After receiving three terrifying gifts from a fanatical sect, novelist Mat as Verduzco is forced to flee his home to save himself. This flight, which will lead to exile, leads him to meet Claudine Chifflet, a beautiful cyclist in the throes of heartbreak. In the night marred by the explosion at Chernobyl, a love will emerge that will reveal unexpected secrets. The persecution doesn't stop. In a moment of weakness, Mat as mistakes the voluptuous lover in his arms for the meaning of existence. The ferocious mingling of doomed romance, the constant threat of violence, and the ghost of decisions past makes this one of Mexico's most notable contemporary novels.