Juan Dahlmann -grandson, on the one hand, of the evangelical priest Johannes Dahlmann and on the other, of the much more romantic hero, Francisco Flores, who died at the hands of the Catriel Indians- is a dreamer, who considers himself much more Latin, than Germanic. It is only after an accident which takes him to death's door that he begins living -really living- in the Argentina that he has until now always dreamed of loveing. But just as he begins to truly savour how wonderful it is to be alive... destiny claims him.