The rebellion of the good
The rebellion of the good is a legal thriller written by Spanish playwright, film director and screenwriter Roberto Santiago. The work was published by the Planeta publishing house in 2023, winning the Fernando Lara Novel Prize of the same year. The book has mostly positive opinions, which highlight its plot, character construction and plot twists.
Robert Santiago takes under its wing a context very little addressed by literature or audiovisual media: the pharmaceutical industry. While it is true that society has been able to make great strides thanks to it, it is also true that, behind the scenes, they have been responsible for some of the most important health catastrophes that the human race has experienced.
Synopsis of The rebellion of the good
a bad divorce
The novel revolves around a nearly bankrupt law firm. This is chaired by Jeremías Abi, who is accompanied by several characters who, little by little, become involved in a plot full of power games, scams, frauds, human experimentations and disloyalties. The story begins when Fátima Montero, co-owner of one of the most powerful pharmaceutical companies in the world, asks for help.
Fátima discovers that her husband and partner is cheating on her with an underage girl. With his bruised ego, decides to leave her husband without a single cent, so she hires Abi's services to help her through her multi-million dollar divorce. At first, Jeremías and his team do not feel very comfortable with the situation, but because the office is in crisis, they agree.
In the shadows
However, As the protagonist delves into this world of medicines and health, he discovers the secrets that are hidden after the good people who make sure the country is healthy. Abi, who must also struggle with the consequences of his wife's infidelity and the bankruptcy of his firm, finds legal irregularities in the pharmacist's methods.
It goes without saying that testing on human guinea pigs, extortion and blackmail are, to say the least, scandalous, especially for a company like that. Despite how dangerous the case is, Jeremías Abi's desire for justice drives him to surpass all limits., intervening to put an end to a conglomerate that has been manipulating the threads of society for years,
Social denunciation in the crime novel
As a genre, the crime novel shares some tropes with the classic detective novel, although it differs from the latter in that, generally, its heroes and villains are quite gray. Another of the fundamental characteristics of Black is that allows one or more social complaints to be made on specific topics, in this case, the intentions of pharmaceutical companies and the impunity that precedes them.
According to the author, he chose a health multinational after speaking with a journalist friend, who sent him a report that summarized the claims and complaints that exist against these corporations throughout Europe. Since then, Roberto Santiago began to investigate and build a story around this common thread. Although The rebellion of the good It is fiction, it is based on real data.
The documentation work of Roberto Santiago
The rebellion of the good It is an entertaining, linear story, with an easy-to-follow plot and characters with whom it is possible to identify.. The immersive narrative style suddenly causes certain fundamental details to be forgotten, such as the fact that the setting of the novel happens every day in the pharmaceutical industry, which is “opaque,” to use a euphemism.
The author's research is evident in the technical dialogue of the trial and in the background of the argument, which, broadly speaking, What it seeks is to raise awareness about the reality that exists within these multinationals. Furthermore, it shows how the activity of these consortia affects the lives of so many people, especially in the most impoverished sectors of Africa, Asia and Latin America, towns that function as laboratory mousetraps.
The health business
Over the years, many people have wondered why, with the advancement of technology, Diseases such as cancer or HIV have not been resolved. The public response is usually that no results have yet been found that demonstrate a total or partial cure of the disease. But is this totally true?
The truth is that it is not known for sure what is behind these statements. Even so, the theory has been created from them that pharmaceutical companies do not want to reveal cures, because that would destroy their business. This is something that is discussed in The rebellion of the gooda novel which begins with the phrase “For evil to triumph, it is only necessary for the good to do nothing.”
About the author, Roberto Santiago
Roberto Santiago was born in 1968, in Seville, Spain. He trained in Image and Sculpture at the Complutense University of Madrid, and specialized in literary creation at the School of Letters in the same city.. His career has developed more than anything in the different formats of the audiovisual medium, beginning with short films in 1999.
In addition, has been screenwriter of all the films he has directed. On the other hand, he has collaborated in the same profession for humorous programs aimed at television. As a writer, he has published several books in the genres of youth and children's literature, as well as football, intrigue and mystery novels. Many of these have been successfully adapted to film.
