In a cosmopolitain and prosperous Western city, a strange phenomenon occurs which seems initially to be nothing more than an irritant but which quickly comes to represent a more insidious threat, capable of overturning the most intimate convictions of the citizens. In telling the story of this phenomenon, which affects all levels of a society, the author recreates the process of societal breakdown, from denunciation, fear and suspicion to pillage, superstition and black arts. In the midst of the chaos, we follow the serene development of a romantic relationship, set against the slow restoration of a mythological canvas with which the artist dared to invite his viewers to dream of a different destiny for Orpheus and Euridice.