The Bottom Of The Spiral - B&W

by Pablo Castelo

Accompany a disciple on his journey of initiation through exotic landscapes, mysterious environments, splendid buildings, shady mountains and mortal traps. Travel with him along the edges of a spiral that sinks into the riddles of the most puzzling adventure ever revealed. Walk hand-in-hand with his master and learn from him his wisdom while they unveil, one by one, the folds of the most jealously guarded secret in history.

308 pages, Paperback

Published September 25, 2017

About the author

My name is Pablo Castelo. I became a writer when I could not paint any longer for economic reasons. Since then, I have written a collection of short stories and a fantasy novel. One of the short stories won a literary contest in Europe. My fantasy novel has a science stream embedded in it but also talks about history, religion, art, and human stupidity. It was inspired by Umberto Ecco's ideas which were published after his novel, The name of the Rose. It is not a coincidence then, that you will recognize a character from another story, a whole chapter of Don Quixote, or some graphical environments created by Escher used as a scenery for the novel. Every chapter represents an adventure episode but also a lesson in topology, chemistry, or geometry. All of these independent streams get closer as the adventure progresses. In the end, they converge, and all the intellectual learning acquires the role of a dramatic element like any other subplot. The book was entirely illustrated, page by page, in a Medieval style. I also made Photoshop composites with modern aesthetic concepts.
I am currently working on a Middle Age story called "Scratches On The Steel." Again, the story is the result of an amalgam of fantasy and science, but most of all human condition. It will talk about peasant revolts, swords, alchemy, and superstitions but, more importantly, what lies deep in our subconscious mind and explain our behavior although it's considered to be written in our fate. The overall plot is about the solving of a crime in a Middle Age castle.