Unanimously celebrated since it first appeared, "La mujer en la muralla is a parable about Chi'n Hsih Hwang Ti, a fierce and brilliant emperor, and his colossal creation, the Great Wall of China. It is also the fascinating adventure of the people who admired and suffered the tyrant. At the very heart of the story is the self-sacrificing Men Chiang Nu who follows her learned husband, called to work on the inhuman construction of the Great Wall, to the remote confines of the empire. Through the use of historical rigor, Laiseca brings to life a diverse and extraordinary world, recreating it before the reader, not only with the details of everyday life, but also with the meditated and profound vision of the protagonists.