Esteban Ibarretxe

A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.

June, 1815. Napoleon Bonaparte, surrounded by enemies, is about to play his definitive part in history. He has spent his whole life creating a mystique, becoming synonymous with determination, strength and mystery. But, that whole super-leader trip is smothering him and he just can't stand it anymore. Meanwhile, one of his aides, le maréchal Hugo Armani, has only one dream: to emulate the man who is his idol, his emperor. Armani picks the battle of Waterloo as the moment for his borderline psychotic attack - the first case of Napoleonic delirium in modern psychiatry. Due to the shortage of maréchals at the moment, Napoleon's got no choice: he has to leave Armani in command. Unbalanced Armani, so unexpectedly promoted, now leads the troops of France.

Ismael is not doing very well lately. He is a screenwriter in his low hours, has gained twenty kilos, his girlfriend left him and his accounts are zero. All he needed was to witness a violent robbery and be pressured by police to identify a dangerous offender, which in turn intimidates him not to do so. Then he meets Deborah, a young prostitute who has not lost all the innocence and a natural sweetness, which is for Ismael the closest thing to redemption. But the commissioner Iturrioz does not rest ...