WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The novel is set in Quito in 2084. At that time, like the rest of the planet, the city is suffering from the onslaught of the climate crisis and a pandemic that wipes out millions of lives. Ricardo Méndez is a former police officer, turned private detective, who has the psychic gift of going back in time. He has the help of Nikita, his young cyborg assistant. One day, Méndez receives a visit from Gerardo Morán, “El Inmortal”, famous tecnopasillo singer. He tells him that he suspects that his wife is unfaithful and hires him to follow up on the woman, discover the possible infidelity and obtain the evidence to get a divorce. This seemingly simple case becomes complicated after Morán is brutally murdered. Lieutenant Esteban Mayorga, Méndez's former partner, is head of the police unit investigating the case. Mayorga asks Méndez to support him by investigating and advising on crime, because he knows the particular and almost magical way of solving crimes. In the end, the culprit and the dark secrets of “The Immortal” are discovered.
HOW IT WAS MADE?
The idea for this novel began when I imagined Quito in 2084. A city in Latin America in the future and mired in various environmental problems. Then, Ricardo Méndez appeared and his investigation of the murder of a singer of a new Ecuadorian musical genre.
It took me several weeks and months to write this novel. I felt their characters firsthand. Then came the re-writing stage.
