“I take a swig of wine from my Don Simón box and whisper at the woman: ‘God’s trying to punish me.’”

A man lives on the Madrid metro. He is convinced that God wants him to confess to something he didn’t do.

He discovers a macabre secret hidden behind the subway walls. This secret takes him back to 1619 and introduces him to Tirso de Molina, author of Trickster of Seville, and reveals the history of the square that bears the writer’s name.

A history shaped by political chaos, the desamortización de Mendizábal with his government seizure of Church property, technological progress and the first underground train line…and Franco’s thin skin.

It all leads back to the macabre secret behind the walls.

And our character’s forced confession to a sin he didn’t commit.

Or maybe he did?

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1. See the location of the Tirso de Molina square here.

2. Read Trickster of Seville in English or in Spanish.

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-"HAMMER THE SYSTEM, KILL THE SYSTEM."

-Men, women, and children in white hoods and robes. Swaying to the beat of drums. Is she a terrorist?

-A priest betrayed. A bloody hammer. What has the king done?

A woman attends a secret meeting in a 500-year-old dungeon beneath the streets of Madrid. There, her leader gives her both a symbol and a tool to destroy the people they hate.

This object teaches her the story of Matías Vinuesa, a mercenary priest in cahoots with King Ferdinand 7th whose tragic fate played a pivotal role in ending the trienio liberal progressive government and ushered in the década ominosa of political absolutism in 19th-century Spain. It all has to do with a bloody hammer.

And somehow, the Americans.

Both our characters pay the highest price for betrayal.

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1. See the location of the retirement home where the Cárcel de la Corona is hidden here.

2. Check out Benito Pérez Galdós' book El grande oriente here.

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-"Don't cry. It makes me cry."

-19th-century bandits fighting the Spanish government.

-A cave with dark power.

After yet another fight with her self-absorbed boyfriend, photographer Clara escapes to her family's mountain cabin in San Rafael to clear her head and take some wildlife shots. There, she discovers a mysterious hidden cave, la Cueva Valiente.

Inside is a glowing red necklace, hundreds of years old. She learns its connection to bandoleer Juan Plaza's demise after his attack on a government convoy in the pass between Madrid and Segovia.

It turns out, this necklace has magical power.

And it changes her life with its power.

Its dark, beastly power.

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Link to the hiking trail to the cave here.

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