A middle-grade graphic novel fantasy adventure filled with dark magic, druids, delicious desserts and dragons by award-winning author Carlos Sánchez!
With Dai missing, Chiri is desperately rallying her fellow adventurers on a quest to find him. But with the darkness creating a fearsome army of creatures and planning on total domination of the kingdom, finding her best friend is starting to feel impossible. With another dark herald hunting Chiri down, it’s going to take every drop of magic she can summon to protect the friends she has left – and find the one she’s lost.
Carlos Sánchez grew up, with a pencil in his hand, in Barcelona. When he was very young a comic fell into his hand and that changed his life forever. He studied Design in EINA, and a master in Creative Illustration in Bau. He loves to draw, read comics, eat cereal and play videogames. Nowadays, he works as a designer, illustrator and comic artist in Barcelona.
In 2025, his debut title, Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces, became the first graphic novel to win a Waterstones Children's Book Prize category award in the history of the prize.
"Friends and allies fight forces of darkness in Carlos Sánchez’s exciting graphic novel Rune [...] The plot moves at a blistering pace. The characters are intriguing, and themes of corruption, redemption, and the freedom to choose one’s path are explored [...] The manga-influenced art is vibrant and energetic, fleshing out the magical, lively world well. A beautiful, detailed two-page map of the kingdom is included. Rune is an action-packed graphic novel in which friends use magic and their determination to defeat an evil threat" — Foreword Reviews
A middle-grade graphic novel fantasy adventure filled with dark magic, druids, delicious desserts and dragons by award-winning author Carlos Sánchez!
With Dai missing, Chiri is desperately rallying her fellow adventurers on a quest to find him. But with the darkness creating a fearsome army of creatures and planning on total domination of the kingdom, finding her best friend is starting to feel impossible. With another dark herald hunting Chiri down, it’s going to take every drop of magic she can summon to protect the friends she has left – and find the one she’s lost.
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Carlos Sánchez grew up, with a pencil in his hand, in Barcelona. When he was very young a comic fell into his hand and that changed his life forever. He studied Design in EINA, and a master in Creative Illustration in Bau. He loves to draw, read comics, eat cereal and play videogames. Nowadays, he works as a designer, illustrator and comic artist in Barcelona.
In 2025, his debut title, Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces, became the first graphic novel to win a Waterstones Children's Book Prize category award in the history of the prize.
"Friends and allies fight forces of darkness in Carlos Sánchez’s exciting graphic novel Rune [...] The plot moves at a blistering pace. The characters are intriguing, and themes of corruption, redemption, and the freedom to choose one’s path are explored [...] The manga-influenced art is vibrant and energetic, fleshing out the magical, lively world well. A beautiful, detailed two-page map of the kingdom is included. Rune is an action-packed graphic novel in which friends use magic and their determination to defeat an evil threat" — Foreword Reviews
