Mu ntchito yake Asilikali a ku SalamiJavier Cercas akuwonetseratu kuti kupitirira gulu lopambana, pamakhala otayika nthawi zonse mbali zonse ziwiri za mpikisano.
Pankhondo Yapachiweniweni pakhoza kukhala chododometsa cha kutayika kwa abale omwe ali m'malo omwe akutsutsana omwe amavomereza mbendera kuti ndi yotsutsana mwankhanza.
Chifukwa chake, kutsimikiza mtima kwa omwe apambana kwambiri, omwe amatha kunyamula mbendera patsogolo pa chilichonse ndi aliyense, omwe amakweza mfundo zamphamvu zomwe zimaperekedwa kwa anthu ngati nkhani zokometsera zimatha kubisa zovuta zawo.
Manuel Mena ndiye munthu woyambira osati protagonist wa bukuli, kulumikizana ndi omwe adamtsogolera Soldados de Salamina. Mumayamba kuwerenga mukuganiza zopezeka m'mbiri yake, koma tsatanetsatane wa maluso a mnyamatayo, wokhwimitsa kwambiri zomwe zidachitika kutsogolo, amazimiririka mpaka kumalo oyimba komwe kusamvetsetsa ndi kupweteka kumafalikira, kuvutika kwa iwo omwe amamvetsetsa mbendera ndi dziko ngati khungu ndi magazi a achichepere, pafupifupi ana omwe amawomberana wina ndi mzake ndiukali wazabwino.
Tsopano mutha kugula The monarch of the shadows, buku laposachedwa kwambiri la Javier Cercas, apa:
