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Arturo Perez-Reverte Unabridged CD 7 Hours

It is the height of Spain's celebrated golden century--but beyond the walls of the Royal Palace there is little on the streets of Madrid that glitters.  The Invincible Armada has been defeated.  The shadow of the Inquisition looms large.  And the  Thirty Years' War rages on.  When a soldier of this war, Captain Diego Alatriste, is forced to retire after being wounded, he returns home to live the life of a swordsman-for-hire.

The captain is approached with an offer of work that involves giving a scare to some strangers.  But with the attack imminent, it becomes clear that these aren't ordinary travelers.  What happens next is the first in a succession of riveting twists, with implications that will reverberate throughout the courts of Europe.