The Adventures of Martin the Mage — Universe

Literary & transmedia IP · Emotional Middle Grade · Rights available

Some children can hear
what the world has stopped listening to.

Magic isn’t power. It’s the scar left by something that went wrong and nobody repaired.

An emotional saga by Santiago Copí. Six volumes. A built universe. Manuscript available.

Grandfather Emilio’s compass points three degrees off.

— Grandfather Emilio’s compass points three degrees off.
Not north. The starting point. —

There are things you only understand once they’re gone.

The weight. When Martín did his homework, Laika would settle under the desk and rest her head on his feet. Not on the floor beside his feet — on his feet. That specific warmth through his sock was the signal that everything was still in its place.

The warmth. When Martín read in bed, Laika curled into the gap between his body and the wall.

The panting. Laika recognised his footsteps. Not when he opened the door: before.

When Martín laughed for real, Laika always did the same thing.

She lifted her head.

She looked at him.

And she made a sound. As if she were saying: there you are.

Martín sat down on the floor.

—»Yes,» he said. «Here I am.»

— In Search of Laika · The Adventures of Martín the Mage · Vol. I

Materials available

Complete manuscript · Rights deck · Saga bible · Audiovisual adaptation materials · Spanish edition available

Project under active professional evaluation.

6volumes across two narrative arcs
2editorial lines: main saga + Origins
IPliterary, illustrated, adaptable to screen
10–14Middle Grade · family crossover 6–14
Why now

The most stimulated generation in history
is also the one that has forgotten how to listen.

Disconnection. Emotional anaesthesia. Outsourced imagination. Erosion of attachment. Twenty-first-century childhood has a name for every symptom. What it doesn’t have yet is a saga that confronts them from the inside, without preaching.

This universe doesn’t talk about those losses. It puts four siblings to work recovering them.

The hole

Emotional middle grade

Written in Spanish, with franchise architecture, an authorial voice, and a real contemporary need.

The moment

A receptive market

Demand for stories about connection and presence is growing across every format.

The IP

No intermediaries yet

Finished manuscript. Complete bible. Rights available.

The core

An adventure about sensitivity as humanity’s last superpower.

Martín and his sisters aren’t heroes because they’ve mastered magic. They’re heroes because they haven’t yet learned to stop feeling.

Compass

The rhythm that binds the living to what surrounds it.

Pause

The space between two moments.

Bond

What connects two beings, whether or not either asked for it.

Listen

Not hearing. Listening.

«The reader doesn’t receive a lesson. They live it.»

Transformation comes from narrative immersion, not pedagogical explanation.

The world

Beneath a family shop
lies a map nobody drew.

That map charts first times.

· · ·

Martín is twelve.
He’s already going down.

The boy at the door
Characters as human faculties

Four siblings.
Four ways to save what can still be felt.

Martín

The one who holds

Learns that looking after the world can’t cost him his own.

Discoverer → Explorer → Guardian

Claudia

The one who imagines

Her imagination carries her to places that don’t exist yet — and she learns she can’t always control what she brings back.

Imagination as real power

Carlota

The one who feels

Senses what’s about to change before it changes.

Perception as responsibility

Tana

The one who listens

Nine years old. Always barefoot.

Listening as a singular gift

The worldbuilding

The universe has a centre.
The centre is shaped like a teardrop.

The central symbol

A map that doesn’t chart countries. It charts moments.

The first laugh nobody recorded. At its centre: a hole shaped like a teardrop.

The Logbook

Writes itself when no one is looking.

The Map

Charts moments, not places.

Grandfather’s Compass

Points three degrees off. Not north — the starting point.

The Fountain Pen

Writes what must happen.

The Clock

Runs backward when something important is about to be revealed.

The Shop

It isn’t a place — it’s a character.

The deeper conflict

Arkaner isn’t the enemy.
He’s the warning.

He’s felt before he’s named. There’s a background distortion in this universe that is only fully revealed in Vol. 3 — until then, it’s sensed: in the hurry that won’t let you listen, in what’s lost before anyone notices it’s gone.

Tension

The world keeps speaking

But almost no one still knows how to listen to it.

Desire

Restore what was lost

Not go back. Return better.

Promise

No sermon

The reader learns because they go through it, not because it’s explained to them.

Editorial validation

What an editor should see before requesting the manuscript.

Not a standalone book. A literary property with voice, architecture, symbols, continuity, and real room to expand.

«A work with strong editorial potential. A story that handles emotion seriously without ever talking down to the reader. Genuine narrative skill.»

Eva Fraile, literary agent · La Reina Lectora · February 2026

Franchise architecture

One saga. One collection. One expandable universe.

Main saga

  • Vol. I In Search of Laika · MANUSCRIPT AVAILABLE
  • Vol. II The Broken Echo · MANUSCRIPT AVAILABLE
  • Vol. III The Wounded World — Arkaner appears
  • Vol. IV The Map of the Doors
  • Vol. V The Compass Without North
  • Vol. VI The Last Heartbeat — restoration

Origins Collection

  • Origins I The First Heartbeat of the Map · PUBLISHED
    ISBN 9798235575417 · Goodreads ↗
  • Chiquitín — The Valley That Listens · MANUSCRIPT COMPLETE
  • Mellao — The Sea Doesn’t Push, It Holds · MANUSCRIPT COMPLETE
  • Cara Cortada — You’re Okay As You Are · MANUSCRIPT COMPLETE
  • Robertín — The Invisible Map · MANUSCRIPT COMPLETE
  • The Last Tree — It Doesn’t Need You to Stay Forever · STORY PUBLISHED
The universe in motion

The universe in motion

Before the world stopped listening.

Materials available

Everything needed for a fast evaluation.

The First Heartbeat of the Map — Origins IOrigins I publishedAmazon, Apple Books, Kobo.ISBN 9798235575417View full listing ↗
Martín the Mage Vol. I — coverVol. I completeFinal manuscript available for immediate professional reading.
Saga bible — Martín the MageSaga bibleCharacters, objects, arcs, world rules, and transmedia scalability.
Editorial dossier — Martín the MageEditorial dossierOne-pager · rights deck · executive synopsis.
Rights & representation

The manuscript is finished.
The rights are available now.

Rights available in all territories, languages, and formats.

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