A prince with more power than heart ... a poet who may be mad ... and a carpet containing all of human history combine in this brilliant new fantasy by one of Spain's brightest young writers. Walid was a model handsome, intelligent, skilled in the arts of warfare and poetry. But the kingdom boasted one greater poet than he, and out of jealousy Walid cursed the man to create an impossible work of a carpet showing the history of the entire human race. The poet died weaving it. Men went mad seeing it. And when it is stolen, Walid discovers his life's to recover the carpet and earn forgiveness for his mistakes. Inspired by the story of a real king of pre-Muslim Arabia, LEGEND is a magical fantasy, a meditation on destiny, and an utterly thrilling adventure.
Author
Laura Gallego García is a Spanish author of fantasy and children's books. She studied Spanish Philology at the University of Valencia, and is currently working on her doctoral thesis. Her first novel, at the age of 21, was published because she won the Barco de Vapor literature prize and still is one of her most recognizable works: Finis Mundi. After that, her now stablished literary career began. Finis Mundi was followed, chronologically, by (only mentioning the ones that achieved notable popularity)the ''Crónicas de la Torre'' saga, ''The Legend of the Wandering King'', ''Memories of Idhún'' saga, ''La Emperatriz de los Etéreos'' and the ''Alas Negras'' saga. From all of them, her most popular and internationally recognized work has been the Memorias de Idhún saga. Formed by three books, written between 2004 and 2006, the story (pure fantasy genre) centers in the three main characters: Victoria, Jack and Christian; and the world of Idhún. Dragons, unicorns, magic, prophecies and everything your imagination can lead you to. The saga of Idhún and most of her works have been published to numerous languagues such as English, French, German, Italian, Hungarian, Greek, Portuguese, Corean, Polish, Swedish, Finish, Danish, Rumanian, Turkish... She loves manga comics. Her favourite book of all time is ''The Neverending Story'', though she enjoys reading as well authors such as Tolkien, Weis, Peter Beagle and Coehlo. Currently she combines being a mother and enjoying her family life with the realization of her thesis. She finished this year her last novel, ''Donde los árboles cantan'' (Where the trees sing), which will be published in October 2011.
