His royal blood was cursed. Forever he would bear the mark of The Godforsaken.
The Godforsaken is a novel written by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. It was first published in 1983.
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As the Inquisition spread its fiery fingers across the land of Spain, holding kingdom and king in its terrible grip, a new horror would rise to challenge even the invincible power of the Grand Inquisitor. A curse on the house of King Alonzo that came from the very Devil.