Name: The Day of Atonement, Paperback/David Liss
Brand: Ballantine Books
Price: 114.99 RON
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNAL Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader s Circle for author chats and more. The bestselling author of such novels as A Conspiracy of Paper and The Whiskey Rebels continues his masterly run of atmospheric ( The Washington Post ), page-turning ( The Baltimore Sun ), tremendously smart ( Newsweek ) historical thrillers. In The Day of Atonement , David Liss blends meticulous period detail with crackling adventure in the tale of one man s quest for justice and retribution. Sebastiao Raposa is only thirteen when his parents are unjustly imprisoned, never to be seen again, and he is forced to flee Portugal lest he too fall victim to the Inquisition. But ten years in exile only serve to whet his appetite for vengeance. Returning at last to Lisbon, in the guise of English businessman Sebastian Foxx, he is no longer a frightened boy but a dangerous man tormented by violent impulses. Haunted by the specter of all he has lost including his exquisite first love Foxx is determined to right old wrongs by punishing an unforgivable enemy with unrelenting fury. Well schooled by his benefactor, the notorious bounty hunter Benjamin Weaver, in the use of wits, fists, and a variety of weapons, Foxx stalks the ruthless Inquisitor priest Pedro Azinheiro. But in a city ruled by terror and treachery, where money and information can buy power and trump any law, no enemy should be underestimated and no ally can be trusted.