Cold Skin (spanish)

Cold Skin is an atmospheric horror novel that imagines what might happen if a two people are trapped on a savage island full of mysterious and deadly dangers. Thrown into these horrors, and woefully unprepared for them, is a young man who arrives on an Antarctic island for a year of isolated weather research. Except that, as it turns out, he's not alone on the island -- monsters also dwell there. And an unlikely ally -- another man who's sour moods make him the most unwanted of company. Yet there is nothing like the threat of a horrific death at the hands of monsters that forces both men to rely on each other.  Cold Skin is a dark novel that channels the supernatural terror of Stephen King, the Gothic moodiness of Lovecraft, and the existential alien terror found in an HG Wells book. This fantasy horror (or sci-fi horror, or pure horror, depending how you look at it) is packed with horrific action, macabre violence, and a truck-full of psychological drama. But beyond this simple horror story, there is something deeper going on. It's horror yes, but it's also an exploration of what humans will do -- to themselves and each other -- when faced with terror, stress, certain death, and the uncanny.  So while this story can double as science fiction, fantasy, or horror, Cold Skin is also a strong psychological thriller that pits man against an uncaring, hostile and uncanny environment as he attempts to dominate it -- and utterly failing to do so. With each failure, stress accrues, panic sets in, and the realization that control of the environment -- and fate -- is ultimately just a thin illusion.  One of the best foreign fantasy novels that explores human nature under the guise of a horror story. Cold Skin is bizarre, creepy, and genuinely scary while also a very personal study what it means to be alone and of the fear of the unknown. This novel represents the best of what foreign fantasy authors can bring to the table in the West. Something unique, something unflinching in how bizarre and crazy it is, something that's strange if compared to English works, yet despite the oddities, still wildly satisfying. And scary.