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The fifth novel in the adventures of Captain Alatriste, a seventeenth-century swashbuckler and "a twenty-first-century literary phenomenon." ( Entertainment Weekly ) In the cosmopolitan world of seventeenth-century Madrid, captain Alatriste and his protégé Íñigo are fish out of water. But the king is determined to keep Alatriste on retainer-regardless of whether his "employment" brings the captain uncomfortably close to old enemies. Alatriste begins an affair with the famous and beautiful actress, María Castro, but soon discovers that the cost of her favors may be more than he bargained for-especially when he and Íñigo become unwilling participants in a court conspiracy that could lead them both to the gallows . . .

The third in the bestselling Captain Alatriste series.

The second 'Captain Alatriste' novel, from a series which has sold 4 million copies worldwide

Bývalý kňaz, teraz agent, otec Quart odchádza do Sevilly vyšetriť, kto je záhadný hacker, ktorému sa podarilo vniknúť do osobnej zložky pápeža. Vysvitne, že počítačový pirát konal v úmysle zachrániť barokový kostol v Seville, ktorý „opustil Pán Boh a za peniaze sa ho vzdala i miestna cirkev“. Napínavý dej s detektívnou zápletkou je prepletený historickým ľúbostným príbehom Carlotty Brunnerovej. Paralela záchrany kostola s príbehom lásky je nesmierne poetická a vášnivá a napokon vedie k vyústeniu celej záhady.

Intense and turbulent, this is a book about war, love and the human capacity for both violence and empathy. It asks very profound questions about human nature and the role of the artists, but it also has the intensity of a psychological thriller as the painter trades stories with the man who has come to kill him.