Cova Dónnica

Year 717. Al-Hurr, the new governor of al-Andalus, prepares to annihilate the last pockets of resistance in the Visigothic kingdom. The Muslim conquest is about to be consummated under the ruthless tutelage of Opas, the metropolitan bishop of Toledo, and the main Hispano-Gothic lineages must send hostages to Corduba. Fruela, son of Pedro, the Duke of Cantabria, goes to the capital of al-Andalus to guarantee the loyalty of his people. However, his true purpose will be to meet Pelayo, an Asturian nobleman, King Rodrigo's former espatario, to deliver a letter that will unleash a rebellion in the northern mountains. At the same time, on the other side of the Mediterranean, the Byzantine Empire is fighting for its survival. The Saracens have assembled the largest army since Xerxes crossed the Hellespont to invade Greece twelve centuries ago. Eighteen hundred warships and one hundred and twenty thousand muq?tila advance, like a tide of fire, towards Constantinople, and nothing seems to stop them...