A PLUME BOOK

PURITY OF BLOOD

ARTURO PÉREZ-REVERTE is the internationally bestselling author of The Queen of the South and Captain Alatriste. He lives near Madrid, Spain.

“Hardboiled, mordantly funny, unapologetically entertaining.”

—Time

“Wonderful, stirring entertainment.”

—The New York Times Book Review

“It’s great fun in the tradition of historical swashbucklers such as The Three Musketeers or The Scarlet Pimpernel.”

—The Boston Globe

“Few contemporary writers conjure up derring-do as well as Arturo Pérez-Reverte, a Spanish literary maestro. The true thrill lies in Pérez-Reverte’s deft plotting and thread-the-needle resolutions.”

—The Christian Science Monitor

“Thrilling…we have to persuade Putnam to release them as quickly as possible.”

—Detroit Free Press

“Grabs the reader from the get-go with its moody evocation of a lost time.”

—USA Today

“In between the flash and clanging of swordplay, Alatriste navigates the perilous dungeons of Inquisition-era Madrid. Absolutely riveting from beginning to end.”

—Entertainment Weekly

“Pérez-Reverte’s pacing is swift and suspenseful, the narrative voice both crisply cinematic and true to the setting of seventeenth-century Spain…A feast of dark historical detail and believable danger.”

—The Denver Post

“Purity of Blood hits the high note of Captain Alatriste and sustains the series’ uncommon verve.”

—The New York Times

“Intrigue and double-dealing in seventeenth-century Madrid…Pérez-Reverte is a master at evoking the particular color of the times, with brothels, taverns, torero arenas, and dark alleyways.”

—Los Angeles Times