La esperada continuaci?n de Trece runas, el gran ?xito de Michael Peinkofer Edimburgo, 1826. Quentin Scott y su esposa, Mary, han llegado de Nueva York desolados por una terrible noticia: su t?o, sir Walter Scott, ha muerto como consecuencia de un tiroteo. En Abbostford, la mansi?n familiar, que Quentin ha heredado, les comunican que el cuerpo del c?lebre escritor ha desaparecido. Este es solo el primero de una cadena de extra?os acontecimientos que los llevar?n a investigar qui?n quer?a ver a su t?o muerto, y es que el perspicaz sir Walter Scott conoc?a un secreto que se remonta a la dinast?a de la casa Estuardo y que ha perdurado a trav?s de una misteriosa hermandad que conspira para lograr la independencia de Escocia. Quentin y Mary son las ?nicas personas que pueden truncar sus planes. Ahora el futuro de toda la naci?n est? en sus manos. Una hermandad clandestina que amenaza desde las sombrasUn secreto centenario oculto en las ruinas de un castilloLa lucha a?n no ha terminado ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The long-awaited continuation of Thirteen Runes, the great success by Michael Peinkofer. Edinburgh, 1826. Quentin Scott and his wife, Mary, have arrived from New York, devastated by terrible news: his uncle, Sir Walter Scott, has died in a shooting. In Abbotsford, the family mansion that Quentin has inherited, he learns that the body of the famous writer has disappeared. This is just the first in a chain of strange events that will lead them to investigate who would want to see their uncle dead... The clever Sir Walter Scott knew a secret that dates back to the Stuart dynasty, which has lived on thanks to a mysterious brotherhood that conspires to fight for Scottish independence. And now, Quentin and Mary are the only people who can put a stop to their plans. Now, the future of the whole nation is in their hands. A secret brotherhood that threatens from the shadows. A hundred-year-old secret hidden in the ruins of a castle. The fight has not yet ended.
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