurological clinic of a hospital in Lima, paediatric ward to be precise, is not something you see every day, especially when it’s the terrain of El Rato, the cheekiest scamp of a boy Laila has ever met.
They make friends and, to pass the time, they wander the hospital. One day, they stumble upon a strange diary, written in 1941 by one Dr Robert Clark. The drawing of a rare flower catches their eye and they are fascinated to learn it is used by shamans of the K tribe.
But the day comes when Laila’s illness is finally given a name and she learns it’s terminal. All hope is lost for her. Or maybe not. There is still one thing the two friends can do together and that’s recover the Lost Flower of K in the hope it can heal her. And change both their fates.
A long and eventful journey follows that sees them travel from the Andes through the Amazon forest and face many battles with the wild and unyielding landscapes.

• A discovery of life through the eyes of two teenagers who face a cruel and savage world hand in hand.
• An original and fresh style that makes the readers feel like protagonists in the story through voices, colours and sounds.