Tilenia is a southern European country, with many mountains and forests, with a landscape perhaps similar to Galicia. The time is 1930s. The king dies without naming a successor, and scions of two noble houses have their designs on the throne. One of the contenders is supported by local fascists. The other is a young woman with a 'tainted' lineage-her father, a marquess, had spent some time on another continent. Victor Corcos, a Cuban, travels to Tilenia to help his elderly uncle to leave before the country plunges into instability. But he is late-the day after his arrival a civil war breaks out...
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