An art nouveau townhouse in Barcelona, Spain, formerly a place hiding the frivolous pleasures of the Belgian Hansinck brothers turns into a hotspot of political and criminal affairs in after war Europe. Two generations of German Lenthien family make use of favorable circumstances though paying a high price for their covetousness. Only Jordi, an unintentional catalonian offspring evades the desaster by counting on the lion, which is not so terrible as he is painted. Author Jan Cranach again shows incredible feeling in describing his characters and gives the reader detailed insight into the political and social conditions of their lives, as he did before in JAMAL, 2012 and CON CERTO, 2014."