The ancient Tower of Hercules watches from its height over the dark waters of the Coast of Death, where all curses are fulfilled.

Judas betrayed Jesus Christ for thirty silver denarii. These coins are soaked in the blood of the crucified Christ and are therefore cursed. In this gripping novel, the reader will journey through history, accompanying this curse.
It all begins in the city of La Coruña (Spain), when a woman throws an ancient Roman coin into the sea from the top of the Tower of Hercules. She is the heiress of a former World War II soldier and, as the deceased's last wish, received some manuscripts and a denarius.
Through these manuscripts, the reader will first learn how the deceased old man found the coin and the accompanying papers.
Then they will experience the moment of his betrayal with Judas.
They will witness the siege and destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD and the subsequent conquest of the Massada plateau. With Benedict of Nursia, he founded the monastery of Monte Cassino and witnessed its destruction. He was moved by the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, discovered America that same year, and witnessed the construction and destruction of Fort Navidad on the island of Hispaniola. He relived the great Aztec empire with Moctezuma and witnessed its fall at the hands of Hernán Cortés as he fled during the Noche Triste (Torture of Sorrows). With Napoleon, he traveled to Egypt and invaded Russia. And finally, he witnessed the last three shipwrecks of large oil tankers on the Costa de la Muerte (Coast of Death): the Urquiola, the Aegean Sea, and the Prestige. Divided into nine distinct parts, this is the story of the curse that Judas himself placed on those denarii. Its illustrations and photographs make it even more of a historical and educational work, complemented by 237 footnotes, making it a first-class teaching tool.
And it all ends where it began: in the ancient Tower of Hercules in La Coruña (Spain), which watches from its height over the dark waters of the Costa de la Muerte (Coast of Death), as that terrible curse continues to be fulfilled.

All the events described in this book are true, the characters exist or have existed, and the situations were real. This is not fiction. It is HISTORY.