Inyago was born in the Spanish province of Capuscua, one year before Colombus discovered the New World, and there was no hint in the accounts of his early childhood or adolescence that he would fare any differently of the young noblemen of his day. But Inyago was far from ordinary, and his eyes were fixed firmly on the riches to be won, the adventure to be sought, and the highest station to be obtained in the world beyond the quiet courtyard of his father's castle...