We Were Never Heroes

Gabo is a retired police commissioner who dedicated his entire career to fighting terrorism. Harri is a terrorist who has spent the past twenty years in Colombia after managing to evade numerous capture attempts.

When Spanish intelligence services discover that Harri has returned to Madrid, the Commissioner General of Intelligence asks his former friend and subordinate, Gabo, to unofficially find out the reason for his return. Though he had promised himself to stay away from his old life, his long-standing obsession with capturing Harri and settling unfinished business draws Gabo back into an investigation that will intersect with international drug trafficking networks, organized crime, jihadism, and the murky world of informants.

Trapped in obsessive surveillance, Gabo develops a disturbing personal relationship with the terrorist that forces him to relive a past he has struggled to forget. Old wounds reopen. The frustration of attacks, the tension of operations, the comrades lost along the way, the years of the dirty war, and an unforgettable love story all resurface. A young narcotics inspector, Estela, will help Gabo in his quest, aware that time is running out to stop Harri from committing another crime. We Were Never Heroes is a gripping police novel with a steadily building rhythm and suspense, an emotional journey through our most painful past, and a profound and moving reflection on the last forty years of Spanish history.