The Secrets of Larispem

The second part of the story, which was interrupted at the most interesting point! The 20th century is about to arrive, and the world is expecting wonders and universal happiness from it. No wonder: everywhere there is a reign of technological progress, steam engines are driving the wheel of history, one great discovery follows another. A bright future, a wonderful new world - just around the corner! At the threshold of a beautiful era in the city-state of Larispeme, events are unfolding that bear little resemblance to the triumph of civilization. Nathanael, the orphan with his remarkable abilities that readers became acquainted with in the first book, ends up at a human auction straight from the shelter - where he is bought as a future lyasnikam. And who are his "owners"? Carmina and Liberté, two desperate girls ready for any adventure. Carmina will have to teach Nathanael the profession, and Liberté will have to prove her skills in a new job at the Verna Tower. However, at the dawn of 1899, an unexpected circumstance interferes in the lives of the three heroes: the Games of the Century. They will have to unite not for a victorious tour on a dirigible, but for the salvation of Larispeme - which is surrounded by enemies and where one conspiracy replaces another... Young French writer Lucy Pierre-Pajo (born in 1986) wrote an alternative history of Paris after the Commune's victory from scratch. As a result, she created an adventure novel in the aesthetics of "Westworld," with intrigue in the spirit of Boris Akunin and Arturo Pérez-Reverte, with a gothic atmosphere a la Carlos Ruiz Zafón - a text that immerses you headfirst from the very first page. "Everyone should read it!" - said Christelle Dabos, author of the "Mirror" series, about this trilogy, and absolutely everyone, including the jury of the debutants' competition of the Gallimard Jeunesse publishing house, the RTL channel, and the Telerama magazine, confirmed: "The Mysteries of Larispeme" is a masterpiece!