El maestro de los tambores

Twenty-five corpses. Twenty-five bodies of European soldiers who died under strange circumstances on Angolan soil. Most bear no wounds—neither from bullets nor blades—nor any signs of blows or bruising. Their eyes are simply open, fixed in a gaze of infinite sadness. And it appears the rest of their company sought death by their own hands... Jan Pinto—lieutenant and anthropologist—must uncover the truth behind this complex mystery. To do so, he will travel to the Kingdom of Bailundo, where he will encounter a sorcerer-king and a secret society of warriors; rhythms, spells, and hallucinations; women who can dissolve into the night; and—perhaps most importantly—the love of his life and the beginning of his family saga.