El loto de Piedra (The Stone Lotus)
by Xavier Marcé
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After a failed operation, Carla Romero is facing a hard reality. Shunned and left in the cold at the Spanish National Intelligence Center, she is forced to find new meaning in life.
When she accidentally discovers that the family story of her grandfather is all wrong, she quickly becomes obsessed with finding the dangerous truth.
She embarks on a journey taking her out of Spain, and all the way to Vietnam. As the family mystery unfolds, she realizes powerful forces are against her, and her entire family. Will she uncover the truth?
Get ready to enter a fast-paced fiction thriller in which investigation and action prevail, which will take you from Spain to Vietnam.
With a beginning inspired by historical facts, this novel touches on burning issues of today's society (female role in traditional societies, political corruption, mental health...), while showing the culture of Vietnam and some of its most emblematic locations that will make you fall in love with them.
The Stone Lotus is the first independent fiction novel from the creator of the Mark of Odin saga, Xavier Marcé.
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Author Biography
Born in 1982 in Barcelona, Xavier Marcé graduated in Journalism in the city of Seville, where he established his permanent residence, after having lived in Casablanca, Zurich, Oslo and Hanoi.
Since 1996 he began to specialize in communication and management of online communities, within the video game sector. He was responsible for three years for the popular Online Zone of the magazine Micromanía and in 2004 he founded, together with David Puig, Juegaenred.com, the first digital magazine in Spanish specialized in massively multiplayer online gaming. In 2013 he launches GoMultiplayer.com to continue his editorial philosophy.
In 2007 he is signed by Funcom to be the Spanish Community Manager for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures and The Secret World. A restless and proactive person, Xavier Marcé combines writing with the training of professionals in Community Management and crisis management, both from the University of Seville and externally, acting as an advisor in different fields, such as video games or tourism and the restoration.
In 2013 he joined the Norwegian videogames studio Megapop Games as head of international marketing and public relations. With them he publishes titles like Trolls vs Vikings 1 & 2, Meganumbers, Haxity or Rob Riches.
In 2012 he founded his own publishing house to launch 'Mark of Odin' as a pioneering transmedia product in the literary and publishing world aimed at showing a new path in the industry according to current social needs. His pioneering and enterprising work with this project is enough for him to be highlighted in 2013 as an 'Ingenious Entrepreneur' by 'Emprendedores Magazine' and to be awarded as one of the '100 Best Ideas of 2013' by 'Actualidad Económica' magazine. .
In 2018 he releases the English edition of The Awakening and the second book, The Road to Valhalla. In 2022, he publishes the third Mark of Odin installment, Ragnarok, and his first independent fiction novel, The Stone Lotus.
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- Publisher/Imprint Xavier Marce / Editorial Xavier Marce
- Publication Date December 2022
- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9788494016790
- Publication Country or regionSpain
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 23 EUR
- Pages357
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Edition1
- Copyright Year2022
- Page size6" x 9" (6"x 9") inches
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