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At the beginning of the 20th century an orphan witnesses an impressive spectacle: a ventriloquist magician makes a metal puppet talk and move. But the child suspects that magic alone can't explain this extraordinary spectacle.
Lola, a 39-year-old pediatrician with a promising career ahead of her, has just broken up with her partner. Recently her wish to become a mother has led her to question the meaning of her life. At the doctor's surgery she meets Aminata, a Gambian woman who is younger than her, and mother to four children.
The 21st century. Your world. In lands watched over by Anboto, the sacred mountain of the Basques, one reckless god steals a march on the others. This is Gaueko, the Lord of the Night. The others are still sleeping. Silence! Do not wake the departed. Pray they do not open their eyes. Before the time of your legends, there were demonic beasts on stony hills and shadow beings throughout the night.
First and foremost I must apologise for having missed our meeting today, as you can guess death turns out to be a impediment of force majeure. You can also guess, because I never thought you looked stupid, that I shouldn't know such a thing now and I want to explain these things and other details which may be important, it's all down to you, that's why I'm writing you this letter.
IIgnacio AZCONA is a police inspector who receives a tip-off from an informer. Members of senior management in the police as well as several administration officials might be involved in a sordid prostitution ring based in Barcelona. Ignacio must carry out a secret investigation, away from the control of his bosses.
A not-so-young man inspiring to be a writer, for whom routine and the necessity to make a living have spelt the end of various aspirations, discovers that one of his old texts from childhood has been plagiarised. How to get others to believe in what he says when he himself can't do so?
In 1965 there were a string of mysterious murders in the north of Spain that were never solved. They might have been directly linked to the sacrifices that the long-forgotten '“Snake Path” demanded of whoever dared to walk it. Now, 30 years later, the events are being repeated, and a young police inspector will have to pursue the troubled mind trying to relive this macabre game.
Investigating their respective family histories, Gloria and Marcel meet in Riofrío, a small mountain town which in the past was not spared the turmoil of civil war.
In 1864, Antoni Riubò enlists as a doctor on board the brig Verge de Montserrat, a commercial ship making the crossing between Barcelona and the Americas, by way of Africa. When he gets to Sierra Leona, the young doctor discovers that the ship is ruled by a slave trader who is taking advantage of the voyage to take hundreds of Africans to America and sell them into slavery on the plantations.