Book presentation: "fade to black" by julio peces ruiz
Presentation and signing of copies of the book 'Fade to Black' with the author Julio Peces Ruiz, winner of the Ateneo Joven de Sevilla Novel Prize 2025
The event will take place next Thursday, December 11, at 8:00 p.m. at the Mirador del Carmen. It will be presented by Isabel López Franco, president of the Unicorn Cultural Association, and admission is free until capacity is reached.
The Estepona City Council informs that next Thursday, December 11, at 8:00 p.m., the presentation of 'Fade to Black', the new novel by local author Julio Peces Ruiz, recently awarded the XXX Ateneo Joven Prize of Seville, will take place at the Mirador del Carmen Cultural Center.
The event will be hosted by Isabel López Franco, president of the Unicorn Cultural Association, and admission is free until capacity is reached. The novel, already available in bookstores, can be purchased there. Following the presentation, the author will sign copies of his book.
Synopsis of 'Fade to Black' (Almuzara Publishing). Ramón Ramírez is an actor. And he's determined to commit the perfect crime. During the filming of an ambitious series, Ramón plans to stick to the script and carry out a meticulously calculated murder with the help of the mysterious Crow Man. Everything must happen in broad daylight, on a set full of cameras, technicians, and actors. No one can suspect anything. No one must connect him to the victim. However, when a body turns up sooner than expected and the plan begins to unravel, the filming becomes a trap. Ramón discovers that he's not the only one keeping secrets. The set transforms into a crime scene, and the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur as the police investigation progresses and all eyes turn on him. Lies, ambition, and murder converge in a noir novel with touches of even darker humor that delves into the dark underbelly of the audiovisual world. Here, every take could be the last.
Julio Peces Ruiz (Estepona, 1992) has been passionate about film and literature since childhood. He began writing young adult adventure novels in his teens, publishing his first work, 'Blue Sky. The Alliance of the Blue Sky' (2010), at the age of eighteen. After graduating with degrees in Spanish Language and Literature and Dramatic Arts, he held various jobs, such as proofreader, layout designer, and book fair manager, always combining them with writing and his other pursuits, including acting and studying Japanese language and culture. In recent years, having adopted a more mature style, he has written novels such as 'The Sound of Silence' (2022), books about film such as 'This Is a Disaster: The Best Films in the Catastrophe Genre' (2022), and screenplays for short films such as 'Memories of Blood' (2021) and 'The Angry Time' (2024).