NO8DO, this enigma, this royal bestowal, this rebus of Seville, this symbol of loyalty, would accompany me throughout my life. Its invisible weaver's weft binds my story, this enchanting skein of thread that will tie me to my mother, my father, my home, my lover... and everything I will become."
Born in the first quarter of the twentieth century to a privileged Sevillian trading family, Carlos is sheltered from the impending dangers of the civil war and is sent to study in the two competing imperial cities of Paris and London.
Will fate intervene to prevent him from indulging in the career path carefully constructed by his all-powerful grandfather? He finds himself deeper and deeper entwined in the unfolding events of an unstable world engulfed by conflict.
From the citrus-scented terraces of Seville to the smog-filled streets of London, from the storm-lit skies of Equatorial Africa to the merciless heat of the Libyan Desert, he must carefully plot a course to successfully navigate family obligations, adventure, love and war. Those choices will bring him friends and adventure, obstacles and danger, combat and tragedy. Has time—and distance—already stolen his true love away? Will she have abandoned him in his protracted absences?
Whether it be Seville, Paris, London, Equatorial Africa or the Libyan Desert, accompany 'Charlie' on his boys' own adventure charged with renowned characters and true historic events.
