On an ocean liner, they will meet for the first time. It is 1928 and Max - young and with a wild charm - works as a dancer in the first-class salons. Metza immediately draws him in with her distinctive beauty, the world-renowned composer by her side, the sparkling necklace around her slender neck. A dance follows and a painless conversation that completes the beautiful evening. Upon arriving in Buenos Aires, Max offers to show the couple around the tango bars of his hometown. That night, however, deep emotions escape control and Max and Metza embark on the great adventure of their lives: a grand love. A love that years later, in cosmopolitan Nice and as the clouds of war gather threateningly, will claim a second chance...

A wonderful novel, a unique love story, through the nostalgia for a world whose lost brilliance has left its echo within us, through an enchanting melody that becomes words.

Love, espionage, abyssal intrigues - Arturo Pérez-Reverte has written a grand and impressive novel, embracing all the grandeur of life and history, a moving book that brings to life the story not only of two people but of an entire world.