Bestselling author Isabel Allende's first adult novel since Portrait in Sepia'
- beautiful disturbing & atmospheric Beneath the mask there is a man & in his heart burns the fire of injustice Duels at dawn fierce battles with pirates & impossible rescues
- these are the deeds that forged the legend of Zorro But where did the man beginsouthern California late 18th century Diego de la Vega is a child of two worlds his father an aristocratic Spaniard his mother a Shoshone warrior Growing up he witnesses the brutual injustices dealt to Native Americans Later following the example of his fencing master the young Diego joins a secret movement devoted to helping the powerless His first steps on the road to heroism have been taken But a great rival will emerge from the ranks of the cruel oppressors How will Zorro defeat him? & will his childhood sweetheart Isabel claim the prize she so longs for
- his true love?