Every Exile Has A Beginning.

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As the siege of Cartagena reaches its climax, an explosion shatters the city. From the rubble, young idealist Sadurní Enrich emerges with one purpose: to find his friend Miquel, last seen at the heart of the blast. Meticulously researched and powerfully told, The Oran Ultimatum is a story of survival, disillusionment, and the impossible choice that forges a survivor.

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The Saturnino Ximénez Files

A New Series of Historical Mysteries

The Oran Ultimatum is the free prequel to The Saturnino Ximénez Files, a new series of historical mysteries. Inspired by the globe-trotting life of the real Saturnino Ximénez Enrich, also known as Sadurní, the series follows the fictionalised adventures of a young journalist who uncovers secrets that could rewrite history, from the colonial shadows of 1874 Manila to the perilous frontiers of the Great Game.

A Mystery of Conscience and Empire

The Mariquina Manuscript

Debut Novel – Launches Worldwide April 22, 2026

Exiled from Spain, Sadurní Enrich arrives in Manila seeking redemption through honest journalism. But in the Spanish colony, words are policed as fiercely as borders.

When Sadurní uncovers a legal dispute involving an obscure Jesuit manuscript, he believes he has found a harmless historical story. Instead, he steps into a conspiracy centuries in the making—a secret that could expose the moral rot at the heart of empire.

Perfect for readers of Louis de Bernières, Elizabeth Kostova, and Arturo Pérez-Reverte.

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History isn’t just written. It’s inherited.

Guiomar Bruidegom is the author of The Saturnino Ximénez Files, a historical mystery series inspired by the globe-trotting life of her great-grandfather, Saturnino Ximénez Enrich (1853-1933). A cosmopolitan and eccentric intellectual, he carved a unique path across the globe as a journalist, archaeologist, war correspondent, linguist, and traveller. His adventures took him from the front lines of the Carlist War in Spain to the Russo-Turkish War, and on daring expeditions into North Africa and Central Asia, fuelling whispers of espionage during the era of the Great Game. Guiomar uses her unique family legacy to blend meticulously researched fact with compelling international adventure.

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