Kalambu. Primera partida / Kalambu. First Round

Part of Kalambu

Bienvenido a Kalambu: has respondido a la llamada.

Un desafío por jugador. 
Un peligro, una gema.
Puede que uno de ellos se alce victorioso al final de la partida, o quizás no.
Puede que todos sobrevivan para contarlo.
O quizás no.
Si se quedan en el juego, serán eternos.
 
A Greta le está costando integrarse en su nuevo colegio. A veces siente que el único lugar seguro es el baño. Y precisamente allí escondida encuentra un extraño dispositivo que la transporta a un juego mágico y misterioso.
 
Aunque Greta no entiende nada, los demás jugadores, Nomeolvides, Savannah, Cosmo y Gato, sí parecen saber qué está pasando.
 
Cuando comienza la partida, no le queda más remedio que adaptarse. La aventura es más peligrosa de lo que aparenta y sus consecuencias van más allá de los límites del juego.
 
¿Conseguirá Greta salir ilesa del mundo misterioso en el que se ha metido?

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Welcome to Kalambu: you have answered the call.
 
One challenge per player.
One danger, one gem.
Perhaps one of them will emerge victorious at the end of the game, or maybe not.
Maybe they will all survive to tell the tale.
Or maybe not.
If they stay in the game, they will be eternal.
 
Greta is struggling to fit in at her new school. Sometimes she feels like the only safe place is the bathroom. And it is precisely there that she finds a strange device hidden that will transport her to a magical and mysterious game.
 
Although Greta doesn't understand anything, the other players, Nomeolvides, Savannah, Cosmo, and Gato, do seem to know what's going on.
 
When the game begins, she has no choice but to adapt and try to fit in. However, the adventure is more dangerous than it appears, and its consequences go beyond the limits of the game.
 
Will Greta manage to emerge unscathed from the mysterious world she has entered?
 
Bruno Puelles es escritor y dramaturgo. Algunos de sus libros están dirigidos a jóvenes, como Las tres despedidas de Georg Kahn o La ciudad de los mil ojos (Premio Kelvin 505 a Mejor novela juvenil en castellano 2023). Otros a adultos, como Simbiosis (finalista al Premio Minotauro 2020). Entre las historias que escribe para niños, se encuentran El ciclo de vida de la mariposa nocturna (Premio Ignotus a Mejor libro infantil y juvenil 2022) y la serie Kalambu.

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Bienvenido a Kalambu: has respondido a la llamada.

Un desafío por jugador. 
Un peligro, una gema.
Puede que uno de ellos se alce victorioso al final de la partida, o quizás no.
Puede que todos sobrevivan para contarlo.
O quizás no.
Si se quedan en el juego, serán eternos.
 
A Greta le está costando integrarse en su nuevo colegio. A veces siente que el único lugar seguro es el baño. Y precisamente allí escondida encuentra un extraño dispositivo que la transporta a un juego mágico y misterioso.
 
Aunque Greta no entiende nada, los demás jugadores, Nomeolvides, Savannah, Cosmo y Gato, sí parecen saber qué está pasando.
 
Cuando comienza la partida, no le queda más remedio que adaptarse. La aventura es más peligrosa de lo que aparenta y sus consecuencias van más allá de los límites del juego.
 
¿Conseguirá Greta salir ilesa del mundo misterioso en el que se ha metido?

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Welcome to Kalambu: you have answered the call.
 
One challenge per player.
One danger, one gem.
Perhaps one of them will emerge victorious at the end of the game, or maybe not.
Maybe they will all survive to tell the tale.
Or maybe not.
If they stay in the game, they will be eternal.
 
Greta is struggling to fit in at her new school. Sometimes she feels like the only safe place is the bathroom. And it is precisely there that she finds a strange device hidden that will transport her to a magical and mysterious game.
 
Although Greta doesn't understand anything, the other players, Nomeolvides, Savannah, Cosmo, and Gato, do seem to know what's going on.
 
When the game begins, she has no choice but to adapt and try to fit in. However, the adventure is more dangerous than it appears, and its consequences go beyond the limits of the game.
 
Will Greta manage to emerge unscathed from the mysterious world she has entered?
 

Author

Bruno Puelles es escritor y dramaturgo. Algunos de sus libros están dirigidos a jóvenes, como Las tres despedidas de Georg Kahn o La ciudad de los mil ojos (Premio Kelvin 505 a Mejor novela juvenil en castellano 2023). Otros a adultos, como Simbiosis (finalista al Premio Minotauro 2020). Entre las historias que escribe para niños, se encuentran El ciclo de vida de la mariposa nocturna (Premio Ignotus a Mejor libro infantil y juvenil 2022) y la serie Kalambu.

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