Ildefonso Falcones returns with his most anticipated novel.

Twenty years after the overwhelming success of The Cathedral of the Sea, Falcones presents the new installment of the most widely read historical fiction saga of our time.

A WORLD ABOUT TO CHANGE FOREVER. A MAN SHAPED BY THE STRENGTH OF HIS LINEAGE. A STORY OF LOVE, LOYALTY, AND REVENGE.

1442. Arnau Estanyol, grandson of the protagonist of The Cathedral of the Sea, serves the King of Aragon with fervor in the conquest of Naples, when the family’s eternal enemies take advantage of his absence to storm his palace and attack his stepdaughter, the young Marina, with devastating consequences for all. Thus begins a dazzling epic novel that spans the second half of the 15th century, a period that marked the end of medieval darkness and the dawn of the Renaissance. Arnau Estanyol, descended from those dark years, will witness the world transforming around him, the art of war evolving, and how love can soften even the hardest heart.