Qui n mata al verdugo? Esa es la pregunta vertiginosa. Abismo es un dios cruel, de cuyo capricho dependen la vida o la muerte, y Misericordia Dagger, verdugo met dico e inflexible, trabaja incondicionalmente bajo sus rdenes. Pero su obediencia se ve puesta a prueba cuando se enamora de la nieta de su pr xima v ctima. Esta novela es una extraordinaria parodia de los fieros tiempos actuales, marcados por el delirio de gobernantes autoritarios, irracionales y criminales. Tragicomedia universal, teatraliza c clicas pocas de terror que anuncian el caos definitivo, o tal vez presagian un mundo nuevo. El protagonista, cortacabezas con visos deliciosamente humanos, cuenta sus propias vicisitudes, utilizando un gil tono de novela gr fica e inaugurando un g nero literario radical, el brutal noir, entre lo hist rico y lo mitol gico, lo real y lo alucinado. Personaje inolvidable, Misericordia Dagger se debate con un aprendiz adolescente, el impredecible e hiperviolento Pr ncipe Sangre, a quien quiere legarle su conocimiento del oficio y su amada daga, afilada como el hambre e insospechada como una mujer. Adem s, lleva tatuada con fuego en la espalda la imagen m tica del enigm tico Ac falo. "No convoques a Ac falo, solo vendr cuando l quiera. Aparecer y creeremos".ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Who kills the executioner? That's the dizzying question at the heart of this novel. Abismo is a cruel god, ruling over life and death with merciless whim. Under his command works Misericordia Dagger--a methodical, unyielding executioner who has never questioned his duty. Until now. His loyalty is shaken when he falls in love with the granddaughter of his next target. This novel is a striking parody of our turbulent times, reflecting the madness of authoritarian, irrational, and criminal rulers. A tragicomedy of universal resonance, it stages a theater of recurring eras of terror--signs, perhaps, of ultimate chaos or the birth of a new world. Our protagonist, a headsman with disarmingly human traits, narrates his own ordeals in a voice that channels the energy of a graphic novel. The result: a bold, genre-defying tale that inaugurates a new literary form--brutal noir--blending history and myth, reality and delirium. Misericordia Dagger is an unforgettable figure, locked in a deadly dance with his adolescent apprentice, the volatile and hyperviolent Prince Blood. He wishes to pass on his deadly craft--and his beloved blade, as sharp as hunger and as unpredictable as a woman. Branded into his back is the legendary image of the enigmatic Acephale. "Do not summon Acephale. He will come only when he wishes. He will appear, and we shall believe."
