Infinite Ground

Resumen del libro

During a sweltering South American summer, a family convenes for dinner at a restaurant. Midway through the meal, Carlos disappears. An experienced, semi-retired inspector takes the case, but what should be a routine investigation becomes something strange, intangible, even sinister.

The corporation for which Carlos worked seems to serve no purpose; the staff talk of their missing colleague's alarming, shifting physical symptoms; a forensic scientist uncovers evidence of curious abnormalities in the thriving ecosystem of cells and bacteria that made up Carlos' body. The inspector, prone to distressing doubts about the authenticity of what is happening around him, begins to suspect he has been infected by something present in the victim's office building. Finding Carlos might be the only hope of finding an antidote, and so the inspector relives and retraces the missing man's footsteps, following the trail deep into the country's rainforest interior, where he encounters both horror and wonder.

Biografía del autor

Martin MacInnes nació en Inverness (Escocia) en 1983 y vive en Edimburgo. Es autor de "Infinite Ground" y "Gathering Evidence", y ganador del Somerset Maugham Award, el Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award y el Manchester Fiction Prize. En 2020, The Guardian/British Council lo seleccionó como uno de los diez escritores que están dando forma al futuro del Reino Unido. "Ascensión" es su primera novela publicada en español.