A masterful tale of betrayal, ambition, and revenge, with an ending as unexpected as it is brutal. When power conspires in the shadows, no one escapes unscathed. Former Peruvian president Alan García is enjoying his retirement in Madrid when, out of the blue, he falls from grace: he is accused in Peru of corruption, murder, and leading the criminal organization ARPA. Confident of his impunity, he returns to face his enemies and clear his name. But he soon discovers that he has walked straight into a deadly trap. Even his former comrades betray him. Besieged, he devises a master plan for an impossible escape. His apparent suicide shocks the world, sows mystery, and leaves one question unanswered: is he really dead, or is he preparing his final act of illusion? Oliver Fernández, his political rival, does not believe the suicide story and hires Juan, a renowned Spanish lawyer, who begins a relentless pursuit. Madrid, Barcelona, Andorra, Miami, Lima, France, Switzerland... Each clue reveals secrets that smell of blood and money. Will he manage to prove that the former president is still pulling the strings from the shadows? After several years of exhaustive research and writing, Jorge Albertini publishes his first revealing novel, The Escape of the Illusionist, in which he immerses us in an enigmatic plot with disturbing characters, secret plans, powerful groups, corruption, murders, betrayals, and the lifting of the veil on how one of the protagonists carried out the most impressive escape in history.