1937. Karmele and her family take refuge in France after being expelled from their home due to the war. There, Karmele is invited to take part in the Basque cultural embassy in exile, which seeks to fight the war through music and dance, and she meets Txomin, a professional trumpeter whom she falls in love with. After living for some time in Venezuela, the couple returns to their homeland to fight against the dictatorship, hoping to reclaim everything that was taken from them.

When you own a secular funeral company. When you fall in love with the new secretary who is 25 years younger than you. When your ex-wife puts obstacles in the way of you seeing your daughter. When your driving licence has been taken away for drinking too much. When the retired boxer who lent you money is after you. When death interests you more than life… What could possibly go wrong?

Nerea García is going through a rough patch and lives in seclusion in her home in Bilbao. It’s been four years since she was expelled from the police. The discovery of a woman's body, murdered as part of some kind of ritual, leads her former boss to ask for her help with the investigation. What Nerea doesn't suspect is that the ghosts of her past and present will force her to descend into the underworld of the city, where nothing and no one are what they seem.

Hamburg, 1945: A young German woman and an Italian prisoner meet in secret while the city disintegrates. San Sebastian, 2025: An old letter makes me rewrite the history of my grandfather Sebastiano, a history of love and war.