Author Description

in This High-seas Adventure, Bestselling Author Arturo Pérez-reverte Brings To Life A Time When Spain Was Revered, Feared, And Hated In The Easterly Seas And When The Only Thing Needed To Summon Hell On Earth (or Sea) Was A Spaniard And His Sword. accompanied By His Faithful Foster Son, Íñigo, Captain Alatriste Accepts A Job As A Mercenary Aboard A Spanish Galleon. The Ship Sets Sail From Naples On A Journey That Will Take Them To Some Of The Most Remote—-and Wretched—-outposts Of The Empire: Morocco, Algeria, And Finally To Malta For A Stunning And Bloody Battle On The High Seas That Will Challenge Even The Battle-hardened Alatriste's Resolve. now Seventeen, Íñigo Is Almost Ready To Leave Alatriste, His Foster Father And Fellow Soldier. But Will Age And Experience Bring Wisdom, Or Is He Likely To Repeat Many Of His Mentor's Mistakes? publishers Weekly in His Spirited Sixth Outing, Pérez-reverte's 17th-century Sword-for-hire, Captain Diego Alatriste, Enlists As A Mercenary On The Spanish Slave Galley Mulata, Cutting A Bloody Swath Through The Corsairs Of The Mediterranean. Overshadowing Battles At Sea And Raids On Land Is The Escalating Conflict Between Alatriste And íñigo Balboa, The Captain's Former Page, Now 17 And Desiring To Make His Own Way In The World. Though Lacking The Intrigue Of Previous Installments, This Episodic Book Moves Smoothly From Duel To Duel And Climaxes With A Savage Sea Battle. With Swords A-slashing And Muskets A-blazing, Pérez-reverte Once Again Effortlessly Channels Rafael Sabatini In This Witty And--alas--final Novel In A Marvelous Series. (sept.)