A dark state. Blackmail, scandals, wiretapping, media manipulation, prosecutions by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, interventions in independent authorities and the judiciary. In a corrupt country, the railway is left to its fate, since it neither pays tolls to highway contractors nor fuel to energy oligopolies.

But one night, two trains collide with 57 dead. Safety systems are nonexistent, European funds were wasted without completing the projects. The stationmaster suspiciously appointed, untrained, alone on the night shift. Immediately, the crime scene is illegally cleared. The head of government interferes with the investigation. Evidence disappears. Conversations between the stationmaster and drivers are fabricated. In the parliamentary committee investigating the crime, the government majority excludes important witnesses and evidence. Citizens are outraged, millions protest demanding the punishment of the guilty.

A gripping political and judicial thriller with all the crucial events, characters, revelations, conflicts, defendants, witnesses, survivors, intense emotions, and unpredictable scenarios about the outcome of the story.

A book about collective trauma, truth, and memory.