EBOOK Without Blood

An unforgettable fable about the brutality of war and one girl&'s quest for revenge and healing, from the author of the acclaimed international bestseller Silk.When in an unnamed place and time Manuel Roca&'s enemies hunt him down to kill him, they fail to discover Nina, his youngest child, hidden in a hole beneath his farmhouse floor. After this carnage Tito, one of the murderers, discovers Nina&'s trapdoor. Enthralled by the sight of Nina&'s perfect innocence, he keeps quiet. By the time she has grown up, Nina&'s innocence will have bloomed into something else altogether, and one by one the wartime hunters will become the peacetime hunted. But not until a striking old woman calls upon a familiar old man selling newspapers in town can we know what Nina will ultimately make of her brutal legacy.From the Trade Paperback edition.