When a well-known bibliophile is found hanged, Lucas Corso is brought in to authenticate a fragment of a manuscript purported to be "The Three Musketeers." He is soon drawn into a swirling plot involving devil worship, occult practices, and a swashbuckling cast that bears a suspicious resemblance to those in the famous work.

Spanning continents and decades and encompassing sensuality, cruelty, treachery and corruption, this is Perez-Reverte's most remarkable novel to date Guero Davila is a pilot engaged in drug-smuggling for the local cartels. Teresa Mendoza is his girlfriend, a typical narco's morra, quiet, doting, submissive. But then Guero's caught playing both sides and in Sinaloa that means death. Teresa is alone, terrified, friendless and running to save her life, carrying nothing but a gym bag containing a pistol and a notebook that she has been forbidden to read. Forced to leave Mexico, she flees to the Spanish city of Melilla where she meets Santiago Fisterra, a Galician involved in trafficking hashhish across the Strait of Gibraltar. When Santiago's partner is captured, it is Teresa who steps in to take his place. Now Teresa has plunged into the dark and ugly world that once claimed Guero's life - and she's about to get in deeper...

In this fourth instalment, Captain Alatriste becomes involved in a mission to save the King of Spain's gold... Swashbuckling adventure and high octane action. The year is 1626, and a battle-weary Captain Alatriste and his companions sail home from the on-going war in Flanders. He returns to a Spain that is rotten to the core, as gold from the Americas floods into the port of Seville, brought by the country's infamous treasure fleet. As various factions within the Court vie for supremacy, certain interests are creaming off undeclared profits from the galleons' cargo, thus depriving the royal treasury of its lifeblood. Indeed some of the booty is finding its way into the hands of the same rebel provinces Spain is fighting to suppress. The King and his most trusted advisor, the Count-Duke Olivares, have become aware of one such plot and have decided to teach the perpetrator a lesson. Once more, they must call upon Captain Alatriste's blade in a dangerous adventure that will bring the captain face to face with his nemesis, and with a ruthless man who has designs on the throne...

Captain Alatriste's latest adventure - a story of skirmishes, privateers, boarded ships, swords and sackings. 'This was a time where Spain was revered, feared and hated in the easterly seas; where the devil had no colour, no name and no flag, and where the only thing needed to summon hell on earth (or sea for that matter) was a Spaniard and his sword' Alatriste is back - this time on the high seas! Accompanied by his faithful companion Inigo, the captain joins a Spanish galleon and sets sail from Naples towards the east on a journey that will take them to Melilla, Oran, and finally Malta where they must struggle against the Turk. On board they will have many adventures, including an encounter with The Moor Gurriato. Now seventeen, Inigo is still in love with Angelica but will wisdom come with age and experience?

Muchos leen el Antiguo Testamento como un conjunto de historias, leyes y rituales desconectados entre si, de los cuales podemos extraer aqui y alla algunas lecciones moralizantes; sin darse cuenta que detras de todas sus historias, leyes y rituales se revela la gran historia de redencion cuyo centro es la Persona y la obra de nuestro Senor Jesucristo. Es precisamente aqui donde este libro puede ser de gran ayuda a los cristianos de habla hispana de nuestra generacion. Tuve el privilegio de exponerme a este material cuando Arturo Perez lo enseno en nuestra iglesia hace algunos anos, y se que es una excelente introduccion al estudio del Antiguo Testamento. Arturo posee una capacidad inusual para decir mucho en pocas palabras, requisito indispensable para escribir un libro de esta naturaleza. Es evidente que el Senor le ha concedido el don para ensenar a otros. Pero la gran contribucion de esta obra es que nos lleva a ver a Jesus donde muchos lo pasan por alto. (Prefacio de Sugel Michelen) J. Arturo Perez-Pena forma parte del Consejo de Ancianos en la iglesia Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church en Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Su primer libro publicado anteriormente por Xulon Press es "Sintesis del Nuevo Testamento." Arturo ha sido profesor de la Escuela Biblica para adultos en la Iglesia Biblica del Senor Jesucristo, en Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana y en Cornerstone Bible Church en Miami, Florida, en donde estuvo ensenando Apologetica Cristiana, Sintesis del Antiguo Testamento, Sintesis del Nuevo Testamento, aparte de ser predicador itinerante enviado desde estas iglesias para cubrir distintos pulpitos de iglesias evangelicas de la Republica Dominicana y del sur de la Florida, donde reside actualmente junto a su esposa e hija.

