The Sentinel

You cant escape the past.

He was the cold steel behind Francos regime. The fear behind Francos power.

57 years ago, Comandante Leopoldo Guzmán disappeared without a trace. They know what he did, but they dont know where hes gone.

Madrid, winter 1953: the snow lies thick on the ground and Comandante Guzmán of the Brigada Especial is preparing a dawn raid. His job is to hunt down opponents of Francos regime and destroy them. Feared by all in Francos Spain, Guzmán takes what he wants: food, drink, women.

That is about to change. Guzmán is going to find himself on the wrong side of Franco, and on the wrong side of history. Its not the first time Guzmán has been on the wrong side. But theres no one left alive who knows about that... until he gets a message from a dead man...

Madrid, 2009: Ana María Galindez is a forensic scientist investigating a mass grave from the Franco era. Now she is hunting for the hidden ledger of secret policeman Leopoldo Guzmán – a man who disappeared without trace in 1953. But there are those who would rather the secrets of Guzmáns ledger stay buried. Galindez pursuit of the past has revealed a battle for the present...