Nacho is a young writer in search of a good story to tell. Under pressure from his editor and an alarming loss of ideas, he decides to embark upon a journey that takes him from Bilbao to Madrid, where he discovers a filthy world of elitism he has never experienced before.
Fleeing from himself, he reaches a port in Lisbon, where fate will lead him to find a Spanish family, exiled from the Spanish Civil War. He meets Maria and Asier, Marcial and Nuna and through a maze of passion and desire, finds his heart in the saffron-coloured lights of Lisbon's old town and its inhabitants.
Oscar de los Reyes Murillo comes from Cabeza Del Buey, a Spanish municipality close to the centre of Spain. He is a lawyer and writer. He has already written 5 novels with the following titles: Milicianas del Hogar (House-militiawomen) published by Carisma Libros in 2004, Sueños de un Amanecer Roto (Dreams of a Broken Dawn) Published by Carisma Libro in 2006, La victoria de los Mansos (The Victory of the Tames) published by Diputación de Badajoz in 2010, La memoria imperfecta ( The imperfect memory) published by Carisma Libros in 2011 La Hermandad de los Condenados (The brotherhood of those condemned) published by the Editorial Regional de Extremadura in 2013 and El Buscador de Caracolas, (The Conch Shell Searcher) which was published By Ediciones Beta.