A betrayal & a murder in pro-Nazi Spain spark a struggle for power that grips a family for generations in this sweeping historical thriller. When Isabel a Spanish aristocrat living in the pro-Nazi Spain of 1941 becomes involved in a plot to kill her Fascist husband she finds herself betrayed by her mysterious lover. The effects of her betrayal play out in a violent struggle for power in both family & government over three generations intertwining her story with that of a young lawyer named Maria forty years later. During the attempted Fascist coup of 1981 Maria is accused of plotting the prison escape of a man she successfully prosecuted for murder. As Maria's & Isabel's narratives unfold they encircle each other creating a page-turning literary thriller firmly rooted in history.