Distinguished Italian poet Antonia Pozzi (1912–1938) was among those women who were at odds with the times in which they lived. Her poems record her inability to adapt to social norms and her desire to live fully, and in poetry she sought an escape from reality and from her own complex soul and emotional life.

In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.

Fifteen years after the premature separation from her mother by the hand of the inquisition, Agnes, the young Captain of the Pandora, is seeking for the legendary treasure of Cariddi's Graveyard with her wacky crew. This search will collide with the plans of the evil Duke of Monreale and the ones of the sly infamous pirate known as 'The Red Hook'.