"Griffin" is an intellectually adventurous novel by one of the greatest writers of modern Spain, which has received enthusiastic praise from Umberto Eco himself. Alfredo Conde invites the reader on an exciting journey full of surprises in time and space. The heroes of the novel are mysteriously connected with each other by a fantastic creature - a griffin, capable of moving from one historical era to another. Spain of the 16th century and modern France, the Inquisition and the intellectual atmosphere of the modern university, the death of the Invincible Armada, the struggle for the national revival of Galicia and Ireland and, of course, a love story.