Seix Barral 2005

At the beginning of the 14th century, the Knights Templar seem destined for extinction. Their Grand Master appeals to the European monarchs for help in reclaiming Jerusalem from the Mamluks, but receives little more than a string of polite words. Facing a desperate situation, the Templars decide to hide the order’s valuable legacy—a symbol of vital importance and incalculable worth to humanity—in a secret location in the Aragonese Pyrenees.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Alfonso XIII undertakes the construction of a controversial railway line to cross the Pyrenees and connect Aragon with France, fully aware of the lucrative profits at stake. However, the most ambitious bridge linking the two countries could endanger the secret that the heirs of the clandestine order have sworn to protect at any cost…