Historical thriller · 2010

Los Hijos del Cielo

By Luis Miguel Ariza

1805. The historic worldwide expedition of the Spanish doctor Xavier Balmis, carrying the smallpox vaccine inside the bodies of orphans, brings hope to China, where a deadly form of the virus is killing more than 90 per cent of those infected. But the only surviving boy is kidnapped. His life or death will decide the fate of an empire in a world of sea battles and intrigue: slave traffickers, pirate gangs, British mercenaries and a legendary woman warrior.