In rural Galicia in 1756, where mist blankets the valleys and church bells mark the passing of the days, a young man discovers that his life is not what he always believed it to be.
Alberto, the youngest son of the Count of Santo Carlo, finds in the family library the letters that reveal his deepest secret: he is not a legitimate son, but adopted. His true father died in the War of the Austrian Succession, and the count took him in to settle a debt of honor. But that gesture brought neither love nor acceptance, his adoptive mother rejected him, his brothers despised him, and the truth remained buried among forgotten papers.
At seventeen, Alberto decides to search for his biological mother. He finds her ill and under the care of her cousin Elena, with whom he will experience a forbidden and passionate love. His mother’s death drives him to enlist in the army, where he comes to know the edge of war and the brotherhood of soldiers. There he also discovers clues about his true origin.
