A conference led by old colleagues of Saverio to oppose Mafia influence in Sicily is interrupted by the murder of a staunch advocate. Mafiosi seem to claim credit, and may have offed him, but other suspects and motives are also in play.
A key figure in a major project to revitalize Sicily is found dead at the bottom of a cliff. Accident? Murder? If the latter, whodunnit? Saverio and Suleima's romance is severely tested by events and attitudes.