In the waning days of World War II, a crafty Sicilian prospector and his mafia associates concoct a scheme to hide tons of Nazi gold, pilfered from their victims, in an aspiring gold mine in the mountains of British Columbia until it is called for. Decades later, a private organization contracted by a group based in Turkey is determined to find the gold and return it to the countries and the descendants of the people from whom it was stolen. In order to recover it and correct this historic injustice, they’ll have to battle secretive Swiss and German banks, the mafia, and even the Vatican, all of whom are seeking to either cover up their involvement in the crime or racing to reclaim the gold.

この作品の真髄は、第二次世界大戦の負の遺産が現代にまで根深く絡み合う、歴史の暗部を抉り出した重厚なプロットにあります。単なる財宝探しに留まらず、スイスの銀行やバチカンといった巨大権力の虚飾を剥ぎ取り、隠蔽された罪を白日の下に晒そうとする正義の執念が、読者の魂を激しく揺さぶります。 ブリティッシュコロンビアの峻厳な自然を背景に、マフィアの策略と追跡者の信念が火花を散らす描写は圧巻です。過去の犠牲者の尊厳を取り戻そうとする人々の姿を通じて、著者は富の再分配という物理的な行為を超えた、歴史の歪みを正すことの困難さと崇高さを鮮烈に問いかけています。