Synopsis

A mysterious bank vault robbery, a ship sinking with its cargo of poison, an ancient sanctuary consecrated to the mafia. Paola only needed an hour and a half of flight to find herself in another world. The one she left so many years ago without regrets and to which she rarely returns, and always reluctantly. The farewell she must say this time, in this land she refuses to belong to, is the most painful of all. Matteo was the youngest, and losing a brother like that is unacceptable to her, who has always tried to save him, far from the fate his family had chosen for him. Paola's family is unlike any other. Her father, Domenico La Paglia, is a 'Ndrangheta boss and represents everything she has rebelled against. From Pietranera—a small Calabrian village perched on a mountain overlooking the sea—she fled to Milan, built a career in the fashion world, and started a new life. But what she has tried to distance herself from has long tentacles. Is clan warfare the only factor behind her brother's death? Now that doubt has crept into her mind, the truth is a prize she's willing to pay a high price for. A raw and disenchanted novel, with the narrative pace of a thriller and the ability to reveal the darkest corners of the human soul and of a land, Calabria, both violent and ancestral.