Selections from the Diary of Ernando de la Vida

Prologue

There once was an island called La Isla de los Muertos. It was abandoned long ago when a plague swept across its shores, killing the whole of its populace. Some say that you can still hear the screams of the afflicted and that the dead still haunt the vacant homes. Others say that these stories are mere superstitions. One such naysayer set out to prove these stories false. His name was Ernando de la Vida.