Jimmy thinks his life in New York is perfect. His father is a commissioner at the cathedral in Brooklyn, his mother is a happy housewife, and he is about to enter university. However, when his grandmother falls ill and he decides to travel to Peru to take care of her, he comes into contact with people who push him towards a dark past that he was unaware of and would have been better off never knowing.

In his new book, Santiago Roncali tells a heartbreaking journey back to his roots and at the same time a descent into hell. The young protagonist, while investigating a family secret, is confronted with the harsh reality of religious fanaticism, abuse of power, pedophilia, and ultimately the multifaceted conservatism of a Latin American society capable of covering up any crime just to maintain the established order. How far can blind obedience go? From what point onwards does silence make us accomplices and guilty?