"January 1952. It has been thirteen years since the Civil War ended and since Miquel Mascarell met Patro, he was arrested and sentenced to work in the Valley of the Fallen. Memories flock to the former inspector's mind. But he manages to distract himself by helping David Fortuny in his detective agency, where the problems never seem to stop and, once again, he will be forced to intervene in a most extraordinary case. Miquel witnesses the murder of a man, however he cannot go to the police if he does not want to be involved. Although he already is: another dead body appears and, in the blink of an eye, he will have to face the most complex international plot of his life. In a diabolical succession of events, Miquel must face one of the most important decisions of his long police career, that of doing justice on his behalf, breaking his principles, or staying on the sidelines, knowing that dozens of murderers are still roaming free." �Enero de 1952. Hace trece a�os que acab� la Guerra Civil y Miquel Mascarell conoci� a Patro antes de ser detenido y enviado a trabajar al Valle de los Ca�dos. Los recuerdos se agolpan en la mente del exinspector. Pero consigue distraerse ayudando a David Fortuny en su agencia de detectives, donde los problemas no cesan. Una vez m�s, se ver� obligado a intervenir en un caso de lo m�s singular: Miquel es testigo del asesinato de un hombre; sin embargo, no puede contar nada a la polic�a si no quiere verse involucrado. Aunque ya lo est�: aparece otro cad�ver y, en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, se deber� enfrentar a la trama internacional m�s compleja de su vida. En una diab�lica sucesi�n de acontecimientos, Miquel deber� encarar una de las decisiones m�s trascendentes de su dilatada carrera policial, la de hacer justicia por su cuenta contraviniendo sus principios o quedarse al margen, sabiendo que decenas de asesinos podr�an seguir libres.