La derrota del Dragón

The Spanish Armada, having failed in its mission, returns to Spain by sailing around the British Isles, leaving a trail of shipwrecked sailors in Ireland. Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth of England, determined to seize the opportunity, prepares a counterattack and orders Francis Drake to assemble a colossal fleet to ravage the ports of the Cantabrian coast, destroy the surviving ships, invade Portugal, and place the Prior of Crato on the throne. Gabriel del Puerto, determined to open a trading post in Lisbon, is forced to place his ship at the king's service and accept a mission that will take him from the Azores to Scotland. While he risks his life far from home, A Coruña prepares for war: there, his wife Marcia and his sister Isabel must confront both visible and hidden threats with the help of a mysterious mixed-race woman. From the cliffs of Ireland to the coasts of the Iberian Peninsula, spies, traitors, indomitable women, and long-suffering sailors intertwine their destinies in a choral novel that recreates, with rigor and emotion, the second great act of the Anglo-Spanish War: the Counter Armada of 1589. An epic of shipwrecks, sieges, rescues, and passions that gives voice to anonymous heroes and historical figures —such as Drake, Alonso de Bazán, and María Pita— and culminates with the English attack on the heart of the Empire.