Five Hours To Freedom
Carlos Cabezas López
Narratore Carlos Cabezas López
Casa editrice: Eager Dragon Publishing
Sinossi
Zaragoza, March 5, 1838. Before dawn, the city sleeps. Within hours, it will burn. Joaquín Espés was once a soldier. Now he is only a blacksmith-a widower, a father, a man trying to bury the ghosts of war beneath the steady rhythm of his hammer. But when Carlist forces launch a surprise attack on Zaragoza, his past returns with brutal force. His former comrade Ramón gives him an impossible ultimatum: betray the city or watch his young son die. With only five hours to decide, Joaquín must choose between loyalty to his people and love for his child. As cannon fire shatters the silence and the streets run red, the blacksmith forges a desperate plan-one that may save his son, doom his city, or condemn him forever. In the chaos of betrayal and resistance, Zaragoza fights back with legendary courage, and ordinary men and women become heroes. But history does not always remember the men who act in the shadows. Five Hours to Freedom is a powerful historical novel inspired by the real events of the Cincomarzada of 1838. It is a story of fatherhood and sacrifice, of moral conflict and impossible choices, and of the heavy price of survival. Because sometimes freedom is not won by heroes in the light-but by those willing to break the iron in the dark.
Data di pubblicazione: 21/02/2026; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

