Soy La Daga Y Soy La Herida / I Am the Dagger and I Am the Wound

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.”

Author: Laura Restrepo
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Alfaguara
Published: 10/21/2025
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 9.40h x 5.80w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9786287778245
Language: Spanish