★A story about the value of friendship, the reward for good deeds and the monster of populism that sweeps the oddities and criminalizes the people. Based on real events experienced by the well-known Collignon family of Jalisco, Mexico.

In 1932, the Collignon brothers, belonging to one of the most influential families in Jalisco, Mexico, travelled to Germany to complete their education. Upon arrival in Berlin, they realized that the country is uneasy about the imminent rise of Adolf Hitler to power. The brothers, along with a group of comrades with whom they form a football team, enter the Hitler youth organization, seduced by the patriotic messages of the Nazis, among them Ernest and Ritter, two of his best friends.

After the return of the Collignon brothers to their native country, Germany starts the Second World War. The lives of Ernest and Ritter are separated by the war, until in the summer of 1943, an unexpected meeting reunites them, but this time under different circunstances, each one is part of a different side of the conflict ... unleashing a series of events that tests their friendship, loyalty and life itself.

Mario Escobar Golderos (Madrid, Spain) has a degree in History, with an advanced studies diploma in Modern History. He has written numerous books and articles about the Inquisition, the Protestant Reformation, and religious sects. He is the director of the magazine Nueva Historia, in addition to being a contributing columnist in various publications. He has written more than 20 books and sold nearly a million copies worldwide. Most of his novels would be framed within the genre of historical thriller fiction, with themes commonly associated with the Church and the Second World War. The work of Mario Escobar is well documented with big doses of suspense and adventure.

His sales both in Spain and Latinamerica are growing exponentially. The magazine Qué Leer has highlighted him as one of the most successful Spanish authors of 2016. His last two books have been published in HarperCollins Español one of them translated into English by HarperCollins as well. His books have been translated to Chinese, Japanese, English, Russian, Portuguese, Danish, French, Italian, Czech, Polish and Serbian.