Víctor Hugo Carrizo

The story follows a 15-year-old Manuel Corvalán, who decides to leave his upper-class family and be disinherited by his father to join the newly formed Army of the Andes, commanded by the General José de San Martín.

A small-town locksmith and safecracker dodges jail with help from his uncle, who gets him a job with the hopelessly corrupt Buenos Aires police.