Description
The first volume of the Falck saga by Aslak Nore is released in paperback in the Universale Economica Feltrinelli.
There is no love lost between the two branches of the Falck lineage. A toxic relationship that is destined to worsen with the death of the elderly matriarch. When Vera, once a famous writer, dies at sea, she takes with her two great mysteries: that of her will, which is nowhere to be found, and that of an old manuscript never published that she had worked on in silence many years before. It is said that in those pages she recounted the shipwreck in which, during World War II, her husband lost his life, but no one has ever been able to read them. Her granddaughter Sasha sets out to track both down, accompanied in her search by journalist John Berg, a charming man with a murky past, who seems to have an interest in the Falcks that goes beyond mere professionalism. Despite her father’s attempts to dissuade her, Sasha is determined to reveal secrets that could shake the power built by the dynasty over more than half a century to its very foundations. Her grandmother had warned her: the truth that Sasha wants to bring to light conflicts with loyalty to the family. But what did she mean? In fact, there are many unanswered questions. Why does a successful writer suddenly stop writing? What secrets does the Saga, the powerful Falck society, hide? And what role do the coastal express that sank following an explosion in 1940 or the latest events in the Middle East play in their affairs? Lies, controversial dealings, activities linked to intelligence services, a contested inheritance between the two rival branches of the same family: in the long and intricate history of the Falcks, nothing is missing, including great love stories and great betrayals, all perfectly calibrated in a labyrinthine novel that is both a thrilling page-turner and an unforgettable family saga.
