The Sentinel

• Date de parution : 01/10/2012
• Editeur : Head Of Zeus
• EAN : 9781781850435
• Série : (-)
• Support : Livre numérique

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• Thème : Non attribué
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Madrid, winter 1953: the snow lies thick on the ground and Comandante Guzmán of the Brigada Especial is preparing a dawn raid. His job is to hunt down opponents of Franco';s regime and destroy them. Feared by all in Franco's Spain, Guzmán takes what he wants: food, drink, women. That is about... Voir plus

Madrid, winter 1953: the snow lies thick on the ground and Comandante Guzmán of the Brigada Especial is preparing a dawn raid. His job is to hunt down opponents of Franco';s regime and destroy them. Feared by all in Franco's Spain, Guzmán takes what he wants: food, drink, women. That is about to change. Guzmán is going to find himself on the wrong side of Franco, and on the wrong side of history. It';s not the first time Guzmán has been on the wrong side. But there';s no one left alive who knows about that... until he gets a message from a dead man... Madrid, 2009: Ana María Galindez is a forensic scientist investigating a mass grave from the Franco era. Now she is hunting for the hidden ledger of secret policeman Leopoldo Guzmán - a man who disappeared without trace in 1953. But there are those who would rather the secrets of Guzmán';s ledger stay buried. Galindez' pursuit of the past has revealed a battle for the present...