VICTUS

At the turn of the eighteenth century a dark cloud looms over Spain. Her bewitched ruler dies without a clear successor, pitting two of Europe's most powerful kings against each other for control of the crown. Caught in the crosshairs of war, the Catalonian state finds herself in a bloody contest for independence. Abandoned by their allies and outnumbered tenfold, the defiant and ill-equipped citizens of Barcelona defend their homeland with vicious determination.Martí Zuviría, an accomplished military engineer and tacticia n with the...[Llegir més]