The main character is a young man named Tomas who becomes involved in the hunt for heretics and begins to question his own faith. The plot of the book 'Охота со спаниэлем' revolves around the story of Tomas, a young man who finds himself caught up in the midst of the Spanish Inquisition, a time of great religious turmoil and conflict. As a member of the Catholic Church, Tomas is tasked with hunting down and prosecuting those deemed heretics by the Church, but as he delves deeper into his work, he begins to question the true nature of his faith and the motivations of those in power. At the beginning of the book, Tomas is a devout follower of the Church and sees his role in the Inquisition as a righteous crusade against evil. He is assigned to hunt down a group of Protestants who have taken refuge in a remote mountain village, and he sets out on his mission with confidence and conviction. However, as he gathers evidence and interrogates suspects, he begins to see the human side of the heretics he is pursuing and starts to question the validity of his actions.

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