Contemporary news often warns internet users of the danger of manipulation that is so insidious that it manages to insinuate itself into the human person.
This is not just a contemporary practice; the instinct to dominate others is inherent in human beings, subjugated, so psychologists claim, by the will to power. And there is no other behaviour more insidious and more invasive than making another person believe they are making a free choice, when they are simply carrying out an order of others, aimed at extraneous interests.
Gianmaria Tenca sets this thesis in 1970s New York. A crime, apparently caused by money motives, brings to light a series of intrigues, for which unexpected characters are responsible. Only the perspicacity and tenacity of the investigators will be able to shed light on environments, which it would be better not to investigate.