Guy, a Haitian boy escaping from poverty, eyewitness the assassination of his parents while crossing the Dominican border. Years later, he confronts the murderers, entangled in a vortex of revenge, love, racial hate and an uncertain future.

The story of Juan Pablo Duarte, founding father of the Dominican Republic, from his struggles for Dominican independence to his exile at Venezuela in the final years of his life.

1918. 1st U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic. Two American's marines walk in an old and forgotten reed bed looking for an special unit called "Los Abejones".