The Sun Over Breda

Perez-Reverte continues his thrilling chronicle of a swordsman-for-hire, as Captain Alatriste takes up his blade and rejoins his elite Cartagena regiment as they take part in the battles and siege of Breda.

Acclaimed author Arturo PA(c)rez-Reverteas internationally bestselling series, the saga of the swordsman-for-hire Captain Alatriste, continues in "The Sun Over Breda," Fifteen-year-old IAigo Balboa enlists to serve as his masteras aide, and narrates their further adventures of swordplay and skirmishes, mutiny and wartime honor, as Captain Alatriste rejoins his Cartagena regiment to take part in the battles and siege of Breda. In Spain, Alatristeas nemesis, Luis de AlquA(c)zar, grows more powerful, as IAigoas mysterious friend AngA(c)lica hints at some plans upon his return. Once again the exploits of the seventeenth-century mercenary will thrill and delight the legions of readers eager to cheer a hero for the ages.