Conversos

The best kept secret behind the discovery of America...

The novel begins with the final victory of the Reconquista, bringing to an end seven centuries of Moorish rule over the Iberian Peninsula.

The Italian navigator Christopher Columbus, who had put his daring proposition of finding a new route to India to the Kings of England and France, secretly meets the Spanish King in Granada to discuss the details of this expedition...

Immediately after these meetings Granada’s watchmen discover the crucified bodies of a blind organ-grinder and an eight year old boy. The boy’s corpse has been mutilated in such a way that it looked like all his blood has drained out...

The young Miguel, who is heartily preparing to join Columbus’s expedition, stumbles upon a secret that has been kept ‘under seven seals’ by the Church and the Monarchy... Miguel guesses who ordered these ritual killings... At the same time sudden persecution of the woman he loves, the daughter of a wealthy and influential citizen of Granada, and all the growing threat to his own life sweep the young man into a whirlpool of unfathomable political intrigue...

...Meanwhile, in order to divide the Catholic world, avert another crusade, and foil the plans of Columbus, The Ottoman Sultan, via corsairs who operate under his protection, secretly transmits one of the greatest relics of the Christian world to a trusted emissary of Pope Innocent VIII, Andrea Doria. This relic is believed to be vested with magic powers that grant invincibility to its possessor. Afterwards, Pope Innocent VIII dies under mysterious circumstances...

...In the maelstrom of these treacherous and breathtaking developments, Miguel’s love for his sweetheart is subjected to severe and unexpected trials, but these only intensify his feelings and strengthen him in his bloody and unequal struggle against powerful forces...