As the city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat, its teenage
soccer prodigy, El Brujito, the Little Magician, vanishes without a
trace--right after he misses a penalty kick and loses a big game for his
team. Paul Faustino, South America's top sports reporter, is reluctantly
drawn into the mystery of the athlete's disappearance. As a story of
corruption and murder unfolds, Faustino is forced to confront the bitter
history of slavery and the power of the occult. A deftly woven mystery
flush with soccer and suspense, this gripping novel is one that
shouldn't be missed.
From the award-winning author of Tamar, a time-shifting thriller about
a vanishing soccer star, occult secrets, and the dark history of
slavery.