MAX FREI

En el país de antigua y prestigiosa tradición literaria que es Rusia, las novelas de Max Frei son desde 1996 un verdadero fenómeno: han recibido la unánime alabanza de la crítca y causado fervor entre un publico amplisimo y variopinto, pues permiten varios niveles de lectura: la fantasia y la novela negra estan unidas por un agudisimo humor y una red de guiños y referencias en un juego picaro, inteligente y desenfadado que despierta la complicidad y la fascinancion del lector mas exigente.

Max, autor y protagonista de esta novela, tiene veintinueve años y un talento especial para dormir (eso sí, de día, pues por las noches no puede pegar ojo). Fumador empedernido, zampabollos y gandul sin complejos, en sus ensoñaciones contacta con un mundo paralelo: el Mundo, donde la magia es una practica normal y corriente. De repente dejara de ser un inadaptado social para convertirse en el inigualable sir Max. Como miembro del Departamento del Orden Absoluto, formado por una especie de agentes secretos hechiceros, participara en la resolucion de diversos casos, a cual mas extravagante e inverosimil, y conocera los vericuetos de ese universo extraño y desquciado.En el pais de antigua y prestigiosa tradicion literaria que es Rusia, las novelas de Max Frei son desde 1996 un verdadero fenomeno: han recibido la unanime alabanza de la critica y causado fervor entre el publico amplisimo y variopinto, pues permiten varios niveles de lectura: la fantasia y la novela negra estan unidas por un agudisimo humor, con chistes que resucitarian a un muerto. Asimismo, abundan los guiños y referencias en un juego picaro, inteligente y desenfadado que despierta la complicidad y entrega del lector.

Max Frei has discovered that the one place he really fits in is the parallel world of Echo. In our world hes a loser, an insomniac with dubious social skills and an addiction to cigarettes. But in Echo, the reality is far stranger. There he is Sir Max, a superb magician and one of the powerful few chosen to defend the land against all possible enemies. And hes finally happy.But when one of his esteemed Knight colleagues tells Max of a strange dream - one that seems disturbingly familiar to Max - Max realises he will have to investigate. The subsequent series of events will remind our hero - and the people he protects - just how tenuous happiness can be. It could be his most dangerous mission yet, but The Strangers Magic may win him through.

THE STRANGERS SHADOW continues the adventures of Sir Max - the one-time loser who now heads the Minor Secret Investigative Force - as he hunts down trespassing monsters and investigates the use of illegal magic in the supernatural world of Echo. Joining Max on his adventures are Sir Melifaro, Sir Juffin Hully, Sir Kofa Yox, and a bizarre cast of otherworldly characters. When people begin to die in Echo, Max must travel to the Dark Side of Echo to destroy the Lonely Shadow - the shadows of the dead. But defeating the Lonely Shadow isnt the end of this battle. Someone has been using the shadows to attack Echo, which will lead the redoubtable Max into a realm of unparalleled danger. Will he be able to defend his adopted home, or will he be forced to return to our mundane world?

Max Frei, and the LABYRINTHS OF ECHO series, is a multi-million copy selling Russian literary sensation appearing in English for the first time. Intriguing, original, remarkable and wry ... THE LABYRINTHS OF ECHO is a piece of absolute enchantment.If it werent for bad luck, Max Frei wouldnt have any luck at all.A self-described twenty-something classic loser, an insomniac, hardened smoker, a glutton and a loafer, theres nothing much going for Max Frei ... at least not until he arrives in the magical city of Echo. Summoned to the city by the head of the Department of Absolute Order, Sir Juffin Halli, Maxs dreams are becoming a reality. But as with all dreams-come-true its not quite the reality Max expected; hes about to become a secret agent, tasked to solve extravagant, impossible crimes with nothing but his wits and a handful of unexplained magical abilities to recommend him. Max is going to be thrown into the fray - and he cant even have a cigarette first ...

Max Frei, and the Labyrinth of Echo series, is a multi-million copy selling Russian literary sensation appearing in English for the first time in 2009. Intriguing, original, remarkable and wry ... THE STRANGER is a piece of absolute enchantment.If it werent for bad luck, Max Frei wouldnt have any luck at all.A self-described twenty-something classic loser, an insomniac, hardened smoker, a glutton and a loafer, theres nothing much going for Max Frei ... at least not until he arrives in the magical city of Echo. Summoned to the city by the head of the Department of Absolute Order, Sir Juffin Halli, Maxs dreams are becoming a reality. But as with all dreams-come-true its not quite the reality Max expected; hes about to become a secret agent, tasked to solve extravagant, impossible crimes with nothing but his wits and a handful of unexplained magical abilities to recommend him. Max is going to be thrown into the fray - and he cant even have a cigarette first ...