S ntesis del Nuevo Testamento trata el contexto alrededor del cual la Palabra del Se or fue escrita. Este contexto b blico describe cu l era el momento hist rico en el mbito pol tico, social, econ mico y religioso circundante a la poca cuando se escribieron los libros del Nuevo Testamento alrededor del siglo primero despu?'s de Cristo. Este contexto tambi n incluye las circunstancias que rodeaban la vida personal de los autores de estos libros y cartas, la problem tica de sus destinatarios, y el tema central que contiene cada libro del Nuevo Testamento.A trav?'s de recursos gr ficos, tablas, y algunos mapas, esta obra resume de manera esquem tica los antecedentes, contexto y temas principales de los libros del NT con el prop sito de que los lectores de la Biblia puedan saborear su mensaje a la luz de las intenciones de sus autores, de manera que su entendimiento de las Escrituras sea enriquecido y su estudio personal sea m?'s entretenido y de r pida consulta durante sus devociones personales mientras meditan en alg n pasaje del Nuevo Testamento.J. Arturo P rez-Pe a ha sido profesor de la Escuela B blica para adultos en la Iglesia B blica del Se or Jesucristo, en Santo Domingo, Rep blica Dominicana y en Cornerstone Bible Church en Miami, FL, U.S.A., en donde estuvo ense ando Apolog tica Cristiana, S ntesis del Antiguo Testamento, S ntesis del Nuevo Testamento, aparte de ser predicador itinerante enviado desde estas iglesias para cubrir distintos p lpitos de iglesias evang licas de la Rep blica Dominicana y del sur de la Florida, donde actualmente reside junto a su esposa e hija.IMPORTANT

The second swashbuckling adventure in the internationally acclaimed Captain Alatriste series

Captain Alatriste, Madrid's most charismatic swashbuckler, returns in Perez-Reverte's acclaimed international bestseller. The fearless Alatriste is hired to infiltrate a convent and rescue a young girl forced to serve as a powerful priest's concubine. The girl's father is barred from legal recourse as the priest threatens to reveal that the man's family is "not of pure blood" and is, in fact, of Jewish descent--which will all but destroy the family name. As Alatriste struggles to save the young hostage from being burned at the stake, he soon finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into a conspiracy that leads all the way to the heart of the Spanish Inquisition. A literary thriller that delivers adventure and rich historical detail, "Purity of Blood" captivates to the final page.

The first action-packed historical adventure in the internationally acclaimed Captain Alatriste series, featuring a Spanish soldier who lives as a swordsman-for-hire in 17th century Madrid. Needing gold to pay off his debts, Captain Alatriste and another hired blade are paid to ambush two travelers, stage a robbery, and give the travelers a fright. "No blood," they are told.Then a mysterious stranger enters to clarify the job: he increases the pay, and tells Alatriste that, instead, he must murder the two travelers. When the attack unfolds, Alatriste realizes that these aren't ordinary travelers, and what happens next is only the first in a riveting series of twists and turns, with implications that will reverberate throughout the courts of Europe...

In the world of rare books everything has its price. But when the book is a satanic tract, the currency is not money but life. A well-know bibliophile is found hanged days after selling a rare manuscript of Alexander Dumas's classic, The Three Musketeers. Across Madrid, Spain's wealthiest book dealer has finally laid his hands on a 17th-century manual for summoning the devil. Lucas Corso, solitary and obsessive, is the detective hired to authenticate both texts. But the further he follows the trail of devil worship, the more it leads him back to Dumas. He's the unwitting protagonist in someone's evil plot, but is he sleuth or hero, Sherlock Holmes or d'Artagnan?

"With his chess-like plots and mysterious characters, Arturo Perez-Reverte has established himself as the master of the intellectual thriller, a reputation again confirmed with "The Nautical Chart."--"Chicago Tribune
Coy is a suspended sailor without a ship. At an auction in Barcelona, he meets a beautiful woman obsessed with the "Dei Gloria, a Jesuit ship sunk by pirates in the seventeenth century. Tanger uses her considerable skills with men and her expertise with atlases and nautical maps to search for the ship's rumored lost treasure. Coy is quickly drawn into her search and finds himself falling in love as they seek their fortune together-or do they? This masterfully plotted novel combines richness of atmosphere with the addictive romance and mystery of the sea. It is an unforgettable adventure.
Internationally acclaimed author Arturo Perez-Reverte was born in 1951 in Spain, where he lives. His bestselling books have been translated into nineteen languages in thirty countries and have sold millions of copies.