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A historical novel about battles, political struggles, diplomacy and deception, but also about love, friendship and hope. Focused on one of the most turbulent periods of Spain's past, with unprecedented facts from an Andalusian perspective. A brilliant and controversial historical novel about turbulent times in the Iberian Peninsula, which was politically and culturally divided. In the north, Christian kingdoms are fighting among themselves. In the Islamic South, unity does not prevail either. It will be years of battles, deaths, betrayals, concessions, truces and agreements, interspersed with riots and raids on both sides of the border. These are difficult times when life is hanging by a thread. When Muhammad ibn al-Ahmar's power strengthens, he will become a fierce and tireless fighter on the border with Castile, leading his people's struggle to survive in the face of constant attacks by the Christian kingdoms, becoming a prince and gathering the remains of Andalusia under his hand. And in the north, King Ferdinand III built not only a kingdom, but a new dynasty, and on his way he was never alone.