La corona del mar

Year 1580. The King of Portugal dies without descendants and the vacant throne is disputed by his nephews Antonio de Avis and Felipe II of Spain. The rapid triumph of the latter in the Peninsula moved the conflict to the Azores Islands. France and England, jealous of a dynastic union that would place an immense empire under a single crown, support the Portuguese claimant and take the privateering war to all corners of the ocean. An inexperienced and presumptuous officer who sails from Veracruz and intends to cross the Atlantic to marry for convenience, a couple in love who will see their hopes in danger, two families divided by their loyalties, a corsair who wants to win a fleet, soldiers of fortune, spies of all nations, smugglers and bloodthirsty pirates are the protagonists of this novel. Their destinies intersect on the board of a conflict that threatens to change the known world. With them we will live corsair adventures, love stories, vile betrayals and fierce combats.