2026, Almuzara

DARKNESS ENGULFS EVERYTHING

In 16th-century Spain, where faith coexists with intrigue and power dictates the rules, Friar Juan de la Cruz is arrested and thrown into a merciless captivity. His crime: advocating for a spiritual reform that challenges privileges and shakes the very foundations of his own order.

Dragged from place to place, subjected to punishment and humiliation, the friar faces an extreme ordeal in which the body breaks, but the spirit grows stronger. In the confines of his cell, in the cold of endless nights, he begins an inner journey that will forever transform his understanding of pain, faith, and freedom.

Meanwhile, in the halls of the court, nobles, advisors, and influential figures weave a web of interests where religion, politics, and ambition are dangerously intertwined. Teresa of Ávila, steadfast and visionary, faces silence, threats, and hidden maneuvers to save her most faithful collaborator, aware that the conflict transcends the personal and puts the course of an entire spiritual reform at stake.

In a narrative style marked by historical rigor, Baltasar Magro reconstructs a key episode in our history, where moral greatness confronts human misery. An intense novel about resistance, sacrifice, and dignity when all seems lost.

EVEN IN THE DEEPEST SHADOW, A LIGHT CAN BE KINDLED