Simya a Novel

Pascual Rose has been living quietly in the shadows, trying to stay off the radar of his unsavory former employers. But some Russians have a score to settle with him; they want Nela, a rogue hacker who is trying their networks in knots, who was last seen in Pascual's company.

A man with loved ones is a man with vulnerabilities, and when the Russians kidnap his wife Sara, Pascual knows he has no choice but to betray Nela. The conflict pits spies against gangsters, and ranges from Barcelona to the Balearics, Marseille to Crete. SIMYA is a maze of Mediterranean intrigue, with no honor—or mercy—among spies and thieves, current or retired.

Dominic Martell who has worked as a teacher and translator, was born in the United States and has lived and traveled extensively in Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. His first three novels featuring repentant ex-terrorist Pascual Rose appeared in the 1990s, chronicling Pascual's quest for atonement during the post–Cold War years. A quarter of a century later, in the chaos of the post-9/11 world, Martell decided to bring Rose out of retirement. Simya is the third of Pascual Rose's 21st-century misadventures, which began in 2020 with the publication of Kill Chain.