by Martin Cruz Smith · PLANETA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432038181
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«Los Álamos» is the action novel by Martin Cruz Smith, published by Planeta in 1987 in paperback (232 pages, in Spanish).
Four men choose the site in New Mexico to test the first atomic bomb: the physicist Oppenheimer, General Groves, the spy Fuchs, and Sergeant Joe Peña, a Pueblo Indian, hero, informant, and musician. The novel blends the preparations for the experiment, suspicions of infiltration, and life on the Indian reservation.
The English original is titled «Stallion Gate» and was translated by César Armando Gómez; the book is part of Planeta's Contemporánea Collection.
For readers of historical fiction and spy thrillers set during World War II and the origins of the atomic bomb.
Martin William Smith, known professionally as Martin Cruz Smith, was an American writer of mystery and suspense fiction, mostly in an international or historical setting. He was best known for his 11-book series featuring Russian investigator Arkady Renko, who was introduced in 1981 with Gorky Park and last appeared in Hotel Ukraine (2025).
