Centered on the building of a church in medieval Barcelona, this debut novel is perfect for anyone who loved Ken Follett's classic bestseller, Pillars of the Earth.After his father flees the brutal feudal system and abandons their land, Arnau Estanyol arrives in Barcelona to find a city of light and darkness, dominated by the construction of the city's great pride,-the cathedral of Santa Maria del Mar--and by its shame; the deadly Inquisition.

An finforgettable fresco of a golden age in fourteenth-century Barcelona, Cathedral the Sea is a story of friendship and revenge, plague and hope, love and War.Centered on the building of a church in medieval Barcelona, this debut novel is perfect for anyone who loved Ken Follett's classic bestseller, Pillars of the Earth.After his father flees the brutal feudal system and abandons their land, Arnau Estanyol arrives in Barcelona to find a city of light and darkness, dominated by the construction of the city's great pride,-the cathedral of Santa Maria del Mar--and by its shame; the deadly Inquisition. As a young man, Arnau joins the powerful guild of stoneworkers, called bastiax, and helps to build the church with his own hands, while his best friend and adopted brother Joan studies to become a priest. With time, Arnau prospers, makes friends among the Jewish population of Barcelona, and falls secretly in love with a forbidden woman. When he is betrayed and hauled before the Inquisitor, he finds himself face-to-face With his own brother. Will he lose his life just as his beloved Cathedral of the Sea is finally completed, or will his brother save him?