Uruguay, 1973. Having been crushed by the military dictatorship, surviving members of the Tupamaro guerillas are imprisoned and tortured. They must find a way to endure the coming 12 years.

A policewoman whose childhood friend disappeared in Patagonia years ago starts a new search to find answers, and soon finds her own life in danger.

An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of the book ‘The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows’ brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder,…