Luca Canale Brucculeri

In the 21th century getting hold of natural resources of emerging countries, is no matter of war--it is a matter of complex financial actions. And the power of governments behind the events has been replaced by the power of holding companies. Nowadays you don't conquer a country. You buy it. "Short story of long betrayals" is again set in the Republic of Queimada, where in the "Salar de Queimada" (a salt lake) lies 50% of lithium in the whole world. Not surprisingly, there is an international interest in its fate and a breathless fight to seize it.

On the eve of August in Turin, Italy. The city is devastated by a series of murders, which take place on the sets where the films of Dario Argento were shot. The police suspect that the culprit is a scholar of the "Master of the Italian Giallo". The manhunt is on.