Arturo Perez-Reverte regresa con un libro protagonizado por su personaje mas fascinante desde el capitan Alatriste.
Violencia, tramas de poder, suspense, lealtad y pasion conforman esta extraordinaria novela de lectura adictiva.
El mundo de Falco era otro, y alli los bandos estaban perfectamente definidos: de una parte el, y de la otra todos los demas.
La Europa turbulenta de los anos treinta y cuarenta del siglo XX es el escenario de las andanzas de Lorenzo Falco, ex contrabandista de armas, espia sin escrupulos, agente de los servicios de inteligencia. Durante el otono de 1936, mientras la frontera entre amigos y enemigos se reduce a una linea imprecisa y peligrosa, Falco recibe el encargo de infiltrarse en una dificil mision que podria cambiar el curso de la historia de Espana. Un hombre y dos mujeres -los hermanos Montero y Eva Rengel- seran sus companeros de aventura y tal vez sus victimas, en un tiempo en el que la vida se escribe a golpe de traiciones y nada es lo que parece.
Arturo Perez-Reverte entrelaza magistralmente realidad y ficcion en esta historia protagonizada por un nuevo y fascinante personaje, comparable a los mas destacados espias y aventureros de la literatura.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Arturo Perez-Reverte returns with a novel whose main character is his most fascinating one since Captain Alatriste.
Violence, power struggle, suspense, loyalty and passion make up this addictive, extraordinary novel.
Falco’s world was another one, and in it the opponents were perfectly defined: on one side, it was him, on the other, everyone else.
A turbulent Europe during the thirties and forties in the twentieth century, is the backdrop for the adventures of Lorenzo Falco, ex-smuggler of arms, spy without scruples, agent of the secret intelligence services. During the fall of 1936, when the border between friends and enemies is reduced to a dangerous and unprecise fine line, Falco is given the task of infiltrating a complicated mission that could change the course of Spain’s history. One man, two women -the Montero brothers and Eva Rengel- will be his adventure companions and perhaps his victims, during a time in which life is written treason by treason and nothing is what it seems.
Arturo Perez-Reverte masterfully intertwines reality and fiction in this story whose new and fascinating main character joins the greatest spies and adventurers in literature.
