num_pages: 369
description: Sebastio Raposa is only thirteen when his parents are unjustly imprisonednever to be seen againand he is forced to flee from Portugal lest he too fall victim to the Inquisition. But ten years in exile only serves to whet his appetite for vengeance. Its 1755 returning at last to Lisbon in the guise of English businessman Sebastian Foxx he is no longer a frightened boy but a dangerous man tormented by his violent impulses. Haunted by the specter of all he has lost Foxx is determined to exorcise his demons by punishing an unforgivable enemy with unrelenting fury. Well-schooled by his benefactor the notorious bounty hunter Benjamin Weaver in the use of fists wits and a variety of weapons Foxx begins to track down the ruthless Inquisitor priest Pedro Azinheiro but in a city ruled by terror and treachery where money and information can buy power and trump any law no enemy should be underestimated and no ally can be trusted. Having risked everything and once again under the watchful eye of the Inquisition Foxx finds his plans unraveling as he becomes drawn into the struggles of old friends none of whom like Lisbon itself are what they seem. Compelled to play a game of deception and greed in which no one can be trusted Sebastian Foxx will find himself befriended betrayed tempted by desire and tormented by personal turmoil and human monsters. And when a twist of fate turns his carefully laid plans to chaos he will be forced to choose between surrendering to bloodlust or serving the cause of mercy.
language: English
title: The Day of Atonement
publisher: Random House