Santiago

In the year of our Lord 1589, the pilgrimage to Compostela is a ship aground. The Protestant Reformation, the plague, the war with the Turks, with France, with England, the lawsuits against the vow of Santiago… Compostela is sinking. But King Philip, in El Escorial, with the crowns of Spain and Portugal united under an empire where the sun never sets, has other concerns. After the defeat of the Spanish Armada in the English Channel, Elizabeth of England has allied herself with the spurned Portuguese heir, the Flemish rebels, the French, even Morocco, and is preparing her revenge. Santander, Cádiz, A Coruña are building fortresses, repairing ships, gathering men. And Compostela trembles. In this setting, a thief, Balboa Barrabás, has spent thirty years fleeing his past. His heart is broken by his own lies. He will have to walk the Camino de Santiago, something he swore he would never do again, to win back the woman he loves, whom he has betrayed, and to save thousands of lives. Completing the Compostela saga, Santiago explores the redemption and spirituality of the pilgrimage route. It takes place during the most critical moment in the history of the Camino, when the apostle's relics disappeared for almost three centuries.