Santiago de Chile, March 1990. It is the first month of the first year of democracy in Chile after almost two decades of dictatorship. Journalist, Boris Berkowitz, is covering the International Air and Space Fair, FIDAE, where he meets a number of colleagues who are also covering the event. Among them is the British journalist Jonathan Moyle, sent by the specialized magazine Defense Helicopter Wor..

The discovery of Jonathan Moyle's lifeless body has a direct impact on Berkowitz. Suspecting that the police’s official version of what took place is a lie, he starts his own investigation. Helped by Lara, he manages to get to Javier Rulfo, head of the local arms industry, and Raimundo Assad, the main negotiator in the sale of weapons to international suppliers. Both try to dissuade Berko by..

The plot thickens once the weapons consignment to Croatia hits the news. Berko arrives home to his apartment to find Colonel Mendel waiting for him; Mendel is an army officer who has been at the forefront of the arms transport scandal. His retirement is imminent, and he is resigned to his fate, but he warns Berko that he is playing with fire: other people, much more powerful than he is, will now h..

Simon's brief kidnapping and release at the hands of strangers leads to major changes in Berko’s domestic life: Simon, Julianne and her new husband, Robert, decide to go live for a while in the United States where Julianne will return to work as a journalist. Berkowitz knows that they are doing the right thing, but he cannot leave Chile, not now that Colonel Mendel has been found dead in the..