Burntz

April 1818. War-torn Venezuela.

Captain THOMAS DE RENOVALES, a veteran of the brutal Spanish Peninsular War (1808-1814) now fights to preserve the sovereignty of king FERDINAND VII in the Provinces of Venezuela. His mission: infiltrate the rebel camp and assasinate the leader of the independence movement -SIMÓN BOLÍVAR.

But his uncle, Field Marshal MARIANO DE RENOVALES, exiled in London, has pleadged his loyalty to BOLÍVAR and the cause of Liberty. As blood ties collide with political allegiance, Venezuela becomes the stage for a deeper war - between past and future, obedience and rebellion. BURNTZ is a gripping historical novel of espionage, fractured loyalty, and the final echoes of Spain's crumbling empire.

Synopsis:

BURNTZ (English Edition 12/2021) follows the footsteps of a veteran of the Spanish Peninsular War (1808-1814) now fighting to preserve the sovereignty of king Ferdinand VII in the Provinces of Venezuela.
On the night of April 16th 1818, captain Thomas de Renovales volunteers to lead a picket of royalist infantry, infiltrate the patriot camp and attempt against the life of the Liberator, Simón Bolívar.
His uncle, field marshal Mariano de Renovales from his exile in London has pledged to serve under Simón Bolívar and to champion the cause of liberty. His arrival in Venezuela is imminent.

Thomas de Renovales and Mariano de Renovales are the key protagonists in the plot that revolves around the attempt on the life of the Liberator, Simón Bolívar, which took place in the 'Rincón de Los Toros.'
Inseparable since they left their ancestral home in Artzentales, Biscay, they stood out gloriously and survived many hardships in the Spanish Peninsular War.
At the end of the war, they parted ways. Thomas continued in the service of the king of Spain and voluntarily embarked on Morillo's expedition to Venezuela to fight against its independence movement.
His uncle Mariano, on the other hand, sentenced to death in absentia for conspiring against the recently restored monarch, from his political exile in London offered his services as a seasoned and experienced military man to the cause of the Liberator.
The first-person account is of a young man who together with his friends is visiting the Venezuelan Llanos to spend the weekend. A spell transposes him to the past and turns him into a privileged witness of the events that were about to be unleashed by the sergeant major of king's lancers of Venezuela, Thomas de Renovales: Infiltrate the enemy camp to attempt against the life of the Liberator in darkness and treachery.