"The world of 'Falco' was different, and in it, the sides were absolutely clear - on one side himself and on the other everyone else."

The troubled Europe of the '30s and '40s is the backdrop for the adventures of Lorenzo Falco, a former arms smuggler, ruthless spy, and intelligence agent. In the autumn of '36, when the borders between friends and enemies are nothing but a vague and dangerous line, Falco is ordered to participate in a difficult mission that could change the course of Spanish history. A man and two women - the Montero siblings and Eva Renhel - will be his companions in the adventure and perhaps his victims, in a time where life is written with betrayals and nothing is as it seems.

Arturo Pérez-Reverte masterfully weaves reality with fiction in this story featuring a charming hero, equal to the greatest spies and adventurers in literature.