Other books by Roberto Santiago
Independent novels
- the thief of lies (1996);
- The last deaf (1997);
- Forbidden to be fourteen years old (1998);
- The Nerd, the Gafotas, the Square Head and the Dude (1999);
- Jon y la máquina del miedo (1999);
- countdown (2000);
- Eighteen and a half immigrants (2002);
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid never had a girlfriend (2003);
- Supernatural powers (2004);
- Ivan's dream (2010);
- Alexandra and the seven tests (2012);
- Under the fire of bullets I will think of you (2014);
- The protectors (2016);
- Ana (2017);
- K Squad. No limits (2023)
The footballers
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the sleeping referees (2013);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the seven own goals (2013);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the ghost porter (2013);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the hawk's eye (2014);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the impossible robbery (2014);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the haunted castle (2015);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the invisible penalty (2015);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the meteor shower (2016);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the pirate treasure (2016);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of April Fool's Day (2017);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the fire circus (2016);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the magical Obelisk (2017);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of player number 13 (2018);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the sand storm (2018);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the 101 skulls (2019);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the last werewolf (2019);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the magic boots (2020);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the volcano island (2020);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the soccer witches (2021);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the golden mask (2021);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the hill of the eagles (2022);
- The very footballers. The mystery of the World Cup in Africa (2022);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the haunted house (2023);
- The Futbolísimos. The mystery of the magic shoot (2023)
the strangers of time
- The Outsiders of time. The adventure of the Balbuena in the Far West (2015);
- The Outsiders of time. The adventure of the Balbuena and the last knight (2016);
- The Outsiders of time. The Balbuena adventure in the Roman Empire (2017);
- The Outsiders of time. The Balbuena adventure on the pirate galleon (2017);
- The Outsiders of time. The adventure of the Balbuenas and the little gangster (2018);
- The Outsiders of time. The adventure of the Balbuenas among dinosaurs (2019);
- The Outsiders of time. The Balbuena adventure in the great pyramid (2019);
- The Outsiders of time. The Balbuena adventure in the ancient Olympics (2019);
- The Outsiders of time. The Balbuena adventure with the inventors of football (2020);
- The Outsiders of time. The adventure of the Balbuena with the Superninjas (2020);
- The Outsiders of time. The Balbuena adventure with the Vikings (2021);
- The Outsiders of time. The adventure of the Balbuena: Aim for the moon (2021);
- The Outsiders of time. The Balbuena adventure with the thirteen musketeers (2022);
- The Outsiders of time. The adventure of the Balbuena on the island of the giants (2022);
- The Outsiders of time. The Balbuena adventure in the future (2023);
- The Outsiders of time. The adventure of the Balbuena in the Ice Age (2023)
Second parts
- Second parts. Hansel and Gretel: The Witch Returns (2015);
- Second parts. The ugly duckling and his faithful followers (2015);
- Second parts. Little Red Riding Hood: Where is the big bad wolf? (2016);
- Second parts. Sleeping Beauty: another insult to the fairy (2016)
The rebellious princess
- The Rebel Princesses 1. The mystery of the immortal virgulina (2021);
- The Rebel Princesses 2. The mystery of the invisible palace (2022);
- The Rebel Princesses 3. The mystery of the Middle Ninjas Moon (2022);
- The Rebel Princesses 4. The mystery of the red dragon (2023);
- The Rebel Princesses 5. The mystery of Aurax (2023)
the eleven
- The Eleven 1. The striker who flew at sunset (2021);
- Los Once 2. The goalkeeper with the longest arms in the world (2022);
- The Eleven 3. The midfielder who traveled through time (2022);
- The Eleven 4. The match of the century: mutants and princesses (2023);
- The Eleven 5. The fastest left back in the world (2023);
- The Eleven 6. The ghost penalty (2023)
The Pirate Gamers
- The Pirate Gamers 1. Destiny: Mythical Infinite (2022);
- The Pirate Gamers 2. Gametuber Camp (2023);
- The Pirate Gamers 3. Poseidon's magical trident (2023)