The Way begins with a revolution: the story of two outcasts who will alter the fate of Compostela.

Under the pretext of building a new cathedral, Bishop Diego Gelmírez crushes Compostela beneath unbearable taxes. And those levies fund far more than the colossal construction: they support his private army, swell his personal coffers, and raise a palace as ostentatious as it is insulting.

Only the powerful could stand against him—nobles, merchants, Queen Urraca and her heir. But they do not. They fight among themselves, scavenging for advantage, leaving the common people with just two certainties: hunger… and the hope of revolt.

Meanwhile, pilgrims continue to arrive, unaware that Compostela is being torn apart by greed and threatened by Almoravid zealots pressing northward, eager to cross the Tagus and bring down the cross.

Yet the fate of Compostela will not be decided by crown or miter. Its destiny lies in the hands of a thief and a stonemason: the daughter of a goldsmith ruined by the bishop, and a hunchback broken by the death of his own child. She steals through alleys and races across rooftops. He drowns his grief in cider and carves demons from stone. Together, they are drawn into a conspiracy that will transform them—and Compostela—forever.

They have lost everything.

All they have left is each other.

But in the chaos of rebellion, can they become once more what they once were: daughter and father?

Ultreia is a vivid portrait of the foundations of future Europe. With his signature mastery, Francisco Narla weaves history and legend into a powerful tale of struggle and hope, set amid the brilliance and the shadows of the medieval age.